assembling a amd computer

[imgodlike1]

hi everyone, i remember seeing a guide for putting together a computer a while back, well i'm putting my first amd computer together, and was wondering if someone could like me up to that guide

thanks,

 

[RussianSensation]

Guides

There you'll find guides for different components and different budget systems.

 

[imported_Adonis]

Do you mean putting together a parts list for a new computer, or actually putting together a new computer, physically?

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: imgodlike1
hi everyone, i remember seeing a guide for putting together a computer a while back, well i'm putting my first amd computer together, and was wondering if someone could like me up to that guide

thanks,

You mean MechBgon's guide to building your first PC from parts? LINK

Fern

 

[Thorn1001]

I'm doing the same thing myself.I am waiting for my MSI MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum socket 939,AMD 64 3500 Socket 939, 1 gig ocz dual channel memory, thermaltake venus 12 heatsink and thermaltake v2000 case.My question is how many standoff should I put in?Do I just slap the processor in and attack the heatsink and memory and all the other stuff or do I set up the bios only with video and memory attached?

 

[imgodlike1]

fern got it on the head, that's exactly what i was looking for!!! i knew i saw it somewhere!!!!!!!

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: Thorn1001
I'm doing the same thing myself.I am waiting for my MSI MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum socket 939,AMD 64 3500 Socket 939, 1 gig ocz dual channel memory, thermaltake venus 12 heatsink and thermaltake v2000 case.My question is how many standoff should I put in?Do I just slap the processor in and attack the heatsink and memory and all the other stuff or do I set up the bios only with video and memory attached?

I would use a minimum of 6 standoffs, one at each corner and one in the middle of the long ends. if you have some near the RAM slots and/or card slots those are good too, since the mobo will flex when you're assembling that stuff. you can never have too many, as long as they're all insulated from the board.

it's better to assemble the CPU, HSF, and memory outside the case. that way you have room to work. boot the system the first time with the fewest components possible--CPU, HSF, memory, video. if something doesn't work it's easier to troubleshoot. then add one component at a time and test as you go.