- Apr 27, 2006
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Hi,
When installing the CPU cooling fan, should I install it on the mobo BEFORE putting it in the case, or AFTER?
TIA!
Also, feel free to comment on my budget gaming PC
Here's the rig I will be building tonight, right after Survivor:
[*] Thermaltake SOPRANO VB1000BWS Black Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
[*] ECS C19-A SLI (1.0A) Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce4 SLI XE ATX Intel Motherboard
[*] SAPPHIRE 100106SR-RD Radeon X850XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
[*] Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 EPS12V ATX12V 550W Power Supply
[*] Intel Pentium D 940 Presler 800MHz FSB LGA 775 Dual Core, EM64T Processor
[*] CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Unbuffered
[*] Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
[*] Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
~Andrew
When installing the CPU cooling fan, should I install it on the mobo BEFORE putting it in the case, or AFTER?
TIA!
Also, feel free to comment on my budget gaming PC
[*] Thermaltake SOPRANO VB1000BWS Black Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
[*] ECS C19-A SLI (1.0A) Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce4 SLI XE ATX Intel Motherboard
[*] SAPPHIRE 100106SR-RD Radeon X850XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
[*] Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 EPS12V ATX12V 550W Power Supply
[*] Intel Pentium D 940 Presler 800MHz FSB LGA 775 Dual Core, EM64T Processor
[*] CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Unbuffered
[*] Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
[*] Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
~Andrew