Worried!! Opinions please for First Time builder!

[blackbelt]

I bought the eVGA 680i motherboard.....havent even got it yet.....and wished I hadnt (I guess) after reading the eVGA forums.......This is my first build,now I am scared about not being able to get the rig up and running.....anybody have any positive stories or should I just send it back??

Thanks!!

 

[crydee]

Um it would help if you post what components you're worried about running. I wouldn't be worried. More then likely it's going to work you're just worried because those voicing the loudest opinion are those who can't get it to work.. which is a minority..everyone who has it running is to busy playing with it

 

[NuAlphaMan]

Do a search on "eVGA 680i". You should find some helpful info in the search results. :thumbsup:

 

[mc866]

Just got one last week, I haven't had any issues so far. I have the E6600 up to 3.2Ghz. What issues are you worried about?

 

[blackbelt]

Sorry.....yep would help if I posted what i got.....

CoolerMaster stacker 830 Case
eVGA 680i Mobo
E6400 CPU
Corsair DDR2 800 (PC6400) RAM
Enermax Galaxy 850W PSU
eVGA 8800GTS GPU
Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA HD x2
A floppy and optical drive also.......

I'm worried about SATA not working....I'm not really going to overclock just yet.....Want to build it stable and running first. Then will add 2nd gpu probably.......But sounds like some of these guys cant even get windows xp running much less anything else....

Thanks so much for your help =)

 

[Tlkki]

Probably itll go just fine. Hook everything up, and throw in the windows install disk. If problems arise, report back here.
Computer hardware is meant to work, so problems shouldn't occur. If they do, then try to find out the solution, as it is much easier because you know the exact problem

 

[hurtstotalktoyou]

All those components are fine, but... Geez, practically everything you picked out is horribly overpriced! You could have built a system that's just as fast as the one you ordered for about 1/2 to 2/3 the money you spent.

 

[crydee]

The only problem I see is the 850W PSU and the Corsair ram.. he needs a beefy PSU if he's going to go SLI and the 680i might go along with that well, not to mention able to upgrade proc as he sees fit. Corsair ram.. eh well probably could of got better but as long it's ok it will OC the 6400 to 3.2ghz speeds.