I said in an earlier post that I was going to build a machine that would become a server on FieldsNet. I have received most of the components and started the build this evening.
The component I am missing is the optical drive. According to UPS tracking, it should arrive on Monday.
I have currently prepped the case, Installed the motherboard, CPU, heatsink & fan, RAM and am working on the hard drives. Funny thing. I purchased OEM versions of the hard drives and figured that I had the accessories to install these drives. It just so happens that the Antec case uses rubber grommets to minimize the vibration of the drives when they are installed into the drive bays. This grommet causes the screws to be about 1/4" longer then the old standard screws. Of course I do not have those. I was able to scrounge four of them, but with three drives I need twelve screws. I will have to pick some up tomorrow.
So far no real surprises. I did run into a little daly when installing the heat sink. I was prepared to spread the thermal grease compound on the CPU and heatsink and was disappointed that my CPU did not include the compound. Come to find out that the heat sink already had a pad on it that replaces the compound. Let's just hope it works as well.