Cables? There's not that many cables, things all fit into their slots, nothing can go in backwards unless you really force it.None of the bright shiny components I ordered came with cables. How do I learn who/what/which, etc ... and where do I get them?
pcpartpicker.com is my go to site. They show prices for most reputable stores, and give you ideas for what you might be forgetting. (Holy smokes that sounded like an ad, sorry bout that...)I used tigedirct and newgg for my last build, newgg and amasson for this one...any suggestions for someplace better?
Not really. There are much better ways of protecting your data, and recovery from a disaster.I am interested in RAID, have read some about the various setups, but do not know whether a RAID1 is right for me.
What is your backup situation at home?What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...
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I have assembled it, outside the case and laying on cardboard... as much as I can. Can I test-run it without HDD and SSD connected? I am no genius about making web searches, there is an art to it...my wife is very good at doing searches for what she is interested in...not this sadly as she doesn’t have the vocabulary.
ElectrO_90, Thanks for your reply...got me to thinking. Do you have recommendations of a place to start reading? When I start reading, I am inundated with stuff of which I have no inkling. I need something to begin, basic (but current). A good website to begin, I can go on from there.
I am aware that things are changing so fast that the mind boggles. I read a comment this morning that: the author did not understand why one would even think about putting a hard drive in a computer today. ???