They won't ship it until they get verification from Scotiabank, which will have to be tomorrow. They said they would do it in the morning, so I've got my fingers crossed that it will actually get on some form of transportation and out of the warehouse.

They won't ship it until they get verification from Scotiabank, which will have to be tomorrow. They said they would do it in the morning, so I've got my fingers crossed that it will actually get on some form of transportation and out of the warehouse.

so wait was it the bank that rejected the payment? not really New Egg. How did you find out did the bank call you or something?

so wait was it the bank that rejected the payment? not really New Egg. How did you find out did the bank call you or something?

No, NewEgg calls your bank to make sure that where you're shipping to is what address the bank has on file. If there is any difference (which happened to me - I live in New Brunswick now temporarily, but I still get my bills sent to my home in Nova Scotia), NewEgg refuses to ship the package. It's pretty dumb though I think. If I wanted to ship to the North Pole, just let me do it, to restrict shipping to where you're billing is too restrictive in this age, especially since the bank doesn't let you have shipping addresses on file anymore anyway, just your billing address.

I'm so fed up right now that I'm now going to put the same/similiar items from this elusive shipment into Tigerdirect.ca and see how much it ends up costing me. If it's cheaper I'm definetely cancelling the NewEgg order and saying adios to them for good.

woah really i have never had problems with newegg and i've ordered from them tons of times.  i've also never heard of them CALLING YOUR BANK though they do have this thing where they ask for the phone number on the back of your credit card which is kinda weird (never seen this anywhere else but never had problems from it either)

tigerdirect on the other hand always felt a little off to me.  i still had no problem ordering from them, but i always hated how their low prices were because of rebates that you have to take the time to mail in and hope they go through okay as opposed to newegg's low prices just...being low prices

Ok, looks like my billing address has been updated by my bank because Newegg finally verified it and has now charged me. I just hope that they'll ship today as well.

Update - looks like my final two packages from the States have shipped! Also, I've already opened up my monitor and set it up in its position, and I've looked at the power supply and harddrive. Not much I can do now but wait.

it could come today or tomorrow (if they delver on Sunday and if they do then it's not like the US. ) it dose say 2 to 5

The tracking info shows the packages were in Montreal on Saturday, so I hope they'll be here by monday morning. Sucks how I'm working this weekend though. I do have thursday off so maybe I'll try building it all then. I've watched a few videos and have read some stuff here and there - the only thing that isn't that clear to me right now is how to install the OS onto the computer. Do I just turn the computer on and pop in the windows 7 CD and go from there?

The tracking info shows the packages were in Montreal on Saturday, so I hope they'll be here by monday morning. Sucks how I'm working this weekend though. I do have thursday off so maybe I'll try building it all then. I've watched a few videos and have read some stuff here and there - the only thing that isn't that clear to me right now is how to install the OS onto the computer. Do I just turn the computer on and pop in the windows 7 CD and go from there?

yep well you need to set the Bios some times you get lucky and could just put in the CD but each motherboard is it's own also read the manual about the bios that came with your motherboard to know what Fnumber key to hit. After installing window and setting up the net it would be ideal for you to update your GFX Card. Also you could do your bios but it's not necessary unless you got issues reading your hardware.

Today two more packages arrived. Just waiting on one more that has the graphics card. It shipped on thursday from LA but the tracking hasn't been updated since, so I have no idea where it is right now and when I'm going to get it. So much for express shipping. Argh!

EDIT: Tracking updated and looks like it only got to Seattle in 4 days. REALLY?! At this rate its going to be another week before I get the graphics card, which is dumb because I already started building the computer but obviously can't use it without a graphics card, now can I?

Today two more packages arrived. Just waiting on one more that has the graphics card. It shipped on thursday from LA but the tracking hasn't been updated since, so I have no idea where it is right now and when I'm going to get it. So much for express shipping. Argh!

EDIT: Tracking updated and looks like it only got to Seattle in 4 days. REALLY?! At this rate its going to be another week before I get the graphics card, which is dumb because I already started building the computer but obviously can't use it without a graphics card, now can I?

True you can't because the motherboard doesn't have an on-board Video card but normal on-board Video cards suck anyways and aren't made for gaming. So normally manufacturer oped-out on punting a on-board video and they give you more useful stuff.   But they do make on-board video with some motherboards for like office desktops.... it's vary basic.

