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My Latest PC Build
kitamesume:
can you list your progress just to clarify things up? like a table of items and if it hasn't arrived or just being ordered, kinda interested in how long it takes to build a rig through over-seas orders =D
Ixarku:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on November 29, 2011, 05:56:34 PM ---can you list your progress just to clarify things up? like a table of items and if it hasn't arrived or just being ordered, kinda interested in how long it takes to build a rig through over-seas orders =D
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Hmm, well I'm in Florida and everything is shipping from within the U.S., so I dunno how helpful that will be for you. Everything on my earlier list was ordered on Friday 11/25 at around 12am EST. Amazon & Newegg responded the fastest:
-- PSU shipped by Amazon from somewhere on the East coast IIRC via UPS on Friday and arrived on Monday.
-- my case from Newegg shipped from New Jersey via UPS on Friday, is supposed to be here on 12/01.
-- the bulk of my order from Newegg (mobo, cpu, dvd burner, ram, gpu, cpu cooler) shipped from California via UPS on Saturday and is supposed to be here 12/01.
-- PC Connection Express shipped my SSD via UPS yesterday from Ohio, it's also supposed to be here on 12/01.
-- Discount Mountain Software sent me an email on 11/28 saying that my copy of Windows 7 had shipped via USPS, but the USPS only has the tracking number on file with no info yet.
Keep in mind that almost everything I bought had free shipping, so to get almost the entire order in less than 1 week from date of purchase is pretty damn good IMO. Incidentally, I'm happy with the prices I paid; I checked them again on "Cyber Monday" and almost every item was more expensive.
Once I get everything, it will probably take me 2 to 3 hours to actually build the machine, because I'm slow as fuck and make a lot of stupid mistakes (like dropping screws inside the case). I'm always terrified when placing the cpu & mounting the heat sink, since one wrong move and you're out of luck.
Freedom Kira:
Hey, at least you don't need your copy of Windows 7 to actually build your machine. So you can put it together before it comes in, and then install it when it does.
--- Quote from: Ixarku on November 29, 2011, 10:20:20 PM ---Once I get everything, it will probably take me 2 to 3 hours to actually build the machine, because I'm slow as fuck and make a lot of stupid mistakes (like dropping screws inside the case). I'm always terrified when placing the cpu & mounting the heat sink, since one wrong move and you're out of luck.
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A little magnetism doesn't hurt. As long as you're keeping the magnetized screwdriver away from any HDD in there (you don't have one, right?), you'll be fine.
As for the CPU, the pins are actually pretty tough. You need to put a pretty large amount of force on it in order to bend them. So you can kinda just set it down in the right general direction and just kinda nudge it around until it goes into the socket. As for the heatsink, I can't give much advice there... If you're using Intel's stock heatsink, they're normally snap-down ones, so you'd just need to dab a small drop of thermal paste and push it down. You can also use Intel's stock thermal paste, which comes already applied to the heatsink.
Ixarku:
I normally use Arctic Silver thermal paste (still have some around somewhere) and Zalman heat sinks. Sometimes it can be tricky getting those installed. I'm like my dad when it comes to mechanical things -- ie, all thumbs and with little natural talent -- so I have to work a bit harder to overcome my natural incompetence. I'm not too worried this time around, though.
I also have a plastic 3 prong grabby tool (kinda reminiscent of the thing that Arnold Swarzenegger used to pull the tracking device out of his nose in Total Recall) for picking up screws, although the last time I went to use it, it popped apart into pieces. Was not having a good time that day.
kitamesume:
so it'll usually take more than a week just to order the stuffs and another day for installing the rig and the OS and the drivers and the other stuffs... well you get what i mean, so more or less its half a month XD ouch...
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