My first Build-any suggestions

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:10 pm

I have all the parts now i just need to assemble the thing... i have donte quite a few upgrades - PS, RAM, Video and Sound cards, DVD drives- pretty much everything but the mother board and CPU... i have been trying to look online for suggestions to do this but it really doenst seem to have what i am looking for so i thought i'd ask you all...

Is it as easy as puting everything together and powering up with the XP disk in the drive?

I probally sound like a noob but its better than fryin my new diggs...
here are my parts https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wi ... ID=5165432 i have a 600w PS already..

mostly looking for any hints suggestions of things to do to make this go smoothly.

Post by **dicecca112** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:17 pm

linky no worky.

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:22 pm

it was workin for me hmmmm, ok its public now -

Post by **dicecca112** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:02 pm

you have to make it public, or all we see is a login page

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:09 pm

Even without your parts listed, all you have to watch out for is that the BIOS sets up correctly first time. So after you have put everything together, checked that it boots (without the xp disk in), and don't be surprised if you left something out that it needed to boot (like a power cable somewhere), go into the BIOS and check that everything is configured correctly, like CPU temps are where they should be, RAM has been given correct timings and voltage etc. Then after that you can boot with the XP disk in and start the install.

Dan

skier · Post by **skier** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:20 pm

dicecca112 wrote:you have to make it public, or all we see is a login page

or just link to each individaully
or list what they are

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:07 pm

http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/wis ... er=5165432

ok this should work now.. looks like it will be a few more days before i attempt this.. i figured a retail CPU would come with thermal compound.. but this one didnt..

dgood · Post by **dgood** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:11 pm

look into the msi 8800 gts 640? cuz it is faster clocked I think and comes with Company of Heroes. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814127280
It is an OC version that is cheaper than the evga regular or any of the regulars for that matter. That is my only real tweak I have for you. at least so far.

EDIT: BTW did I miss this? how are you going to power it and with what Power Supply?

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:32 pm

i already have all the parts... the MSI was out of stock for awhile- i finally just bit the bullet cuz i was sick of waitn. of course the weekend after i buy its back in stock..

I have a 660w PS already from an upgrade i did last year on my old PC

Post by **dicecca112** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:26 am

smack323 wrote:i already have all the parts... the MSI was out of stock for awhile- i finally just bit the bullet cuz i was sick of waitn. of course the weekend after i buy its back in stock..

I have a 660w PS already from an upgrade i did last year on my old PC

and the brand would be?

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:02 pm

JUST PC JPC-FP600S ATX12V / EPS12V 600W Power Supply

the UL# is E175472..

we went over this in another forum but i didnt get the UL# posted til yesterday... is this a decent PSU?

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:14 pm

lol, people are beginning to pre-empt you having to ask for UL numbers dicecca!

Dan

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:13 am

ok so i powered this bad boy up for the first time and it worked fine - posted and all that jazz.. so i set the DVD drive as the boot drive- now i am stuck. i get the message to enter disk into boot drive and hit any button. well the XP disk is in the drive has power -and i assume the computer sees the drive because it is allowing me to select it as a boot drive.. i tried two different XP disks one i have used before to do a clean install... am i missing somthing??? or might i just have a bad DVD drive

Zertz · Post by **Zertz** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:48 am

Make sure you properly plugged the IDE cable in your HDD and DVD drives

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:35 am

they are both SATA and i checked them both.. like i said the MOBO "see's" both of them so i think i might just have a bad DVD drive.. i am going to try a IDE DVD drive i have and see if it works

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:50 pm

If anyone can think of something else i just might be missing let me know please

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:25 am

it was a bad DVD drve... everything is up and running now- but i got to RMA this dumb drive.

Post by **dicecca112** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:39 am

DMB2000uk wrote:lol, people are beginning to pre-empt you having to ask for UL numbers dicecca!

Dan

And is that a bad thing? I think that's wonderful, people are starting to question who makes there PSU and ask if its good. That is completely and utterly wonderful. OP I answered your other thread. Its not a good PSU, JUST PC is a no name brand, I wouldn't use it for OCing

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:51 am

I never said it was ^_^

Hopefully people will even be able to start avoiding the bad ones completely soon.

Dan

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:06 pm

you would think it would be a little more regulated.. so what you get is what is advertised.