{"id":3792,"date":"2011-03-02T22:34:28","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T03:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/?p=3792"},"modified":"2013-10-09T15:28:02","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T20:28:02","slug":"pc-build-2011-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/?p=3792","title":{"rendered":"PC Build 2011: Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lightbox-pb2d2\" href=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/Misc\/2011-PC-Build\/2011_pc_build%20006.jpg?m=1299099809\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/2011-PC-Build\/2011_pc_build%20006s-256616772.jpg?m=1299118866\" title=\"Attempted to install parts onto the mobo out of case... sweaty palms already, not a good sign. Also, CPUs used to have corner tabs or golden arrows or something obvious for orientation. The instructions said look for the tiny, tiny notches.\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a>Welcome back to PC Build 2011; today is where things can get Hairy. I will be installing the CPU, cooling unit, mobo, and RAM, any of which may be DOA or become very dead in the process. It&#8217;s like a very suspenseful (days-long) game, where it all comes down to the final power on. If you seen white hairs in the pictures, you&#8217;ll know why.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, if everything seems out of order, it&#8217;s because the PSU and a few drives won&#8217;t be available until later.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox-pb2d2\" href=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/Misc\/2011-PC-Build\/2011_pc_build%20007.jpg?m=1299099811\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/2011-PC-Build\/2011_pc_build%20007s.jpg?m=1299119307\" title=\"Installed backplate and bracket easily by following the step-by-step walkthrough video on the Corsair website - the included guide just doesn't cut it. Kind of worried about the backplate adhesive tapes sitting directly on soldered joints, will watch for fire.\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"135\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"lightbox-pb2d2\" href=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/Misc\/2011-PC-Build\/2011_pc_build%20008.jpg?m=1299099812\"><img alt=\"\" src=http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/2011-PC-Build\/2011_pc_build%20008s.jpg?m=1299119307 title=\"Removed the rear case fan and attached mobo with (just enough) provided screws. Must remember to take off that tape from heatsink, otherwise more fire.\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"135\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"lightbox-pb2d2\"  href=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/Misc\/2011-PC-Build\/2011_pc_build%20009.jpg?m=1299099813\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/2011-PC-Build\/2011_pc_build%20009s.jpg?m=1299119227\" title=\"Installed cooler radiator and fan, again easy because of thorough video. Decided to have the fan blow hot air out of the case instead of cool air inward over radiator as suggested by Corsair.\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"135\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"lightbox-pb2d2\" href=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/Misc\/2011-PC-Build\/2011_pc_build%20010.jpg?m=1299099814\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/2011-PC-Build\/2011_pc_build%20010s.jpg?m=1299120019\" title=\"Attached cooler to bracket and plugged it and radiator fan into mobo. I decided against the additional thermal paste since the cooler was already pre-pasted. Will save the 3.5 grams of polysynthetic silver for next time, I suppose.\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"135\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"lightbox-pb2d2\"  href=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/Misc\/2011-PC-Build\/2011_pc_build%20011.jpg?m=1299099816\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/2011-PC-Build\/2011_pc_build%20011s.jpg?m=1299119227\" title=\"Finally, installed RAM. This is where I start sacrificing virgin HDDs to fire and supplicating the PC gods for these expensive parts to still work.\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"135\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"lightbox-pb2d2\" href=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/Misc\/2011-PC-Build\/2011_pc_build%20012.jpg?m=1299113348\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/2011-PC-Build\/2011_pc_build%20012s.jpg?m=1299119253\" title=\"Installed SATA cables and front panel LEDs, switches, USB, firewire (why?), and audio. Tomorrow should be the wrap up for hardware and the fated moment of ON.\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to PC Build 2011; today is where things can get Hairy. I will be installing the CPU, cooling unit, mobo, and RAM, any of which may be DOA or become very dead in the process. It&#8217;s like a very suspenseful (days-long) game, where it all comes down to the final power on. If [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[71,70],"class_list":["post-3792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","tag-custom","tag-pc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3792"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6136,"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3792\/revisions\/6136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}