My First Build :D

DanielT

DanielT

DanielT

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Just placed my First order at Overclockers , This is also my first build.

The system was specced on a tight budget but thanks to the help of stulid and other forums members i got the best kit for money. The spec is as follows:

Xenon AMD Phenom II X4 840 3.20GHz Bundle - Quad Core £137.48 1 £137.48
OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G) £61.99 1 £61.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £57.00 1 £57.00
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £24.99 1 £24.99
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £54.16 1 £54.16
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.32 1 £13.32
OcUK Value SATA-II 45cm Red Data Cable (NLRB-302LOCK) £2.16 1 £2.16

Total: £436.32 GBP


Again thanks OC forum people !!. And if i get stuck i will let you know.

Also it says delivery is coming tommorow , Is that guaranteed?

Thanks
 
Semple said:
Have fun and take your time building it.

EDIT: And yes if you've paid next day delivery DPD are usually excellent with deliveries. Pretty sure you made the cut-off point for next day deliveries as well.
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Thanks ,

I've been watching quite a few videos on how to build a pc. I get the concept/which order i need to build in. The only part that looks confusing is when i need to plug in all the little leads into the motherboard lol
 
Another part i dont know how to do is the thermal paste (If its included).

Some say that if you apply to much it will mess up everything
 
nkata said:
Looks like the stock AMD heatsink so it will be preapplied. There will be a greyish square under a protective plastic cover. Just remove the cover before placing the heatsink onto the processor in the motherboard.

I do this outside the case, I usually fit the CPU, memory and heatsink before placing the motherboard into the case and fixing it in position. Make sure you connect the fan header on the heatsink to the motherboard as soon as you have fixed the heatsink, often forgotten on 1st builds. :)
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Whats a fan header?
 
ST34LTH said:
Yeh DPD are awesome with deliveries, they always deliver to me around 10-11am, always! lol its never been late either.

Good luck with your build
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Ok thanks

Stoner81 said:
Your motherboard manual will explain that to you so as long as you can read, follow and understand simple diagrams you will be fine dude just take your time, don't rush and above don't panic ;)

Stoner81.

PS - Hey do we get some piccys of the build and the finished result :D
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Ok nice one , I will take some pics if i have time :D

Nvidiot said:
Has the OP seen this at the top of this forum?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18046396
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Yeah i seen it. I will go step by step with that guide :D
 
Everything arrived today . I also got corsair xms3 ram instead of GeiL value ram which i guess is better.

Anyways here's the pic:

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Just to let you know guys the build went fine. Abit tricky getting the motherboard into the corner of the case and lining up the I/O port. Also when i turned it on for the first time i got no display but i realized i put the 4 pin connector next to the 24 pin slot when it should have been in the 4 pin port next to the vga output etc. Then i did get a problem when my 2nd hdd (500gb) wasnt showing up so i went to the western digital website and downloaded a tool that creates partitions. Now its showing up :).

Only thing left to do is cable management :D , But its all working fine. Took me around 2-3 hours total to get it all done (From delivery).

All in all i was very happy with OC , The delivery and packaging was super as promised and i will be a regular customer from now on :)

Thanks everyone for the help
 
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