About to start first build, few questions

Jampolo

Jampolo

Jampolo

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About to start my first build, excited and worried..

some of the motherboard screws wont go in (2 to be exact)
the screws dont seem long enough, every other screw is in, is that a problem?
 
yeh they came with the case, manual says they are the only ones to fit the mobo with
AMD II X4 3.2 ghz
XMS3 (i think) 4 GB ram (do they have to go into certain slots?)
Zalman Z7 Plus case
Gigabye 880GM Mobo
Asus GTX 460 768mb gpu
Corsair CX500 PSU
Samsung f3 500gb HDD
samsung optical drive

hehe i cant wait to finish this :p
 
cheers mate :)
also sorry for asking lots of questions :P
but basically my output will be a mini hdmi to hdmi cable connected to my tv, but the source is the graphics card...
for my monitor (tv) does it have to come from the hdmi slot of the mobo or can it come from the mini hdmi slot on the gpu?
 
cheers,
also on a GPU, it has the gold contacts which go into the mobo, some of my gold contacts are showing... the gpu is screwed in at the top, but the contacts dont seem to be all the way in, any thoughts ?
 
update, everythings in except RAM and CPU
could anyone tell me if i connec the many cables from the PSU to the motherboard now or after i've fitted everything ?
 
ok well mobo is already in the case so i too late for that :/
also anyone here had experience with a AMD Phenom II X4 955 cpu cooler? the one you get with the processor?
 
done the CPU cooler, but its really tight and feels like i've squashed the CPU :( its got thermal paste on it, is that normal for it to be that tight ?
 
ok lastly, just clipped in the RAM, i see so many people having problems with RAM
can they be next to eachother or do they have to be apart? Only asking because i sooo want this to work first time :p
 
Almost done :) basically im just wondering, in places where i have two cables but one plug, is it ok to just leave the plug hanging as it would ? doesnt seem right thats all
 
thanks, im excited but worried incase it doesnt work -.- ive got the 8 pin and 24 pin plugs, all the LED plugs for the case, the USB, HD sound, the ones i havent got are AC97 and another plug which seems to fit into my HDD and ODD, there like wider sata cables, does the ODD and HDD hve to be directly connected to the PSU ? Or is motherboard good enough?
 
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