Building a Computer Guide*Lots of Pics*

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This isnt a complete guide this is just to give you somewhat of idea of what you should be able to do. PLEASE DONT COMPLAIN

Parts
DFI UT NF4 ultra-D
G.SKill PC3200 DDR400 2*1GB extreme series
Seagate barracuda 80GB sata150 hdd
eVGA 7800GT
Aspire X-infinity case
DO NOT MAKE FUN OF MY Aspire 500W power supply

thank you for your time, and now to begin with my story

Well i was about to upgrade my comp from AGP and my crappy 9800XT, and then while i was pondering waiting for my package to arrive, i was like why dont i make a thread for all those people who say they cant build a computer . Anyways this is what im upgrading to

BEWARE, ALWAYS GROUND YOURSELF BEFORE YOU TOUCH YOUR COMPONENTS, i lost my anti static wrist strap i would have shown you but i cant. THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS TOUCH ANY METAL PART OF YOUR CASE BEFORE YOU TOUCH ANY OF YOUR PC COMPONENTS. DO NOT WEAR SOCKS, DONT SHUFFLE THEM AROUND. AND TRY TO WORK ON HARDWOOD FLOOR IF YOU CAN.

See my beautiful 7800GT, DFI mobo, and the wonder G.Skill 2GB ram :shocked:

THE MOTHERBOARD

Sata cables

IDE cables

Manuals and drivers cd

SORRY IF THE PICS ARE ALL BLURRY I WAS TIRED AND MY CAMERA IS

I/O Plates and sata power connectors

bad pic here

onboard sound, though im using a audgiy 2zs

finally

the mobo

 

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Too many images wow, this is going to take awhile, 45 second rule also...waiting waiting waiting


INSIDE THE MOBO

The ram slots

CPU socket (939)

Extra PCIE16 slots PCI4x slots and PCI slots

the good ol' chipset fan

My Cpu, couldnt get a pic of it because i just took it out of the other mobo and it has AS5 junk all over it so dont mind it

AMD Opteron 170

The stock heatsink, massive eh, and my wonderful opteron with AS5 jjunky stuff all over it

 

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VIDEO CARD

Manauls, driver cd, etc

CoD2 cables, etc

The card, :drools: and s-video cable

 

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The Case

Still has everything in it...im not building a computer from scratch just taking out old parts and putting in new parts.

The spacers, to put from the case > spacers > mobo.

There to screw it in

as so, and fine out where you screw them in, line them up to you rmobo and screw it in. and then rest your mobo onto like this

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ctually before that you might want to install your I/O plate. If your case came with in, take that out install the one that came with your mobo

screws to screw in your mobo

as so

 

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The CPU

The CPU, as you can see, i circled the arrow as you line that up with the cpu socket so you know which way to install it, IT ONLT INSTALLS ONE WAY!!

The CPU socket

on the mobo, lift up the lever

just slide it out and pull up.

lay the cpu on there, put a little pressure on the top and pull down the lever, make sure the lever is under the tab

as shown there


finished

SORRY FOR THE BLURRY PICS YOU DONT NEED TO KNOW WHAT STEPPING MY CPU IS its a CCBWE 0541 ok

time for some yummu AS5 eh?
this is thermal paste to fill in the microscopic gaps between the CPU and heatsink for maximum heat transfer


Put a Grain and a half, no need to spread out as the pressure from the heatsink will spread it out.

 

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the heatsink

Now just lay the heatsink on clip onside of it

clip the other side, you may need a screw driver to help you push, it was suprisingly easy for me lol

and then tighten the lever

plug in all the necssary power connections for the fan

4 pin molex connector

3 pin connector for the mobo

after you install your heatsink you may want to turn it CC and CCW so you can just help the spread of the thermal paste

 

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Installing the Video card

The video card is probably the simplest thing, other then the ram

find the slot, and push down

line it up and SCREW!

into the hole lol

NEVER FORGET THE POWER CONNECTOR!


Installing the PSU

lay the psu where its supposed to go

screw it down where the holes are

Plugging in all the necessary connections

24 pin mobo connector and the 4 pin atx connector, i believe

some extra 4 pin molex connector for stabillity on the DFI mobo

 

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Front Panel Connectors

Front panel connectors, the pain of those little small wires

They're everywhere!!

installed, easy eh?

dont you love your mobo's manual ?

The other necssary connections

IDE cables, the big yellow cable to connect your cd drive and other dvd burners, etc

Plug one of them, as master, the other one as slave, and then

Plug the end into your mobo

Sata cable, the yellow small cable, plug one of them into your sata ports

and the other end into your hdd

TADA!

 

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almost finished, your almost complete on your first build

break time, im tired

Ram, i got my ram late so i couldnt make this until after i installed everything else lol

ok well my pics are uploading and im bored

----INTERMISSION---- please go to the bathroom sense you drank so much because your so stressed that you cant build your own computer

my ram

as you can see thers a divit about 2/3 of the way, as you can see the ram can only fit one way

look at your ram slots and see which way they go

FOR DUAL CHANNEL, LOOK IN YOUR MOBO'S MANUAL AS IT IS DIFFERENCE FROM MOBO TO MOBO

on the DFI you stick them both in the orange slot

push down on the rams, hold the ram down and clip the clips

beautiful blue heatspreaders

 

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guess what i think your done building your first computer

:beard:

anyways when i turned it on, i had to do a reinstall of windows, uninstall the old drivers from my past video cards, reinstall the new ones, uninstall all the mobo drivers, and then resinstall the new ones, and its a pain, so i would say before you upgrade do a backup and do a whole reformat a fresh new start for a fresh new build. But most people will buy a new hdd while they buy a new system, as this is just upgrading hope this helps you guys.

It sucks, i dont want to submit...1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10

Arg im bored, waiting for 45 seconds, just typing what im thinking here. dont mind me