I'm building a rig

piece of piss
i built my computer never having done it before.... dont worry about static all that much just keep yur fingers away from the metal bits and everything should be fine oh and resist the urge to rub balloons off yur wooly jumper when yur doing it as well

most of it involves screwing the mobo into place (easy and obvious how to do) dropping the cpu into place (easy just unlock the arm let the chip DROP dont force the cpu in and lock it down.
then the cpu fan... this is the trickyish bit... just put a thin layer of thermal paste on the cpu core (the metal nit in the middle of chip) and then attach the fan. i have AMD so i have no experience of p4 fan but attaching the fan is simple but requires a surprising amout of force to get the clips secured... i have taken of and installed 3 different fans and each required alot of pressure and cursing and i havent damaged it yet... just be careful not to stab yur mobo to death and maybe take a dry run attaching the fan to the socket minus the chip so u know what yur doing...

apart from that the only other thing u might need to do is attach wires from the case to the mobo (for hard disk lights or usb sockets etc) this should all be on the case and mobo manual...

to cut this story short i did it myself... its a doddle and obvious what should be done... it just requires time to do it carefully and right.

"Its only when you look at ants closely with a magnifying glass on a sunny day that you realise how often they burst into flames"

Yeah I know this is the GAMES section. I made a thread in the CPU section. I made one here too. Rigs are for games right.

WOW you have been ruff on your system!!! lol

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Zemuron on 04/07/04 07:34 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

I put together my first machine this past winter without ever having put one together before and, while nervewracking (it being my first time and all, being worried about screwing things up), things went pretty well. My advice is to be sure to read through the instruction booklet for the motherboard and case.

I didn't like the suggestion that p4man gave me.

He suggested me to buy these parts:

AOpen AK86-L ($89)
1 or 2x 512 MB Mushkin PC3500 Level2 or OCZ PC3500 Platinum L (~$90) each
Athlon 64 3000+ ($208)

I don't want that MB it's too slow. I want an nforce3 pro because it's faster. That cpu is too slow too I want something faster.

So this is what I'm thinking of buying:

<A HREF="http://www.accountwizard.com/clients/shop.asp?Web=greytech&AW_SessionID=AWEngine2004000000986736997979977Q97Q997dId7j97A997eSite0d60N660N&page=item&itemid=656" target="_new">http://www.accountwizard.com/clients/shop.asp?Web=greytech&AW_SessionID=AWEngine2004000000986736997979977Q97Q997dId7j97A997eSite0d60N660N&page=item&itemid=656</A>

<A HREF="http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=10798&vpn=KHX3200AK2/1G" target="_new">http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=10798&vpn=KHX3200AK2/1G</A>

And the AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 socket 940

This should all work together right? What do you guys think. Is this a good decision? I will also overclock. I never did this before though.


<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Zemuron on 04/19/04 09:42 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

I have the atchlon 64 3200+ on an asus K8V deluxe and 1 gig corsair xms(pc 3200), and with default bios settings for ram and whatnot. i can only bump up bus speed to about 208, 209. if i put at 210 (2110 mghz) at next restart it tells me that overclocking has failed. Ive read reviews about only being able to put at 213 before losing stability.

Confuscious say: He who go to bed with ithcy ass, wake up with stinkyfinger

ROFLMAO!!!

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