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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:12 pm

So I bought a bunch of computer parts and assembled them and put them together to make a working system. I feel awesome having done so without breaking anything, even though it took me around 12 hours to go from unpacking s**t to having windows be fully updated and protected with Security Essentials.

That isn't twelve hours later, either. That's twelve hours of time put into this s**t. Worth it, though.

I used techreport.com's summer system guide and took their Utility Box idea, but added a couple things Mario told me about, and got a case suggested by a friend. The case has a ton of built in fans and weighs thirty pounds by itself. It looks like Darth Vader would use it.

For the tech peoples:

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Intel Core i5-2500 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

ASUS P8P67 LE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1461-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0 and Black Interior

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:31 pm

Sounds like a nice machine.

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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:01 pm

Congratulations man. I do enjoy it when I can help people find out that building a computer is not as difficult as it seems, and learning how to use it, troubleshoot it, tweak it, and maintain it.

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:51 pm

The biggest problems I had were:

1. Getting my DVD drive in. Turns out I had to break off these flaps to get the optical drive in, which I didn't think I was supposed to. Now it's in perfectly. Weird.

2. Screwing in the motherboard. It was a bit hard to get in the correct position.

3. Putting in the RAM. I had to press harder than I was comfortable with, it was a bit hard.

4. Wasted time trying to find a place to plug in my case's USB 3.0 front drives. Turns out my motherboard doesn't have a place for extra USB 3.0 just the built in ones.

All in all it was more time consuming than I thought it would be, but the next time I upgrade it will be a piece of cake since I know my case and parts now.

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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:04 pm

I want to see this case.

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:28 pm

I assume it was this case.

I saw the white version at Microcenter, we refer to it as the Storm Trooper.

Also The Imperial Guard.

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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:39 pm

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

That one, actually.

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:22 am

Oh man, the HAF.
I have such a boner for that case.

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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:47 pm

Putting in DVD drives and what have you kind of sucks though. It took me a while to figure it out because you have to break pieces off to put it in, as far as I can tell.

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:09 pm

I forget exactly how the system is, but I do know it's toolless and those are almost universally a pain in the balls.

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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 11:16 pm

Also I have no ******** clue how to get the front mic and headphone ports to work. I thought it was plugged in but apparently it isn't. What the balls. I'll try connecting it with the HD audio plug next time.

Also this morning my computer scared me. It was all "THE CPU FAN IS NOT RUNNING" and im like '********' so I didn't use it until I got home. I got my leftover thermal paste out in case I hadn't applied enough and it needed more and mentally prepared myself for having to fix wires and s**t.

Turns out the plug for the cpu fan into the motherboard was just a bit loose.

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:42 am

Ahaha, oh man.
I remember doing s**t like that a lot, it sucks so much because you freak out thinking it's something major.

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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:52 am

Yeah I know. Thank God I just suck really bad.

Also my friend told me that since I managed to build a computer myself and figure out what whatsit goes into which whosit that I could probably get an A+ cert pretty easy since that's the majority of what it is.

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:40 pm

From what I understand that's pretty much it, yeah.

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