first intel build

[gublok]

hi i am building my mum a pc she wants a I5 but i have only even used amd anything i should no before the bit arrive

and advice would be verry helpful

 

[Doomedspeed]

The pins are the opposite way round. Apart from that, no!

 

[TheBeardedYeti]

I'm assuming your Mum will just be using the PC for standard browsing etc, unless shes a radical gamer, which I'm not ruling out just yet..

Do you have a specific budget in mind too?, require keyboard/mouse/monitor as well?

Edit..

Just re-read and realised you've already ordered..

Guess I'd still like to know the answer on the gaming front

 

[gublok]

she plays wow and and some other rpg

thanks for the info about the pins

 

[ColEx]

The grinding sound of the pins when you lock a i5 into its socket is pretty scary if its your first ever Intel build.

As a long time AMD user myself, that's the only thing i can think of that was "different" when building my rig.

 

[gublok]

thank guys it up and running run better than my piledriver yes that sound is verry distrbing

 

[areksnumbr1sxylady]

First time when I built my intel 1155 rig... God the sound that motherboard made... I really thought I bent all the pins that existed...

 

[scotsdragon]

It is scary but if you checked vids before you will have been ready for it lol

 

[OptimaLnrg]

The cpu is harder to break and the mobo slightly easier

 

[gublok]

i think itel have the right i would rather spend £70 on a mobo then £200 on a cpu that i bent the pins on