Successful first build.

shinyazz52 · 14 Apr 2011 at 18:50

Hey guys

After lots of agonising over spec i finally ordered my components a couple of weeks back , and they arrived on 8/4. Next day i set about building the thing. After doing a couple of weeks of research and watching tutorials i was still a little nervous but after a few hours it was built and windows 7 was installing. a lot of people advised me that the process was pretty straightforward and it turned out that way. I say to anyone who is wanting to build but is (like i was) a little nervous , GO FOR IT !
I will never buy a pre built system again.
here is my spec

BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
XFX ATI Radeon HD 6850 Black Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit
CHOSEN OPTION
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case - Black
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)
Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 700W Power Supply

stulid · 14 Apr 2011 at 18:53

pics

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shinyazz52 · 15 Apr 2011 at 14:26

desk is a bit ****e really lol , but here is my new pride and joy lol

skylineboy · 15 Apr 2011 at 14:33

can we have a look inside your pride and joy lol

shinyazz52 · 15 Apr 2011 at 14:37

ermmmm......no my cable management is total ******** lol

im gonna have another go at it this weekend though.

skylineboy · 15 Apr 2011 at 14:39

thats exactly why I never posted any pics of mine up too!

Reaper 392 · 15 Apr 2011 at 14:44

shinyazz52 said:
ermmmm......no my cable management is total ******** lol

im gonna have another go at it this weekend though.

dont worry about it, it cant be worse than mine. ive actually used string because i couldnt find our cable ties *insert blushing face here*

skylineboy · 15 Apr 2011 at 14:47

Never underestimate string... or Blutack I love my blutack in my case holding my fan filter cagey thing.

Daniel C · 15 Apr 2011 at 14:52

I used the same case as you for my first build a few weeks ago, and like you say, I was a tad nervous but now it's done, I'm well chuffed with myself! Very satisfying when it powers on and doesn't go bang

That case made life very easy. Everything just slides into place, no screws.

Well done mate

shinyazz52 · 15 Apr 2011 at 14:59

the case is top notch , so glad i chose it . i cant believe how quiet it runs too. hardest part i found was getting the cpu cooler on , i was really panicing then .

panyan · 15 Apr 2011 at 15:03

Reaper 392 said:
dont worry about it, it cant be worse than mine. ive actually used string because i couldnt find our cable ties *insert blushing face here*

i think the trophy goes to me:

as a crude attempt at "braiding", i collected four cables from the fans that looked messy and wrapped the length of it in electrical tape and it didnt look nice so i wrapped the whole lot in faffa tape... it looked even worse :rolleyes:

but dont worry, when i get my new case next week, ill be sure to make a better attempt

Daniel C · 15 Apr 2011 at 17:45

shinyazz52 said:
the case is top notch , so glad i chose it . i cant believe how quiet it runs too. hardest part i found was getting the cpu cooler on , i was really panicing then .

Yep, the stock cooler I got was crap to fit, I've all ready swapped it out because it was making a horrible noise as well.