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Berto

Berto

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Right this is first time ive ever dabble in this area of PC's and would like some help, after many hours spent at work dossing about talking to my mate about PC's and spec's we've came to this point now, Where we're half hearted as if it will "Gel" so to say, Any advice on changes for a more of a positive out come would be appreciated highly, Also i know im missing one or two things as i havnt a clue what to put in.


Antec Nine Hundred Gaming Case
Asus P5W64-WS Pro Intel 975X (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)
OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional SoundCard 7.1
Akasa AK174CC-4RAB 120mm Multi Colour LED Fan x1
GeIL 2GB (2xGB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160811AS SATA-ll 8MB Cache - OEM x2
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail


Another question; Microsoft Vista - Worth getting now? Or wait later till it's less buggy? I hear theres ermm quite a few problems with it at the moment.
 
Berto said:
Antec Nine Hundred Gaming Case
Asus P5W64-WS Pro Intel 975X (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)
OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional SoundCard 7.1
Akasa AK174CC-4RAB 120mm Multi Colour LED Fan x1
GeIL 2GB (2xGB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160811AS SATA-ll 8MB Cache - OEM x2
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Another question; Microsoft Vista - Worth getting now? Or wait later till it's less buggy? I hear theres ermm quite a few problems with it at the moment.
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Welcome to the forums mate :)

Change the PSU for a Corsair 520/620w
Change the HSF to a Tuniq Tower (not sure if it fits on that M/B though)
Change the Seagate to 7200.10 drive (newer technology = better)

IMO stay away from Vista for the moment, gaming isn't exactly great in it at the moment 10-15% drop in performance is the average. Plus driver support isn't exactly ace.
 
So more along the line's of

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM


That instead for a start, If it doesnt fit dont fancy taking risk with it lol.

Already got the Case, Mobo, & Processor, Apprantley the PSU is on it's way but i only just found out about this thing other day after i orderd my PSU >_< wish i didnt bother lol but il give it ago!

Thanks for the welcome, the world of PC's is completely new to me so this should be a massive learning curve lol
 
Berto said:
So more along the line's of

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
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Yeah that's better.

Berto said:
That instead for a start, If it doesn't fit dont fancy taking risk with it lol.
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Don't let that put you off, on further inspection it should fit AFAIK. Anybody got any other ideas?

Berto said:
Already got the Case, Mobo, & Processor, Apparently the PSU is on it's way but i only just found out about this thing other day after i orderd my PSU >_< wish i didnt bother lol but il give it ago!
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Don't worry the OCZ is perfectly good.
 
Hmm might try it, Gotta wait for pay day anyway's to order some more stuff now :( No wonder im so skint, i hope this will be worth while lol.

How hard is it too actually put a PC together anyway's? lol
 
Easy enough, read the instructions and when you get stuck/frustrated have a cup of tea before you break something.
 
grr wish i could type faster :D

pluggining it in basicly

there are a few tricky parts but mainly thats in the bios and such,

cpu drops in and gets clipped down, hsf goes on top, also clips down

ram slots in and clips in

graphics same as above

hard drives simple as plugging 2 cables in

dvd drives same as above

plugging all power cables into the available slots on the mobo

connecting the front buttons and lights can be a bit anoying but isnt hard to do

and thats the basics realy

jackassuk56
 
jackassuk56 said:
pluggining it in basicly

there are a few tricky parts but mainly thats in the bios and such,

cpu drops in and gets clipped down, hsf goes on top, also clips down

ram slots in and clips in

graphics same as above

hard drives simple as plugging 2 cables in

dvd drives same as above

plugging all power cables into the available slots on the mobo

connecting the front buttons and lights can be a bit anoying but isnt hard to do

and thats the basics realy

jackassuk56
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Sounds easy enough, Opend up my Mobo box and was like oh man what have i got my self into lol...
 
yea i was like that when i first took my first computer apart :S

but the way its designed its realy hard to c0ck it up

REMBER CHANGE THE CMOS RESET JUMPER FROM RESET TO NORMAL!

this often catches a lot of people out, its shipped like this to apparently keep the power in the battery.

jackassuk56
 
i like how you said "Apprantley to keep the power in the battery" lol,
Yeah im making little note's on stuff cause i really cant afford to Beep things up

Sorry for language.
 
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lol if you have any proplems dont hesitate (spelling??) to ask, one of us will answer your cries for help :P

wish i could afford to buy all the parts in one go, have to buy one part at a time when i do a system build, im gonna get everything apart from the mobo, cpu and ram then buy those after its all done

my new system is gonna set me back atleast £700 for the main rig no monitor keyboard or mouse :S

make sure you have a large flat area to build your computer

and if you dont have an anti static wrist strap touch the case every now and then to release the static charge in you, i dont know if you need the psu and the power cable plugged in but im sure someone will clear that up

jackassuk56
 
jackassuk56 said:
lol if you have any proplems dont hesitate (spelling??) to ask, one of us will answer your cries for help :P

wish i could afford to buy all the parts in one go, have to buy one part at a time when i do a system build, im gonna get everything apart from the mobo, cpu and ram then buy those after its all done

my new system is gonna set me back atleast £700 for the main rig no monitor keyboard or mouse :S

make sure you have a large flat area to build your computer

and if you dont have an anti static wrist strap touch the case every now and then to release the static charge in you, i dont know if you need the psu and the power cable plugged in but im sure someone will clear that up

jackassuk56
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Ive had to order parts per week too, if i could buy it in bulk would be amazing when you buy it in parts feels like forever to get it all lol. £800-900 for mine and i still need Desk Monitor Mouse Keyboard lol as long as it lasts for a long time it should be a worty investment. How much anti static wrist strap cost couple of quid?


gumbald said:
Don't put it in to start with :p The big bad OcUK monster will forcibly remove it otherwise.
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Saves me editing it then hey ;)
 
jackassuk56 said:
£6 from a major high street electrical store

due to the fact this stor is a competitor i cant say the name

but im sure i can say it starts with M
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Ok got it no problemo :P

Oh & Thanks a lot :)
 
failing that you could allways make your own

one long length of barbed wire :D

the live slot on the plug



with the anti static wrist band you need to connect the powersupply to the case and then plug it in, this means your earthed to the case and the case is earthed to ground

happy building!!


(disclaimer the first part of this post was a joke and i accept no responseablilty for people stupid enough to try it!)
 
jackassuk56 said:
(disclaimer the first part of this post was a joke and i accept no responseablilty for people stupid enough to try it!)
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*Gets the ol`barbed wire out*
 
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