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does ninite download drivers for me or no? and why the website? im guessing cuz the other ones that come on the discs are outdated id assume?

Yeah the discs are outdated, Ninite just gets the basic programs for you like Google Chrome and stuff like that

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Install all drivers for motherboard/GPU/etc. first

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Download all of your drivers for your components, and use ninite to download all of the basic programs you need

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Yup, like the others said, download the drivers for your motherboard/hardware from their websites (not from the CDs they give you!) and then you can start downloading Steam, games etc etc. :)

 

(never heard of Ninite suggested by @soaringchicken but after looking at it, it looks incredibly useful! I don't know if it uses the latest files, but oh well, updates can be run after I guess.)

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what should i do after i first install my os on my build? can i go straight to internet browsing downloading steam and playing games?

yeah, download all drivers, maybe make an image of the system and after that go into downloading and installing games/programs

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Yup, like the others said, download the drivers for your motherboard/hardware from their websites (not from the CDs they give you!) and then you can start downloading Steam, games etc etc. :)

 

(never heard of Ninite suggested by @soaringchicken but after looking at it, it looks incredibly useful! I don't know if it uses the latest files, but oh well, updates can be run after I guess.)

It always updates to the latest :), I learned about it through Linus a while back

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Download all of your drivers for your components, and use ninite to download all of the basic programs you need

how do i got about installing my drivers? im guessing my parts come with the driver discs?  and what is ninite?

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Yup, like the others said, download the drivers for your motherboard/hardware from their websites (not from the CDs they give you!) and then you can start downloading Steam, games etc etc. :)

 

(never heard of Ninite suggested by @soaringchicken but after looking at it, it looks incredibly useful! I don't know if it uses the latest files, but oh well, updates can be run after I guess.)

I believe Linus uses it and Austin Evans too.

have not used it myself, but seems very helpful

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how do i got about installing my drivers? im guessing my parts come with the driver discs?  and what is ninite?

Search Ninite on google to get the website and you'll figure it out. DO NOT use the drivers from the discs, download them from the manufacturers website

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Search Ninite on google to get the website and you'll figure it out. DO NOT use the drivers from the discs, download them from the manufacturers website

does ninite download drivers for me or no? and why the website? im guessing cuz the other ones that come on the discs are outdated id assume?

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I believe Linus uses it and Austin Evans too.

have not used it myself, but seems very helpful

 

Ah, cool! Now that you mention I think I remember someone talking about Linus using it before. I'll have to check Ninite out when I reinstall Windows. All that convenience?  Seems too go to be true. :P

 

how do i got about installing my drivers? im guessing my parts come with the driver discs?  and what is ninite?

 

 

https://ninite.com/

 

As for your drivers, you will have to go to the websites of the hardware you own to download the latest stuff (don't do the BIOS though; if it ain't broke, don't fix it).

 

If you need help with the downloads or anything, just post here and we can help. :)

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does ninite download drivers for me or no? and why the website? im guessing cuz the other ones that come on the discs are outdated id assume?

Yeah the discs are outdated, Ninite just gets the basic programs for you like Google Chrome and stuff like that

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Ah, cool! Now that you mention I think I remember someone talking about Linus using it before. I'll have to check Ninite out when I reinstall Windows. All that convenience?  Seems too go to be true. :P

 

 

 

https://ninite.com/

 

As for your drivers, you will have to go to the websites of the hardware you own to download the latest stuff (don't do the BIOS though; if it ain't broke, don't fix it).

 

If you need help with the downloads or anything, just post here and we can help. :)

hey thank you very much ill definetly need all the help i can get for my first build :P 

 

 

Yeah the discs are outdated, Ninite just gets the basic programs for you like Google Chrome and stuff like that

thank you for your help! and thank you everyone else!

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. DO NOT use the drivers from the discs, download them from the manufacturers website

Why have you bolded(wd?) that?  Sometimes the driver on the disc (though it might be older) is sure to work or workarounds/bug fixes are easy to find with Google,  sometimes new drivers have hidden bugs, (the newest driver is not ALWAYS the best , hence the driver roll-back feature).

 

I would agree that 'normally' as the disc may have been produced months ago the drivers may well be superceded, so newer ones are usually available.

It is a 'rule of thumb' not a hard and fast rule that you should not use the drivers on the disc.

 

Oh and just as an aside not everyone has NIC drivers on a USB stick so good luck getting on the Internet to download drivers without a driver :) , (quite often Windows will not recognise a NIC). 

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