{"id":723,"date":"2012-07-09T21:09:44","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T20:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/?p=723"},"modified":"2012-07-09T21:36:31","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T20:36:31","slug":"making-monday-building-a-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/?p=723","title":{"rendered":"Making Monday – Building a PC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doug’s main PC blew up last week<\/p>\n

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Smoking is bad for your PC health<\/p><\/div>\n

So I built him a new one on Saturday.<\/p>\n

He’d ordered some parts from Scan<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(the “it’s a no brainer” bundle)\u00c2\u00a0which were packed in an enormous box<\/p>\n

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With Erebus the cat for scale<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s<\/p>\n

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Case, motherboard, memory, power supply, hard disk and processor unboxed<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is a lot less scary than it looks.<\/p><\/div>\n

And the motherboard in progress. You can see that I’ve already fitted the processor and the fan that keeps it from overheating.\u00c2\u00a0I had been a bit nervous about installing the processor but it was easy<\/p>\n

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In fact the hardest part of the whole build was getting the damn metal panel that frames the connectors into the PC case. It’s always the worst job.<\/p>\n

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Ooh 6 USBs! \ud83d\ude09 (or is it 8?)<\/p><\/div>\n

There was no pesky software installation to contend with either as the solid state drive with Windows 7 on it from the burnt PC was undamaged.<\/p>\n

However, I’m now really jealous of Doug’s new PC. I can’t justify building a new one for myself until next year but I’m already planning what elements I might put in it.<\/p>\n

After the PC was built we went to a local Vintage Fair where I bought a sewing pattern. It’s too dark to photograph now so it’ll have to wait until the next post \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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