Upgrade Time

Been a while since I’ve upgrade the motherboard or CPU of my home computer and with the release of the new Haswel Intel CPUs I decided it was the correct time. Below are a few pictures outlining the steps I took.

1. Before

   My computer before the upgrade. Very dusty and messy.

2. Cleaned

   The old motherboard has been removed and the case has been given a thorough dusting.

3. New Motherboard

   The ASUS Maximus VI Hero.

4. CPU and RAM

   The CPU and RAM have been installed and CPU cooler backplate attached.

5. Installed

   Motherboard successfully installed into the case.

6. Finished

   All plugged in and ready to go, except the disk drives.

7. Running

   It POSTed first time and this was taken while it installed Windows 8.

Finished

Case back on and red LEDs installed.