NF - Computer help (building)

[John Bacon]

I am hoping someone here can help.  My son is trying to assemble his own computer.  But I think that he is going to need some help.  Does anyone know some good computer shops or technicians in the Scarborough area where we can get this done.  Thanks.

[GBW]

Canada Computers.  They should have a location close.

*edit to add* they have one at 1306 Kennedy Rd and 6600 Young St

Edited January 20, 2020 by GBW

[dave524]

Wow, haven't done that since DOS came on floppy discs, back thirty years ago there were shops everywhere.

[SirCranksalot]

4 minutes ago, dave524 said:

Wow, haven't done that since DOS came on floppy discs, back thirty years ago there were shops everywhere.

and people bragged about how their Commodore 64, with 64 Kb, had twice the power of the wimpy Vic 32's!!  😁😀

[grimsbylander]

5 hours ago, John Bacon said:

I am hoping someone here can help.  My son is trying to assemble his own computer.  But I think that he is going to need some help.  Does anyone know some good computer shops or technicians in the Scarborough area where we can get this done.  Thanks.

If he is trying to do it himself, what stage is he stuck on? My son and I have been having fun building them as well. We source out all the components based on what performance, and aesthetics. Just finished one that is wall mounted (glass front), LED fans, ram and liquid cooled...the works. Just a hobby.

 

 

[Old Ironmaker]

5 hours ago, dave524 said:

Wow, haven't done that since DOS came on floppy discs, back thirty years ago there were shops everywhere.

Man I must be old. I was told to learn Word Perfect for 5.0 DOS in 95'. The co op student in the hole next to me said not to bother as something called Word was out and far better. My IT guy insisted on me learning and using Word Perfect. I refused and reminded him he was a contractor that works for me. Within a few months the IT crew was walking from office to office cubical to cubical telling everyone to dump WP and learn Word.  Latter on I learned we were paying this group of IT contractors 500K annually just for our division. We had 5 divisions then. And the board wanted to know why were not profitable. Contracting out  IT groups soon stopped and we promoted within and hired a few of them on as full time for much less than 2.5 million a year 

[John Bacon]

3 hours ago, grimsbylander said:

If he is trying to do it himself, what stage is he stuck on? My son and I have been having fun building them as well. We source out all the components based on what performance, and aesthetics. Just finished one that is wall mounted (glass front), LED fans, ram and liquid cooled...the works. Just a hobby.

 

 

We hit a snag trying to install the graphics card.

It may be because of the mother board is installed.

[grimsbylander]

Check the compatibility between the two. You'll find the info on the website for the graphics card manufacturer. 

[John Bacon]

49 minutes ago, grimsbylander said:

Check the compatibility between the two. You'll find the info on the website for the graphics card manufacturer. 

Thanks, but it seems to fit the motherboard itself.  However, it seems to be part of the case that is stopping it from being pushed all the way into the motherboard. 

Should there be some spacers between the motherboard and the case?  If there was, it might solve the problem with installing the graphics card.

 

[GBW]

Pull the MB off the case and see if the card will install on it when not in the case.  If it does then yes you may need risers for the MB.  Most cases now do not need risers, it's been YEARS since I have seen them needed but times change...

[John Bacon]

Thanks for all of your input.  We dropped it off at Canada Computers.  They will rebuild for $80.

And we do need standoffs for the mother board.  The board would have been fried if he had powered up with it screwed directly to the case.  

[grimsbylander]

1 hour ago, John Bacon said:

Thanks for all of your input.  We dropped it off at Canada Computers.  They will rebuild for $80.

And we do need standoffs for the mother board.  The board would have been fried if he had powered up with it screwed directly to the case.  

Oh jeez..I hadn't even considered the MB got screwed directly to the case!! Yikes. 

If I were closer I would be glad to help. Too hard to do over a message board. Good luck!

 

Added a picture of the wall mounted PC...

 

Edited January 21, 2020 by grimsbylander

[Big Cliff]

WOW! 

[grimsbylander]

Ohio, offered to help when I can and wanted to show an example what fun it can be building computers at home, especially with family. Sorry for your confusion. 

[John Bacon]

On 1/20/2020 at 8:51 PM, grimsbylander said:

Oh jeez..I hadn't even considered the MB got screwed directly to the case!! Yikes. 

If I were closer I would be glad to help. Too hard to do over a message board. Good luck!

 

Added a picture of the wall mounted PC...

 

Thanks, we picked up the computer today.  $80 for labour and $10 for a fan hub.  And there is a gap between the mother board and the case 😉

Learned a little; and it all worked out in the end.  The guy at Canada Computers was a great guy to deal with.

It doesn't look quite the same as yours though.  That's an impressive unit.

Edited January 22, 2020 by John Bacon

[grimsbylander]

Glad it worked out!

[Cando]

Glad it worked. I just built a rig over the weekend. Sadly I think I damaged my old hard drive with all my saved data on it including all my fish pics. Going to see if I can get it working or see if I can get a data recovery program and see if I can get as much saved files as possible.