August 10 2016
So I bought the motherboard which was open box from Microcenter. When I was at Microcenter, I did not ask thoroughly for why the the motherboard open box or how to tell for damage
In the future, I should ask to borrow a test bench to check the components, or ask the clerk to show me how to check for bent pins. I really lucked out because the motherboard had no defects.
Posted this a while back in hopes that someone would actually know how to check for damage
Nothing here, enjoy the shot
At this point in time, I had my cpu, hard drive, motherboard, and case. I was still waiting on my ssd, cpu cooler, and graphics card
Initially I had preordered the Sapphire Nitro Rx 480 8GB (unbinned), and had been waiting for it. At this point in time, I decided to start building my computer, it took me about 3-4 hours to complete. The biggest hurdle, was probably the power supply and managing the cables. I initially had my 24 pin CPU connector loosely fit into the power supply and the motherboard
As I said in the previous post, I had preordered the Sapphire RX 480 Nitro, but the package still had not yet shipped.
One day while browsing r/buildapcsales, a deal on a XFX R9 Fury X showed up. For an extra $80 I could cancel the Sapphire order and get XFX. I decided to take the deal and cancel the preorder.
Finally the XFX card finally came in. I decided to install the card and perform some maintenance on the computer.
My CPU cooler was very loose, so I decided to reinstall it. I cleaned the CPU and the cooler with 91% isopropyl alcohol and coffee filters. Initially I thought I had not installed the mounting bracket into the cooler dimple, so I tried to screw on. The attempt did not work and I had cut my fingers while doing it.
Turns out that I had initially installed the mounting screws for the wrong socket. I had used the LGA 1150 mounting screws, when I should have actually used the LGA 2011 screws.
I didn’t realize the error until I had looked up a review. When I found about that, I felt pretty stupid for not noticing it. In my defense, the Cooler Master Instructions were pretty unorganized.
At this point every thing was installed, and I decided boot the computer for the first time.
It worked and it booted into Arch Linux.
Initially I was going to use Arch Linux for my main operating system, but I was unable to find proper drivers for my AMD card.
At the time I took the photo, I was still on Arch. After getting the computer to boot, I finally decided to do cable management.
So eventually I settled with Windows 8.1 embedded pro with a Windows 9 mod because of my lack of knowledge in Linux.
Here’s the link to the website in case anyone was wondering
Windows 9
I am currently borrowing the family Monitor (which is a computer) until the one I order actually comes in. Otherwise everything else is going to be permanent.
The mouse is the Tek Syndicate Standard issue
The Mouse pad is the extended Tek Syndicate colorful pixel burning earth The keyboard is a old mechanical Acer 6311-K my dad got back in the day The laptop is a Lenovo B575, (my old potato computer I used to game on)
This was the computer with multiple chrome tabs open. On my Laptop, this would have taken 90% of the CPU usage
Now enjoy this Saitama face If any one is curious about the Keyboard I can post a log of cleaning it up. Here’s the parts in case anyone was curious (prices will change so price wise it can be higher or lower) Part List - Intel Core i7-5820K, Radeon R9 Fury X, Cooler Master HAF XB EVO ATX Desktop - PCPartPicker