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[Calibus]

I finally did it.

Is it normal to feel on top of the world the very first time you successfully build your own rig?

Cause that's totally how I'm feeling right now.

Grats, and yes that feeling never really goes away. In fact, I purposely try to sell family and friends on buying new PC components so I can build them one

 

[Pepiope]

Ooff, that is pretty dang short. The shortest ATX case I know of (outside of HTPC/cube stuff) is the Lian Li PC-A51, which is 15.3" tall. If something really wide is an option, there are a multitude of HTPC cases, like the Node 605, or HAF XB.

Take a look at the Fractal Node 804 and Corsair Air 240 as well, if you don't have width requirements.

There's a number with just single optical drives, and a lot of cases where the internal 5.25" bay is removeable. Is it an aesthetics thing as to why you don't want it?

I do want it for the aesthetics. I just keep reading that the cooling/ventilation is pretty poor with the case.

I did see this case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160.

I'm just not sure if ventilation is even a factor when I do not plan to OC anything.

It may be that the closer I get to the build, the more I am second guessing everything haha.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Someone answer me T_T

 

[Ray Wonder]

Someone answer me T_T

Mine was missing a wire also, I'm pretty sure it was supposed to come like that. I don't have any issues.

IIRC it was that same wire aswell.

 

[DarkChronic]

So I OC'd my i5 2500k the other night to 4.3. Did some stress/temp checks, everything seems to be fine/normal.

However, when I turn on my PC, it takes 3 "tries" to properly boot up. It'll power on for 5 seconds, shut down, power back on, shut down, and then on the third try, boot up properly.

Is this anything to be concerned about?

 

[yatesl]

I checked my hole computer and now I notice this:



one of the PSU sockets doesn't have a wire, so should I get a new PSU? Could this have caused those beeps I had yesterday at startup?

That pin can be missed:

-5 VDC (this is optional on newer ATX-2 supplies, it is for use with older AT class expansion cards and can be omitted on newer units)

 

[mkenyon]

I do want it for the aesthetics. I just keep reading that the cooling/ventilation is pretty poor with the case.

I did see this case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160.

I'm just not sure if ventilation is even a factor when I do not plan to OC anything.

It may be that the closer I get to the build, the more I am second guessing everything haha.

The airflow on the H440 is plenty for 95% of gaming builds.

Someone answer me T_T

As noted by others, that is how it is supposed to be:

 

[thematic]

I'm looking at upgrading my current PC which is as follows;

CPU: i5 2500
Mobo: Gigabyte Z68A-D3-B3
RAM: 2x4GB DDR3 1600 Ripjaws X
HDD: Samsung 1TB
GPU: Gigabyte 670
Case: Bitfenix Shinobi
PSU: Corsair HX650
ODD: DVD-RW Drive

I'm looking to upgrade the CPU, Mobo and add an SSD or two. Once 800 cards start releasing I'll add an 870 or 880 depending on the price. This is what I was considering

CPU: i5 4690k $142
Mobo: Gigabyte Z97M-D3H $272
SSD: 250GB Samsung EVO $139 (considering a 500GB one though for $269)

I'm hoping to keep the PSU, case etc.

I use it pretty much exclusively to play games on, with a few CPU intensive ones like Arma and BeamNG.Drive.

I'm just looking for any ideas, maybe a way to save some money if possible. I think I'm wanting to OC the CPU at some stage as I regretted not getting the 'k' version of my current 2500. Also a recommendation as to what cooler to get for the CPU would be great too. All prices are from the old MSY PDF which can be found here.

Will I see any significant improvements in the games I've mentioned or would it be worth holding out?

just upgrade your GPU (and maybe add an SSD)
your CPU still works fine for games

 

[Inferno313]

If I wanna get things up and running faster when I build, is there a way I can download some steam games onto my laptop, copy those to an external drive, and then copy them to the new PC?

 

[mkenyon]

So I OC'd my i5 2500k the other night to 4.3. Did some stress/temp checks, everything seems to be fine/normal.

