Help! Gaming computer assembly (SF Bay Area)

[Diabolus]

I need some help, I purchased a nice gaming setup primarily of ASUS ROG computer parts. I finally have everything in and I was looking at the manual, and to my disappointment, it's really lacking. Nothing like the manual for my previous computer that was more like a book and everything went together just fine.

I finally decided to bite the bullet and find a professional to put it together, but in my search, I haven't been able to find someone that can. I am in the SF Bay Area, willing to drive a bit to find the right person. Even better if they have experience with ASUS computer parts.

Does anyone have a contact, or a fantastic computer PC shop that can put this together for me? I found plenty of people on Craigslist and the like, but many are college kids doing computer stuff on the side. I want a professional to put this together, I saved up money for this and want it done right.

I hope to get this up and running soon, anxious to try it out finally.... thanks.

[LBDamned]

SF is inundated with bums and tech nerds... seems you'd be tripping over both daily... how are you not able to find someone to put a computer together?

[NATO762]

Post up the model numbers of your gear and we?ll tell you how to put it together.

[Snuffleupagus]

Check online for a more comprehensive manual for your computer parts. I've noticed some of the manuals that ship with a product only cover the basics.

[Diabolus]

SF is inundated with bums and tech nerds... seems you'd be tripping over both daily... how are you not able to find someone to put a computer together?

I've been calling all over, either I'm hitting the wrong shops, or they don't do assembly.

[Diabolus]

The manual that came with the motherboard is an absolute joke. I looked online at ASUS for a better one and they have nothing, so I called them and they agreed, manual not so good, but they dont have a more comprehensive one.

Any help here would be appreciated, I will pay for the assembly from a professional... I know I could do this myself if I had a proper manual, but I can't find one. Here is the setup:

The duped items are because I have two of them, so 128mb memory for example.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Asus ROG Ryujin III 70.07 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: *Asus ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO ATX AM5 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Dominator Titanium 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory
Memory: Corsair Dominator Titanium 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory
Storage: Crucial T700 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Storage: Crucial T700 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Video Card: Asus ROG STRIX LC GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card
Power Supply: Asus ROG THOR 1600T Gaming 1600 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro USB

[trailblazer87]

Here: https://youtu.be/itJ1mOVq6qs?feature=shared

[Diabolus]

Here: https://youtu.be/itJ1mOVq6qs?feature=shared

Thats the problem, close to same M/B, but its different layout.

[TheGood]

It's pretty much plug/play IMO. Is the CPU cooler filled with fluid already? If so, all you probably need is some thermal paste to put between the processor and the cooler heat sink.


I would start with one SS drive and a single 32GB memory card in the correct slot (look at the ASUS manual it should tell you which slot to install it in, & the order of slots to add more).


If you can get the board installed in the chassis, and the CPU/cooler installed, one memory card, one SSD it should boot and get you to a BIOS screen without the video card (the processor has built-in graphics capability). The motherboard should have an HDMI jack near the other USB/audio/etc. outputs.



Not sure I would hand it all off to a college kid, you might never see it, or the kid again.


If you're not willing to try building it yourself, you can try AIM computers in Concord, a repair shop at Park & Shop. They might be willing to build it for you, but expect a couple of hours or more labor.

[GOEX FFF]

What's the problem you're having that the manual isn't describing clearly?
ASUS' manuals are all pretty much the same, in terms of showing the layout of a specific MOBO's headers and things.

Gaming systems these days though are really pretty simple to put together...all with one single screwdriver.

These two full towers I built were completed in two separate afternoons.
The thing that takes the longest is cable management.

My system -

ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E MOBO
i-7 13700K CPU
M.2 NvMe SSDs
Corsair 32Mb DDR5 RAM
ASUS 4070 ti GPU
Corsair 360mm H150i RGB Elite AIO water cooler (I remove the factory applied thermal paste from the pump, I prefer to use Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut paste on my builds)
EVGA 850W PSU
Noctua PWM fans throughout
Elgato 4K video capture card






My Son's system I built him -

ASUS ROG Strix Z690-E MOBO
i-9 12900K CPU
M.2 NvMe SSDs
Corsair 32Mb DDR5 RAM
ASUS 3060 ti GPU (will upgrade to a 40 series later and replace the cables with sleeved mesh)
Corsair 360mm H150i Elite Capellix AIO water cooler
EVGA 750W PSU
Corsair PWM RGB fans

[hitdank]

The cpu fan and heatsink is usually the hardest part. You have a tube of artic silver thermal compound for the cpu?

If you have also bought a video card you may want to apply artic silver to the gpu too.

[nishanh]

The cpu fan and heatsink is usually the hardest part. You have a tube of artic silver thermal compound for the cpu?

If you have also bought a video card you may want to apply artic silver to the gpu too.

Do neither of these things. AIO coolers have the proper amount of paste already applied and the GPU is not something you mount on the card.

[Mute]

You have pretty standard, good quality hardware. It should assemble no different than any other set of computer parts. Have you ever done your own assembly before? If you have, then this one should be no different. The most important part of this will probably be where you decide to mount the radiator for your cpu cooler. Also, I suggest having the flow tubes to for the AIO cooler pump not be mounted to the side of the MB where the ram slots are as that could potentially get in the way of you using all your ram slots. Beyond that, the best thing to do is to install your ram, cpu and graphics card to the motherboard before installing in the case so you can test that everything was installed correctly.

[SactoDoug]

It is not hard. Just take your time. A little patience goes a long way when assembling your first computer. If something does not seem to be going together, then pause and go over what you are doing.

Great short video on how to do it. 19 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkr07CutHrU

A much more detailed instructions is here. You can skip to the assembly at 32 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL4DCEp7blY

If you run into problems, take a few pictures and post your question here. Someone will know what is going on.

[itsmedude]

It's plug and play, don't rush, motherboard's cpu pins can bend, so lay it down gently.

Have an idea of the layout before installing stuff.

Use a different cable per connector to the video card. And remember to remove the plastic off the bottom of the heatsink.

Been doing this for nearly 30 years. I'm sure everyone here is happy to help