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So does this come with an operating system or do I need to buy one?


Also fan?
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Nov 29 2017 02:17am
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So does this come with an operating system or do I need to buy one?

No, but you can download windows 10 for free and install it off of Microsoft's website; you will just have a watermark in the bottom right of your screen and not be able to "personalize". You can fix this by buying a product key online for like $10 USD.

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Also fan?

That case has 2 fans included. I would recommend have one in the front as intake and one in the rear as exhaust.
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Thinking about cancelling my order with b&h. Everything else has got here and I could get the graphics card for like 40 bucks more then I paid black Friday and snag it on Amazon which would get it here in under 3 days

Spoke with b & h confirmed won't be here till after the fourteenth

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So I put it together the mobo only has header connectors for one of the fans. There was an unlabeled connector from the buttons asweel so idk wtf to do with that. My other shits drivers also came on disc and I don't think I got one?

How do I go about installing my driver's?

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Fuck me it won't even fire up

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Also should my HDD be free floating and not tight screwed down?
Did I fuck up by not getting a disc drive? I didn't even think about it though it would be somewhere in that list of things I just paid 900 bucks for.

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Also should my HDD be free floating and not tight screwed down?
Did I fuck up by not getting a disc drive? I didn't even think about it though it would be somewhere in that list of things I just paid 900 bucks for.


of course you dont need a disc drive, optical storage is dead.

the driver disc is crap, it's old drivers and often a bunch of opt-out third party shit and control panels/utilities you don't need like oc guru and bing. you'll want to get the newest drivers online.

and no it doesnt really matter if your hard drive is screwed in or not, as long as the case isn't moving around. My case is old and didn't have anywhere to put an SSD so I just taped it to the inside of the case. I've also had hard drives running at various angles for years before with no difference in performance or longevity so I don't think it affects them if the platters aren't parallel to the ground if that's your concern

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of course you dont need a disc drive, optical storage is dead.

the driver disc is crap, it's old drivers and often a bunch of opt-out third party shit and control panels/utilities you don't need like oc guru and bing. you'll want to get the newest drivers online.

and no it doesnt really matter if your hard drive is screwed in or not, as long as the case isn't moving around. My case is old and didn't have anywhere to put an SSD so I just taped it to the inside of the case. I've also had hard drives running at various angles for years before with no difference in performance or longevity so I don't think it affects them if the platters aren't parallel to the ground if that's your concern


Alright awesome thanks man. Also I didn't know disc drives we're a dead thing. Prolly will upgrade to one as every once in awhile I got no interwebs and like watching DVDs lol
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Alright awesome thanks man. Also I didn't know disc drives we're a dead thing. Prolly will upgrade to one as every once in awhile I got no interwebs and like watching DVDs lol


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Alright so still getting no display. Because my gfx card is a 6 pin and I'm try to put a 6+2 in just leaving the two out would that be fucking it up?
Because my gfx card fans is like barely kicking on then immediately stopping. Also googled that it could just not get going until it's under load

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So now I still got no display and it's firing upfor 45 seconds then reboots itself. Any ideas
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