However, when I turn on my PC, it takes 3 "tries" to properly boot up. It'll power on for 5 seconds, shut down, power back on, shut down, and then on the third try, boot up properly.

Is this anything to be concerned about?

Gigabyte or ASUS? But, no, not something to be concerned about.

just upgrade your GPU (and maybe add an SSD)
your CPU still works fine for games

Ehhhh non K 2500 would definitely benefit from an upgrade. It's not a MUST, but they would notice a difference with a new K CPU at 4.0GHz+

 

[ninjaboyjohn]

If I wanna get things up and running faster when I build, is there a way I can download some steam games onto my laptop, copy those to an external drive, and then copy them to the new PC?

Yup - you can use Steam's Backup feature to create a backup folder for selected games. Then you install Steam on the new PC, move the folder over to the new drive and do a Restore for each game.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8794-YPHV-2033

I had a PC that just could *not* download consistently from Steam for some reason, and this was the main way I got my games over there.

 

[Smiley90]

Yup, motherboard was dead, PSU was fine.

Computer installation, try 2!

 

[luxarific]

I just ordered my future case:


I want to prevent a situation where I sit there in September with everything but the case ready to go. Now I'm just waiting for X99 boards starting to get listed.

Fuck, that's gorgeous. What is it?

 

[mrpookles]

I've completely upgraded everything in my PC over the last 6 months or so... everything except the RAM.

I want to upgrade from 8GB to 16GB, then essentially put away the 'itch' and ignore any further upgrades for a couple of years (unless the 800 series becomes too much to resist). Is 16GB worth it? I pretty much only play games and stream sports on my PC.

Edit: I'll also say, I want to build a second rig for fun, so I'm going to have to buy more RAM anyway at some point.

 

[thematic]

Gigabyte or ASUS? But, no, not something to be concerned about.

Ehhhh non K 2500 would definitely benefit from an upgrade. It's not a MUST, but they would notice a difference with a new K CPU at 4.0GHz+

yeah, but the FPS differences isn't worth the $$$
if I'm in his position, I'll wait until next Intel CPU or DDR4 reach a mainstream price

of course if budget isn't a problem, upgrade away

Btw isn't non-K processors can be overclocked a bit?. I read playing Turbo multiplier in BIOS can increase max 400 MHz.

 

[The Llama]

I've completely upgraded everything in my PC over the last 6 months or so... everything except the RAM.

I want to upgrade from 8GB to 16GB, then essentially put away the 'itch' and ignore any further upgrades for a couple of years (unless the 800 series becomes too much to resist). Is 16GB worth it? I pretty much only play games and stream sports on my PC.

Edit: I'll also say, I want to build a second rig for fun, so I'm going to have to buy more RAM anyway at some point.

I have 16GB. Only time I remember going above 8GB is when I was playing Watch Dogs (it used about 9.5GB).

Still, I think its smart. IMO RAM and VRAM requirements will jump up a lot over the next year or so due to the PS4 and XB1 having so much more RAM. Devs are gonna be a bit lazier about it and use more of it to create bigger worlds, etc.

 

[AmyS]

This is about a week old, Intel’s 14nm Technology in Detail

Intel’s 14nm process has been their most difficult process to develop yet, a fact that Intel is being very straightforward about. Throughout the life of the 14nm process so far its yields have trailed the 22nm at equivalent points in time, and while yields are now healthy enough for volume production Intel still has further work to do to improve the process to catch up with 22nm. In fact at the present Intel’s 22nm process is the company’s highest yielding (lowest defect density) process ever, which goes to show just how big a set of shoes the up and coming 14nm process needs to fill to completely match its predecessor.

Concerns over these yields has no doubt played a part in Intel’s decision to go ahead with today’s presentation, for if nothing else they need to showcase their progress to their investors and justify the company’s heavy investment into 14nm and other R&D projects. While 14nm has made it into production in 2014 and the first 14nm products will hit retail by the end of the year, these yield issues have caused 14nm to be late for Intel. Intel’s original plans, which would have seen the bulk of their Broadwell lineup launch in 2014, have been reduced to the single Broadwell-Y SKU this year, with the rest of the Broadwell lineup launching in 2015.

