Gadgetory

hey guys this is Austin and today I'm here at the tutorial showing you how to build my latest gaming PC build the boson building the boson is a great way to learn how to get into building pcs as it doesn't get much easier than this get a decent sized workspace grab yourself a Phillips screwdriver and you're ready to jump right in start by unscrewing the thumb screws on the back of the case two on each side pop off the rear side panel as well as the one up front and you'll have full access to the case it comes with a fear a few things already installed and wired like the band's front panel connectors as well as the power supply but we do have to do some prep work before installing the parts unwrap the power cable and hardware from inside the case and inside the bag of hardware pull out six of these small brass standoffs these will go in the top two points on the case and the four holes directly below just screw them and finger tight until you've got all six in this is how we'll install a motherboard a bit later on before we do though let's prepare the board it's inside a static resistant bag so be gentle when we're moving it try not to touch the actual circuit board as you can and set it down on top of the motherboard box while we work on it it can be a bit intimidating but there are only a few things you need to focus on in the center you'll find a gray processor socket which is where we'll be installing the APU off to the side of that are the DEM slots for installing the ram wedged behind the DIMM slots is the 20+4 pin connector which is the main power for the motherboard from the power supply up in the corner of the board is the four pin CPU power connector which is also connected to the power supply right below the processor socket are a pair of SATA ports for connecting hard drives or SSDs on the bottom right of the board you'll find a series of small gold pen these are for wiring up all of the front panel connectors last but definitely not least is the PCI Express slot which runs across the middle of the board this is where you install the graphics card now grab your APU in this case the app 15350 inside you'll find the APU itself as well as the heatsink with fan already installed gently take the Athlon out of its plastic making sure you only handle it by the edges around back you'll see lots of little pins these are fragile and bending one is going to cause you a your headache come back over to the socket on the motherboard and pull back the retention arm if you look closely there's a small gold arrow on the edge of the APU this lines up with a matching arrow on the socket to show you which way everything should be aligned simply drop the Athlon into the socket it should rest easily in place without putting any pressure on it there's not much more to it than that just push the retention arm back down until it clicks into place and you got your a few installed next we've got the heatsink if you flip it over you'll see the pre applied thermal paste also included in the box is the mounting hardware as for this socket you've got to use a slightly different install method than usual slide the pegs through the two holes on each corner of the motherboard socket and then firmly place the heatsink on to the APU using the pegs as guides this will spread the thermal paste so wiggling the heatsink around just a bit isn't a bad idea take the other half of the mounting hardware and clip both pieces onto the pegs making sure the heatsink is properly aligned now grab the 4 pin connector from the fan and plug it into the CPU fan header on the motherboard a notch will only let you plug it in one way there you go the APU is ready to go the next step is installing the RAM which in this case is I singled them of Crucial Ballistix poor memory this is simple to do just look for a notch about two-thirds of the way along the gold pins on the bottom this lines up with a corresponding notch on the motherboard just slide it into place until both clips snap and that's it before installing them by the board you'll need to pop in the i/o shield that it comes with make sure you line this up with the two round ports on top and pop it into place this could be a bit of a pain so feel free to use them force to make sure it snaps in now it's time to start installing hardware in our case flip the case on its side and lower the assembled motherboard onto the standoffs we installed earlier making sure that the ports line up with the i/o shield and that all the standoffs are visible through the screw holes on the board at this point go back to the bag of hardware that came with the case and pull out six of these larger screws it's as simple as lightly screwing the board in one by one starting on one corner and then going to the opposite corner and working your way around double-checking everything is lined up properly along the way once everything is in and looking good come back around and tighten each screw down to make sure the board is nice and secure next up we've got to install our hard drive it's simple enough to do for this build slide it into one of the free 3.5 inch bays up front until the screw holes line up with the mounts in the case using the same type of screws we use to install the motherboard screw the hard drive in with two screws on each side make sure these are fairly tight to keep any vibrations to a minimum we also need to install our graphics card this is a low profile single slot card which is super easy to get up and running come around in the back of the case and you'll need to pull out the top PCI cover you'll have to bend it backward to pop it out so be careful then just line up the graphics card with the open PCI cover and corresponding slot on the motherboard giving it just enough pressure to clip into place using yet another screw like for the hard drive and motherboard attach the metal graphics card bracket and you've got everything in the case now comes the fun part wiring first up grab the large 20+4 pin lead from the power supply this goes into the connector on the motherboard behind the memory and can be a bit stiff don't be afraid to give it a little force to click it into place you should also see a four plus four pen cable just pop these apart as we only need a single four pin for the build this goes in on the top left of the motherboard again just push it in until it clicks into place next you should find these long thin cables which are for powering SATA devices they're not on one end so they only go in one way but one of these is the left connector on your hard drive unlike most cables it won't click into place so just make sure it's fully seated finally you'll see a couple of these larger molas cables from the power supply the front 120mm your fan has a normal three pin cable however the motherboard only has two fan headers so instead connect it using the molex lead while we're at it we can connect the rear fan which attaches directly to the four pin connector on the motherboard next up we have the bundle of cables from the front panel these aren't difficult but they can be a bit annoying to deal with start with the USB cable which has a single pin knocked out to make sure you can't put it in backwards plug it into the you the blind connector on the bottom of the motherboard next grab the cable with the AC 97 and HD audio labels these are for your audio jacks so ignore the AC 97 lead and plug the HD audio in on the bottom left corner of the board again there's a missing pin on the connector so it only goes in one way you'll also see a few smaller cables these are for things like the power button and front LEDs and go into the white connectors on the bottom right of the motherboard which marks what goes where it's best to work from the bottom up keeping in mind that the colored wires are positive and the white wires are negative don't worry too much about getting something wrong here worst case we have to double check the connections come back to the bag of hardware you got with the case and grab your case speaker this is optional but by plugging it in besides your front panel connectors you'll be able to hear a warning tone if something goes wrong which can be helpful for troubleshooting problems later on the last thing we got to wire up is the hard drive using a SATA data cable that comes with the motherboard plug one end into the SATA port on the board they only go in one way and will click into place then run the other end to the hard drive and snap it in it's as easy as that now it's time to fire the boson up and make sure everything works plug the power cable into the back of the supply and hit the power button it should come right to life if not double check that the power supply is on and that all of your wiring is correct you should see all the fans in the system spinning and video on your monitor it will likely ask you to insert boot media just restart the PC and hit the Delete key to enter the BIOS here you should see some info on the APU memory and clock speeds if everything looks good here we're almost done turn the boson back off unplug it and now it's time to do a little cable management grab some cable ties and tidy up as much of the wiring as you can all that's left now is to install Windows it's straightforward if you need a tutorial you can check out my 2014 build guide where I go over it all the things like drivers congratulations you've built yourself a gaming computer if you enjoyed definitely be sure to subscribe to the channel for lots more videos like this and I will catch you guys in the next one