How To Build Your First Gaming PC (Step By Step)

[00:00] this video will show you how to build a

[00:01] gaming PC from the very beginning all

[00:03] the way to installing Windows and

[00:04] playing your first ever game taking you

[00:06] step by step along the way in less than

[00:08] 1 hour where I will share my tips and

[00:10] tricks to make your first time building

[00:11] a gaming PC as simple as possible so you

[00:14] don't make any mistakes or damage your

[00:15] components right so before we actually

[00:17] start on building our PC we need to do a

[00:19] bit of a PC part checklist and also

[00:21] tools checklist just so you can get

[00:23] started and build the PC as quickly as

[00:25] possible cuz I've built loads of systems

[00:26] in my time where I forgot certain bits

[00:28] had to wait for stuff to come into per

[00:30] and it's taken like way longer than it

[00:31] should have so first things first let's

[00:33] actually establish what tools you need

[00:35] for building a gaming PC now most

[00:37] conventionally all you literally will

[00:38] need is a Philips screwdriver like this

[00:40] this is the Linus Tech tips one you

[00:42] don't need to buy this one it's like

[00:43] $100 it' be pretty expensive but any

[00:45] basically like Philips screwdriver will

[00:47] do the job that you can tighten most of

[00:49] the the screws up in with the case but

[00:51] sometimes if you have some really

[00:52] specific high-end stuff or you maybe

[00:54] modifying a few things I do highly

[00:56] recommend picking up like an iFix it

[00:57] tool kit these things are unbelievable

[00:59] and inside the actual case you can see

[01:01] that you have a bunch of different

[01:02] attachments for literally any type of

[01:04] fitting you may have for your PC and

[01:06] also any other Tech things that you're

[01:07] working on that you need tools for like

[01:08] your Xbox and PlayStations when you're

[01:09] modding those so recently we had a

[01:10] really fancy case from Amazon and I

[01:12] couldn't access it and luckily there was

[01:14] a fitting within here that was like some

[01:16] weird triangle shape that allowed us to

[01:17] get the doors off the case so this is

[01:19] really useful and gives you that sort of

[01:20] flexibility so you have every fitting

[01:22] that you need but for M majority of

[01:24] things we're probably going to use this

[01:25] if you go for the pro bundle of the

[01:26] iFixit tool kit you do also get some

[01:28] further tools such as this antistatic

[01:30] strap sort of like grounds and Earth you

[01:32] so you don't cause any static on your

[01:33] components if you're concerned about

[01:35] that occurring you can throw this on

[01:36] your wrist and that will resolve that

[01:38] problem and then there's some other Cool

[01:39] Tools as well that are really useful if

[01:40] you drop any screws in the case and you

[01:42] can't get them out you can use these

[01:43] little pliers to sort of easily pick

[01:45] stuff out if you can't get your fingers

[01:46] down a little sort of crevice next let's

[01:49] go through all of the different

[01:50] components that you would need now

[01:51] depending on the type of case that

[01:52] you're building in this is just like the

[01:53] standard sort of mid tower case there's

[01:55] like full Towers then there's ITX cases

[01:57] that are really small and compact this

[01:58] will dictate what size motherboard that

[02:00] you actually purchase now most

[02:01] conventionally pretty much 99% of people

[02:03] watch this video will probably just go

[02:05] for a standard ATX motherboard that fits

[02:07] in a majority of mid Towers but if

[02:08] you're going for something a little bit

[02:10] more specific I.E maybe something larger

[02:12] you may want an eatx motherboard which

[02:14] is just a little bit bigger and gives

[02:15] you more Pro features a bit more storage

[02:17] for your mvme drives and things like

[02:18] that but if you're going for a much

[02:20] smaller build you'll obviously want

[02:21] something like an matx or an ITX

[02:23] motherboard to fit into a more compact

[02:26] case the board we'll be using in today's

[02:27] video is going to be an eatx which will

[02:30] fit into this case no problem and should

[02:31] look really cool giving me those Pro

[02:33] features that I require for this

[02:34] particular build that I am constructing

[02:36] now I don't want to break down the exact

[02:38] components that I'm using in this system

[02:39] because I want this video to be as

[02:41] Evergreen as possible so like you know

[02:42] if someone's watching this in two years

[02:43] time the whole step-by-step of building

[02:46] a PC wouldn't have changed but the the

[02:48] components obviously would have now to

[02:49] obviously go with your motherboard you

[02:51] also need the correct chipset for your

[02:53] CPU now at the time of filming this

[02:55] video the latest generation of AMD CPUs

[02:57] are using the am5 soft socket which is

[03:00] obviously the motherboard that we've got

[03:02] here with these AMD CPUs there's two

[03:04] versions of them this is the 7900 X but

[03:07] there's also the 7900 which is just a

[03:10] standard sort of non overclockable sort

[03:12] of CPU you have you have different Power

[03:13] deliveries on them and like how you can

[03:15] push them the next thing to consider is

[03:17] the RAM sticks that you need for your

[03:19] system so this is a brand new generation

[03:22] system and we have the latest generation

[03:23] of ram that goes with it so depending

[03:25] again on what CPU you have and what

[03:27] motherboard is accompanying with that

[03:29] CPU will dictate the generation of ram

[03:32] that you'll have so you just want to

[03:33] make sure that you've got the correct

[03:34] generation of ram to go with your

[03:35] motherboard then it's going to be dead

[03:37] simple it'll just click into place no

[03:39] stress now let's move on to actually

[03:41] sort of the final few things to check

[03:43] before we start the build obviously you

[03:44] need a power supply you need some

[03:45] storage you know all that type of stuff

[03:47] you probably know that already but more

[03:49] specifically I want to focus on actually

[03:50] what case you're going to choose and the

[03:52] graphics card so more recently with the

[03:54] latest generation of AMD gpus especially

[03:57] Nvidia gpus because they were getting

[03:59] really large all of those graphics cards

[04:01] have had a significant increase in

[04:03] actual size and and how much space they

[04:05] occupy within the case and this is a

[04:06] problem I had a few years ago I had

[04:08] built a PC in sort of like 5 years I was

[04:10] finally upgrading my system and the case

[04:11] that I purchased was a nice compact mid

[04:13] Tower but then the GPU was too long it

[04:15] just wouldn't fit in once the radiators

[04:17] and things were in there so depending on

[04:18] what spec build you are building you

[04:20] want to make sure that your case can

[04:22] accommodate for the graphic card that

[04:24] you are going to be using now you're

[04:25] probably laughing thinking that's such

[04:26] an obvious thing to consider this is a

[04:28] 3080 TI and you can see in this case

[04:30] that it has plenty of clearance here

[04:32] which is great it also has plenty of

[04:34] clearance for the actual width of it too

[04:36] but with this exact same case if you

[04:39] were to use something like the same

[04:40] generation GPU as this a 3090 TI which

[04:42] we have in the past that GPU is so wide

[04:45] you can't close the panel on the case

[04:46] because once the power connectors are in

[04:48] it's all obtruding and it's sticking out

[04:50] next let's move on to actually preparing

[04:51] the case and getting more of the

[04:53] conventional things in and out of the

[04:54] way so I like to do this first before

[04:56] putting any components in or even like

[04:58] throwing my components together and

[04:59] checking they work i' like to make sure

[05:00] I put all my fans in place my radiators

[05:02] and stuff cuz this sort of will dictate