Ultimately while 14nm is still catching up to 22nm, Intel is increasingly confident that they will be able to finish catching up, forecasting that 14nm will reach parity with 22nm on a time adjusted basis in the first quarter of 2015, or roughly 6 months from now. Intel is already in the process of replicating their 14nm to their other fabs, with fabs in Arizona and Ireland expected to come online later this year and in 2015 respectively. These fab ramp-ups will in turn allow Intel to further increase their manufacturing capacity, with Intel projecting that they will have sufficient volume to handle multiple 14nm product ramps in H1’2015.

At the same time the fact that costs per transistor continue to come down at a steady rate may be par for the course, but that Intel has been able to even maintain par for the course is actually a very significant accomplishment. As the cost of wafers and fabbing have risen over the years there has been concern that transistor costs would plateau, which would lead to chip designers being able to increase their performance but only by increasing prices, as opposed to the past 40 years of cheaper transistors allowing prices to hold steady while performance has increased. So for Intel this is a major point of pride, especially in light of complaints from NVIDIA and others in recent years that their costs on new nodes aren’t scaling nearly as well as they would like.

Which brings us to the final subject of Intel’s 14nm presentation, the competitive landscape. Between the ill-defined naming of new process nodes across the entire industry and Intel’s continuing lead in semiconductor manufacturing, Intel likes to point out how their manufacturing nodes compare to foundry competitors such as TSMC and the IBM alliance. Citing 3rd party journal articles for comparison, Intel claims that along with their typical lead in rolling out new nodes, as of the 14nm node they are going to have a multiple generation technical advantage. They expect that their 14nm node will offer significantly smaller feature sizes than competing 14nm nodes, allowing them to maintain consistent logic area scaling at a time when their competitors (i.e. TSMC) cannot.

From a technical perspective it's quite obvious why it is that Intel is able to maintain density scaling above the level that TSMC and Common Platform members can deliver. In short, this goes back to the improved interconnect density that was discussed earlier in this article. While Intel is pushing 14nm transistor and interconnect, TSMC and Common Platform members are using the same interconnect technology that they did at 20nm. This means that only areas where transistor density was the gating factor for 20nm will decrease in size at 14/16nm, while areas already gated by 20nm interconnect technology won't be able to get any smaller.

Thus for what it’s worth the basic facts do appear to check out, but we would be the first to point out that there is more to semiconductor manufacturing than just logic area scaling. At least until Intel’s competitors start shipping their FinFET products this is going to be speculative, and doesn’t quantify how well those competing process nodes will perform. But then again, the fact that Intel is already on their second FinFET node when their competitors are still ramping up their first is no small feat.

Wrapping things up, while Intel’s bring up of their 14nm process has not been without problems and delays, at this point Intel appears to be back on track. 14nm is in volume production in time for Broadwell-Y to reach retail before the end of the year, and Intel is far enough along that they can begin replicating the process to additional fabs for production in 2014 and 2015. Meanwhile it will still be a few months before we can test the first 14nm chips, but based on Intel’s data it looks like they have good reason to be optimistic about their process. The feature size and leakage improvements are in-line with previous genartion process nodes, which should be a great help for Intel in their quest to crack the high performance mobile market in the coming year.

Rest of the article along with the technical stuff, here:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8367/intels-14nm-technology-in-detail

 

[Grayman]

Can anyone help me out with a router purchase? I am getting a new place, moving from a large house to a one bedroom.

I have owned a Linksys WRT whatever years ago and it served me well but eventually devices were not connecting to wifi.

I have had good experiences with the Asus RT-N66U but it seems to be out of stock on newegg so is there something that superceded it?

Do I actually gain anything at higher end models? Chrome cast ability? PC is going to be wired like a civilized human being.

