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How To Build Your Own Computer

Building your computer from individual partsan even coat, and put the heatsink on. There
starts by getting a motherboard, CPU, RAM andwill usually be a spring tension locking
hard  drives.lever to hold it in; use it. The single
largest cause of dead CPUs and motherboards
The motherboard is the part of the computeris forcing the former into the motherboard
that everything else connects to; the CPU isand bending a pin, and trying to run it
what actually makes your computer a computer,without  the  heat  sink  on  it.
the RAM is where your computer does all its
work, and the hard drives are where your dataOnce the CPU is put in, put the RAM into the
is stored. You'll also need a video card,slots, and plug in the hard drives. Make
and will want a network card (or wirelesssure, when you buy the hard drives, that the
networking card), and may need a sound carduse the same connectors that come with the
if your motherboard doesn't have onboardmotherboard (which is why we start from the
sound. You'll also need a monitor, keyboard,motherboard and work our way out). SATA hard
and mouse, and you'll want a case to put itdrives are faster, larger and easier to find
in and some fans. Let's assume you have allthan the older IDE ones. SATA versus IDE is
the parts, and were smart enough to do aa good reason to choose one hard drive over
bundle buy at a place like NewEgg.com, wherethe other. Most hard drive bays have screw
someone else selected the CPU, RAM andmounts so you can mount the hard drives in
motherboard so they'd all work together.there. If your hard drives come with fans,
(For computers that are "last generation"make sure the fans are connected too. Hard
stuff, this is often a great way to get adrives can get pretty hot, and it's not good
really cheap computer for a tiny amount offor  them.
money.)
Now, put in the video card, hook up the
OK, you're going to need a screwdriver, amonitor, and turn on the machine - you should
well lit place, and a magnifying glassget a "POST" test, identifying the CPU and
doesn't hurt. Following the instructions forhow much RAM you have, and with luck, it'll
your case and motherboard, mount thetell you it's found the hard drives. If it
motherboard into the case. Plug in the leadshasn't, you probably need to look at the
from the power supply into the motherboard,motherboard's manual again and play with some
and hook all the connectors up to the frontjumper  switches.
plate and backplate. Power it up - there
will be LEDs that should light up; if theyFinally, plug in all the other components
don't, you may need to talk to whoever soldwhere they're supposed to go, including that
you  the  motherboard.CD-ROM Drive. You'll need the CD-ROM drive
to install Windows or Ubuntu Linux. Leave
Now, power it down again. Put your CPU intothe case open while you're installing the
the CPU socket; this can be tricky - butoperating system, just in case something
don't force it. Eventually, everything willneeds  to  be  adjusted.
line up and it'll pop in. Now, practice
putting the heatsink/fan on the motherboard,You're well on your way to building your own
then take it off, smear some of the thermalcomputer.
paste onto the top of the CPU, trying to make



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