My New PC Build 2019

The Building of Hermes

My last PC build was in 2007 when I made the Windows 7 box called Daedalus.

This PC has gone through several iterations with replacements... mobo, CPU, PSU, RAM, new drives, etc.

Through it all, it ran on Windows 7 Ultimate and it ran well...but with Microsoft declaring the end of life for Win 7 in Jan 2020 and because of some recent issues, a new build was required.

In keeping with past builds and/or laptop names...Icarus, Daedalus, Hephaestus and Pegasus...I chose a name from Greek mythology...Hermes.

Hermes was a swift messnger god, an intelligent god of information, a transcender of the realms...appropriate for a workstation that will be fast, store plenty info and connect me to the world.

So, Hermes it is...

 

Component Parts


Power Supply Unit

RMx Series™ RM750x —750 Watt 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Fully Modular

 

Case

Phanteks PH-EC416PSTG_BR Eclipse P400S Silent Edition

This unit was specifically designed to hold down noise.

  • Steel / Plastic / Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower
  • 2 x USB 3.0 / Mic / Headphone Front Ports
  • 6 x 3.5" / 2.5" (2 included) Internal 3.5" Drive Bays

 

CPU

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz

 

Motherboard

ASUS ROG Strix B450-F Gaming Motherboard (ATX) AMD Ryzen 2 AM4 DDR4 DP HDMI M.2 USB 3.1 Gen2 B450

Cooler

AMD Wraith Spire, for Socket AM4

RAM

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz C15

SSD

Samsung 860 EVO 500GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD

Video

EVGA GT 710 2GB DDR3 64bit Single Slot, Dual DVI 02G-P3-2717-KR

 
Daedalus Migration

Monitors

Samsung 226BW 22 " LCD

Viewsonic 22 " LCD

dual monitor setup currently in use with Daedalus

 

 

 

HDD 1

Seagate 1TB FireCuda Gaming SSHD (Solid State Hybrid Drive) - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Hard Drive (ST1000DX002)

 

 

 

 

HDD 2

Seagate 1TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST1000DM003)

 

 

 

 
The Build

Step 1:

Setup the ATX box...

 

 

Step 2:

Motherboard prep

 

Step 3:

CPU Install

 

 



Step 4:

Cooler Install

 

Step 5:

Install Mobo

 

 

 

 

Step 6:

Install PSU

 

Step 7:

Install SSD for System Partition

  

Step 8:

Install RAM

  

Step 9:

Install Video Processor

  

Step 10:

Check All Case and Internal Connectors

Case connection continued: all of the LED leads...power, hard drive function...plus power on and reboot, were connected to motherboar via the Asus Q-Connector for quick install and release.

Step 11:

Optical Drive ???

SAMSUNG Writemaster
SH-S203B

SATA
Black
2MB Cache
20X DVD±R DVD Burner / CD Burner

Step 12:

Install OS, Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit, USB