re: Gaming PC Setup

Rough. Went until about 1AM last night. Couldn't really see straight that point. Unfortunately I'm always going to get a late start b/c of the kiddos. And they were next level shite heads last night.

Everything is in except for the gpu. Wanted to see if I would boot to Bios prior to going any further. Go to connect my monitor via the hdmi rear mobo I/O and it's not seated correctly. There are prongs that should be outside the female hdmi and display port connectors that are currently sitting on the inside. I thought I had seated the mobo correctly as I took note of the prongs on other connectors on the I/O interface, but I overlooked those two. Will most likely have to unscrew the mobo to adjust its I/O shield alignment.

Cables are a pain in the arse, as the case is a bit tight. And although I had no monitor, I didn't have any bad light indicator when I powered up. So, that was a plus. I'll get a fresh start this evening, clear head. Definitely didn't want to have to frick with unfastening the mobo.

Maybe he's doing windows 7 for some asinine reason?

Win 10. Apparently an old Win10. Probably why the issue with network. NVIDIA driver wouldn't install either. Assuming once Win10 (circa 2015) is made current, I should be able to proceed.