I also probably need something for the floor because it is carpet. Usually my tower and external drive are just under the desk.

 

[Branduil]

Can anyone recommend a good cheap webcam?

 

[SmartBase]

I'm about to give in and buy two 780s for my new build to run games at 3440x1440. Don't suppose there's any 880 news I should know before I pull the trigger?

 

[adamantypants]

I've completely upgraded everything in my PC over the last 6 months or so... everything except the RAM.

I want to upgrade from 8GB to 16GB, then essentially put away the 'itch' and ignore any further upgrades for a couple of years (unless the 800 series becomes too much to resist). Is 16GB worth it? I pretty much only play games and stream sports on my PC.

Edit: I'll also say, I want to build a second rig for fun, so I'm going to have to buy more RAM anyway at some point.

Sounds like you have some disposable income. I say go for it. I opted for 16gb purely because sometimes I forget to close my browsers and extraneous programs that tend to eat up upwards of 5gb at times. I have way more programs running that I need to...

Purely gaming though, most games aren't going to need more than 8gb. Some will but they're the exception not the rule.

Can anyone help me out with a router purchase? I am getting a new place, moving from a large house to a one bedroom.

I have owned a Linksys WRT whatever years ago and it served me well but eventually devices were not connecting to wifi.

I have had good experiences with the Asus RT-N66U but it seems to be out of stock on newegg so is there something that superceded it?

Do I actually gain anything at higher end models? Chrome cast ability? PC is going to be wired like a civilized human being.

I also probably need something for the floor because it is carpet. Usually my tower and external drive are just under the desk.

If you're building PCs, you're probably comfortable with flashing firmwares on routers. Find a router that you can flash Tomato or DD-WRT on. Super powerful firmware and absolutely rock solid. I flashed one on my router like 5 years ago and I have never lost connection or experienced downtime.

I'm about to give in and buy two 780s for my new build to run games at 3440x1440. Don't suppose there's any 880 news I should know before I pull the trigger?

The news is that they're coming. It'd be foolish to spend $1200+ when they're potentially a month away. If you have to buy it now (I know the itch), at least go EVGA so you can step up.

 

[Smiley90]

Well, this is confusing

new motherboard installed, everything seems fine... BUT.... my GPU fans (not sure about others, but I don't think so) are now always operating at 100%. I can alter the percentage settings in afterburner, but the RPM is ALWAYS at max. And the fans don't even show up in Speedfan.

... I'm confused.

 

[SmartBase]

The news is that they're coming. It'd be foolish to spend $1200+ when they're potentially a month away. If you have to buy it now (I know the itch), at least go EVGA so you can step up.

I'd definitely go EVGA but their step-up program isn't available here. I probably should've clarified that I'm watercooling my build, I imagine it would take a while before the 880 gets its first waterblocks. The timing on this really sucks.

 

[kiyomi]

I just ordered my future case:


I want to prevent a situation where I sit there in September with everything but the case ready to go. Now I'm just waiting for X99 boards starting to get listed.

Yo where'd you find one in Europe? Or are you importing it?

 

[Bumhat]

First time posting in this thread - go easy on me GAF! Right, to business:

My desktop PC is about seven years old and as such can do very little more than run Counter Strike and take five years to boot up. I used to be pretty up-to-date with the latest tech and knew about the latest hardware, but in the last five years I have just completely stopped paying attention. For all extents and purposes, let's just assume I am a complete dunce.

GAF, my request is this: I am in the UK, have a £1000 budget, and want to get myself a beefy new PC. Please help me do it!

 

[kiyomi]

First time posting in this thread - go easy on me GAF! Right, to business:

My desktop PC is about seven years old and as such can do very little more than run Counter Strike and take five years to boot up. I used to be pretty up-to-date with the latest tech and knew about the latest hardware, but in the last five years I have just completely stopped paying attention. For all extents and purposes, let's just assume I am a complete dunce.

GAF, my request is this: I am in the UK, have a £1000 budget, and want to get myself a beefy new PC. Please help me do it!

