Building a computer Hands-on
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1. Unboxing!
- My supervisor, kindly enough, put all the sets of components inside the case.
- These are the components!
- The case
- Motherboard
- CPU (intel i5 core)
- SSD M.2 1000 GB
- RAM
- Graphic card
- Power supply
- +ifixit kit
2. Wear anti-static strap on and start!
- Wear anti-static strap and connect the other side of it to the PC case. metal part. (This picture is only an example of how to wear and use.)
- Put motherboard on the desk. Now you are ready to build a computer!
3. CPU and Cooler fan
put CPU into a motherboard. match the orientation.
and put fan on the CPU.
- The heat compounds will be placed on the CPU to convey heats from CPU to Metal blades.
- Metal is highly conductive, so metal blades are useful strategy to remove heat from the CPU.
Make sure to have enough space between fan and wire, or the fan will hit the wire and makes noise!
Connect the wire to the motherboard.
4. Install SSD into motherboard
- Remove M.2 shield to install SSD
- Install binding post corresponding to the size of M.2 SSD
- Put M.2 shield back and it’s done.
5. Put I/O shield to the case, and install motherboard
- Don’t forget to putu I/O shield before you install your motherboard to the case, or you need to do it over.
- Match the orientation by I/O shield and I/O panel on the motherboard.2
- like this!
6. Connect fan, I/O cables to the motherboard
- Connect CPU fan and PC cover fan to the motherboard.
- Put cables behind the cover for space management and connect to the motherboard.
7. Install graphic card to the motherboard
- Install the graphic care do PCI express slot.
8. Install power supply, and connect to the mother board
Cable management is a must!
Thankfully, we are NVME SSD. so few cables are used.
