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hey everyone this is Steve from gamers Nexus Tana and I am joined by hardware editor Patrick Stone hello jian and today we're doing a video on how to build a computer we have all the guides of the parts to use but haven't actually talked about how to properly assemble it so that's what this video is for and first off there are three main requirements for building a system so you need a screw driver that's number one this is a screw driver and then two you need the parts so we have all the parts here and we actually have full build listings in the description below if you need help finding compatible parts if you're uncomfortable picking them yourself and then three ideally not required but seriously recommended is an ESD wrist strap and what can you tell us about electrostatic discharge well so the the ESD is basically bad news for your expensive components if you don't want to trash the stuff that you just spent a bunch of time choosing and paying for then this is what you need and really these guys are super cheap five or six dollars so I guess super low in price not actually cheap and what it does is it takes the static electricity off of you sends it to a ground and what that does is it prevents it from going from you to the board or from you to the CPU sends it from you to the ground and here's the idea behind that these components on here are working at 3.3 volts 5 volts 12 volts let CPU down like 1 volt you know plus or minus a quarter or whatever right and if you can actually touch the component or whatever it is up here and feel a static shock the same as if it works like a cold winter day and you touch the door handle then you've released somewhere around 2500 volts you do the math 12 versus 25 hundred dead board okay Dez dead yeah there you go Steve finishing all fours so we're actually we're just going to get started building this not waste any time for our parts and I have a list of this below if you need some help choosing a high on system I'm going to start with the NZXT phantom 530 provided by NZXT it is a mid tower case and will fit everything we have here ATX form factor is important to know the CPU is an i7 4770k which we can easily overclocked we're using the stock cooler this for tutorial purposes I would strongly recommend an aftermarket cooler we have several guys on that below motherboard that the CPU goes into is an MSI z87 g45 gaming board in a red and black board with a z87 chipset for overclocking and other features provided by an tech we have a high current pro power supply 1300 watts with a 80 plus platinum ranking so it is a seriously efficient power supply provided by Kingston we have HyperX predator memory which is stock clocked at 21 33 megahertz easily overclocked the SSD is a Samsung 840 SSD and this one is 250 gigabytes so we're going to use that we have a generic hard drive and and then for the video card we have an EVGA GTX 760 of course by Nvidia so throughout the build process be sure to reference all the links in the description below I have a ton of resources for you including a full article guide on this process with a ton of smaller tips and cable management tips component selection tips PC builds and our support forums which are always free to ask a question so we're just going to get started I would generally suggest building your system outside of the case first because if you get a dead-on-arrival component do a component your board doesn't work your power supply is dead you don't want to go through all the time of putting it in there and find it out so we're just going to start with building basically mount the CPU the cooler the RAM and basic connections and once we know it works we'll put it in the case okay so now we are going to move to building the system outside of the case and one of the things you guys want to be aware of is ESD or electrostatic discharge we rigged up something here if you're not sure about what we're doing here then don't do this safety first right but once we've made sure we're ESD safe we're going to move into installing the CPU we're going to remove this lever and pull the gate up and now that's going to give us access to the CPU socket once we've done that we're going to take a look at the CPU find this little golden arrow head corner and then we're also going to look at the notches which are towards the backside of the CPU we're going to use those elbows orient the CP you as we lay it into the socket and I do mean lay it in there shouldn't take any force at all you just be able to turn it over drop it in there and then begin closing the gate the gate really should go down very easily just make sure you get underneath that little screw that is on the motherboard and then once the gates down it will take a good bit of force to push the lever back into place so just push it back down and don't panic if it takes a little bit of force as long as you install the CPU without any extra force than necessary then you're good to go and at this point we are ready to install the CPU cooler so we're using the crappy Intel stock cooler indeed and aftermarket options good check our links in the description below for those for the stock cooler you just line up the cold plate directly over the CPU and then we've got the four screws that line up with the holes on the board we're going to just go ahead and snap these guys in just make sure that the arrows aren't pointing directly at the CPU cooler if you're using this Intel stock one and you'll feel a really really good snap as they click in and that's going to let you know that it is on there and it's definitely making great contact with the CPUs integrated heat spreader yeah and once it's locked in place we just have to connect the PWM fan pin to the board so make sure you're using the CPU pen not a system fan pin out and that connects up near the heatsink on this board toward the top and now we're ready to move on to RAM so with the CPU heatsink fully connected Ram you just really drop it in same idea we have these lashes that we're going to open up and then line up the pins on the bottom of the module with the pins on the receiving side and push it in to place it should snap into place there shouldn't be any undue force necessary and once you hear that snap the latches will close on their own and that's how you know that it's good to go and you may be wondering how we knew which slots to put it in if you're only going to use two modules on a four module motherboard like this one you're going to have to refer to the motherboard manual and it's going to tell you which module slots if you want to insert it in so as you're doing that insertion just just make sure that the notch lines up with the the slot properly and it's important for for dual channel functionality and other features to make sure using the correct slots - exactly right and some boards will show those labeled on the board so finally we need a video card if you don't have onboard video supported by the motherboard that's pretty easy drop it into the PCI Express slot it will snap into place just like everything else and and then if you don't need if you have onboard video and your CPU supports it don't even bother with the video card right now unless you want to test it so we are going to plug in some power we just need the CPU powered only eight pin up near the