Hello all,
I've finally bit the bullet and pieced a new system together (all the parts should be in by tuesday) but i havnt buit a system in probably 8-10 years so I wanted to make the build as problem free as possible by going ahead and finding out what drivers/BIOS updates I should or should not use, And to find out ahead of time about any issues I may have (and how to fix them) when I do sit down and get the build together. So ill take any advice, tips/tricks others may have!
The Parts list-
This will be running under windows 8.1 64bit -
First off I figured I would hit ASRock and download Bios/driver updates from there but theres quite a list of them, For the parts I've listed above is there a specific Bios and Driver versions I should use? (I would download all the newest versions of everything but due to bad memories from the past of the newest thing crashing everything I would check)
I plan to use the M2 as the boot drive, Is there anything specific I will need to do to enable this? (have specific things downloaded on a USB stick etc)
As far as other drivers needed (for the Video card etc) Should I go for the newest from the card manufacturer or a specific version from Nvidia to work best with the board ?
Im sure I will come up with more questions once i get everything together and running but i figured these would be the most important ones to begin with!
Thanks again for any help you can give !
I've finally bit the bullet and pieced a new system together (all the parts should be in by tuesday) but i havnt buit a system in probably 8-10 years so I wanted to make the build as problem free as possible by going ahead and finding out what drivers/BIOS updates I should or should not use, And to find out ahead of time about any issues I may have (and how to fix them) when I do sit down and get the build together. So ill take any advice, tips/tricks others may have!
The Parts list-
- ASRock Z97 Extreme6 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
- Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 3.5GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor BX80646I54690K
- CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model
- Kingston SSDNow SM2280S3/120GB M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Boot Drive)
- Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Data)
- EVGA 02G-P4-3063-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card w/ ACX ...
- EVGA 120-G1-0650-XR 650W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Power Supply
- Thermaltake Level 10 GT (VN10001W2N) Black SECC / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case with Four Fans-1x 200mm Colorshift ...
This will be running under windows 8.1 64bit -
First off I figured I would hit ASRock and download Bios/driver updates from there but theres quite a list of them, For the parts I've listed above is there a specific Bios and Driver versions I should use? (I would download all the newest versions of everything but due to bad memories from the past of the newest thing crashing everything I would check)
I plan to use the M2 as the boot drive, Is there anything specific I will need to do to enable this? (have specific things downloaded on a USB stick etc)
As far as other drivers needed (for the Video card etc) Should I go for the newest from the card manufacturer or a specific version from Nvidia to work best with the board ?
Im sure I will come up with more questions once i get everything together and running but i figured these would be the most important ones to begin with!
Thanks again for any help you can give !
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