[05:04] the overall layout of what the final

[05:06] case will be and whether you can

[05:07] actually fit the components where you

[05:09] want to so you get this out the way

[05:10] first while you've got easy access

[05:11] without knocking into your really

[05:12] expensive motherboard now I've already

[05:14] put some fans in to the case just to

[05:16] save us some time you know just to

[05:18] prepare it for the sake of this video

[05:19] and the fans that I'm using are these

[05:21] awesome noctua fans back in the day

[05:22] these things used to be hideous like

[05:24] this prown fan but thankfully they've

[05:26] got these really slick ones in dark gray

[05:27] now that look very minimalistic and now

[05:29] these fans are awesome both from their

[05:31] efficiency perspective of how much air

[05:33] flow they can provide but more

[05:34] importantly they're incredibly quiet

[05:36] like some of the quietest fans you can

[05:38] purchase so they can just plow away

[05:40] cooling all your components and it

[05:41] doesn't get on your nerves while you're

[05:42] actually gaming now we've actually got a

[05:44] little bit of a challenge with this case

[05:45] here for how we're going to lay the fans

[05:47] out because of its cubic design and the

[05:49] amount of tempered glass side panels

[05:51] that there are the place where you would

[05:52] put your fans isn't really that

[05:54] conventional first let's understand how

[05:55] a fan actually works so this is just a

[05:57] standard 120 mm fan all fans are pretty

[05:59] much the same that you throw in your PC

[06:01] just different sizes so on the front of

[06:04] the fan here we have got basically the

[06:06] the intake area of the air so as this

[06:08] spins this will be intaking the air into

[06:11] wherever the destination it's going to

[06:13] and then on the back of the fan you can

[06:14] see here we have all of the ugly stuff

[06:16] like the bracket and also where the

[06:18] cables run and that type of stuff this

[06:19] is the back of the fan where the air is

[06:22] blowing out of so you've got the air

[06:23] coming in and the air coming out now you

[06:25] can mount your fans whichever way you

[06:27] want within the case depending on more

[06:29] air flow orientation as you can see

[06:31] you've got mounting holes on the top and

[06:32] also mounting holes on the back so this

[06:34] allows you to basically control the

[06:35] direction and flow of the air now in a

[06:38] traditional computer case you can

[06:39] usually Mount your fans right on the

[06:41] front here but obviously we have a

[06:43] temperglass side panel so usually you

[06:45] can mount all your fans on the front and

[06:47] intake cool air super easily right from

[06:49] here and then that will exhaust that

[06:51] cool air straight onto your motherboard

[06:53] and your components to keep them cool

[06:54] and the temperatures control you then

[06:56] need to consider how to get that cool

[06:58] air that will eventually become hot

[06:59] because of all the components it becomes

[07:00] cool becomes hot we now need to focus on

[07:02] how we can take that hot air out of the

[07:05] case again traditionally you would then

[07:07] have an exhaust fan mounted at the top

[07:09] here that would then spin away spin away

[07:11] and it would blow and suck all this hot

[07:13] air out of the back of the case now we

[07:16] can't do this in this case because of

[07:18] the different sizes and all type stff

[07:20] the traditional size fans don't fit in

[07:22] here it's more orientated around water

[07:24] cooling mounting rare reses and all that

[07:26] type of stuff so we need to think a

[07:27] little bit different with how going to

[07:29] run these fans in the system now the

[07:32] second location you could put your

[07:33] exhaust fan is on the top of the case

[07:37] right here so you could take this fan

[07:39] this is the front of it and you can have

[07:40] it pointing this way so basically the

[07:42] hot air is sucked up out of the case so

[07:44] it's spinning spinning spinning and

[07:46] blowing up out of the case so you got

[07:48] cool air coming in and then hot air

[07:50] being blown out of the case those are

[07:52] the like standard places where you put a

[07:54] fan but we're going to sort of have to

[07:56] compromise for a best case scenario cuz

[07:58] we also want this to be a very aesthetic

[07:59] PC build that looks great because of all

[08:01] the glass side panels so I've pref

[08:04] fitted some fans here and the way these

[08:06] fans are operating is as follows we've

[08:08] got an intake fan at the bottom you can

[08:11] see the the backs of the fan here so

[08:13] these are going to suck cold air in

[08:15] through the bottom of the case again not

[08:17] the perfect air flow because obviously

[08:18] it's going to be bottom of the case the

[08:20] floor but the plan is this will suck

[08:22] cold air in up onto the GPU which will

[08:26] work pretty nicely and then these fans

[08:28] at the top are going to to act as intake

[08:30] fans rather than exhaust fans you can

[08:32] see we've got them blowing inwards onto

[08:34] the case so this will also bring in cool

[08:36] air onto the motherboard so we've got

[08:38] cold air coming onto the GPU then we've

[08:40] got cold air coming into the top of the

[08:41] motherboard because of how restricted

[08:43] the air flow is going to be down here

[08:45] now the reason why we have to lay the

[08:46] fans out like this is because of where

[08:48] we have to put our all-in-one water

[08:50] cooler so this is the all-in-one water

[08:52] cooler we're going to be using this is

[08:53] our triple rad EK water blocks and you

[08:56] can see we've got the fans mounted on

[08:58] the top of the thing and the these are

[08:59] RGB fans so when these light up they're

[09:01] going to look awesome and look PR cool

[09:03] so we obviously want these to be as

[09:04] clean as possible and we don't want them

[09:05] to be showing the back of the fans like

[09:07] that cuz that would just look rubbish so

[09:09] because we have to compromise like this

[09:10] this means that this whole section of

[09:12] the case is going to act as the exhaust

[09:14] of the hot air so we've got cold air

[09:16] cold air and then exhausting of the hot

[09:18] air whereas really this should be the

[09:20] intake area of the case this should be

[09:22] sucking in the cold air and then boom

[09:24] this should be exhausting all the hot

[09:25] air but because we have to put the fans

[09:26] the wrong way around to accommodate for

[09:28] what we want we got to we just got to

[09:30] work with it you know I hope you're sort

[09:31] of following it but it's going to be

[09:32] okay it's going to be more than enough

[09:34] air flow so let's take a look at

[09:35] actually installing this radiator so

[09:37] we're going to take the back of the case

[09:38] off this case is really cool it just

[09:39] literally slides up like that really

[09:41] easily like no tools needed and we're

[09:43] going to be mounting this radiator from

[09:44] the back because that's how you usually

[09:46] mount a radiator so basically if we just

[09:48] inspect the actual rad itself so I've

[09:50] already installed the fans onto the

[09:52] front of it so when you purchase a

[09:54] radiator they come with two different

[09:55] types of screws you've got some slightly

[09:56] long screws then some slightly shorter

[09:58] ones depending on which side it's being

[10:00] mounted on so we've used the long screws

[10:02] for mounting the fans into the radiator

[10:06] and we've mounted this on the front off

[10:07] of the rad and then on the back we're

[10:09] going to use the small screws to

[10:11] basically install the radiator into the

[10:13] case that would either be at the top of

[10:15] the case here you would just use the

[10:16] little short screws through this thin

[10:18] metal to just hook it onto the back but

[10:20] for us we're actually going to mount it

[10:21] on this back panel here now there are

[10:23] two key types of CPU cooling systems

[10:25] that you can use one's an all-in-one

