Need help building my first PC.

I dont really understand what you mean earthman, for both answers...


and now i am really messed up. ive been seeing tons of images of bottom mounted PSUs with their fan pointing downwards, like so:


WHAT DO I DO???

for that case the bottom of the case has holes therefore they can point it down and get air from below the case. it is also not on carpet. if you computer will be placed on top of carpet mount the fan facing upwards, if the case doesn't have holes face the fan upwards. all the fan does is suck air in and blow it out the back.

for that case the bottom of the case has holes therefore they can point it down and get air from below the case. it is also not on carpet. if you computer will be placed on top of carpet mount the fan facing upwards, if the case doesn't have holes face the fan upwards. all the fan does is suck air in and blow it out the back.

Viper is right...

for that case the bottom of the case has holes therefore they can point it down and get air from below the case. it is also not on carpet. if you computer will be placed on top of carpet mount the fan facing upwards, if the case doesn't have holes face the fan upwards. all the fan does is suck air in and blow it out the back.

okay. Thx very much

what if the floor is carpet, and my PC is elevated 8 inch from the floor, on a wooden platform?

for that case the bottom of the case has holes therefore they can point it down and get air from below the case. it is also not on carpet. if you computer will be placed on top of carpet mount the fan facing upwards, if the case doesn't have holes face the fan upwards. all the fan does is suck air in and blow it out the back.

okay. Thx very much

what if the floor is carpet, and my PC is elevated 8 inch from the floor, on a wooden platform?

That should be fine AS LONG AS There are holes in the bottom of your case and its elevated atleast 1 inch off the platform.. So the PSU has room to take in air.

I agree.

Da Dog

you did it all the right way, didn't know you had a radiator.

you did it all the right way, didn't know you had a radiator.

not his case unless he just bought a 1000 watt power supply to power an 6850 haha! just a random picture of the internet

Another question:
About RAID 5, how will i know when a drives fails?

and still, i dont know about the case fans plug. ???

you did it all the right way, didn't know you had a radiator.

not his case unless he just bought a 1000 watt power supply to power an 6850 haha! just a random picture of the internet

lol

I have a 1000W powering my GTX 460.. lol
And it was powering a 8500GT before I got the 460..LOL
Talk about Overkill..

Another question:
About RAID 5, how will i know when a drives fails?

and still, i dont know about the case fans plug. ???

I think that the mobo will freeze the boot up and alert you that a drive has failed..
You CAN still use the PC when a drive fails (but if one more fails [which is seldom] then you are screwed)
untill you order a new one
Also, make sure you have a power bar with surge protection..
I've seen many PSUs and HDDs die due to lack of Surge Protection.. I have a $200 Power Bar on my Rig (Yea..Its overkill..)..
7.2K RPM shouldn't go out too often with good surge protection

okay, now i have to set up RAID. i have started my PC up yet, i want to setup RAID before anything else.

so when i get to the RAID configuration menu, i have to enter a name for the volume, the RAID level (5 in my case), a strip size and a Capacity.
What are the two last ones? I have no idea what they mean and what to put.

I have 3 500Gb HDDs.

also, how do i install the operating system?

for strip size i think i go with 64kb but i think there is an 128 bit as well option and for capacity you want to use the entire drive

MY COMPUTER IS COMPLETE!!!!!

RAID is setup, windows and drivers installed. I still have to connect it to the internet to get the latest updates, but i am enjoying it so far. I wont be able to play until I get my PC to its new location, moved the old one somewhere else.


Theres also a big difference in the fan noise (my new one is much noisier). But who cares!

Congratulations on your new build and hope everything works for a long time.

congratz