Setting up a new pc

ash_scotland88 · 13 Apr 2008 at 16:02

Basically I am confident enough to put togeather a new pc (just polished my favourite mallet and will order a new tub of a superglue- not sure what type yet though)
but its the bios, raid configuring, partitioning and hard-drive making sure everything is the correct setting
I have reinstalled windows before but because bios speeds and shiz cant be changed i havnt had to worry about all that.

so yeah any guides on how to do all this, just so i can be more sure etc.

ash_scotland88 · 14 Apr 2008 at 11:57

bumpety bump

Ethics · 14 Apr 2008 at 13:46

Is this for overclocking or not?

If it is head to the overclocking section here, all the info you'll need (especially the guides that are stickied at the top)

If not then you won't need to change much, it's upto you whether you want RAID, google holds a whole host of information, i'd checkout the different types of RAID configurations as for which best suits your needs. There's also a hard drive section here tha tshould help.

Partitioning is another preference, depends if you plan to have one disk or more, the key benefit to partitioning is so that your OS is on one, and your data etc. is the other, so when the OS goes **** up (they always do) not everything is hosed.

If you want more than one disk you can increase performance slightly by moving the swap to a different one etc.

It's a bit unclear what exactly you want it for and to be honest all of your questions can be solved by 5 minutes on Google.

ash_scotland88 · 14 Apr 2008 at 18:51

sorry for being unclear

would be for overclocking. But i mean the correct order for setting up the hardware etc, eg is it install windows, change to raid 0, etc

and how to i know if the likes of mobo has latest drivers/bios...those type of guides.

so wasnt really asking questions, just if there is a guide out there that'll teach me these sort of things,

i'll go take a gander about.

PCDave · 14 Apr 2008 at 19:20

if your doing a hardware raid this needs to be set up before you install the os if its a software raid your after then google it or maybe someone else knows here. you will need to enable the raid configeration in the bios as well eithier for hardware or software(achi). As for latest bios and drivers etc these can be downloaded from the manufacturers website and at a guess can be applied after the os is installed but should clarify that with someone. as for overclocking best done after installation of os should be able to find guides online for your parts on how best to optimize your overclock.

ash_scotland88 · 14 Apr 2008 at 19:24

cheers, would be going for raid0 (increased performance yeah?) as i would have a portable hard-drive to back stuff up on.
what i dont understand is i hear (well read) poeple having to link up old floppy drives to install stuff and what not, whats that all about?

PCDave · 14 Apr 2008 at 20:25

i have a hardware raid 5 setup never needed a floppy to do so most modern mobos should have raid features in there bios