help spec me a pc

stulid · 18 Sep 2011 at 20:18

Hitman_UK said:
Ok thanks

What do you think of this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-006-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1516

Same price as 1600MHz RAM, if it was actually cheaper then it would be good.

Hitman_UK · 18 Sep 2011 at 22:23

Do you need one of those wide strip cables for the drives didn't get one with it

stulid · 18 Sep 2011 at 22:24

Hitman_UK said:
Do you need one of those wide strip cables for the drives didn't get one with it

The motherboard will come with two SATA data cables (one for the HDD and one for the DVD drive)

The spec I did above included a new DVD drive re-writer in SATA, modern motherboards are SATA and finding one with a IDE (the wide cable) is rare as its old tech.

This is a SATA style data cable,

This is IDE,

chenga · 18 Sep 2011 at 22:48

I was looking for information for a build for my parents and came across this thread which is pretty much answers most of my questions. Thanks Hitman for the thread and stulid for the info.

I do have one question, would this spec be suitable for an HTPC?
It would be used to watch videos online.

stulid · 18 Sep 2011 at 22:53

chenga said:
I was looking for information for a build for my parents and came across this thread which is pretty much answers most of my questions. Thanks Hitman for the thread and stulid for the info.

I do have one question, would this spec be suitable for an HTPC?
It would be used to watch videos online.

Yes it would, you can increase the harddrive size (1TB+ etc) to suit your needs, or add more as you need extra space, the motherboard will have two SATA ports free after a DVD and HDD have been added.

It also has these display outputs

HDMI, VGA & DVI-D output

http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/H61M-E33--B3-.html#/?div=Overview

chenga · 18 Sep 2011 at 23:00

Thanks stulid again for this build and my other one.

stulid · 18 Sep 2011 at 23:04

chenga said:
Thanks stulid again for this build and my other one.

How are you liking the Llano (if you went for it?) tried gaming yet? get some pics up in that other thread of yours

Hitman_UK · 18 Sep 2011 at 23:11

I put all the stuff in the case (ximatek asgard) of the parts you said

Just need to put the cables into motherboard,CD and hard drive.. need to find out what goes where

Edit also I got the two red cables

stulid · 18 Sep 2011 at 23:15

Wow, you got these parts quickly considering it was just yesterday and still just this morning deciding on cases.

The motherboard needs a 24pin ATX and a 4pin ATX near the cpu socket.

Attach a SATA cable from a port on the board, one for each drive, then just add a power connector from the PSU to each drive.

Fit the heatsink and fan assembly and plug the little connector into the CPU_FAN header.

Attach the wires from the case to the bottom edge of the board and connect any case fans to the PSU.

Hitman_UK · 19 Sep 2011 at 00:01

one the last cables ones for front

wheres about can only see one 3 pin slot and it dont fit in.

stulid · 19 Sep 2011 at 00:10

The bigger three pin looks like a fan header for a case fan (possibly from the front?) stick it into the motherboard at a SYS_FAN header, theres one under the main 24pin connector.

Connect the HDD LED, PWR LED, PWR SW, etc too header JFP1

Hitman_UK · 19 Sep 2011 at 00:39

stulid said:
The bigger three pin looks like a fan header for a case fan (possibly from the front?) stick it into the motherboard at a SYS_FAN header, theres one under the main 24pin connector.

Connect the HDD LED, PWR LED, PWR SW, etc too header JFP1

right

ive done that and i put (speaker) in JFP2

just to check before i boot

i put the chip in the lift plate thing and then the fan on top of it..it doesn't need any paste right? apparently its on there? not sure

stulid · 19 Sep 2011 at 00:43

The stock intel item comes with paste pre-applied

chenga · 19 Sep 2011 at 01:00

stulid said:
How are you liking the Llano (if you went for it?) tried gaming yet? get some pics up in that other thread of yours

The Llano is great. I posted some pictures in my other thread now.

Hitman_UK · 19 Sep 2011 at 01:36

i put it in boot mode and its saying

reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key..

it always goes to that when starting now

chenga · 19 Sep 2011 at 02:02

Did you put the OS CD in the drive?

All you should need to do now is put the CD in and boot from the CD.

Buchanan0204 · 19 Sep 2011 at 02:04

Have you put the Windows disc in? Have you set your first boot device to your optical drive?

Goodness ^^^ I hate getting pipped at the post lol.

Hitman_UK · 19 Sep 2011 at 02:29

i set it to boot with the lg drive with the cd in and its doing that :confused:

Buchanan0204 · 19 Sep 2011 at 03:01

So... what's the problem then?

Has Windows began to install?

Hitman_UK · 19 Sep 2011 at 14:39

I've installed OS now and motherboard drivers

But I've got I've got a problem in BIOS the ram was running at 1000 auto so I set it to 1333 and switched it back to boot from hard drive saved and reboot

Now it turns on for a for about 5 seconds and cuts out then keeps repeating