My RAM was ordered from amazon and it'll take a few more days to get here. I was wondering if I could build everything (but not boot it up), and be able to put the RAM in at the very end. I just want to get started on it since all the other pieces are here.
Can I build my PC without RAM for now?
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Well, the one problem with that is, if you install the RAM and find an issue, you have everything already inside the case and then you have to try and troubleshoot all your components, while they are still in the case.
That is not fun
. Personally, although I haven't found any issues with my components, I like doing an external build first, so I could troubleshoot before everything is locked up in my case.
That is not fun
. Personally, although I haven't found any issues with my components, I like doing an external build first, so I could troubleshoot before everything is locked up in my case.
MC_K7
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Yes you can, RAM is very easy to add. It's not as if you had to remove the motherboard from the case to add it, like for a CPU or heatsink for example it's much easier to replace these parts with the motherboard outside the case, but RAM is very easy to add even inside the case.
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You can build it without RAM. If you are using an aftermarket heatsink I'd leave the fan off - it almost always is the fan blocking a RAM slot not the cooler itself. You can turn it on if you want, it won't break anything, but it obviously won't work beyond spinning up the fans, beeping at you if you have a pc speaker connected, and then probably immediately rebooting.
Yes go for it and I would disagree most heat sinks do not cover the ram.. A few do but a quick check you will know. Also starting the computer without the ram does nothing bad to your computer it will just beep allot. So you can even test to make sure you got the power/reset/hard drive connections right.
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Well, the one problem with that is, if you install the RAM and find an issue, you have everything already inside the case and then you have to try and troubleshoot all your components, while they are still in the case.
That is not fun. Personally, although I haven't found any issues with my components, I like doing an external build first, so I could troubleshoot before everything is locked up in my case.
That is not fun
. Personally, although I haven't found any issues with my components, I like doing an external build first, so I could troubleshoot before everything is locked up in my case.
chugot9218 :
Well, the one problem with that is, if you install the RAM and find an issue, you have everything already inside the case and then you have to try and troubleshoot all your components, while they are still in the case.
That is not fun. Personally, although I haven't found any issues with my components, I like doing an external build first, so I could troubleshoot before everything is locked up in my case.
That is not fun
. Personally, although I haven't found any issues with my components, I like doing an external build first, so I could troubleshoot before everything is locked up in my case.
Right, this is going to be my 1st build. I was going to put together the motherboard on the outside first (I saw some instructional video do that).
chugot9218
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Good, the best way to be successful is to research and plan, I watched the Newegg build videos several times before I even got all my components.
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