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hey guys this is austin and staying here with part three of my computer build tutorial the last two videos have gone over how to install everything in the case but now it's time to hook it all up and finish the computer time for the really fun part wiring i'm actually lying while hiring is no fun at all however as long as you think a bit about how everything connect it's really not all that bad first step is to grab the pair of SATA cables that came with the motherboard plug both of these into the connectors on the bottom right of the board grab one and run it up to your hard drive as you can see they're notched so they can only go in one way simply press it until it clicks now do the same with the other cable for the DVD drive now you should see some cables attached to the case grab the one labeled HDA which is your front panel audio there is a single pin knock down so you can only plug it in one way on this motherboard it's an awkward spot between the graphics card and the audio connectors however with a bit of work it will fit you'll also see your front panel USB this works the same way except that thankfully this is much easier to install just plug it into the USB connector on the bottom of the board and you're good you'll also see a small bundle of umbilical cables for the power button and LEDs these need to be plugged into the front panel connectors beside the SATA ports if you look closely you'll be able to see that where each cable goes is marked on this tiny pin out however if you look at your motherboard manual you'll see it recreated a bit better the most important thing is to note the positive and negative sides it's obviously plugging them in wrong won't work I won't go over each and every cable but once you get going it isn't that hard once you're done it should look a little something like this now the neatest thing in the world but it works move over to the heatsink and unwind the power cable this is a four pin connector with a pair of notches to make sure you plug it in correctly find the CPU fan connector on your motherboard and plug it in covering up the camera with your arm is totally optional of course let's continue connecting fans the Antec 300 has a pair of fans and both of them have the same type of connector except as a three pin you'll find another system fan header on the bottom left of this motherboard to hook up the exhaust unfortunately this motherboard doesn't have another connector so we're going to have to come back for the third fan now come down to the power supply unwrap the cables and pull them out of the case before we get into connecting everything let's go over what cables do what the biggest connector is your 20 pin motherboard power cable this is what powers everything on the motherboard and it also uses an additional for pain connector you'll also find a six pin cable this is generally for power and graphics cards and depending on the power supply will sometimes have an additional two pins for higher powered cards moving on you'll see these larger connectors which are known as molex we really won't be using these in our build however they can be useful for using with adapters which we will be doing you'll also see a pair of four pin connectors these are for CPU power and also connect to the motherboard lastly we have these long fly cables which are SATA power this is what we'll be using to power our hard drive and optical drive I know this is a lot to go over but it's really pretty simple the first thing is to plug in the 20+4 pin motherboard power connector it's best to route this behind the motherboard tray but the cable is a bit short on this power supply so just push it all the way back once the main cable is connected plug in the additional four pin connector now you'll need to power the graphics card the Radeon 7770 only needs a single six pin connector so president until it clicks for the hard drive and DVD drive you'll need to grab a pair of SATA power cables and plug in the hard drive on bottom and then the DVD up top again depending on the power supply in case it's usually best to run these behind the tray and then back out to make sure everything is as neat as possible but here we just need to stretch everything to fit since the power supply is unraveled we can now connect the last fan I had a three pin two molex adapter lying around which will work perfect just connect the male and female molex ends together and then connect the fan to the 3-pin connector and you're good to go last but not least we've got to connect the CPU power which are the pair of for Payne connectors this motherboard only uses one so located up at the top left of the board and click it into place amazingly enough we're almost there all our parts are installed and everything is wired up it looks like a minor computer explosion now but we'll clean up our wiring a minute grab the large AC power connector and plug the power supply into the wall then grab a monitor and keyboard and connect everything together now the scariest part of the entire build seeing if it actually works hit the power button and give it a go if it boots give yourself a high-five you did it if not don't worry too much usually it doesn't work first trying go back and double check all of your connections and make sure the power supply is switched on once it does turn on and get into the BIOS take a look at the build or all the fans running how about on the graphics card check the power supply as well if all is good there go into the BIOS and take a look around it should detect your CPU and installed memory and your hard drive and DVD drive should show up as well if everything looks good you're almost there we're not quite done yet though the inside is still a bit of a mess cable management is an important part of the build to make future upgrades easier improving air flow as well as just making the build look better I won't show every step along the way but the basic idea is to group cables as neatly as possible and use electrical ties to hold them together I didn't do a great job here but considering how short the power supply cables are it's good enough and a major improvement now put the side panels back on screw them in with your thumb screws and you're all done congratulations you've built a gaming computer if you guys enjoyed this tutorial and found it helpful I'd really appreciate if you could leave a thumbs up if you want to check out this exact build I'll have a link on-screen now and also be doing a giveaway of this PC soon so be sure to subscribe to the channel so you don't miss it or any of my other computer build videos hopefully you enjoyed this tutorial and since you made all the way to the end thanks for watching