What order to install part

ali825 · 12 Sep 2008 at 00:18

Hi ya tomoro i will be building my first computer, what i am wanting to know if in what order do you all install the parts, as every website has a differnt idea, also would you be able to write the plus and cons if any.

thx for the help in advace

ali

Ken · 12 Sep 2008 at 01:52

I always build everything on a large table with the motherboard raised on the motherboard box. Install Windows and drivers. Stress test and if everything is ok then disassemble leaving motherboard, cpu/heatsink and memory intact to be screwed onto the motherboard tray. Then install graphics card, sound card, hard drives, PSU etc and cable tidy. Boot up and ta da. Rather than build everything in the case and then finding out there is a problem (touch wood) and having to troubleshoot components inside the case and worse case scenario having to disassemble everything to return the motherboard for a replacement or something.

thesnowdog1971 · 12 Sep 2008 at 02:04

I personally start off with attaching PSU to the case, then the motherboard to the case. Allows you to earth yourself on the case before you touch anything to save anything going **** up. PSU > motherboard > CPU and HSF > memory > floppy drive > hard drives > graphics card.

Remember to touch all circuit boards at the very edges and to earth yourself on your case before removing parts from their ESP bags and you shouldn't have any problems.

pingwing · 12 Sep 2008 at 02:11

Lol iv built several in bed... (just touch a light switch or radiator before you start)

Anyway propper help, if your doing core2 the single best thing to do it put the cpu in the board first! (before it gets to the case) and then faff about with push pin coolers with full mobility (instead of big hands in a small case). I made this mistake on my first core 2 build and ended up swearing a lot (it alost made the sg03 build a little easier).

Also, psu in case first is a good general rule, followed by your motherboard set up. Then ram and harddrives.

Once everything is in place wire up the motherboard connectors before anything else! (again big hands small case syndrome as its really hard to get the on/off switch in right sometimes) Then connect to the extreme!

Buying all brand new should (hopefully) negate the need to pretest... *touch wood*