Getting new build working. Help please.

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I've just built the following, largely as a gaming machine for my son: -

i5-3570K
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case
Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2)
Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3DUS) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel RAM
WD Scorpio Black 350GB 7200rpm SATA HDD
Samsung 830 64GB SSD

This is the first machine I've ever built and I am a bit nervous about getting it wrong.

I'm aware that there are no drivers installed and, although the WD HDD (which came out of another machine) has Windows 7 installed, it won't boot the new computer.

Now that the machine is together, what is the next stage in getting it working? I would like to have the OS and drivers etc on the Samsung SSD and use the WD HDD for everything else.
 
Windows 7 is on CD and yes there is a CD/DVD R drive. Is is just a case of starting up the new machine, putting the OS CD in and it should tell me what to do from there?
When I tried booting up on the WD HDD the other day the screen registered nothing at all.
 
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