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Read the manual and determine which SATA plugs on the mobo are 6gbps. There should be at least two. Be sure to plug the SSD and HDD into those, and the optical drive into some other.So I take it you figured out how to mount the HSF without conflicting with the RAM or vidcard? Did you remember the thermal paste?
K, thanks on the SATA.Ya remembered the paste it came with it but wasn't sure how much to use so put a lot on there. Kinda weird.Had to tilt the HSF toward the vid card. Both are installed but HSF leans on the card but not too bad. We'll see.Still haven't powered everything on as I'm trying to make sure everything is hooked up right and watching the MMA fights, too.Not gonna lie this whole thing has been scary for me. My build before included a case with PSU and mobo/chip already set up. It is a big jump to not have that already done.
You use about the amount of a pea in the middle of the CPU and then spread it out evenly.Is the HSF sitting flush on the CPU? You want to make sure it's making even contact with the whole CPU and when you say it's "leaning" that strikes me as odd. Is it just "touching" the vidcard?The trick with assembling a PC is that very little needs to be "forced". RAM can sometimes require a bit of pressure, but as long as you make sure the notches in the RAM/CPU/etc line up with the notches in their respective ports, you're fine.I'm not sure if you have connected the case leads to the mobo yet, but you usually need the manual for that. Be mindful of the positive and negative leads/posts. You can't hurt anything but you might not get it to post or an LED activity light to work if you connect them backwards.
I completely covered the CPU and then completely covered the HSF. It's pretty thick and it slides around a little even though I've tightened it pretty good.
Ya, the HSF is fine. It just grazes the card enough that the card leans away a little. But card is seated just fine.
Ya, I learned this the first time around. Done a good job of that but had to remove the whole thing after forgetting to put the back plate in. I'm not worried as I was careful but I think I've handled the mobo and components way too much.
I haven't been please with the instructions so far. I'm sure you guys who have done this before could do it without instructions but for me it's been very confusing and a lot of stuff done tentatively. I've watched a few videos online which has helped and I think I'll be able to finish this and feel good about it tomorrow sometime.
Both are good options, you won't go wrong with either.
What's the resolution of the monitor you use or plan to use?
Porn
Anything that consumes a ton of space or you don't care about speed when acessing.So that means media (Yup -- porn), and lesser-used apps/games.
Nice work. Start shopping for a bigger SSD now -- you're going to want one. I have a 128GB RealSSD and I'm already eyeing a 256GB M4...
Yeah - in the next year, I'm sure I'll upgrade the SSD and add a second card for crossfire. We'll see about the HDD. I have a couple of terrabytes in portable and network storage so I have plenty of storage space.
Different manufacturers are OK. Different chipsets, no.
In all fairness, that is only the 1 GB version.
Thanks zas but yea I should've made it clear... Looking for the 2 gb version
My understanding is that unless it's a reference card and you are planning to flash it to a virtual 6970, the 2 GB doesn't out perform the 1 GB much, if at all.
At high resolutions, that RAM is crucial.
Did not know this.. I did plan on eventually taking advantage of xfire though.My reasoning for the 6950 is because we're getting close to the 7xxx series and I didn't want to pay for the really high end cards at their price when I'm going to be itching to upgrade soon. However I do want to have it built soon so I figured the 6950 would work for now. Thoughts? Advice?
Windows 7 Movie Maker would be just fine, and it is free.
thanks, I'm see Windows DVD Maker is that different than Movie Maker?I sse now I can just burn a disc by right clicking on the dvd drive.... Need to get used to Win7.
OK i lied. newegg has sapphire as the feature brand for today. Getting ready to pull the trigger on their 6970. gets down to 299 after rebate... plus the newegg credit through google will bring this card down to 279 after all rebates.You guys have approx 30 mins to talk me out of it or I'm pulling the trigger and will be building early next week.
if you have it on disc then yes you canmost places just make a partition on your hard drive with the disc on there. im sure theres a way to burn that to a dvd
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