CPU we need 24-pin power near the RAM and then we need the video card power if necessary once all of those are connected again pretty easy we're just going to jump the power switch header on the board where your switch would plug into some boards we'll have an on button built into them you can just hit that so to jump it you just take a screwdriver and check your manual for which one is the power switch that would normally PWR underscore SW check for that pin out and then bridge it with the screwdriver and your system will turn on as we see here and you'll note that I've forgotten to you know turn the power supply on first that's certainly a necessary beginning step but that this is true and plug it in don't forget to plug it in and at this point it should turn on so we are ready to move the board into the case the only thing you have to do is remove the power remove the video card and then we will reinstall those items once it's mounted in the case so if we're installing your power supply we're just going to drop it in your fan should be facing ideally the bottom of the case if it is a bottom mounted power supply drop it into the slot there's a hole right there hit the four screws and and that's it before installing the motherboard we want to mount the i/o panel shield which just basically goes in the back to stop stuff from falling in do this before the motherboards installed line it up pop it in to the spot in the back of the case and now we can install the motherboard before installing the motherboard though make sure you have your stand installed in the case you can see their pre-installed on this phantom 5:30 if not then put them in the appropriate ATX or em ATX slots so here we're dropping it in the cpu stay is toward the top of the case line up your i/o with the i/o panel in the back and that's really it make sure your standoffs are lined up with the screw holes screw em all in don't leave any unscrewed for shorting purposes and and then we can move on to the drives okay the next thing we're going to do is we're going to go ahead and install the optical drive the optical drives it could take screws at these points right here but not a big deal now all you got to do is reach inside the case pop out the filler plate these ones on this NZXT case just kind of have a little spring load and then it's all tooless now there's no screws anymore so you just kind of lift up the release lever like that slide your drive in and you're done yeah and then pop the release lever down and now we can move on to the solid state drive and hard drive alright so like Steve said we're going to move on to the solid-state drive the Samsung 840 250 gig and this guy just mounts with these screw holes here lining up with these schools here so that it will stay nice and steady like this and then this guy this hard disk drive is completely toolless you just use these little prongs right here to snap it to the screw holes here and here and that's all there is to it and make sure your power connectors are facing out otherwise you have to redo it and next we are going to move on I believe to the cables we have everything in now so we're just going straight to cables we'll route them through the holes and then do the video card last all right so if you have a modular power supply now you can connect your cables to the power supply if not then you are good to go for this part basically just make sure you're looking for the 24 pin connector on the power supply the 8 pin for the CPU and then your pin outs for the video card depending on how powerful the video card is and then of course your SATA connections and if relevant the molex connections and next it's time to manage the cables from your power supply and your front panel connectors so I have a full guide on that link to the description below it's a pretty popular video so hit that if you need help with specific cable management tips in general just route the cable through the closest halt try to stretch the cable out as much as possible and minimize the amount of cable length that's inside the case this will reduce the chance of inhibiting air flow and keep dust out of your case which also can damage components down the line so we're just going to cut through that and then it's time to mount the video card what we have here is GG X 760 from EVGA it's going to go into the PCI Express at 16 and it's pretty simple install just kind of line it up first with the outside of the case drop in that edge and then just let it slowly drop in give it a nice little tap and then you'll put these two thumb screws in right here and then install the power connectors you'll see that we have an eight pin and a six pin our nice power supply has a little bit of both so we'll line those up and install those as well once you have all the cables routed through the pastor's you need to connect them to the board and the components so we have a 24 pin power connector that's board sight that's pretty obvious on the right side of the board right of the CPU just plug that in we have an 8 pin CPU connector top left normally right near the CPU and also known as the EPS connector and then of course we have your video card power connectors depending on how powerful the video card is you might have a few of those the front panel connectors on the bottom are for your USB or USB 2.0 if you have it LEDs power switches stuff like that check your manual for where those go on the motherboard because it is different for a couple motherboards and finally HD audio in the bottom left for your front panel audio and I think that covers all of our connectors other than obviously the drives you plug those in drive size pretty straightforward with the SATA power M SATA data cables and you see if one of the things that you were mentioning to me earlier when we were doing the build was that some people may not have a built-in fan controller on their system and if that's the case then you're going to use your onboard fan connectors it looks just like the one that we showed you earlier on the CPU you're just going to find them all throughout the board and that's an easy plug and play there and you can actually control those speeds through BIOS if they bother you can drop the 50% and reduce the noise yeah I guess it last but not least now as you got your system built and you got looking the way you want it to look the last thing you really want to do is run a burnin test what that's going to do is just push your pusher components to peak load so that you can make sure that they're going to work at peak load for as long as possible pretty much if you can make them fail at peak load now they're going to fill up peak load later and if you can't make them fail at peak load now they're probably going to last you a good long time check out the guide down link below yep we have a guide for that of course if you have any trouble throughout the entire process if you need help picking components or testing or whatever determining what's broken if it doesn't boot then check out our forums we have free support of course and that's that's it for this guide so let us know in the comments below or preferably on our page since YouTube is using Google+ now and I don't understand how it works we'll see us a comment somewhere on the internet and tell me what you want to see for the next video and we will see you all next time peace literal