Looking to build it yourself? What are you going to use it for, is it just a purely gaming rig or are there specific applications you need to use for work?

 

[Bumhat]

Looking to build it yourself? What are you going to use it for, is it just a purely gaming rig or are there specific applications you need to use for work?

Gaming and editing primarily. I'm a freelance editor and have been really looking forward to getting back into AfterEffects, my current machine is just too damn old. I'll probably buy a copy of Avid Media Composer at some point too.

I am happy to put it together myself, particularly if that means I can stretch my budget a little further. For all extents and purposes I am completely new at this so hold my hand!

 

[kiyomi]

Gaming and editing primarily. I'm a freelance editor and have been really looking forward to getting back into AfterEffects, my current machine is just too damn old. I'll probably buy a copy of Avid Media Composer at some point too.

I am happy to put it together myself, particularly if that means I can stretch my budget a little further. For all extents and purposes I am completely new at this so hold my hand!

Okay, cool. Are you including a new monitor in your budget?

 

[Durante]

Yo where'd you find one in Europe? Or are you importing it?

Cyberport. Not like I have much choice

 

[Dries]

So I OC'd my i5 2500k the other night to 4.3. Did some stress/temp checks, everything seems to be fine/normal.

However, when I turn on my PC, it takes 3 "tries" to properly boot up. It'll power on for 5 seconds, shut down, power back on, shut down, and then on the third try, boot up properly.

Is this anything to be concerned about?

Do you have Intel Speedstep or C states enabled? I find these options in the Advanced CPU Core features. I have a GIGABYTE mobo.

 

[Bumhat]

Okay, cool. Are you including a new monitor in your budget?

I have two but they're so old that one of them is 4:3. Four by three! Ridiculous. Still, the other monitor is fairly decent so for the moment let's just budget for the machine and OS - I'll get a new monitor separately. I am salivating at the thought of 120Hz goodness but hey, one thing at a time...

 

[kharma45]

I have two but they're so old that one of them is 4:3. Four by three! Ridiculous. Still, the other monitor is fairly decent so for the moment let's just budget for the machine and OS - I'll get a new monitor separately. I am salivating at the thought of 120Hz goodness but hey, one thing at a time...

In After Effects, is ray-traced 3D rendering something you do?

 

[Renekton]

Can anyone recommend a good cheap webcam?

I'm not experienced with many webcams, but I like the Logitech C270.

 

[Alexalder]

Hi GAF,
I'm looking for a new monitor to replace my 4yo one.
Here is what i am looking for:
- Long lasting, at least another 4 years, it's now the right time to buy?
- I don't really need 4k, maybe 1440? Even just 1080p wouldn't be bad
- >60hz would be nice, as i don't play graphically intensive games and have a pretty decent pc (770, i7-4770)
- Good comfort on regular tasks, is BenQ flicker-free a thing or just a gimmick?
- G-Sync, it seems good, am i right about this?
- 24", it seems a good size for my regular distance (40 cm - 15 inches), is it ok?
- Adjustable height, i need it to lower as much as possible as i don't have much space vertically

Thank you for your help in advance

 

[kharma45]

Hi GAF,
I'm looking for a new monitor to replace my 4yo one.
Here is what i am looking for:
- Long lasting, at least another 4 years, it's now the right time to buy?
- I don't really need 4k
- >60hz would be nice, as i don't play graphically intensive games and have a pretty decent pc (770, i7-4770)
- Good comfort on regular tasks, is BenQ flicker-free a thing or just a gimmick?
- G-Sync, it seems good, am i right about this?
- 24", it seems a good size for my regular distance (40 cm - 15 inches), is it ok?
- Adjustable height, i need it to lower as much as possible as i don't have much space vertically

Thank you for your help in advance

Fill out questions in the OP too.

 

[mrklaw]

I'd definitely go EVGA but their step-up program isn't available here. I probably should've clarified that I'm watercooling my build, I imagine it would take a while before the 880 gets its first waterblocks. The timing on this really sucks.

you should really try and wait unless money is no object.

