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Psxphile wrote:

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Okay, now that I'm convinced the PC is borked this thread's purpose is over. I already have a new PC on its way:

Case
Monitor
Mobo
CPU
Memory
Hard Drive
Power Supply
Graphics Card
DVD Burner

... and retail Windows 7 Home Premium to top it all off. This will be my first time building my own rig. I'm... nervous. Fortunately, I've found a nice tutorial to give me the basics, and these components came with the highest recommendations (for a meaningful budget).

Congratulations and welcome aboard to building your own comp; the ONLY way to own a computer. I see you've already got your parts, (you're going to love that MoBo, as it's so freakin' worry free. I've built a bajillion PCs before, and this was my easiest one yet, and I built this in June). Nice choice on processor, but at that price I would've gone with the Athlon quad core, priced a few bucks below what you just got. Granted, it's L2 cache as opposed to L3, and your Phenom is rated at a higher speed, but Athlon's are pretty sweet at OCing, (the ranges they usually have are nice), and at a quad core, you would've been set for any sort of changes programming might come out with as more and more start supporting quad core this and quad core that.

If you plan on playing Left 4 Dead on your new rig, make sure you disable one CPU, as for whatever reason that game does not like a dual core setup.

Your graphics card? Boo. I've just never been an ATI fan as they were always crap for me, and would work for... well, nothing. This was years ago, mind you, but if Voodoo were still around, I would go Voodoo over ATI.

Other than that, dude, you really don't need a tutorial on how to setup a rig.

1. Just follow the manual diagram. Everything is listed as what connector piece is what. Use your head, obviously. SATA connectors (hey it's your hard drive!) PCI-E connector (hey, your graphics card), Ram (duh), Pin connector (your power supply), etc etc. Just follow the mobo manual. Trust me, you do not need a tutorial.

2. Akari is correct. Static is very much not your friend. Take off your socks, or you can do like Largo and build your computer naked. Either way, before you touch any components, always make sure you have one hand on your metal case to discharge. You don't have to hold onto it as you build your computer, obviously, but make sure you do so before touching any extra piece. If you don't feel safe, you can always buy a static discharge strap, (usually comes with a kit, though, for PC building, which isn't bad either because all of your screw drivers and evertyhing will be demagnetized, so bonus). You can find one of those at Best Buy, I'm sure, (I would say CompUSA but they're gone, too).

If I sound like I'm making a big deal to all of you out there who build their own rigs also, I have a reason to be all "omg static noooo". I've actually burned a rig before. It's the crappiest feeling ever. So, better safe than sorry.

3. In your mobo manual, pay attention to the instructions on how to setup the case's power pins, reset pins, hdd pins, etc. That's pretty important.

Other than that, carry on! Have fun. And have fun paying it off!