I just built my first computer and it boots, am I out of the woods?

[Cnconrad]

I have never built a PC before and I was talked into doing it myself on this site rather than buying one from cyberpower.

Well after much soul searching and around $1900 I decided to take the plunge.

I just finished it a few minutes ago and was pleased to see it booted to my motherboard's bios screen.

It detected 16 gigs of RAM my monitor was plugged into my evga SC2 1080 ti and it was working. My CPU was idling at 35c

I have 2 days to wait on my windows 10 retail USB so in the meantime I wanted to check in here and see if I can comfortably relax and enjoy the wait for windows 10.

Is there still a chance I hooked something up wrong or any part of my PC is faulty?

Build below:
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RXzRPs
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RXzRPs/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $308.87)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Purchased For $85.33)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z270 Killer SLI/ac ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($133.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($136.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($127.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.61 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card ($729.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair - Crystal 570X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $139.65)
Power Supply: Corsair - 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $99.99)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1936.07

 

[VoDkA29]

If it boots perfectly and detects all of your storage devices and RAM, to me, it sounds like you hooked up everything fine. Enjoy!

 

[M04D18]

Everything is great 😛 , just to let you know : Dont scare when you see i7's max temp at 70-80+ , your cooler is great but 7700k are known for temp spikes issues ( just dont worry and check your average temps ) . these spikes will last only for 0,5 secs . Also dont forget to run your memory at 3000mhz via XMP profile( you can do this while waiting for windows 😛)

 

[Cnconrad]

I just looked at it again and one issue I noticed is that my Samsung m.2 is not showing up.

Is that normal, I have read other threads that you have to force the mobo to recognize it by unplugging the HDD and rebooting.


I'll tweak my ram tomorrow to run at proper speed

 

[atljsf]

you don't need the usb

just create your own

use this tool

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10ISO

when it asks what version just choose the one you bought

later you put the license

why wait for a usb stick?

is 4 gbs download and it just asks for a usb stick that can be formatted?

 

[Cnconrad]

Success! Installed Windows 10 in like 5 min after I got it to find my m.2.

Time to rock and roll!