Installation of the hard drive is straightforward, too: just slide it onto the rails, and make sure to put in all four screws. Connect the SATA port to the hard drive and motherboard using the cable. Same goes for the DVD drive.
When all this is done, you can slide in the power supply and connect the power cables to all the necessary components.
Tidy up the cables a bit, connect up your fans, close the lid, and boot up. Enjoy!
Nov 03, 2009
Last Updated Nov 03, 2009
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Nov 19, 2009Posted By
Ace Fire6This is a very useful article as I am getting my new parts in 2 weeks XD
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Nov 25, 2009Posted By
Pieter LiterI have experiece with putting PC’s together, it is always harder than it should be.
The parts are small, the wires get in the way.It’s just to much effort and something (with my experience) always goes wrong and breaks.
If you have money and you don’t work with PC’s regulary get someone to do it for you.
Just don’t do it yourself if you are not prepared to break something. (esspecially if you are a impatient person)
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Nov 27, 2009Posted By
Wesley Fick“it is always harder than it should be.”
Not really, if you just follow the manual. If you follow my process set out in the column, you should be fine so long as you work on a table and take care and time to do things right.
“The parts are small, the wires get in the way.It’s just to much effort and something (with my experience) always goes wrong and breaks.”
That’s a real pity. You can just connect the cables to the motherboard header /before/ you put it in the case if you have difficulty doing it. And if you manage to break something, well…its really hard to break components while installing them these days. If you somehow manage to do this, then sux2bu
“If you have money and you don’t work with PC’s regulary get someone to do it for you. Just don’t do it yourself if you are not prepared to break something. (esspecially if you are a impatient person)”
Speaking from experience, those techies who offer to put the thing together for you more often than not make a lot of mistakes and do really stupid stuff. I wouldn’t trust them to put my PC together, I’d rather do it myself, which is infinitely more satisfying.
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Nov 26, 2009Posted By
JP DormehlI have broke anything putting a pc together. Just take your time. The money you would’ve used to pay someone to build it for you can better be used to get a better graphics card or processor.