[10:27] water cooler like I've got here that has

[10:28] a radi and a pump and everything

[10:30] attached to the CPU block but the second

[10:31] option is actually like an air cooler

[10:33] that just goes onto the top of the CPU

[10:34] some of those come included with your

[10:36] actual CPU itself or you buy them

[10:37] additionally for like $50 $100 we're

[10:39] going to go with the all-in-one water

[10:40] cooler but there's one key thing that we

[10:41] have to consider with all water coolers

[10:43] depending on how you sort of orientate

[10:44] it we're a bit restricted with the the

[10:46] length of these hoses to sort of mean

[10:48] this is the only way we can sort them

[10:49] out it but you need to be super careful

[10:51] about any kinks in the actual tubing for

[10:53] all-in-one water cooler just you know so

[10:55] you don't get any air locks and things

[10:56] like that and it actually can flow

[10:58] correctly and it doesn't put over stress

[10:59] and too much strain on the actual pump

[11:01] so using those small screws that I

[11:03] referenced earlier we're going to mount

[11:04] the back of the radiator as follows and

[11:06] then using just a standard screwdriver

[11:08] we can tighten it in now the cool thing

[11:09] about this line is Tech tip screwdriver

[11:10] is is a ratting one so I just can keep

[11:13] it in one position and just sort of

[11:14] rotate my wrist and it'll tighten on up

[11:16] I don't have to like sort of like keep

[11:18] re like going absolutely crazy with the

[11:19] actual motion it's nice and easy just

[11:21] sort of tighten it on into the actual

[11:23] mounting point which makes it super

[11:25] quick and easy to use and once you've

[11:27] got all of the screw roughly in to their

[11:30] actual mounting points H and the the

[11:32] radiat is nice and square we can then go

[11:35] ahead and just sort of make sure it's

[11:36] aligned correctly it's nice and square

[11:38] and not sort of on a on a rough angle

[11:40] then we can just tighten all these up

[11:42] what you'll also notice is once you

[11:43] start getting some of your fans into the

[11:45] case you do start to amas quite a large

[11:47] bundle of cables and especially because

[11:49] these are RGB fans we've got these

[11:51] additional headers on them for obviously

[11:53] operating the various RGB effects and

[11:54] controlling those from our motherboards

[11:56] as well as the standard fan headers that

[11:58] you would find on on traditional fence

[12:00] and that's why I think it's really

[12:01] important to prepare the case first

[12:02] before putting any components in because

[12:03] you can sort of hook things out the way

[12:05] so we can get that CPU Cooler out of the

[12:07] way for now while we kneen these up

[12:10] while we've got space so we can feed

[12:11] these through these little gaps here

[12:14] cool so those are out the way now let's

[12:16] move on to our power supply so the power

[12:19] supply that I've got in this build is a

[12:20] modular power supply so if you got a

[12:22] little bit more budget to spend which

[12:23] basically means You' got these little

[12:25] attachments on the end that means you

[12:26] only plug in the essential cables that

[12:28] you require for the PC build so things

[12:31] like your CPU motherboard power supplies

[12:33] and especially with this build because

[12:34] we're not using any external hard drives

[12:36] it means we don't need any of these sort

[12:37] of SATA connections for powering up the

[12:39] things just using an mvme drive so it

[12:41] means we're going to be able to make it

[12:42] much easier to Cable Management because

[12:43] you don't have all these excess cables

[12:45] that you're not using you just literally

[12:47] plug in the essentials and then that

[12:48] just keeps things much more Compact and

[12:50] way easier to root all the cable l so

[12:53] we're going to be having this power

[12:54] supply down here and it obviously mounts

[12:56] vertically because of the way this case

[12:58] is for me might Mount horizontally for

[13:00] yourself but this is vertical mounting

[13:02] because of the case design now before

[13:04] you actually Mount the power supply into

[13:06] the case with the four screws at the

[13:07] back one thing I do like to do first is

[13:09] to actually just throw it up on on its

[13:11] side like this so you can easily see all

[13:13] of the text and see what connection

[13:15] ports are which and then start matching

[13:17] up the cables that I'm going to actually

[13:19] use like so just by throwing them in

[13:20] here just much easier because when it's

[13:22] mounted into the case you then are like

[13:25] reading on an angle like this and you're

[13:26] trying to like plug it in it's just

[13:28] really annoying so this where you make

[13:29] sure you get everything right and you're

[13:30] not going to accidentally be powering

[13:31] the wrong things with the wrong cables

[13:33] now if you do have a modular power

[13:34] supply inside of the Box basically

[13:36] there'll be a huge bag that will have

[13:37] all of the cables that this power supply

[13:39] is compatible with and basically each of

[13:41] them are labeled up so you can go inside

[13:43] the box and you can see here that on the

[13:45] sides of them this one says CPU so if

[13:48] you join this up like so it'll say CPU

[13:51] so this is telling me that this is the

[13:53] cable that is used for powering the CPU

[13:56] because in some power supplies the CPU

[13:59] header is slightly different to like the

[14:01] graphics card PCI SL slots and things

[14:03] like that and then as well the great

[14:04] thing about this cic power supply as

[14:06] well it also tells you which end is for

[14:08] the power supply so it's super clear

[14:09] this ends for the CPU and this ends for

[14:11] the power supply so you don't actually

[14:12] end up pluging these in the wrong place

[14:13] so this is going to go here so these

[14:15] support pcie and CPU Lanes so we're

[14:17] going to throw that in there and then

[14:19] this will go into our CPU motherboard to

[14:22] power the motherboard in a moment now

[14:23] this one right here we've got for our

[14:25] motherboard section so we're going to

[14:27] throw that in there and then that will

[14:28] go right there super simple now before

[14:30] we move on to the other cables that we

[14:31] need for our power supply such as the

[14:33] graphics card one thing you want to

[14:34] check with your motherboard is how many

[14:36] cables you need for the CPU so if we

[14:38] look on my motherboard here at the top

[14:39] left of it this is where you'll find how

[14:40] many power leads you'll need for

[14:42] powering your CPU block and depending on

[14:43] what type of CPU you have depending on

[14:45] how intense it is Will dictate the

[14:47] amount of power obviously it requires

[14:49] and for this uh 7900x this AMD CPU that

[14:52] I've got I will need two of these CPU

[14:54] cables basically plugged in to my PSU so

[14:56] I just want to make sure that I go ahead

[14:58] and and locate some other cables that

[15:00] have got CPU on them and just make sure

[15:02] that both of those are fed through to

[15:04] the correct destination for powering up

[15:06] the CPU area on the motherboard now

[15:08] let's move on to the cables you need for

[15:10] your graphics card and these will be

[15:11] labeled up with a modular power supply

[15:13] as pcie they look exactly the same as

[15:15] the CPU ones but they are they're

[15:17] different the way they're wired UPS it's

[15:18] very important that you get them

[15:19] correctly and we will need two of these

[15:21] to power my a graphics card cuz it's one

[15:23] of the newer Nvidia graphics cards that

[15:25] needs quite a lot of powering so we'll

[15:27] go ahead and make sure that we've got

[15:28] two of these in place for what we need

[15:30] some other power cables you may need

[15:31] especially if you're going to have any

[15:32] older like hard drives inside of here

[15:34] like a spinning disc hard drive some

[15:35] mass storage are these SATA cables these

