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hey guys this is Austin and today I'm here with part two of my gaming PC tutorial last time we did the prep work installed the CPU heatsink and RAM into the motherboard and got it all set up inside the case now it's time to install the graphics card here we're using a Radeon 7850 included is a molex to 6-pin power adapter which we don't need for this build a crossfire bridge a QuickStart guide for installing the card a disk with some drivers and software and finally the graphics card itself just like the motherboard you'll want to be careful with it and hands up by the shroud and PCI bracket so set it on the box before we get it installed in the case take a closer look and you'll see the two fans mounted onto the heatsink but beyond that it's a pretty straightforward card just remove the plastic protectors over the PCI connector as well as your display out and it's already come over to the case and remove the thumb screw holding the covers in place and then pop them out the back then remove the screw above it and pull out the bracket so we have room to install the graphics card bring the GPU inside and line it up with the PCI connector on the motherboard then press it down until it clicks into place replace the bracket above the rear slots and screw it into place now take two more thumb screws and secure the graphics card in so it isn't going anywhere that's it the graphics card is installed time to drop in the hard drive in this case a Western Digital caviar blue come over to the bottom drive cage and pull out one of the drive rails just bend the plastic back a bit and line the four metal pegs inside the corresponding holes in the hard drive then just slide the hard drive back into the case until it clicks into place The Prodigy makes this incredibly easy the power supply is up next included is a bit of paperwork on the warranty and safety info the power cable some electrical ties to tidy up our cabling and finally the power supply itself and all of the cables first thing is to remove the four thumb screws holding the bracket in place now grab four more screws that came with the case as we need to attach the bracket to the power supply line it up so that each of the four screw holes are visible and then just like the motherboard screw one corner in first followed by the opposite corner and finally the last two screws to make sure it's secure like always go back and tighten each screw once you double-check everything is lined up now we need to feed the cables into the chassis first of all find a 6 pin connector and bring it through on the right side this will be plugging into the graphics card next find the 8 pin CPU power cable and you should be able to break it into a pair of 4 pin connectors pull that through the left side now bring the remaining cables through the hole on the left side so we have room to mount the power supply pull the loose cables out of the way making sure nothing is wedged anywhere until it fits flush against the back of the case make sure the power supply fan is pointing downward just screw the four thumb screws back into the bracket and you get the power supply installed time to get everything wired up you should see cables with much thicker connectors these are molex and really aren't going to be used here except for connecting a fan tuck these back in beside the power supply to get them out of the way for now if you grab the side panel you'll find all of your front panel connectors along with USB ports first grab the large blue cable this is for USB 3.0 it needs to be plugged into the motherboard with all the rest find the light blue connector to the right of the heatsink and plug it in thanks to a notch it only goes in one way the rest of the cables are a bit more tricky so keep in mind the little arrows this means that site is positive which is important to pay attention to as we connect everything first grab the cable labeled HD audio and connect it to the motherboard behind the graphics card it might be easier to remove the graphics card if you can't get at it now find the manual for the motherboard and look up the pin out labeled system panel connector this is the easiest way to see where the rest of the cables connect but be mindful of plugging the positive and negative ends correctly or else you'll have to go and fix them later behind the RAM is where you'll find the connectors I won't go over each and every one but they just slide into place like the audio take your time and make sure each is inserted correctly it'll save you a headache later if your power button isn't connected for example at this point you should have everything from the side panel connected it is a bit tedious but no big deal really now find the lead we ran from your power supply labeled PCIe which should be a 6 pin connector plug it into the back of the graphics card it should click once it's inserted next up find a large 20+4 pin cable from your power supply this goes to the motherboard plug this into the light blue connector behind your RAM and again it will click once it's properly connected next up find the cable with the long flat ends these are SATA which are what you'll use to power hard drives and optical drives thanks to the little notch these will only go in one way attach one to the hard drive it doesn't click so make sure you get it inserted fully this is the same process if you want to use an optical drive in your build except in a five and a quarter inch Bay grab the CPU power connector we ran through earlier and if you haven't yet break it apart as this motherboard only needs four pins instead of the full eight click it into place and you've got the CPU powered and ready to go now grab the fan header that's wrapped around the or heatsink and plug it into the motherboard beside the CPU power connector make sure the wires are out of the way the fan you also see a three pin connector attached to the rear 120 millimeter fan this connects to the header right beside 2 SATA ports move to the back of the case to find the second 3 pin for the rear fan here you'll need a 3 pin 2 molex adapter which I've got linked in the full build guide pull a molex lead out from beside the power supply and attach the adapter then tuck it back so it's either way then attach the fans of the adapter and you're done here find a SATA cable that came with the motherboard we just need to attach the hard drive now like the SATA power connectors these are notched so they're easy to install plug your hard drive or SSD into one of the white SATA ports and then the other end into the hard drive both ends should click into place now that everything is cabled up it's a good time to double-check it's all properly connected and ready to go come back to the power supply and plug it into the wall and flip the switch on connect your build to a monitor and keyboard and then reach around to the power button and give it a shot you should see all of the fans in the bill begin to spin and after a minute it will post and give you information about your parts on screen if not no worries just power the system off and double check everything is connected the last step is cable management which is basically just tidying up your wiring with the electrical ties I won't go step by step here but basically just group cables together and tuck them out of the way once you're done close the side panels up congratulations you built a computer if you're interested in more check out part three where I go over setting up the BIOS installing windows and doing some performance tests to see how well it performs don't forget to hit up that like button and I will catch you guys next time you