Even if the 880s don't have the performance increase you'd like, or don't have water available immediately, they'll still have a downward effect on prices of 780s, potentially saving you significant money Vs buying SLI now.

And why does it have to be water immediately? Does your system prevent you running the GPUs on air initially? you could run single (or SLI) 880s on air, then update them when water blocks are available. Probably wouldn't even take that long.

 

[Alexalder]

Fill out questions in the OP too.

This ones? Sorry.
Your Current Specs: i7-4770 / 16gb 1866MHz / AsRock Z87 Pro4 / Palit GTX 770 2GB/ Cooler Master G650M 650W / BitFenix Shinobi Window / Western Digital Caviar Blu 1TB + SSD Samsung 840 EVO Basic 120GB
Budget: I guess under 500 but i would like to have some choiches in different price ranges, I can go higher if it's necessary
Main Use:
Light Gaming 4 (League, Hearthstone, Starcraft 2)
Gaming 2 (basically zero)
Emulation (PS2/Wii) 2
Video Editing 2
Streaming games in HD 1
3D/Model work (and what program) 1
General Usage (Word, Web, 1080p playback) 5
Monitor Resolution: I guess 4k is too much for my hardware to handle
List SPECIFIC games or applications that you MUST be able to run well: I don't really know advanced technology, i basically play League, Hearthstone, Starcraft 2 and surf the web/code
When will you build?: This year? Is this the right time or should i wait?
Will you be overclocking?: No

 

[SmartBase]

you should really try and wait unless money is no object.

Even if the 880s don't have the performance increase you'd like, or don't have water available immediately, they'll still have a downward effect on prices of 780s, potentially saving you significant money Vs buying SLI now.

And why does it have to be water immediately? Does your system prevent you running the GPUs on air initially? you could run single (or SLI) 880s on air, then update them when water blocks are available. Probably wouldn't even take that long.

It's a bit silly but I don't even have a system at the moment, this would be the first desktop PC I've had in about a year. Nothing is preventing me from just using air but I'm really picky when it comes to noise.

Looks like I'm waiting then.

 

[kharma45]

This ones? Sorry.
Your Current Specs: i7-4770 / 16gb 1866MHz / AsRock Z87 Pro4 / Palit GTX 770 2GB/ Cooler Master G650M 650W / BitFenix Shinobi Window / Western Digital Caviar Blu 1TB + SSD Samsung 840 EVO Basic 120GB
Budget: I guess under 500 but i would like to have some choiches in different price ranges, I can go higher if it's necessary
Main Use:
Light Gaming 4 (League, Hearthstone, Starcraft 2)
Gaming 2 (basically zero)
Emulation (PS2/Wii) 2
Video Editing 2
Streaming games in HD 1
3D/Model work (and what program) 1
General Usage (Word, Web, 1080p playback) 5
Monitor Resolution: I guess 4k is too much for my hardware to handle
List SPECIFIC games or applications that you MUST be able to run well: I don't really know advanced technology, i basically play League, Hearthstone, Starcraft 2 and surf the web/code
When will you build?: This year? Is this the right time or should i wait?
Will you be overclocking?: No

Cheers. Was just curious as to what system you were rocking. I'd probably look at one of the 120Hz ones from the OP.

 

[yatesl]

How quickly can thermal paste break down? Messing about with my overclock again, and on a 4670k @ 4.2GHz (I can't get 4.3 no matter how hard I try) at 1.221v, Prime95's Small FFT test takes it to ~90c after only 5 minutes. However, I'm sure 9 months ago it was 10c cooler - and it's quite cool in England right now (especially with my 2 windows open), so I can't see there being a 10c ambient difference.

 

[Alexalder]

Cheers. Was just curious as to what system you were rocking. I'd probably look at one of the 120Hz ones from the OP.

Yeah i was just asking for more detailed advice, knowing that many interesting models just came out, thank you for your time

 

[kharma45]

Yeah i was just asking for more detailed advice, knowing that many interesting models just came out, thank you for your time

Sorry!