[15:37] will power up anything like an SSD those

[15:40] like traditional ssds and any hard dis

[15:42] these will slot straight in but in my

[15:43] build I'm not going to be having any of

[15:45] these as I said we're going to be using

[15:47] MVM ssds which are directly in the

[15:49] motherboard so we don't need to worry

[15:50] about that and we can just proceed and

[15:52] actually Mount the power supply into our

[15:54] case now and then we can root the cables

[15:56] in a moment

[16:01] right so we've got our PCI cables here

[16:04] then we got our CPU cables here I've

[16:06] sort of tried to keep them on the same

[16:08] row as each other when I was plugging

[16:09] those into the power supply I kept the

[16:11] CPU ones together so they're easily

[16:13] located and then the graphics card one

[16:15] separate as well so we will run these uh

[16:17] CPU cables up to the top right corner

[16:19] here every single case will have a

[16:21] little pass through up in this center of

[16:23] the case that will basically allow you

[16:24] to plug it straight into to your

[16:26] motherboard I'm actually going to throw

[16:27] it through here just for EAS easier

[16:28] access because of where those ports are

[16:30] located on my motherboard and we'll get

[16:32] these nice and neat onto the actual

[16:34] cable straps cuz again depending on the

[16:36] quality of case you've purchased they'll

[16:37] have some zip ties and velcro straps

[16:40] like this already inserted for you if

[16:42] not you can just throw some in yourself

[16:44] and you'll have these little tabs for

[16:45] doing so pretty much every single case

[16:47] has some form of cable management with

[16:49] this design this one especially is

[16:51] really good because it all came Velcro

[16:53] so we'll run that in there and then

[16:54] we'll grab our our motherboard one and

[16:56] just sort of get that neat and in there

[16:58] as well in a channel looking good

[17:00] looking good and for now we will just

[17:02] velcro that down so it's all out the way

[17:04] and you can go back later on in your

[17:06] actual build and uh go crazy on your

[17:08] kill management if you want or you can

[17:09] just slap the back panel on and forget

[17:11] that it's even there which I think

[17:13] probably most people do after they've

[17:15] done their build I just get it to a

[17:16] decent state where you can sort of track

[17:18] things don't obsess about it too much

[17:20] I'm more obsessed about the front of it

[17:21] really and just proceed with the build

[17:23] and then again we're going to run these

[17:24] through the side panel here just so we

[17:27] can get these around the front for when

[17:28] we plug in our graphics card later on so

[17:30] we'll just feed those through but before

[17:32] we actually build out the motherboard a

[17:33] pro tip is to actually place it onto its

[17:35] product box the carbo box that is

[17:37] provided this means basically the back

[17:39] of the motherboard won't be like exposed

[17:41] and scratched and marking on the table

[17:43] and you any of the solder joints to get

[17:44] damag but also that the carbo box isn't

[17:46] conductive so it acts as you obviously a

[17:48] neutralizer for when you put your

[17:50] components on for any form of static

[17:51] making it a nice safe working

[17:53] environment if you don't have one of

[17:54] those fancy static pads to work off it

[17:56] now that the case has been prepared we

[17:58] can we can now move on to actually

[17:59] building the main bulk of our PC now

[18:01] what you want to do is you want to

[18:02] actually build the motherboard and

[18:04] everything outside of the case so you

[18:05] can get the CPU in and everything lined

[18:07] up perfectly and then insert it into the

[18:09] case almost as like one whole unit it'll

[18:10] be much easier that way you don't damage

[18:12] anything as well sort of like scragg

[18:13] around inside of the case itself so

[18:16] right here we've got our ATX motherboard

[18:18] the slightly bigger version and you can

[18:20] see in the top Corner those additional

[18:21] power supply areas that I was talking

[18:23] about earlier why we needed two cables

[18:25] to power this motherboard in particular

[18:26] now with these newer generation boards

[18:28] there's a lot of additional things

[18:30] hidden underneath these little covers

[18:32] that you can unlock for further storage

[18:34] and various things like that such as

[18:35] mvme drive so for example if we were to

[18:37] just open this baby up before we put

[18:39] anything else into the motherboard and

[18:40] we just took this little cover off this

[18:42] is quite a big cover to be fair a lot of

[18:44] screws usually it's maybe one or two

[18:45] screws on like slightly tuber

[18:47] motherboards but this is like the top

[18:49] end of what you can sort of get in the

[18:51] price range it's quite expensive one and

[18:53] if you remove this cover this will

[18:54] reveal the area where you can put your

[18:56] nvme ssds so this is a really modern

[18:59] motherboard that has Gen 5 mvme ssds

[19:01] which are insanely quick but they're

[19:02] really expensive at the moment so I've

[19:03] just got a Gen 4 one that will slot

[19:05] straight into here and you can see

[19:07] because as I said earlier this is an at

[19:08] txe motherboard it's got way more space

[19:11] for things like this so you can have a

[19:12] crazy amount of storage usually a

[19:13] motherboard only has like one to two

[19:16] areas for an mvme SSD but this one has

[19:18] like three right here there's another

[19:19] one underneath here absolutely crazy the

[19:21] amount of storage you can have so this

[19:23] right here I've got in my hand is just a

[19:25] 2 tbte mvme SSD traditionally what I

[19:28] like do my build is I usually have like

[19:29] a one TB mvme SSD that I use exclusively

[19:32] for my boot drive like Windows 11 and a

[19:34] few apps installed on there and then I

[19:36] have some separate ones for my game

[19:38] installations but in this build in

[19:40] particular I'm just going to go ahead

[19:41] and throw a 2 TB mvme SSD drive in here

[19:44] that I'll use for my Windows boot and

[19:46] some games just to keep things nice and

[19:47] simple and you know not get too crazy on

[19:49] the price from so the way you insert

[19:51] your MV SSD is you just want to align

[19:53] sort of the pins with this area here

[19:55] then it'll just click into place then

[19:57] it'll sit there and and then you'll then

[19:58] just basically prop it down and then

[20:00] from here you can sort of throw the lock

[20:02] on it now what you also need to bear in

[20:04] mind when you are doing this is you want

[20:06] to take off the actual thermal pads so

[20:08] you can see here there's this like

[20:09] sticky tape on here you want to make

[20:10] sure you take that off so you're not

[20:12] putting the MV M SD on some plastic it's

[20:13] going actually onto a thermal pad that

[20:15] way it's obviously getting heated it

[20:17] cooled down rather when it gets hot and

[20:19] it's it's working properly so you want

[20:20] to make sure you take that off on the

[20:21] actual motherboard and then also take

[20:23] that off on the back of the heat shield

[20:25] so you can see here we need to sort of

[20:26] take it off these ones so that they're

[20:28] not sort of in the way so it keeps this

[20:30] nice and cool and it's thermal pad on

[20:32] the actual ending the SSD then you can

[20:33] go ahead you can put your cover back on

[20:35] next let's move on to actually putting

[20:36] the CPU into the motherboard now so this

[20:38] is going to obviously go in the CPU

[20:39] socket here now if you've got a brand

[20:41] new motherboard it'll have a little

[20:42] cover on and you can even like remove

[20:43] the cover if you want or whatever but

[20:45] usually the cover will just pop off

[20:46] you're just going to basically go down

[20:47] to where the little latch thing is you

[20:49] want to push down and just sort of pull

[20:50] it out it'll just naturally all move you

[20:51] don't need to force anything it'll just