Just too make sure. You do know how to find the right way to set the processor right? Not sure how Intel dose it but AMD has an arrow on the corner that matches you with the socket. When in doubt normally refer to the motherboard manual it covers a lot of issues. Also when you first start your computer best to leave your case open just in case you missed something.

If none of the manuals/instructions don't cover it I will try to help you too. Also a word of warning it's not a good idea to overclock using a stocked CPU fan.

I'm off on Thursday so I will petrol this thread so I can assist you if need be. 

I looked at the MB he bought and I think it does have an onboard video chip. There's a DVI video out in between the USB/ethernet ports and right above the TOSlink audio out.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131648 take a look

I looked at the MB he bought and I think it does have an onboard video chip. There's a DVI video out in between the USB/ethernet ports and right above the TOSlink audio out.

If so the specs are not right. It say none in the onboard video specs.

ah nevermind the specs say that there's no video. What's the DVI for in the picture???

ah nevermind the specs say that there's no video. What's the DVI for in the picture???

IDK it might be able to throw out video I real don't know...It's worth a try.

Hey Matui, try putting it together and plugging your monitor into the DVI port. Maybe you'll get some video

Hey Matui, try putting it together and plugging your monitor into the DVI port. Maybe you'll get some video

Also I would like to say good call on the DVI port. If that doesn't work your just one step away to getting it done.

Hey guys,

So it's 4 hours since I've started putting this beast together and I'm close to being finished minus installing the video card which I don't have yet. I'll quickly go through my thoughts during this experience:

- My biggest initial hurdle was applying the thermal paste. I removed the preapplied paste from the stock cpu fan using isopropanol 99% dabbed q-tips. I'm such a perfectionist that it must have taken upwards of 10 minutes to get a thin uniform coat onto the cpu. After that was done, attaching the fan was a snap (pardon the pun).
- I had some trouble putting in the DDR3 memory, then I realized I was supposed to lift up one side of the slot (in all the videos I've watched the memory went in effortlessly and the side would then snap in place). I just needed to lift up that snapping part, put the memory in, and then it snapped on its own. Success!
- I next put in the stand-offs in the correct ATX position. Luckily the case came with a template telling me where to install the standoffs. The hardest part came with the I/O plate. I had a difficult time getting the motherboard to snap into it (those annoying metal prongs sticking out made it hard to attach, but eventually I ended up bending a few of them into different positions and it worked.)
- I then attached the powersupply to the bottom of the case. I ended up putting it the wrong way (fan was directed to the inside) but I quickly realized the error and fixed it.
- I then started attaching some cables to the motherboard. First up was the 24-pin cable from the powersupply. That was easy. Despite there being probably 2 dozen cables, I quickly figured out where they went. There are a few still that I haven't attached because I don't know where to plug them in. The 1394 firewire cable for one, but it's no big deal if I don't attach it since I've never used firewire before anyway. Also, the LED lights from the case I haven't figured out yet. Since they're just aesthetic I'm not going to worry too much.
- Putting in the DVD drive was pretty easy. I was impressed by the tool-less nature of the dock in the case (there's a button you press that snaps down and secures the drive). However, that alone I found not stable enough, so I did use screws to further secure the drive.
- Next up I installed the hard-drive.
- Then I attached the 3 case fans.
- Now I'm working on applying cable ties to the cables. One thing I quickly learned was to stay neat with the cables since there are so many of them. Luckily this case has some cable room below where the motherboard lies, so I've been feeding all of them under and around it. I'm liking it so far. Whenever I've opened up a computer in the past there's just been a mess of cables everywhere - now I know where they all are, and it's totally clear. A little organizational effort goes a long way.

lol I never removed my CPU Fan thermal compound... to much work for something that makes no big deal (since I'm not overclocking) I just applied it to the CPU and it runs fine. Also bending prongs how did you like those fan/molex connector don't they bend easily

You're usually not supposed to put a thin uniform coat of thermal paste on the CPU, IIRC you're supposed to draw a little line with the paste on the CPU, push the heatsink down over it and give it a little twist because due to the fact that a lot of times the little heat spreader on the chips as well as the contact surface of the heatsink are not perfectly flat(most are pretty concave/convex actually) which means there could be small pockets of air in between the two surfaces if you were to spread it on evenly.

http://www.arcticsilver.com/intel_application_method.html