Build Progress

[MattJD]

Everyone has been a huge help the past week, so I wanted to share the progress of my first build. So far so good, just working through the common issue of loading SATA controllers so XP will recognize the hard drive. MS really needs to figure out that nobody uses floppy drives any more, and it may force me to buy some useless hardware.

Anyways, here goes - cabling is a mess, but it'll be fixed once the computer is working. I don't have the 100 posts to submit pictures, so here's the link.


http://picasaweb.google.com/MatthewsJD/ComputerBuild

 

[alcattle]

Looks good so far, you don't worry about the wiring until the rig is stable.
Post the Specs again when the build is done.

 

[MattJD]

I'll post them now - still up trying to figure out how to work around not having a floppy. If anyone else has the issue, there's a good guide at PCStats.

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1703&page=1

Mobo - Gigabyte 965P-DS3
CPU - C2D E4300
RAM - 2x1GB A-Data DDR2 800
HDD - WD Caviar SE16 250 GB
Media - Samsumng DVD-RW w/ Lightscrible
Video Card - reusing Nvidia 5200 PCI card - it hurts, but I'll be getting a PCIe soon.
PSU - Corsair 520HX
Case - Centurion 532