what is best method of testing the stuff out of case? ive never done it yet as ive been scared something happens to it hehe - just sit motherboard on table with GPU/RAM/CPU/HSF on and cables & monitor wired in and then touch the ON/OFF pins with a screw driver? and if you get into BIOS its working fine..yeah? Ive always just built them and hoped for the best....never had one not turn on yet.
My dads new build to be (all threads into 1)
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my dads stuff came this morning... 
dying to get stuck into it... he coming over tomoz tea-time so will start then... the case doesnt have 2 x 120mm fans I read that it would have on a different site.. it has 1 x 92mm on the back.. it probs be noisey as hell and have to order a decent cheap 120mm fan to suck warm air out back...anyone suggest a cheap one thats quiet?
dying to get stuck into it... he coming over tomoz tea-time so will start then... the case doesnt have 2 x 120mm fans I read that it would have on a different site.. it has 1 x 92mm on the back.. it probs be noisey as hell and have to order a decent cheap 120mm fan to suck warm air out back...anyone suggest a cheap one thats quiet?
it took us much longer than normal, about 2 hours just taking our time (normally 40 minutes) - the HSF (Gellid Tranquillo) was extremely fiddly and the instructions were in very small print and werent fully informative but you could work out what to do from some of the pics.. i will deduct a star for that when I review it.
Everything else was quite smooth install apart from some of the pins like front panel audio etc and the huge GPU and HSF just got in the way - infact i had to remove the GPU to get FP AUDIO in - was the fiddliest build ive done, think it was just orientantion of it all - perhaps next time i will install GPU last after pins
the comp is DEAD SILENT, it hums under 100% load on Prime95 but nothing annoying - whether its the CPU fan or GPU fan or BOTH i heard I dont know.
the SSD is lightening fast... windows takes 15 seconds to load after post to desktop - apps flick up as if already loaded and my internet is blazing fast... people with 800Mhz and less Ram just dont realise what they are missing as ive noticed over few comps and laptops with DDR3 Ram the internet is lightening fast on my connection.. quick pages flick up instantly..where as our laptop (DDR2 667Mhz) and my dads XP PC (DDR2 800Mhz) quick pages take 1+ seconds ...faster memory defo makes a difference.
Im still in mid-setup with software, ive got it OC'd to 4Ghz which Prime95'd @ 74'c max temp , 69'c avg. which is normal I believe ... im gunna finish of installing everything and play with afterwards...
very impressive and so glad we got the SSD and the 500Gb Seagate
Everything else was quite smooth install apart from some of the pins like front panel audio etc and the huge GPU and HSF just got in the way - infact i had to remove the GPU to get FP AUDIO in - was the fiddliest build ive done, think it was just orientantion of it all - perhaps next time i will install GPU last after pins
the comp is DEAD SILENT, it hums under 100% load on Prime95 but nothing annoying - whether its the CPU fan or GPU fan or BOTH i heard I dont know.
the SSD is lightening fast... windows takes 15 seconds to load after post to desktop - apps flick up as if already loaded and my internet is blazing fast... people with 800Mhz and less Ram just dont realise what they are missing as ive noticed over few comps and laptops with DDR3 Ram the internet is lightening fast on my connection.. quick pages flick up instantly..where as our laptop (DDR2 667Mhz) and my dads XP PC (DDR2 800Mhz) quick pages take 1+ seconds ...faster memory defo makes a difference.
Im still in mid-setup with software, ive got it OC'd to 4Ghz which Prime95'd @ 74'c max temp , 69'c avg. which is normal I believe ... im gunna finish of installing everything and play with afterwards...
very impressive and so glad we got the SSD and the 500Gb Seagate
no not even installed it yet, still updating win7
i have an issue with the Gigabyte USB3.0 controller - it hasnt and wont install - USB3.0 ports are dead - trying to sort that now... all the windows updates and SP1 have totally eaten the 60Gb SSD aswell.. down to 31Gb with just windows updates, chrome, avast, drivers installed
sorted it, got driver from other website
i have an issue with the Gigabyte USB3.0 controller - it hasnt and wont install - USB3.0 ports are dead - trying to sort that now... all the windows updates and SP1 have totally eaten the 60Gb SSD aswell.. down to 31Gb with just windows updates, chrome, avast, drivers installed
sorted it, got driver from other website
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