[20:53] naturally move with sort of the tension

[20:54] you remove that then just literally lift

[20:56] up the CPU cover then from here you can

[20:58] go ahead and actually grab your CPU now

[21:00] again depending on the brand of CPU that

[21:02] you're using uh AMD or Intel will

[21:04] dictate where the pins are so for

[21:07] example on these latest ryzen CPUs the

[21:09] pins are on the CPU chipset on the

[21:12] motherboard and there's no pins on the

[21:13] actual CPU itself so when we actually

[21:15] take this out of its packaging you'll

[21:17] see that this is just nothing it's just

[21:19] absolute blank it's like a blank

[21:20] motherboard with just some connection

[21:21] points there's no pins at all whereas

[21:23] back in the day like all the Intel CPUs

[21:25] those have the pins on the CPU body

[21:28] itself and then the motherboard is the

[21:30] place where it sits into you then want

[21:31] to make sure that you check where this

[21:33] triangle is you see this little triangle

[21:35] that we've got on our SS SSD on our zbu

[21:39] H and you want to make sure you align

[21:40] that triangle with where the triangle is

[21:42] on the motherboard so so right here you

[21:45] can see the text for AMD ryzen is the

[21:47] right way around but on some other

[21:48] motherboards the triangle might be

[21:49] somewhere else so it means your CPU

[21:51] looks like it's on its side or upside

[21:53] down so you just want to make sure that

[21:54] you align that triangle in the corner of

[21:56] the CPU with where the triangle is on

[21:59] the actual motherboard so wherever that

[22:00] triangle is you align it with this one

[22:03] on your CPU and then you just want to

[22:04] sort of drop it into place give it a

[22:05] little wiggle make sure it's sating

[22:07] right and then from here you can then

[22:09] lower the door and then you'll go ahead

[22:12] and latch onto it and click it into

[22:14] place and then the thing will just pop

[22:15] off you see how that just pops off

[22:17] sometimes it might ping off really

[22:18] aggressively Don't Panic if it's

[22:19] especially if it's brand new it be like

[22:21] and you're all fine so then that is your

[22:22] CPU now in place now we're not going to

[22:24] put the thermal past on until later on

[22:26] and we'll now move on to putting our Ram

[22:28] in place so before you put your RAM into

[22:30] the motherboard you want to make sure

[22:31] that you unlock all of these latches you

[22:33] just want to click these open and make

[22:35] sure that basically they're ready to

[22:37] accept the ram now what I've got here is

[22:39] a a box of 64 GB of RAM which is very

[22:41] extreme most people are probably

[22:42] building a PC are going to go for 16 GB

[22:45] 32 GB at a push and I also have four

[22:48] channels of ram I've got four sticks

[22:50] which means we're going to occupy all of

[22:52] these regions on the motherboard now

[22:54] traditionally most people will have two

[22:56] sticks of ram that's the standard pretty

[22:59] much every single PC I've built has had

[23:00] that until this one right now we're now

[23:03] drying up for for these latest builds

[23:05] that I've been doing but basically what

[23:06] you'd happen is if you had two dual

[23:07] channels of ram you wouldn't stick them

[23:09] next to each other like that so if

[23:11] you're going down the path of just

[23:13] running two jeel channel sticks you'll

[23:15] want to put them into Channel 2 and also

[23:17] Channel 4 and that's because usually on

[23:20] most modern motherboards those are the

[23:21] two fastest Channel lanes for sort of

[23:23] like the timing that type stuff it's

[23:24] really complicated Stu but basically to

[23:26] get the Optimal Performance out of the

[23:27] ram you put it into channel two and

[23:29] channel four so for example with our RAM

[23:31] sticks we would go ahead and place this

[23:33] into channel

[23:43] four and then we leave a space here and

[23:46] place the other one into channel two we

[23:49] have four RAM sticks so we're going to

[23:50] occupy all four spaces so we'll go ahead

[23:52] and actually put ours in this second

[23:54] region here click it into place see how

[23:56] it clicks that tells you that it's in

[23:58] you don't need to force it beyond that

[23:59] any point you just basically align it

[24:01] make sure the latches are open press

[24:03] down and it'll click it'll click on both

[24:06] sides click click on the top and the

[24:07] bottom then same again we'll grab our

[24:09] final Ram stick for this motherboard and

[24:12] just press down nothing too

[24:14] crazy there we go so they're all in

[24:16] place CPU is in place nvme SSD is in

[24:19] place and everything's looking good we

[24:21] can now take our PC case and actually

[24:23] start putting the components into here

[24:25] so because we've prepared our

[24:26] motherboard it'll literally be super

[24:27] simp Le we just present it up to the

[24:29] case screw it in and most of the

[24:31] stressful stuff's been done but first we

[24:33] need to just take these last covers off

[24:35] our brand new motherboards you see here

[24:36] we've got these two plastic covers

[24:38] they're basically there for the CPU

[24:40] bracket at the back so if we flip this

[24:42] over you'll see there's a there's like a

[24:43] stock CPU bracket here but we don't need

[24:45] this CPU bracket because our all-in-one

[24:47] water cooler has its own for the sockets

[24:50] so we basically just want to unscrew

[24:51] that and basically take take the stock

[24:53] packaging out the way and go ahead and

[24:54] mount our own and then basically this

[24:56] will just fall away

[24:58] at the back be able to just pop it out

[25:01] we can then take these little uh

[25:03] mounting legs for my only one water

[25:05] cooler you see these little things here

[25:06] they've got like a little screw on the

[25:08] bottom and these are just screwed

[25:09] straight into these little fittings that

[25:10] have been revealed from us taking that

[25:12] cover off so we can just throw these in

[25:14] here tighten them up just nice

[25:16] fingertight nothing too crazy don't want

[25:18] to over thread them just tighten them on

[25:20] up like so we can now go ahead and we'll

[25:23] put our case on its side just like so

[25:26] and we can throw the motherboard in and

[25:27] actually start mounting it with the

[25:29] different screws with these newer

[25:31] motherboards back in the day uh you

[25:33] would used to have to put an IO shield

[25:35] into the case so on the side you'd have

[25:37] a little metal bracket that would pop

[25:39] into the side of the case here whereas

[25:41] now these newer motherboards actually

[25:43] have the io Shield built into the back

[25:45] of it so you see here how you've got all

[25:47] the USB ports and then the plastic cover

[25:48] over the top back in the day that used

[25:50] to be like a metal cover you'd have to

[25:51] fit yourself which is a bit finicky so

[25:52] these are now on the motherboard

[25:54] themselves that you just literally

[25:55] present them into the case and the job's

[25:57] done for you make makes it really easy

[25:58] so we can go ahead and just throw it

[26:01] straight into the case if we just make

[26:03] sure we have it all aligned then it

[26:05] should present in really easily we just

[26:07] make sure we get these cables out the

[26:08] way and you just want to it

[26:10] around and make sure it aligns correctly

[26:12] see these little holes these are where

[26:14] we're going to mount the motherboard

[26:15] around here so they're all aligned

[26:17] roughly so then once we start screwing

[26:18] them up they'll sort of tighten in and

[26:20] align perfectly so we can roll with that

[26:22] so the screws that you use for mounting

[26:23] the motherboard will usually come with

[26:25] your case so inside of your case uh when

[26:28] you buy that new inside of the Box

[26:29] there'll be a bunch of different

[26:30] accessories like an accessories pack and

[26:32] that'll have all of the screws for Ming

[26:33] the power supplies and various things

[26:35] but also the screws for mounting the

[26:36] motherboard into its position once

[26:39] you've completely secured the

[26:40] motherboard into the case the next steps

[26:41] that I like to do is actually plug in

[26:44] the cables at this point while we still

[26:46] have a relatively decent amount of

[26:48] access so every single PC case that you

[26:50] purchase will come with like a clump of

[26:51] cables that include things such as like

[26:53] USB headers and various like audio like

[26:56] HD audio and things for the inputs and

[26:58] outputs on the front of your PC case

[27:00] like your USB ports your headphone ports

[27:02] your microphone jacks power buttons

[27:04] reset buttons and so on so all of these

[27:06] will be conveniently labeled up by your

[27:08] case manufacturer so you can see here

[27:10] we've got one that says power switch and

[27:12] then what you want to do is you then

[27:13] want to address either your manual for

[27:15] your motherboard or if you've got a

[27:17] really high quality motherboard these

[27:18] ports are often labeled for you on the

[27:21] board itself so if we take a look right

[27:22] down here in this bottom right corner

[27:25] you can see we've got these little uh

[27:27] switch areas so you can plug in the

[27:29] power switch the LED lights the hard

[27:31] drive lights the reset switch and these

[27:33] obviously correspond with what's labeled

[27:36] on the actual case cables themselves so

[27:38] as you can see right at the bottom it's

[27:40] really difficult to tell but if you zoom

[27:41] right in we'll be able to see that these

[27:43] are labeled up with both a negative and

[27:45] positive which is going to make it way

[27:46] easier to actually plug these in because

[27:49] on some cheaper motherboards these aren

[27:51] labeled up they're just like there so

[27:53] you have to then check the manual and

[27:54] reference things a bit of a nightmare so

[27:56] thankfully that's done for us and we can

[27:58] obviously proceed with doing so so we'll

[28:00] make sure we get all of our cables sort

[28:02] of situated together so we don't miss

[28:04] any so we've got our hard drive LED

[28:06] switch our reset switch this is just an

[28:09] rbgb cable that's different that's a HD

[28:11] audio one for our audio things is there

[28:15] anything else oh and of course this big

[28:17] bag boy here which is our USB stuff

[28:19] right so we'll start with these little

[28:21] finicky ones so we've got our power

[28:23] switch HD LED and also our reset switch

[28:27] so let's first start with the power

[28:28] switch now to understand with which

[28:29] sides actually negative or positive

[28:32] thankfully they're labeled up for you so

[28:34] if you have a look right there there's a

[28:36] little tiny arrow and that Arrow

[28:38] signifies the positive for the cable so

[28:40] sometimes it might be a red cable

[28:42] sometimes you might have like colored

[28:43] cables here that way you don't plug them

[28:44] in the wrong way around if you do plug

[28:46] them in the wrong way around you just

[28:47] obviously switch it and your button

[28:48] won't work so you'll just have to switch

[28:49] it around to get it working correctly so

[28:51] we will obviously align that with

[28:52] whatever the motherboard says so for

[28:53] this the power switch positive is on the

[28:56] left and plug plug in like so that's

[28:58] simple these are probably the hardest

[29:00] cables you'll have to plug in not

[29:01] because it's difficult or anything just

[29:03] more the fact that they're so small and

[29:04] they're really hard to read so we got

[29:06] the reset switch now so we'll have a

[29:08] check on here the reset switch is just

[29:10] underneath the power switch and this

[29:13] time the positive is on the right so

[29:15] we're going to get our swi reset switch

[29:17] you can see we've got our positive Arrow

[29:19] there so we'll plug it in this way this

[29:21] time gorgeous that's plugged in really

[29:23] nicely so our final one's obviously the

[29:26] power LED and and so on and hard drive

[29:28] LED so this will basically just be the

[29:30] LED that flashes on the front of the

[29:31] case depending on what's actually

[29:32] happening with your disc drive and stuff

[29:34] and and the power lights and things so

[29:35] this is a HD Plus okay so we'll throw

[29:39] that in positive on the left this time

[29:42] that I'll just plug into the HD area

[29:44] that's labeled on the motherboard

[29:46] gorgeous so next up we've got our HD

[29:48] audio now these will usually be on the

[29:51] other side of the case around here there

[29:53] it is right there HD audio so this is

[29:56] just located to the other side these are

[29:57] quite easy to plug in you can sometimes

[29:59] get these confused with some USB headers

[30:01] but thankfully obviously they're labeled

[30:02] up dead clearly but also you can see how

[30:04] areas of this are blocked off with a

[30:05] little cap on there so you can't plug it

[30:07] in incorrectly so you don't end up

[30:09] getting it modled up with some of these

[30:10] stuff down here you just basically make

[30:12] sure you're align this super correctly

[30:15] and it just goes in one way you can't

[30:16] really get this one wrong okay so now

[30:18] let's move on to plugging in our power

[30:20] supply cables such as our motherboard

[30:22] and obviously we've got these GPU ones

[30:23] that we don't need right now cuz we

[30:24] don't have a GPU currently so we

[30:26] basically just throw these in you can

[30:27] see here that there's basically a little

[30:29] clip on the actual power cord so this

[30:32] clip basically releases it from when it

[30:34] clicks in so you hold press and hold

[30:36] that to pull it out if you're ever

[30:37] dismantling the PC now as you can

[30:39] obviously see on the back these have a

[30:40] particular shape that aligns with these

[30:42] but also there's a lip on the side of

[30:44] your motherboard power area which is

[30:46] basically where that clip will click

[30:48] into place so we'll just basically align

[30:50] this with that and then just basically

[30:52] push it down and it will do its job and

[30:55] that's it in so pretty simple then as I

[30:56] said if you wanted to remove this you

[30:58] just press that clip in give it a wiggle

[31:00] and it'll come out make sure you press

[31:01] the Clips in otherwise you'll like yank

[31:03] your whole motherboard and snap it into

[31:04] or something it won't come out as easily

[31:06] and then we'll feed the excess cable

[31:08] back through into the back of the case

[31:10] cuz you want as minimal amount of

[31:12] cablage in the front of the case as

[31:14] possible for a few reasons firstly

[31:15] obviously Aesthetics you want it to be

[31:17] as clean and cool as possible but also

[31:19] it helps with air flow and sort of dust

[31:21] so the less cables you have obviously

[31:23] the less things for the the airflow to

[31:25] get caught up on but also there's less

[31:26] things for dust to get climatized onto

[31:29] you and accumulate in one area so that

[31:31] way it just keep your PC a little bit

[31:32] cleaner um as you use it for hours and

[31:35] hours and you know if you have it on

[31:36] your floor and it gets super Dusty next

[31:39] let's take a look at our CPU power cord

[31:41] so again like we established earlier in

[31:43] the video we're using two of these

[31:45] because of how much power is required

[31:47] for this chipset and motherboard that

[31:48] I've got but depending on what chipset

[31:50] you're using and your what brand things

[31:51] you have you may you may have less power

[31:54] cables required it depends obviously

[31:56] what the intensity is of of what you're

[31:57] building so we've got two right here we

[31:59] want to keep them separate and keep them

[32:01] together for both an organization

[32:02] perspective we don't want to like mix

[32:03] and match them we want to keep them as

[32:05] like enties now sometimes when you have

[32:07] these uh Molex connectors that uh split

[32:10] like this they often can sort of Click

[32:11] into place so if you make sure you sort

[32:13] of checked it the right way around

[32:15] you'll basically be able to just like

[32:17] click them into place there sometimes

[32:19] often little clips and it makes them one

[32:20] whole cables especially on the pciu ones

[32:22] that just usually makes it a little bit

[32:24] easier to plug them in unfortunately on

[32:25] these ones it doesn't look like it those

[32:27] but on our GPU ones it will we have a

[32:29] look here on our GPU see how we got that

[32:30] little tiny clip there that little clip

[32:32] just basically clicks into place to

[32:34] basically make one whole cable it like

[32:36] click in like so and then you've got one

[32:38] whole cable that's what they usually do

[32:39] on on on these things but here we just

[32:41] got to struggle on and sort of H get

[32:44] these in correctly so we'll start with

[32:45] the one on the right first I think got

[32:47] the cameras and everything I can't quite

[32:49] see it for myself so I might have to

[32:50] move this round yeah it's a little bit

[32:51] better got better access bit more

[32:53] leverage and just click it on in perfect

[32:56] that's the min then just give them a bit

[32:57] of a push just to make sure then we'll

[32:59] feed the excess into the back of the

[33:01] case so it's out the way then do the

[33:02] same for the second one so we've got our

[33:03] second cable here make sure they're the

[33:05] right way around wound um right right

[33:08] way around and then we'll plug it in so

[33:11] start the first one start with the

[33:13] second one come on there we go perfect

[33:15] that's them in place then we'll feed

[33:17] that into the back of the case it's

[33:18] starting to take shape now as you can

[33:19] see things are getting a little bit

[33:20] cleaner now let's go back to some of

[33:22] these other connection ports that we had

[33:23] here so this is another one from the

[33:25] front of our case and this is for our us

[33:27] B 3.0 connections and and also there

[33:29] there'll be some for some our type-c

[33:31] connections on the front as well so

[33:32] these basically plug into these things

[33:34] here you see how we got USB 3.2 3.2

[33:37] basically just the generation of USB

[33:38] your motherboard supports they'll just

[33:40] plug in straight here dead easy you can

[33:41] see how you've got them all the three

[33:43] dots and then one blocked off so you

[33:45] basically just match that up with

[33:46] whatever is labeled on your motherboard

[33:47] now we might have to actually improvise

[33:49] a little bit here and feed this cable

[33:52] elsewhere into the case because it's not

[33:55] the longest so so we might have to feed

[33:57] this through the bottom of the case

[34:00] there we go that' be better and then we

[34:01] can plug it sort of straight into this

[34:02] port here then there we go perfect it

[34:04] should click in now and that's it seated

[34:07] in not too bad we made it work we've

[34:09] made it work right so everything's now

[34:11] starting to take shape and looking

[34:12] pretty clean at this stage you would

[34:14] also want to take this opportunity to

[34:16] plug in all of your different fans into

[34:18] the different fan headers on your

[34:19] motherboard but I'm actually going to

[34:20] save that for a minute and we're

[34:22] actually going to put the CPU caller on

[34:24] next and we'll come back to the fans

[34:26] main reason because these fans are RGB

[34:29] so we need to do something a little bit

[34:30] more fancy with daisy chaining them all

[34:32] together to actually get them to power

[34:34] up and illuminate with the same patterns

[34:36] as each other we just get the CPU Cooler

[34:37] about the way so it's not dangling about

[34:39] and it doesn't get damaged so if you're

[34:40] using a brand new CPU Cooler it will

[34:43] come pre sort of assembled and prepared

[34:46] rather with the correct amount of

[34:48] thermal paste it'll have like a square

[34:50] of thermal paste on it or a circle of

[34:51] thermal past so you can just use that

[34:53] and throw the CPU Cooler straight on and

[34:55] it should probably work fine if if

[34:56] you've got like some huge like £4,000

[34:59] processor obviously you might want to

[35:00] put some custom thermal pce on for those

[35:02] because of how huge they are for just a

[35:04] regular consumer CPU uh the the CPU

[35:07] block should be prepared and perfectly

[35:09] fine but obviously I'm reusing an old

[35:11] one from the last build that I had in

[35:12] here so we're going to actually have to

[35:13] put our own pattern on so my Preferred

[35:15] Choice for the actual thermal page I

[35:17] think this is some of the best that you

[35:18] can buy is the thermal Grizzly stuff

[35:19] this stuff is amazing it's really good

[35:21] quality not too bad price either it

[35:23] performs really well it's also really

[35:24] good if you you're running quite hot

[35:25] CPUs and you're over in them too this

[35:27] brings up the big debate though of what

[35:30] pattern do you do with your thermal past

[35:32] do you go for a cross do you go for a

[35:33] DOT or you know do you do a smiley face

[35:36] I personally like to do a cross I'm just

[35:39] used to doing that for like my since I

[35:41] was a kid building PCS I've always done

[35:42] a cross so I would just go ahead and put

[35:44] a little cross in but to be honest it

[35:45] doesn't really matter we've done tests

[35:47] here on the channel before where we've

[35:48] done a cross and also a DOT to compare

[35:50] the coverage and it's pretty much

[35:52] marginal it's exactly the same coverage

[35:54] you get on the most important part of

[35:55] the CPU at that sort of Center to point

[35:57] now with this current CPU because of its

[35:59] funny little design with the new ryzen

[36:01] one I would probably I'm going to go for

[36:03] a DOT on this because if you do do a

[36:05] cross and you put a little bit too much

[36:07] on with a cross it can overspill a

[36:09] little bit when the pressure of the CPU

[36:10] Cooler is applied and I don't really

[36:12] want it overspill into any of these

[36:14] regions where the sort of chipset stuff

[36:16] so just to be safe I'm actually going to

[36:17] just do a little dot in the center on

[36:20] this uh CPU that I have right here just

[36:21] sort of thinking ahead of what could

[36:23] arise if I accidentally put a little bit

[36:25] too much on with my traditional method

[36:26] so we'll go ahead I always get panicky

[36:28] even like I've built like a th PCS I

[36:31] always get panicky with the thermal P

[36:32] like whether when I start to press it so

[36:34] we'll just literally like little syringe

[36:36] and it should just start coming out see

[36:37] that like that and we can just pop a

[36:38] little bit on and just leave it like

[36:40] that and then when we apply the the CPU

[36:42] Cooler it will flatten down that's maybe

[36:44] just a little bit little bit too much

[36:46] but it should still be fine that it's

[36:49] probably just about right there be some

[36:51] people coming you put away too much

[36:52] thermal p on this is like one of the

[36:54] biggest debates of like PC thing ever no

[36:56] one's never happy right so now what

[36:58] we'll do is we'll go ahead and place our

[37:01] CPU block make sure it's the right way

[37:02] around and we're going to place it onto

[37:05] our little stanions that we've put into

[37:06] place oh we're getting a bit of clashing

[37:08] there with the RAM sticks that's not

[37:10] good is it okay so we got it in okay

[37:12] we're not clashing with the sticks too

[37:13] much it's just that back pipe I once it

[37:15] in and tighten down I'll go ahead and uh

[37:18] rejig those a little bit so it's not

[37:19] bending our RAM sticks too bad it should

[37:21] be okay though and what we want to do is

[37:23] I've got all the parts in this Xbox mug

[37:25] mug it's kind of ironic this we're

[37:26] building a gaming PC PC Master race but

[37:29] then we have an Xbox console mug without

[37:31] part in I I apologize also as well just

[37:33] to sort of show you the how the thermal

