First proper PC build.

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I will be creating my first proper PC within the next few weeks. It won't be anything spectacular, no coolant system (yet). Just a nice home PC that will run some of my accounts software and invoicing, and games/movies during my rest time.

Entry 1: 09/08/2012

Ordered the components from OcUK, awaiting delivery tomorrow at some point. Never used DPD before, but as long as they are more reliable than City Link then I won't have any grievances. Oh, and here's the giblets that will be rearranged into a working build.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7750 Power Edition Transthermal OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £77.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £53.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £49.99
1 x Aerocool Vs-4 Midi Tower Case - Black £27.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £520.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

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Entry 2 : 10/10/12

The 5 components that I ordered have arrived, delivery arrived within the stated time slot. Very happy with DPD delivery, which is much better than any delivery company I have had dealings with in the past.

Without further ado, the pictures of the bits!

Ignore the turtle hiding under the blankets. And yippee, sweeties! Will order the CPU, mainboard and case tomorrow (hopefully) if the crap company that I ordered a laptop with reimburse my account.

 

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Entry 3: Unit is now complete. All wires are in place, all that's left is to install windows and all the drivers. Had a little hiccup with the PSU, which only came with a 2 pin wall plug. OCuK soon sorted the problem though, many thanks for the assistance! And made a mistake with the cpu, ordered the OEM version which I expected to come with a cooler. A quick google told me that only the retail one does. Oops. A quick foray into the shed soon provided a Xigmatec cpu cooler and a brand new tube of TIM, which cheered me up. Will post pictures of it all later.

 

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Let the games begin!