Thread: Building New PC

Originally Posted by Amador +JP2+

Thank you.

Any thoughts on a heatsink/fan for the CPU? I was considering the following: Newegg.com - ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink

ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling

Newegg comes through again; Newegg.com - ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B 135mm Long life bearing CPU Cooler Blue LED is $59.99 with promo code EMCJJJJ74, and there's a $35 mail in rebate. Free shipping, too. Damn!

Edit: I think you have to be an eblast insider to use the promo code Newegg.com - 3 DAYS ONLY: EARLY Black Friday Deals available exclusively on the e-Blast!

Wow, that is a deal. Thank you. The last CPU cooler I bought was a Cooler Mater Hyper 6 plus.

Everything is on its way now except I haven't purchased the cpu cooler and SSD yet. With the news Viktor has shared, I'll likely go ahead and move on the cooler.

What I do not know is how to use the SSD and what I gain from it. I'll try to dig through the threads and see if there has been a conversation on why I would have an SSD and how I would use it.

Faster load/read speeds that will actually utilize Sata III. Much lower power consumption. No noise. Next to no heat.

As for using it. It should have a 2.5-3.5" adapter. It is also has a power and data connection just like on a normal HDD. Very easy to set up!

Originally Posted by Amador +JP2+

Wow, that is a deal. Thank you. The last CPU cooler I bought was a Cooler Mater Hyper 6 plus.

Everything is on its way now except I haven't purchased the cpu cooler and SSD yet. With the news Viktor has shared, I'll likely go ahead and move on the cooler.

What I do not know is how to use the SSD and what I gain from it. I'll try to dig through the threads and see if there has been a conversation on why I would have an SSD and how I would use it.

Make sure your SSD's SATA channel is set to use AHCI and not IDE mode. There is an important SSD maintenance utility built into Win Vista/7 that cleans up the SSD improving it's efficiency and preventing it from bogging down. Google AHCI and TRIM for more information. Also, some drives are picky and will have problems if not using AHCI.

Set the SATA channel mode prior to installing Windows so Windows will install with the correct driver.

Make sure to post up pictures!

Okay, the rig is up. I'll post up some pics in a few ... had to take care of a few rl things before I could get it rolling.


I should have BF2, PR, and BF3 installed this weekend. Cannot wait to see what it can do!

... odd though ... can't seem to connect to www.realitymod.com .... hmmm

Okay ... System has been up and running for a little while ... I do have an unusual message when it boots up, but I'll post about that soon. I'll also grap a picture of the desktop with the lights on and running and post that up in the thread above. Until then, here are some pictures of the build (sorry about the contrast ... should have taken the picts on a lighter background I suppose):

Components before install:




Motherboard:



Fan Installed:




Open system - everything is installed and good to go:




Thank you again to all of you for helping me piece this together. It runs everything on high graphics and fast. Thank you!