Finally looking for a gaming PC @800 check these specs please

[Cpukid]

That's a nice spec. I used the F3 drive as it had a 3 year warranty, you changed to only a year with the Barracuda. You have 3 years on the mobo, CPU and GPU and SSD. PSU is 5 years and RAM will be limited lifetime.......very solid rig indeed

One optional extra could be an LED fan. Simply to light the inside so you can see through the window in the dark. I'd argue an LED fan is a better use of money than lighting strips. I linked a bitfenix fan as it's possible to turn the LED on or off with a controller. I reviewed their Hydra Pro LED/fan controller and being able to flick the LEDs on or off is pretty cool.

Again it's not necessary for the build but I thought you might like some ideas of what else you could do with it for gifts and such. Look forward to seeing the build complete, you two will love it

Like the idea of turning it on and off possibly a project for the future

 

[honosuseri]

It would be nice if they kept a record of commendation. Would be a nice stat to sit under our number of posts lol

Loyal members get free delivery. I won a Bitfenix Hydra Pro to own for a review, Stulid won a Bitfenix XL case on the same deal. We also get Haribo in our deliveries so we dont get treated that badly

 

[Cpukid]

Hi Guys, picked up components this morning started to build it (pictures to follow) installed CPU,heatsink,psu,memory,and case connections at what point should I give it a turn on test? Don't really want to fully assemble then find out it wont boot
Thanks

 

[stulid]

You only need the board/CPU and a single RAM stick to test it, you can connect a screen directly to the board to see if the BIOS loads.

 

[Cpukid]

You only need the board/CPU and a single RAM stick to test it, you can connect a screen directly to the board to see if the BIOS loads.

Hmm tried without a monitor and nothing also noticed no internal speaker in case

 

[stulid]

Have you got the 24pin and 8pin ATX plugged into the board?

Use a metal screwdriver to short the two pins that normally the case connects to.

Is the PSU actually ON? and at the wall?

 

[Cpukid]

Hmm yes and tried all of the above the psu fan isn't turning.

 

[stulid]

So what have you actually done?

Motherboard, cpu and RAM in a case?

PSU in there?

Does the PSU work? (short the green and a black wire on the 24pin to see if its fan spins).

CPU heatsink fan connected to the cpu fan header?

 

[Cpukid]

Yes they are in, I could send you piccys if you have whatsapp or iMessage

 

[stulid]

Is there any activity from the fans? or board?

 

[Cpukid]

nope

 

[Cpukid]

Sorry about the rush job to get photos on

 

[Mei]

is it a 6pin instead of a 4pin on that board? ><
make sure thats the 4pin connector, looks weird

 

[Cpukid]

yes your right because there is no 4 pin connector with the psu

 

[Cpukid]

There is what the manual say a 4 plus 4 in effect a 8

Put in 4+4 and that did the job great thanks

 

[Bacon?]

This may sound stupid but is the PSU on?
On the back of them most have their own separate switch.

 

[Mei]

There is what the manual say a 4 plus 4 in effect a 8

yeh i mean the 4pin by the cpu, looks like a 6pin in the pic which has me confused, tho im not sure how a 6pin would fit^^

if thats all good maybe try 1 stick ram in DIMM0 and do the pin short way to post

 

[Mei]

There is what the manual say a 4 plus 4 in effect a 8

Put in 4+4 and that did the job great thanks

cool
its ssd right? remember to enable ahci on the controllers in bios before installing windows, or that will annoy you so bad^^

 

[Cpukid]

cool
its ssd right? remember to enable ahci on the controllers in bios before installing windows, or that will annoy you so bad^^

Thanks just did that in time

 

[Cpukid]

All going fine, last thing left to install is the gfx card I installed and pc wouldn't display at all any ideas is there something in bios I need to activate before I install?