james.wired
Equator Gringo
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Well thanks mostly to tech forums for providing valuable information and a great community, I gained a lot of knowledge fairly quick. With a few nagging questions from me and helpful answers from you guys, over the past 2 months I gathered all my pieces for my build and from start to finish it took me like 3 friggin hours haha, sometimes frustrating but fun! Couldn't have done it without you guys!
Specs (remember I am in Panama, extremely limited selection!):
Thermaltake M9
MSI K9A2 CF-F-V2
Phenom x3 8750 (Toliman) 2.4GHz Black Edition
Core Contact Freezer (cpu idles at 31c and core at 31c)
Sapphire Radeon 4850 512mb
Corsair 550w
160GB Samsung SATAII
2GB SuperTalent DDR2 667MHz (1066mhz my next buy)
ViewSonic 21.5" LCD 1080p monitor
Now, I know it is nothing special or next gen worthy or Crysis ridiculous, but with a slim wallet it is a start Here are pics I took while building
1. Unpacked the case and put the mobo in (then found out I had to take it back out to put other things in haha:laughing:
2. Took the front off and put the drive in:
3. Installed PSU:
4. Installed processor and heat sink. Now, this heat sink was INSANE to put on. First off, it did not clip on to the mounting bracket on both sides...i tried and tried and gave up before I thought I was going to crack the motherboard from trying. I ended up taking the mounting bracket off of the mobo and just barely being able fit the clippings on each side, then screw the mounting bracket back onto the mobo on top of the processor! this is the clearance I have between it and my ram:
Specs (remember I am in Panama, extremely limited selection!):
Thermaltake M9
MSI K9A2 CF-F-V2
Phenom x3 8750 (Toliman) 2.4GHz Black Edition
Core Contact Freezer (cpu idles at 31c and core at 31c)
Sapphire Radeon 4850 512mb
Corsair 550w
160GB Samsung SATAII
2GB SuperTalent DDR2 667MHz (1066mhz my next buy)
ViewSonic 21.5" LCD 1080p monitor
Now, I know it is nothing special or next gen worthy or Crysis ridiculous, but with a slim wallet it is a start Here are pics I took while building
1. Unpacked the case and put the mobo in (then found out I had to take it back out to put other things in haha:laughing:
2. Took the front off and put the drive in:
3. Installed PSU:
4. Installed processor and heat sink. Now, this heat sink was INSANE to put on. First off, it did not clip on to the mounting bracket on both sides...i tried and tried and gave up before I thought I was going to crack the motherboard from trying. I ended up taking the mounting bracket off of the mobo and just barely being able fit the clippings on each side, then screw the mounting bracket back onto the mobo on top of the processor! this is the clearance I have between it and my ram: