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| Thread ID: 107171 | 2010-02-07 06:01:00 | My New PC | Grimy (3041) | Press F1 |
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| 855988 | 2010-02-07 06:01:00 | Now I've never been one to hurry anything and since asking about cases, graphics cards and CPU/MB/RAM late last year I have been slowly gathering bits and pieces. Many thanks to everyone that gave their opinion and advice-some of which I took on board, and some I just totally ignored (but I am still grateful for it-I think with PCs, there is never a totally right-or wrong answer). So the final specs are; Case - Lian Li A05N MB - Asus P7P55D-E Pro CPU - Intel I5 2.66 RAM - Kingston Hyper-X 2x2GB DDR3 1600 DVD Burner - HP DVD 1070i w/Light Scribe HD - WD Caviar Green-1TB PSU - Corsair HX520 Graphics Card - Sapphire ATI Radeon HD4670 1GB DDR3 Monitor - Samsung P2350 OS - Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit Bought the bits from a variety of sources-Tas Tech, Computer Lounge, XP Computer Warehouse, Ascent Technology, Tiger Direct. All gave good service, and I didn't always go for the cheapest price. Yesterday sat down and put it together. The first PC I've built. I guess buying good components helped, because it went together so well, and W7 just loaded up and did everything within a matter of minutes. I was very impressed. The only thing that's not working is the HD activity light-will have to swap it with the power led next time I have it open to see if it's the led, or something else, not that it worries me too much. It's pretty easy to tell if your HD's not working! Now just a matter of deciding what I want to drag off the old PC, before cleaning that one up and giving it to my sister. Thanks for everyone's input. No doubt I'll be asking lots of W7 questions shortly..... |
Grimy (3041) | ||
| 855989 | 2010-02-07 06:03:00 | Depends what programs youre planning on copying to this. Because most of them probably wont work, without a reinstall | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 855990 | 2010-02-07 08:09:00 | Programs I'll be reinstalling. Have to decide on what I want to clean out of My Documents. I have everything backed up to an external HD, but still being careful. | Grimy (3041) | ||
| 855991 | 2010-02-07 11:16:00 | The only thing that's not working is the HD activity light Try just turning the HDD activity LED plug on the motherboard around 180 degrees (because it's a light-emitting DIODE, it wont light up if it's wired backwards) :D |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 855992 | 2010-02-07 17:41:00 | Yep LED's are polarity sensitive they have to be wired the right way round to work | gary67 (56) | ||
| 855993 | 2010-02-08 06:29:00 | Thanks, will try that. It was labelled and I double checked I put it in the right way (by the label). But I guess it doesn't mean the wires were put in the connector block the wrong way. | Grimy (3041) | ||
| 855994 | 2010-02-09 01:27:00 | So how much was the pc altogether? Is it quiet while running? | legod (4626) | ||
| 855995 | 2010-02-09 02:21:00 | Thanks, will try that. It was labelled and I double checked I put it in the right way (by the label). But I guess it doesn't mean the wires were put in the connector block the wrong way. Back in the old days when I learned about electronics, you can actually figure out the polarity by looking at the "flag" within the LED light. Edit: The "flag" indicates negative www.makingthings.com |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 855996 | 2010-02-09 02:56:00 | IMO really good build apart from the WD Green HDD, it's sensible to have a full speed drive for the OS, but it's not a major. It should last you quite a while! :thumbs: | wratterus (105) | ||
| 855997 | 2010-02-09 03:48:00 | I am always receptive to better informed advice. The HDD was my suggestion. WD Green [7200RPM] also features more cache than the Blue he was looking at but is still well priced. What does wratterus suggest, and how would it be better? |
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