My 1st time inside a pc
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All my builds have been made sitting at a table, and I always touch the case and radiator to earth everything (luckily I can reach the radiator from sitting at the table). Otherwise the only time I wore the anti-static wrist bands was when I worked on a pc production line 
Always thought it was funny plugging myself into the mains each morning!!
Always thought it was funny plugging myself into the mains each morning!!
Hey, just a quick update and a thank you to anyone helping me out. Ordered the case (antec300) and a Tuniq tower yesterday and they arrived today, so over the weekend I'll get stuck in.
Had a look for the fanspeed thing on google and got lots of different links pop up, So if im not being too much of a pain is there anychane someone could post a link to the right one, and any other utils I should get.
Oh and one quick question, as best as I can figure it the tuniq is held on top of the cpu by a "long m shape piece of metal" that clips onto the MB bracket(am2 socket) either side. Am I right about this? and if I am, is it safe/secure? The tuniqs pretty heavy for just that clip to hold it in place.
Had a look for the fanspeed thing on google and got lots of different links pop up, So if im not being too much of a pain is there anychane someone could post a link to the right one, and any other utils I should get.
Oh and one quick question, as best as I can figure it the tuniq is held on top of the cpu by a "long m shape piece of metal" that clips onto the MB bracket(am2 socket) either side. Am I right about this? and if I am, is it safe/secure? The tuniqs pretty heavy for just that clip to hold it in place.
it was a joke mate
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yeah i never used anti-static at home building mine jus used the psu plugged into the wall with the psu switch off works a treat. only used a band when i was college doing PC Build and Repair made my wrist ache... any1 else feel that?
Mission accomplished, kinda.
Hello all, thanks for giving me a hand here, and just a quick post with a couple of questions.
So things went kinda OK over the weekend, I removed everything from the new case, cleaned the CPU and fitted the Tuniq(harder than I'd thought it would be, really needed to push the clip pretty hard to reach the am2 hook things). Theres quite a bit of dust kind of embedded onto the MB/Graphics card, I used compressed air but didnt wonna get to involved at that time, any ideas of getting rid of it? Messed about for a coupe of hours, made a few mistakes and had to back track, tryed a little to keep most of the cables tidy, plugged everything in and prayed.
And phew was I happy it actually worked, it booted up with no problems, so I DL'd speedfan and mb's at 27c and cpu is at 28-30c, but GPU is 55c, all at idle, the G card is a geforce 8600gt with the smallest fan I've everseen trying to keep it cool, so maybe I'll upgrade soon. I played a few games and kept an eye on speedfan and top temp so far is 42c for the cpu, but top gpu was 75c, so I think I'm happy about that, what do you think?
Two probs I do have atm are frontpanel sound isnt working, but I think thats just swopping the connection over, the case had one with a second tied in after it. And im not getting a mb beep on boot, and I'm pretty sure I was in the other case. Any ideas?
I'd like to get a couple of intake fans and well this is probably gonne get a few laughs. How do I know there intake/exhaust, is it just a matter of mounting them a different way or is there a switch or what? And what connections, the ones in the 300 were molex(4pin)? and got power from the psu and I'd like to do the same with the intakes or is this a bad idea?
Many thanks.
Hello all, thanks for giving me a hand here, and just a quick post with a couple of questions.
So things went kinda OK over the weekend, I removed everything from the new case, cleaned the CPU and fitted the Tuniq(harder than I'd thought it would be, really needed to push the clip pretty hard to reach the am2 hook things). Theres quite a bit of dust kind of embedded onto the MB/Graphics card, I used compressed air but didnt wonna get to involved at that time, any ideas of getting rid of it? Messed about for a coupe of hours, made a few mistakes and had to back track, tryed a little to keep most of the cables tidy, plugged everything in and prayed.
And phew was I happy it actually worked, it booted up with no problems, so I DL'd speedfan and mb's at 27c and cpu is at 28-30c, but GPU is 55c, all at idle, the G card is a geforce 8600gt with the smallest fan I've everseen trying to keep it cool, so maybe I'll upgrade soon. I played a few games and kept an eye on speedfan and top temp so far is 42c for the cpu, but top gpu was 75c, so I think I'm happy about that, what do you think?
Two probs I do have atm are frontpanel sound isnt working, but I think thats just swopping the connection over, the case had one with a second tied in after it. And im not getting a mb beep on boot, and I'm pretty sure I was in the other case. Any ideas?
I'd like to get a couple of intake fans and well this is probably gonne get a few laughs. How do I know there intake/exhaust, is it just a matter of mounting them a different way or is there a switch or what? And what connections, the ones in the 300 were molex(4pin)? and got power from the psu and I'd like to do the same with the intakes or is this a bad idea?
Many thanks.
just try your compressed air, it should be ok.
75 is not bad for gpu, a little on the high side, have a look at aftermarket coolers.
as for your sound, are you sure its wired properly, pics would help
the intake/outake fans are the same, just mounted the other way around.
hth
75 is not bad for gpu, a little on the high side, have a look at aftermarket coolers.
as for your sound, are you sure its wired properly, pics would help
the intake/outake fans are the same, just mounted the other way around.
hth
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I build mine in the bath.
Also, I install the power supply first and ensure it is on and plugged in as I find it easier this way.
Also, I install the power supply first and ensure it is on and plugged in as I find it easier this way.
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good effort that. Lucky didn't cut your ear stitches do half hurt in your ear
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I've building PC's for nearly ten years and never worn a static strap. Not fried any components yet. Just make sure you don't do a peter from family guy before you start fiddling