Order fo rinstallation

Hey guys. I went ahead and ordered my new build a week ago:

Case: Cooler Master Storm Trooper
PSU: Seasonic M12D 850W
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Fatal1ty Professional Gen3
CPU: i5 2500K
GPU: Nvidia GTX 680
RAM: 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X 1600mhz DDR3
SSD: Crucial M4 128gb (OS and applications)
HDD: Seagate SATA3 7200rpm 1tb (storage)
Heatsink: Noctua NH-D14
ODD1:Samsung SH-203
ODD2: LG H24NS70/90
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64
Monitor: Dell U2312hm
Wireless: TP-Link TL-WN722N Wireless-N
Keyboard : Logitech G110
Mouse: Logitech G400
Fans: 2 x Cooler Master 120mm Sickleflow's (bottom mounted as intake)

Will be putting it together in the next few days, but had a question on installation. Can someone outline the order I should be installing the software for this build? Do I need to update any firmware first, such as the motherboard or SSD? What order should I be installing drivers once Windows is installed? Any programs or drivers that need to be installed ahead of others? Thanks guys!

 

Greetings, ChefMan21, and welcome back to MajorGeeks...

Good looking list of equipment - should be a fun build...

Just common sense caveats:

1. Go with the usual Microsoft defaults when loading Windows.

2. Use the safe OEM driver installs. Any chipset and hard drive software should be loaded before the peripherals.

3. Make sure you have a good antivirus solution up and running before accessing the internet.

4. Let Windows d/l and install necessary operating system updates, but stick with the OEM driver software.

5. Once you've got a good, stable operating platform, create restore points and a hard drive image of some sort to fall back on before you start tweaking that beast...

Good luck! :major

 

Thanks. Didn't think it was too different to my last build. The only big difference so far is updating the firmware for the SSD beforehand and enabling AHCI. Thanks a lot!