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Arrrgh!

I am getting ready to commit violence.

I thought I was done, plugged it in, turned it on and nothing happened:(

And to add insult to injury, 2 of the heatsink pins popped off, and...

I checked, and it matches.
Thanks

Thank you, I am buying it today.

Now, is it bad that I am already thinking about building another one?
This is really a lot of fun, I was not expecting to enjoy the process this much.

Thanks...

Thanks, do you I need anything else to make it fit over the processor?

I got a tube of thermal conductivity compound, the directions mentioned the heatsink, I am pretty sure I don't have one.
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Well everything arrived today, I got this motherboard/CPU combo instead.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3714946&sku=MBM-780I-Q6700&srkey=MBM-780I-Q6700...

Hi again, and thanks for your replies.

I will research your suggestions and go from there.

You are all right about the graphics card so I will add one to my list.

I was trying to keep it...

Hi

My computer finally died, and since it seems I have expensive taste in computers, I would really like to build my own.

This is what I am planning on buying

Processor...