Lesson 3 How to Construct Your Own Personal Computer

The Basics There are a few different important components you will need and each one can change the outcome of your personal computer as you already know

What Goes into Making A PC? It is not to difficult to make your own computer but you need to have all the right components for it to run and operate. And you also need to have the key quality and that is patience. Patience is key.

The Essentials That You Will Need The basics include a Computer Case, then monitor, motherboard, processor, RAM, video cards, hard drive, proper cables, CPU cooler, and CD drives.

Pictures of The Parts Firstly you need to be sure that your hands are clean and as well as the surroundings and if you are positive that the case is completely ready for the components to be put into place.

So now you are ready to begin. First you place the motherboard in the back of the case securing the screws to the opposite side of the panel being sure not to damage or harm the motherboard itself.

Motherboard Now that the motherboard is in the case, it's time to start connecting peripherals. Grab ahold of the wires coming from the front of the case. These four wires are the Power LED, Power Button, Reset LED, and Reset Button. There may be a Speaker and USB plug as well. Following the installation in the motherboard manual, see how they have it arranged and follow that

Power Supply Installation of the power supply is easy. Simply take the bag of screws out and place them on a table nearby. Lift the power supply into the case so that the power plug is outside the case, and the big fan is facing towards the motherboard to act as a blowhole fan. Move all of the power supply cables to the side for now.

Hard Drive Seat the hard drive by putting in the four screws, two on each side. If you bought a SATA hard drive, you'll be plugging the SATA power plug from the power supply and the SATA data cable in. The SATA data cable will plug into the motherboard in the red or black socket (shown behind the hard drive). On my motherboard, the red plugs designate master, and the black designates slave.

RAM Pull back the locking arms on the RAM so that you can insert the RAM. RAM only fits into the motherboard one way, and should not be forced. The pins should match up on the RAM. If it is difficult to insert, try turning it around. The tabs on either end will pop into place as you insert the ram fully into the slots

Processor If the processor is installed wrong, you could ruin your processor and potentially your entire system. Make sure it is installed correctly. My processor has one corner marked with a gold arrow, this will line up with a similar marking on the socket or motherboard to show you which way the processor should be installed.

After you have all these components in place and ready to go then you can place the panel back onto the case and screw it on tightly. Connect the power cord and hopefully you have a monitor to see if it works. And if it does then you can install Windows. Good Luck.

End After all of these components are installed then you should be coming down to the final preparations of your computer. Plug in all the cables to the proper ports and the computer should be about ready to go. If you wish to install video cards or devices such as these it is pretty self explanatory.

End Continued Now if you want to make your own Personal Computer you should now have an idea on how to do it.