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how's it going everybody Kyle here with awesomesauce news welcome back to the channel you're watching part 2 of my new htpc video series now in part 1 I discussed all the components of the build and why I decided to choose those parts go ahead and check that video out if you haven't already and this is part two which is the build where I actually do some hands-on work and build a system from the ground up and I think in the last video I asked you guys what you want to see as far as execution for the for this video and it was kind of split right down the middle unanimously half of you wanted a time lapse and the other half of you want a tutorial for the purpose of this video I've decided to go with a time-lapse but I will be also providing some commentary on top of it just to give you guys an idea of what worked for me and what didn't throughout the duration of my build so with that said that's enough rambling for me so why don't we get on with it alright so here we go first step is to install the CPU and memory sticks no problem there now it's going to be a rough build if you have trouble with the CPU and memory installation next was just to remove that enclosure off the chassis get to the innards of the case taking off that three and a half inch drive bay that's the last you'll see of it because there is no three and a half inch drive in this system remove the optical drive as well or the optical cage I should say and the front bezel first step from here is to remove that stock fan and replace it with one of those gel it's like I said earlier no problem with the fan I actually really like the fan that it comes with it's just just a little loud in comes the gelid came with these little rubber mounts four rubber mounts to reduce noise and vibration and I had a little bit of a rough time getting them through those tiny holes so I had these pliers I just pulled them through work pretty well voila next up is the power supply fit like a glove just probably the easiest part of this of this build just screwed it in no problem I put the the intake fan up top because there's ventilation at the top of the case and yeah next is the Samuel 17 CPU heatsink this thing was a breeze to build with by the way I just really straight straightforward easy instructions super simple mounting design just these two brackets one on each side and there's not even any backplate involved you just kind of thread those four screws there from the back up top and it just threads right into the paint sink as you will soon see hold the thermal paste making sure not to overdo it just a ton of clearance with those ballistic sports games man just like you do a backflip under there I just kept fingering the screws I don't know why I didn't use a screwdriver sooner I was like yeah I'll just keep screwing them until they stop and I eventually got the screwdriver out so there you go back plate list design and it looks awesome too now in the second gelid pretty straightforward I've got four screws bolt them straight down kind of contained that sleeved cable around as well just keep it from you know flying around inside the case getting caught on something pretty I do next yeah of course install the motherboard now that everything is pretty much good to go as far as all the main components that are installed into it and the standoffs on the sg0 five are pre-installed and you actually can't even remove them which I like can't really think of a reason why you need to remove the standoffs just four screws one on each corner plug it in that intake fan cleaning up my screws and going straight for the modular cables for the power supply making all the big connections now I could have I could have I could have plugged in the front panel connectors first but I guess the way I saw it was get the big cables out of the way and then the little cables can kind of just thread right through them relatively easily could could have done it either way I tried to have that ATX cable go around the fan like up and over it so it wasn't blocking it directly I think I did an okay job cable management in a case like this is relatively limited so song change the installing the front bezel get those front panel connectors all connected Oh almost forgot the little tray there little panel for the optical drive yeah the front panel is really easy to just reattach and stuff and take off it's just a couple of latches couple of tabs on on three of the sides super easy quickly forever to find that HD audio connector is actually a complete opposite side of where the front panel connectors are kind of by the PCI Express slot but the cable reach just fine any further away though it might have been in trouble it's kind of hard to see where everything was like what was late I couldn't see the labels on the front panel connectors right there so I had to bust out submit the manual do a little bit of tidying up twist higher to never a bad idea and for the SSD the two and a half inch drive is literally right underneath the optical the optical caddy it's attached to it you can't detach it which is totally fine because I'm going to need a two and half inch drive anyway slim optical drive tiniest little screws for that thing kind of scared I was going to lose I managed and here's where I realized I don't have a slim SATA power cable I totally overlooked that from the start I just been a while since I built with a slim optical drive and excuse me I can't really use this right now but luckily I can just pick one up either at work if one lying around or just piling up in your leg for a couple bucks and it shouldn't be too bad at least I won't have to uninstall a bunch of components to get to the optical drive plug it in there's a nice look in there that was nice coming along we're almost done God do that video card moving that PCI Express brackets getting out of that card take that plastic wrapper off damn you now this was kind of tricky I couldn't really see where I was aiming at this point the case is pretty cramped and I kind of just had to do it by feel and at one point you can see I'm pushing the ATX power cable deeper inside the case because it was kind of interfering with the card that helped a little bit so I slotted it in and even though it was completely in and mounted correctly it still was a little misaligned from that PCI Express bracket but I just kind of had to nudge it and then screw it in got the PCI Express cable connected she's got to remount that bracket that that card looks really just wicked inside this case it's like it was meant for it that's pretty much it I'm adding that closure open it down oh yeah presto all right guys I am now done with the build it's completely finished yay with the exception of the slim SATA power cable that I need for the the slim optical drive and honestly I probably should have done a test boot a long time ago like before I I don't know installed everything so hopefully this doesn't blow up in my face this is really the first time I'm booting it up so wish me luck and hope this toughest works we got Howard dancer spinning GP is good power supply is good I'll rap alright so look it's a success it seems to be running I write one third post and I think I'll any of you now is install Windows 7 and just start loading up all of my games and media onto this thing and and then use it that's the end goal right so it's pretty much gonna wrap it up for this this video guys a third video I will say is projects going to be performance you know gonna give you guys temperatures and maybe do some gaming benchmarks as well let me know if there's anything else you want me to do with this system while I have it in a wall its new and fresh rather than that I'm I'm gonna go take a shower because I just I've been sitting in in this chair this is my stuff and seeing this chair just sweating on this hot bright light right above me so I'm gonna do that and you guys do your thing and subscribe to the channel if you haven't already and thank you all for watching I'll see you guys in the next video you