Need Help Building a computer, new to this

[Parker]

Originally Posted by diabloplayer75

nice, my order has gone to step 5 around 1PM.
"Your order has shipped. You may view your tracking information by clicking the applicable Order Number above. However, your tracking number may not appear immediately as the shipping couriers update only periodically. Your tracking number(s) will also be sent via e-mail to your Newegg.com login."

Should arrive by tomorrow or Wednesday! :D

Wahoooo!!! I'm happy for you man! This is going to be one sick computer!

BTW, could you post the complete system spec's?

[diabloplayer75]

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors
Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics
Newegg.com - ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 120mm 2-ball UFO Bearing / Transparent CPU Cooler - CPU Fans & Heatsinks
Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - CD / DVD Burners
Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - Operating Systems
Newegg.com - OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX ATX12V / EPS12V 650W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CE, CB, TUV, FCC, CCC - Power Supplies
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
Newegg.com - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases

came out to exactly 1254.32$ after shipping, and that will get knocked down a to 1169.32 after rebates! :)

From what i'm told, i can overclock the E8400 to like 4ghz, maybe 3.8-4.2ghz without really killing its lifetime and keeping it stable *although i have a lot of research to do before i do that, plus assembly isnt complete yet*

Any idea how i can get the cd key of my company of heros parker? since its already installed and all..

Also, could you link me a guide to reformat a pc, i plan on giving this one to my parents as their computer sucks and this rig is still a good gaming pc haha, it will get their web browsing done easily.

[Parker]

Originally Posted by diabloplayer75

came out to exactly 1254.32$ after shipping, and that will get knocked down a to 1169.32 after rebates! :)

From what i'm told, i can overclock the E8400 to like 4ghz, maybe 3.8-4.2ghz without really killing its lifetime and keeping it stable *although i have a lot of research to do before i do that, plus assembly isnt complete yet*

Sweet! Thats a good price for this kind of PC!
We'll help you out when you get the parts, assembly and OC'ing!

Any idea how i can get the cd key of my company of heros parker? since its already installed and all..

Try THIS out, should help you find it

Also, could you link me a guide to reformat a pc, i plan on giving this one to my parents as their computer sucks and this rig is still a good gaming pc haha, it will get their web browsing done easily.

Well, it's quite easy. When you build up your new PC, you can connect the drive as a secondary hd and then just format it and put it back into the old computer and install windows again.
And thats it!

[diabloplayer75]

Damn, their trial version only shows me 4 of the digits! lol.. 28$ to find out the key to a game that cost what 20$ now? i might be over it lol

And about the formating, how do i go about it? do i just put my windows disc in and it will prompt me? or do i have to like restart my computer and hold F8 and stuff

[Parker]

Originally Posted by diabloplayer75

Damn, their trial version only shows me 4 of the digits! lol.. 28$ to find out the key to a game that cost what 20$ now? i might be over it lol

Oh dang...... hmmm. Well if you have other games that you need the cd keys for then I'd invest in this program.
But if it's just this game, well check inside the game in the menus, maybe an information button somewhere?

And about the formating, how do i go about it? do i just put my windows disc in and it will prompt me? or do i have to like restart my computer and hold F8 and stuff

Oh you know what, you can just pop in the disc and press F8 and boot from the disc, then format the drive form there. Just realized that!! xD

[Stormcrow]

Hmm, not to rain on a parade or anything, but I just noticed for that board, the Manufacturer's Link on Newegg takes you to the Rev 1.0 version...which doesn't have the factory BIOS to support the E8400. Maybe it's Rev 2.0 and they just didn't update the link...and if not, anyone with experience with this board know if the Rev 1.0 BIOS will POST with the E8400 but just not recognize the CPUID? Cause if Diablo doesn't have another LGA775 processor and this board won't take the Wolfdale stock, might not go so smooth.

[screwballl]

Storm, I thought the same thing when I got my P965-DS3 board but I looked at the board itself and it was Rev 3.3, not the 2.0 like where the link went to.

[Stormcrow]

Awesome, just wanted to make sure to save him some possible trouble.

[diabloplayer75]

Woot! the last of the items have arrived.. now where to start.. ill just start opening everything hahaha

[Parker]

Originally Posted by diabloplayer75

Woot! the last of the items have arrived.. now where to start.. ill just start opening everything hahaha

Post pictures of it all!!

First step would be to take out the mobo, put in the CPU chip, then screw the mobo into the mobo tray inside the antec 900, but make sure you put the IO plate in the back first.

Next put the TIM on the CPU, then mount the CPU cooler. Put the RAM into the mobo (put one in each of the Yellow RAM slots), watch the notch's on the RAM sticks.

Then put the Video card into the first PCI express slot (the longest slot).

After you've done that, mount the PSU in there, and plug everything in (the 4 pin connection up top of the mobo, 24-pin ATX connection at the right side and the 6-pin connection on the video card).
Then mount your hard drive and DVD burner and plug them in.

Make sure you post pictures!!!!