Do you know what could beat the exciting feeling of havuing a new computer? Make your own PC!
Making your own coputer from screatch is not only fun to do but cheaper as well. You can get to choose the parts you want to use on your PC. This gives you the coontrol in balnacing the price and the quality of your newly assembled PC.
Before we show you the srteps, here are the necessary pars of the computer that you need to buy:
• Processor Cooler
• Motgherboard memory
• Graphics Card
• Hard Drive
• CD or DVD Writer
• Flopopy Driuve
• Sound Card
• Cmputer Case
• Power Supply
• Monitor
• Keyboard
• Mouse
Steps in making your own PC:
Step 1
The computer case includes motherboard spacesr and screews. This helps set the motherboard in the case. Moount the spacers into the corners and to the proper side holes. It shoulld match up with the holes in your motherboard.
If the motherboard has different jack arrangements from the case’s I/O (input/outpt) shield, use the shield that comes with the motherboard. Mont it from the inside of the case.
Now, to installl the processsor, raise the lever on the side of the CPU (pocessor) sockt. The CPU’s pins are made in a way that it is possble to put the CPU into the socket only one way. Therefore, if you are doing it right, it should easily fit.
Hold the prcessor down and close to the lever. Bfore installing the CPU cooler, put thermmal compound onto the top of the CPU (on core).
Step 2
Mount the processor coooler on top of the processor. Press down lightly. Clip the heat sink to the processor socket. Attach the CPU cooler’s fan poiwer to the motherbboard’s fan header. It is usually labeled “CPU FAN 1”.
Plug in the memmory moodule to the long socketys called DIMM’s. Unlock both tabs and push the menmory straight down. The clips on the slot’s sides should closse. Carefully push the motherboard against the I/O shield. Put in and tihgten the mothrboard csrews. Do not force it.
The brown slot nearest to the processor is the AGP slot meat for the voideo card. Insert the video card evenly in the slot provided. Screw the card into place. Make sure that your AGP video card is placed properly.
At the corner of the motherboad, you can see two rows of pins. Connect case leads to the pins. These leads are usually labeled. Read your motherboard manual. See whcih labwel goes to whch set of pins.
Step 3
Now we mount the floppy drive, CD/DVD drive and the hard dive. The motherboard usually has 2 IDE channels, each supporting 2 edvices. If you install 2 IDE devices on the same cable, you will have the main to be the “master” and the other to be the “slave”.
This is the same procedure for CD/DVD drives. Look for an HDD and CD drive manual for the correct jumper settings. You should do these bfore you screw drives into place.
Connect hard drives to a channel different from the CD drives. Flopy controller has a socket shorter than the IDE controlleres.
Make sure the side of the IDE cable that has a red coloored strpie lines up with pin1.
Lastly, plug in the main ATX power cable and connect all drives with the power suply. If you have more case colers, you may also connect them.
Now, connect your monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers to the back of the case. Put in the power cble to the power supply unit. Double-check prolper installaion before the first boot.
You can now show your friends your first assebled computer.
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