First SSD build

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My PC is getting a make-over - new mobo, CPU, RAM and for the first time an SSD for the OS and programs.

I plan installing the OS onto the SSD and getting it up-to-date before reconnecting any of the HDDs, am I right in thinking this is the best way to go about it?
 
Thanks for the defrag comment - Google seems to have turned up how to check / do this.

I have an OS on one of the HDDs. I also have a mirror for it, and a separate HDD which I was using as a form of backup as well as having a NAS.

I'll be wiping one of the HDDs clean, creating Users on it, making my normal login to have it's home directory in that Users dir and letting the PC spend ages copying the data cross from the other HDD. Then I'll recreate the mirror, then I'll look at the 3rd HDD to see what best to do with it.
 
It is definitely Windows 7 and I will check about the defrag. I'll also be moving the page file to the HDD once I connect it.

Thanks.
 
Arghh!!!! Nothing on the screen.

The mobo, CPU, RAM & SSD are new, the case, PSU, HDDs & ODDs are not. Fitting the mobo went very well, had to unplug all the HDDs to fit in the SDD but have plugged them all in again and I can feed the HDDs spinning when the power is on. The ODD opened when I pressed the button and I slipped the W7 disk in. It was opening & closing itself rather than opening & staying open.

At first the CPU fan started & then stopped after a few seconds but reseating the RAM fixed that.

I've not plugged the SATA cables for the HDDs in, just the power. I've taken out the BIOS batter for 30 seconds or so, I've tried DVI and VGA cables to the monitor. I've double-checked the horrid tiny little plugs from the front panel, they seem OK. Certainly the power button works as does the power LED.

Mobo is a Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H, CPU is an A10-7800 so there are no expansion cards plugged in - the monitor is plugged into the graphics on the mobo.
 
CPU fan spinning, all HDDs spinning, ODD is live (tray will come out), fan in case front spinning.

Using an Eizo monitor have tried with DVI and VGA, no joy with either. My other monitor has the same number of pixels.
 
I can build it outside the case, just wondering what this is to eliminate.

I took another mATX mobo by the same maker out before I installed this one, all the screws for the stand-offs have gone in, none left over, so there can't be a rogue stand-off causing problems.
 
I've put the previous mobo back in and it's absolutely fine. I've also reported the problem to the mobo supplier, my feeling is I've got a dud mobo or RAM.

Can I test the new RAM in my old mobo which is a Gigabyte GA-F2A85XM-D3H?

From the Gigabyte website:

Support for DDR3 2400(OC)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
Click to expand...

The new memory is:

HyperX Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) Memory Kit 2133MHz DDR3 CL11 DIMM - makers code is HX321C11SRK2/8
Click to expand...

Also a question about when I get it going - should I put the Lightroom catalogue on the SSD?
 
Thanks. Not bothered about the speed but it's worth testing it in my view. I've had dud RAM before.

If it's OK then I'll have another go with the new board - I'm getting rather good at swapping them...
 
Reseating the CPU (with new paste) fixed the problem - it's now loading umpteen windows updates. :)

I'm still curious as to what running the board outside the case would have demonstrated, given it's an upgrade into a known working case.
 
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