I just ordered all my parts for my first P.C. build. I've been a long time console veteran, but decided to give P.C. building a try. Here is a list of my gaming rig:
Intel I-5 2500K Processor
GigaByte Z77-D3H Motherboard
8 G Corsair Vengence DDR3 (2x4 1600mhz)
Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 Vapor X O.C. GPU
Western Digital Caviar Black 500 GB 7200 rpm HD
Corsair CX 600 Power Supply
Antec 300 Illusion Mid-Tower Case
ASUS DVD Optical Drive
Windows 8 O.S.
Since this is my first build, Im very nervous. As far as wiring and assembleing everything Im 99.9% sure I can do everything with no issue. But my real question is... After everything is put together, do I start running driver C.D.s? Install Windows? I apologize for my noob stupidity. But any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! And I have to say Im very excited to start playing DAYZ!!!
Also I built a similar build for a friend, and he was also going to Play DayZ, however with the stock cooler the game lagged alot, so I would recommend that you get a aftermarket cooler, as after he did the game ran smoothely
dont worry about it, i built my first pc in december. i got all the building and stuff done correctly, but i kinda clcked up with the drivers ETC. i have now learned from my mistakes. heres what you do: once youve finished building it, turn it on and put the windows cd in the dvd drive. hopefully it should boot from that cd, but if it doesnt, dont panic. restart the pc and press delete, then find the boot order and select the dvd drive as primary (change it back after youve finished) press f10, and it should restart the machine and boot from the cd. then set up windows (this should be self explanitory). once youve done that take out the windows cd and put in your motherboard drivers cd. install the LAN drivers if you are using ethernet, or there may be some wireless drivers for a wireless connection (install the lan drivers anyway though). after thats done, connect to your router if your on wireless, or just wait for there to be a connection if you are using ethernet. then find windows update, and check for updates, download them and then install them. do this several times until there are no more when you search. when yu finally finish that, consider innstalling other motherboard drivers from the gigabyte website. these are not nescesary (sorry if i spelt that wrong) however. the you can start installing things! if you have any gaming/ professional keyboard, mouse or headset, then check the website of the people who made them.
Don't worry you will learn fast. I myself built a new gaming PC a month ago. When you boot it for the first time you won't have an OS. If you did everything right you should see the motherboard star screen. Then insert you disk for the OS. And then when the setup is done you can start to install divers and update windows and stuff. But first I would ask you what are you mainly going to do with this PC, if playing video games you should definetly sped more money on the GPU as it is the most important component alog with the CPU. For gaming PC the GPU is a priority. It depneds on the your budget as well, if you can't afford more money than what costs your current build I would recommend going with a cheaper CPU and invest the money in a better GPU. If you are on budget and you want gaming you sould consider some AMD options as well. Mind the CPU/motherboard compatibility.
heat issues lol, you dont nesecarily need an after market cooler unless you find out that it has these issues, only some processors have heat problems as the manufacturing is not perfect every time
Thanks for the info everyone!!! Now Im a little concerned about having cooling issues. Im not going to be overclocking my CPU any time soon, so I would assume it would run just fine on the standard cooler. But I will monitor this and add a Cooler if needed. What temps are considered dangerous for CPU? and will I be able to monitor this via the bios or some other program?
If you don't do any overclocking the stock cooler is designed to maintain you CPU in normal working temps, so don't worry. When you star to overclock, I still haven't, you could check these programs for monitoring: HWMonitor, Core Temp and Speed Fan. I have them all and can't decide which I prefer. I like speed fan because it has the option to automatically adjust the speed of the CPU fan according to temperature. I don't remember the working temps but, you sould keep it between 20C - 70C (Celcious). The lower the better. About the parts, I don't reccomend buying a GPU just for the one game, as you seem to like it very much now, but believe me new games come out and you would want a faster graphics card. You can always upgrade.. but if you have the cach now.
Yes you can monitor the temperature, (Real Temp, CPU-Z (not sure if it will show temperature) and Speccy are some programs you could look into). I am pretty sure that most modern CPUs will shut down if they reach a dangerously high temperature, but I guess between 80-100 C is considered too high.