First computer build. And nothing blew up!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Which for me is quite an achievement. :wink:

Thanks to all the advice in my planning thread, it was appreciated and used.

I did go with a different case as the one I wanted was out of stock.

This thing screams! Even with DSL, some sites were very slow to open, now they pop open without a hitch.

I like Windows 7, even the Aero stuff. Amd what I’m going to do with all this monitor space, I just don’t know. :smiley:

Case
Cooler Master 335

PSU
Corsair tX 650W

Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3

CPU
Intel i5-750

OS
Windows 7 64-bit OEM

RAM
Kingston 2X 4G

Drives
SABRENT Internal card reader
2-LG DVD/burner
Western Digital Blue 250G
Western Digital Blue 500G

Video Card
Gigabyte Radeon 5770

Monitor
Asus 23" LCD

Speakers
Logitech S-220 2.1

Input
Logitech Trackman and standard keyboard

56k modem(for faxing)

Blue LED fan (to prove I’m hip)

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Congratulations, Pat!

Although it’s always a bit exciting when there’s a mushroom cloud coming out of your computer…

It REALLY gets people’s attention when it happens in the server room!

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Okay. Don’t be smug. Fly out here and instruct me how to do it!

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This is what I used plus other research online for little details. The manuals(ha!) that come with the parts are remarkably devoid of useful information.

Toms Hardware
The Tech Report

Mostly be very careful when plugging in connectors that they’re in the right place. Most are keyed to go only one way.