Hopefully someone will come along later with a bit more knowledge around them than me.

 

[MoonGred]

Just finished building my first pc.

There's a lot of things I'd like to have done differently, primarily cable management (especially the PCI connectors for the gfx card)
All in all it was fairly easy.

One issue I'm having is that for some reason my 1TB HDD is not showing up in the "devices and drives" tab. I've checked "device manager, and the drive is listed, any reason what could be causing this?

 

[Nostremitus]

Just finished building my first pc.

There's a lot of things I'd like to have done differently, primarily cable management (especially the PCI connectors for the gfx card)
All in all it was fairly easy.

One issue I'm having is that for some reason my 1TB HDD is not showing up in the "devices and drives" tab. I've checked "device manager, and the drive is listed, any reason what could be causing this?

Does it have a file system on it? If it's brand new it may not have a partition. If it has nothing but unallocated space or a file system your OS doesn't recognize it won't show up.

 

[yatesl]

How quickly can thermal paste break down? Messing about with my overclock again, and on a 4670k @ 4.2GHz (I can't get 4.3 no matter how hard I try) at 1.221v, Prime95's Small FFT test takes it to ~90c after only 5 minutes. However, I'm sure 9 months ago it was 10c cooler - and it's quite cool in England right now (especially with my 2 windows open), so I can't see there being a 10c ambient difference.

Hmm, blue screened at 1.22 and again at 1.225 (which I'm sure I had it on last time) - giving a Clock_Watchdog_Timeout error. Looks like I'll be stuck on 4.2 @ 1.23 forever. What a garbage chip.

Just finished building my first pc.

There's a lot of things I'd like to have done differently, primarily cable management (especially the PCI connectors for the gfx card)
All in all it was fairly easy.

One issue I'm having is that for some reason my 1TB HDD is not showing up in the "devices and drives" tab. I've checked "device manager, and the drive is listed, any reason what could be causing this?

Go to Computer Management, and see if it appears there - you may need to format it. If not, make sure it's plugged in properly.

As for cable management, when I built this last year it was a mess, as it was a stressful "Just get it in and make sure it works!" thing. I went back a month later and tidied it all up.

 

[Hazaro]

Just finished building my first pc.

There's a lot of things I'd like to have done differently, primarily cable management (especially the PCI connectors for the gfx card)
All in all it was fairly easy.

One issue I'm having is that for some reason my 1TB HDD is not showing up in the "devices and drives" tab. I've checked "device manager, and the drive is listed, any reason what could be causing this?

Use Disk Management to format the drive

Hmm, blue screened at 1.22 and again at 1.225 (which I'm sure I had it on last time) - giving a Clock_Watchdog_Timeout error. Looks like I'll be stuck on 4.2 @ 1.23 forever. What a garbage chip.

Welcome to Heatwell. Time to delid.

 

[MoonGred]

Thanks all, the second I read the first response it all came back to me. Everything is up and running now

 

[yatesl]

Welcome to Heatwell. Time to delid.

Honestly. You'd think it was running inside an oven.

Thanks all, the second I read the first response it all came back to me. Everything is up and running now

I did notice that you have the fan on the other side of your heatsink. Did you make sure to rotate it, so it's pulling air in through the metal? Otherwise, it's on backwards, and it'll be pulling air that should be going out of the exhaust (unless the fan on the back is an intake too)

 

[Hazaro]

Honestly. You'd think it was running inside an oven.

Eh, it still gets hot even with an H100i and 40 fans on it so whatever. Delid only option.

 

[MoonGred]

I did notice that you have the fan on the other side of your heatsink. Did you make sure to rotate it, so it's pulling air in through the metal? Otherwise, it's on backwards, and it'll be pulling air that should be going out of the exhaust (unless the fan on the back is an intake too)

I was really unsure about how to mount the fan, and followed the tech guide video. I found it weird that it would be sucking in air that's supposed to go out, I'll swap it around first thing in the morning