lonewolf78
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System:
PSU- Super Flower Leadex 3 850W 80 gold
CPU- Ryzen 5 3600XT
MB- Gigabyte B450M DS3H
GPU- AMD Radeon RX-5700XT
HDD's
Main: Gigabyte NVMe 1.3/M.2/PCIe 3.0x4/ 1TB SSD
Storage: Crucial BX-500 2TB SSD NAND SATA 3 2.5"
HSF- Wraith Prism
RAM- GSkill Ripjaws 32GB (16GB x2.) Will be bumped up to the max 64GB (16GB x4)
OS- Windows 10 home
So I'm ready to start setting it up (BIOS is taken care of except for the things below), but not sure where to start.
First the motherboard came with a CD, and the instructions don't say what it's for. Is it something I install before the OS? And should I format both hard drives before using them (can it be done from the BIOS screen)? One is new (the SATA), the other was used lightly for a couple months and IDK if it was wiped before they sold it.
The main HDD will be the NVMe which I'll use for the system and games, so the boot order would be CD first then that one. Do I put the storage HDD #3 in line?
The Windows 10 I bought is on a USB drive (yes full version). How do I get the system to recognize it when I go to install?
Anything else I should do for the initial setup? And how fast will my system be?
PSU- Super Flower Leadex 3 850W 80 gold
CPU- Ryzen 5 3600XT
MB- Gigabyte B450M DS3H
GPU- AMD Radeon RX-5700XT
HDD's
Main: Gigabyte NVMe 1.3/M.2/PCIe 3.0x4/ 1TB SSD
Storage: Crucial BX-500 2TB SSD NAND SATA 3 2.5"
HSF- Wraith Prism
RAM- GSkill Ripjaws 32GB (16GB x2.) Will be bumped up to the max 64GB (16GB x4)
OS- Windows 10 home
So I'm ready to start setting it up (BIOS is taken care of except for the things below), but not sure where to start.
First the motherboard came with a CD, and the instructions don't say what it's for. Is it something I install before the OS? And should I format both hard drives before using them (can it be done from the BIOS screen)? One is new (the SATA), the other was used lightly for a couple months and IDK if it was wiped before they sold it.
The main HDD will be the NVMe which I'll use for the system and games, so the boot order would be CD first then that one. Do I put the storage HDD #3 in line?
The Windows 10 I bought is on a USB drive (yes full version). How do I get the system to recognize it when I go to install?
Anything else I should do for the initial setup? And how fast will my system be?