Now what?

[waffles]

Ok so I got my computer working and I downloaded simcity already but I sort of forgot about all the drivers and stuff. What do I need to do? All I've done so far is instal windows and download simcity and surfed the web.
Thanks

 

[jamesd1981]

What motherboard do you have ?

 

[spirit]

Download the drivers for your motherboard (and maybe graphics card) from the website and then install them??

 

[waffles]

My build:


FX-8320 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819113285
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128514
8GB 1866MHz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231455

Seagate 1TB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148840
Corsair CX 600M http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139048
Phantom 410 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811146087
ASUS DVD-RW http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827135204

Gigabyte HD 7870 GHz Edition http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125418

 

[waffles]

Download the drivers for your motherboard (and maybe graphics card) from the website and then install them??

Ok I'll check the websites for the drivers. Just instal them and that's it?
Thanks

 

[spirit]

Yeah go to Gigabyte's website and download the drivers for your 990FXA-UD3 and then head over to AMD's website and download the drivers for your 7870 if you don't already have them installed.

Is that a build I recommended for you?

 

[waffles]

Yeah go to Gigabyte's website and download the drivers for your 990FXA-UD3 and then head over to AMD's website and download the drivers for your 7870 if you don't already have them installed.

Is that a build I recommended for you?

It sure is and thanks again.

So I got to the website clicked drivers and several came up: audio, chipset,LAN,sata, and USB 3.0 do I download all of them?
Thanks

 

[spirit]

Ah nice! Pleased the build went well!

And yes download all of those drivers and install them.

 

[waffles]

Ah nice! Pleased the build went well!

And yes download all of those drivers and install them.

Ok so I just download them do I run them? Also I want all three sata raid/ahci drivers?

 

[waffles]

Sorry for all the newbie questions.

 

[spirit]

Yeah download and install them. Which options do you have for SATA drivers?

 

[waffles]

Marvell 9172
Amd strata driver it says the pre instal driver so I can't really do that one.
Amd sata ahci driver.

 

[waffles]

Well I extracted the drivers and now I have 1500 files on my computer....

 

[spirit]

You may need to go into device manager and install them that way.

 

[waffles]

Sorry but do I just take the whole file I downloaded and stick it where? When interacted the files there was a file called setup should I try that?

 

[waffles]

Ok I found this.. http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows-8/a/update-drivers-windows-8.htm

 

[spirit]

Yes that's the correct way.