How hard is it? What things should I know. I am good at taking apart and putting together pretty much anything, but when it comes to getting the Os running I get nervous.
Tips tricks and advice would be appreciated.
How hard is it? What things should I know. I am good at taking apart and putting together pretty much anything, but when it comes to getting the Os running I get nervous.
Tips tricks and advice would be appreciated.
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It's not all that difficult, although it is time consuming for first time builders.
There are plenty of videos out there that teach you how to build (Newegg has an excellent series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), and our very own llDemonll put together a tutorial here: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...-in-9.75-Steps
Part 1 of the Newegg series is all about part selection, which we can help you out with in the subforum: http://www.mmo-champion.com/forums/3...d-Upgrade-Help
SO I watched all those videos and decided to go ahead and do it, I do have a couple maybe silly questions. In the video when hooking things up he uses cables (duh) are those typically included, same goes for the heat goo do I need to account for these items in the purchase? I can afford to go with this months narwhal, I browse watch netflix play WoW, LotRO and some FPSs. Im assuming that set up will do that suitably going forward a few years upgradable thereafter.
Thanks in advance.
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No, you do not. Not only does the CPU heatsink come with paste already on it, but pretty much any aftermarket heatsink will come with a tube as well. If you get the Thermaltake Frio (listed in Narwhal), it comes with it. Not sure why Twest suggested that.
Amusingly, newegg clearly shows the thermal paste included. :Pnewegg generally shows, in the final pic, everything that comes in the box.
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Almost everything only goes in the right way. Read the installation instructions of the CPU and other parts though.
The "trickiest" part imo is wiring the chassis to the mainboard pins. RAM installation might need slight use of force too.
Oh and installing the OS can be done almost totally afk, just slap in the dvd/usbstick and boot.
Last edited by Termak; 2013-04-11 at 06:05 AM.
Budget, power requirement?
PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 500W
SeaSonic M12II 520
Last edited by mmocca5d152c38; 2013-04-11 at 04:47 PM.
Depends what your setup is mate. A single card should be more than fine, although the 7970 is quite power hungry. My setup pulls 500 watts under load, but it's not like your gonna go all out on overclocking like I do.
For medium overclocking it should be more than fine.
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For the Narwhal setup yes.
If you think you need more power or get a more power hungry GPU (overclock etc.) then you can change to one of these:
PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 600W
SeaSonic M12II 620
Yeh all the overclock talk is over my head. Thanks for the answers guys
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