First build thread

Melax

Melax

Melax

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Hi, all my parts arrived today in good condition.

One small problem

I didnt order a DVDR drive. is it 100% neccesary to have one as i do have an external one available right now

Im following the build guide posted by greywolf at the moment... shall i proceed without the drive?

thanks
 
Yes, keep going, hopefully the external one is bootable from the bios, if not then you can install from a USB thumb drive.
 
im a about to fit the ram to the mobo. 2 x 4gig sticks. I am a bit confused as to whether they should be place in the blue or the white section
 
chose to put them in white :). have to push down quite hard but it kindly locks itself in to let you know its done
 
The board boots up with them in any pair.

This is useful if you have tall ramsinks and a large cooler, so you can stick them in the white slots.
 
Ah, I remember the fear...erm...I mean fun of my first build.

Especially when I turned it on and nothing happened. :S

I'd just not shoved the gpu in hard enough though. :D
 
i was REALLY confused when i saw the i5 cooler i was just like eeeeehh.so far pace is slow but i want to be careful as its my first build
 
Yeah take your time mate, no point in rushing. My 1st build i made a complete hash of the front panel connectors took me a few hours to work out why it wouldnt switch on!

Edit - spelling mistakes :)
 
im having a lot of trouble attaching the fan to the cpu cooler these wire things are way too fiddly anytips?
 
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