[37:35] paste spreads obviously we put it on and

[37:37] I didn't really need to do this but just

[37:38] to show you how it does spread you can

[37:39] see from that dot this is the coverage

[37:41] that we've gotten so we've got that nice

[37:42] little square and then we've got that

[37:43] nice uh Square as well on the CPU it's

[37:46] done exactly what I predicted that

[37:47] little dotch just spread just enough so

[37:49] it doesn't get on this the CPU stuff you

[37:51] can see that that'll give you confidence

[37:52] that a Dot's fine or whatever right cool

[37:54] so we can now go ahead put the CPU

[37:55] Cooler back on and throw basically the

[37:57] screws in place now you can use a

[37:59] screwdriver for these if you wanted to

[38:01] but sometimes just doing them hand tight

[38:03] is perfectly fine depending on what your

[38:04] access is like within your case h you

[38:06] you can't easily overtighten these uh

[38:08] like unnecessarily so you want to apply

[38:10] the top Corner one and then the bottom

[38:12] left corner one uh like the adjacent

[38:14] Corners so you get that even pressure

[38:16] applied and then you can go ahead and

[38:18] sort of add the other two corners and

[38:20] start tightening it up then just to be

[38:22] safe we'll give it a little squeeze with

[38:24] the screwdriver just it's got a nice

[38:25] little bit of resistance on the go now

[38:27] let's proceed onto plugging in our fans

[38:29] and also our various sort of RGB

[38:31] features that we have in this case and

[38:33] also within our fans so this cable right

[38:35] here is basically one of those RGB

[38:37] cables that I mentioned earlier they

[38:39] sort of got these little uh three dots

[38:41] here these plug directly into your

[38:43] motherboard to obviously control the RGB

[38:45] effects like the lighting effects and

[38:47] the various things you can do in

[38:48] different software you'll find we've got

[38:49] some right down here just a little uh

[38:52] three pins that you can just plug this

[38:53] straight into and you can go ahead and

[38:55] just plug boom it straight into the

[38:57] actual motherboard and then that will be

[38:59] that RGB setup for whatever that is so I

[39:01] believe that is from the front of our

[39:03] case cuz this has an RGB strip on the

[39:05] front of the case now sometimes if

[39:06] you've got tons of RGB stuff your

[39:08] motherboard will only have like maybe

[39:10] two or three of these uh headers for the

[39:12] RGB features so this means that you do

[39:15] need to daisy chain things together in

[39:17] order to get them uh working correctly

[39:19] otherwise you're not going to have

[39:20] enough headers and it's going to be a

[39:22] little bit disappointing I recommend

[39:23] Daisy training all of your fans together

[39:25] so all of the bands run off like a

[39:27] single RGB header and then you have like

[39:29] a second chain of maybe things like your

[39:31] RGB light strips that you might put into

[39:33] the case to illuminate it those are all

[39:34] daty chain together and they use a

[39:36] separate area on the motherboard like

[39:38] this CPU Cooler also supports RGB so

[39:40] that might plug in to its own header as

[39:42] well and at that point we've sort of

[39:43] occupied all of the headers on your

[39:45] motherboard and things are separate so

[39:46] that way you can create different groups

[39:48] that gives you a little bit more

[39:48] flexibility when you're actually uh

[39:50] setting up your custom lighting profiles

[39:52] but also it makes Cable Management a

[39:53] little bit easier so you don't have to

[39:55] daisy chain everything together together

[39:56] into one single header so for example I

[39:59] have these RGB light strips picked these

[40:01] up on Amazon like $20 or something

[40:03] nothing too crazy and these actually

[40:04] have their very own splitter of their

[40:06] own you see how they go into two

[40:07] different plugging in points in fact it

[40:09] goes into three I correct myself it goes

[40:11] into three s split offs and then you've

[40:13] just got your this that would plug into

[40:14] your motherboard like boom so we have

[40:16] two of these light strips they're really

[40:18] cool these they just light up the case

[40:20] do RGB effects or just a simple white

[40:22] effect if that's what you want to just

[40:23] like show off your parts and they are

[40:25] magnetic these ones so you can use the

[40:27] sticky back tape on the back if you have

[40:29] like a cheap plasticky case isn't

[40:31] magnetized but if you've got an awesome

[40:33] case like this one they'll just

[40:34] literally stick on like that no stress

[40:36] at all stick straight in and then you

[40:38] can just go ahead and actually root them

[40:40] wherever you like so we're going to go

[40:41] ahead and probably Place one on either

[40:44] side I would say that sounds wise oh

[40:47] we've even got one here from my old

[40:48] build so actually we got three I forgot

[40:50] about that so we got one up here as well

[40:51] so we can daisy chain all of those

[40:53] together so we' got one two three

[40:55] lighten up the whole case

[40:56] brilliant light show on the works so

[40:58] down here you can see these RGB strips

[41:00] are like a four-way connector slightly

[41:02] different to the three-way connectors

[41:04] that we've connected elsewhere now we

[41:05] have two of these headers on our

[41:06] motherboard we got one up here and also

[41:08] one down there that I have located so

[41:10] what we're going to do is we're going to

[41:11] use this splitter cable that came with

[41:13] the actual RGB light strips themselves

[41:15] we're going to take that four-way

[41:17] splitter cable and we're going to plug

[41:18] it in down at this bottom left on the

[41:21] little four pins you see we got them

[41:22] four pins there they're always a little

[41:24] bit difficult to line up these four ones

[41:26] not too sure why they just never go in

[41:27] easily I think that's in it just never

[41:30] they never feel like they're in it's

[41:31] really weird and then we'll go ahead and

[41:33] we'll take the one on the left and daisy

[41:35] chain that into our strip lights now

[41:38] you'll see here we've got these arrows

[41:40] you see those arrows on the cabling so

[41:41] we want to make sure that that Arrow

[41:43] aligns with that Arrow so then they

[41:45] basically you know synergize together

[41:46] the same flow of current and energy so

[41:50] we're going to do the same on this other

[41:51] side so we'll take the long cable here

[41:54] and we'll take our RGB strip that we've

[41:55] got on this side side and do the same

[41:57] align them arrows up boom nice and easy

[41:59] and then we'll worry about Cable

[42:00] Management in a second it's looking bad

[42:02] but we'll worry about it in a second so

[42:03] that's the RGB strip light set up we've

[42:05] got our CPU Cooler we're going to plug

[42:07] that into this top right corner here

[42:08] this has got three pin connector so

[42:10] we'll plug that into the three Pinner

[42:11] there that's on its own separate little

[42:13] thing nicely plugged in that's all

[42:15] sorted then as well we've also got our

[42:17] fan coolers and things that we'll plug

[42:18] in in just a moment now we need to

[42:20] tackle the issue of plugging in all of

[42:22] our fans into the motherboard so they

[42:24] all power up now we've got quite a lot

[42:26] of fans in this system we got two at the

[42:27] top two at the bottom and three on sort

[42:29] of the front here so we're not going to

[42:31] have enough individual fan headers on

[42:33] the motherboard itself especially if

[42:34] you've got quite a big full tower case

[42:36] so we're going to need a Fan Hub in

[42:39] order to basically power all of our fans

[42:41] off of like a single fan header on the

[42:44] motherboard now you can go ahead and

[42:45] have multiple different fan hubs and

[42:47] different groups of fans on the

[42:48] motherboard and get quite Fancy with it

[42:49] but the Simplicity I've just literally

[42:51] picked up it's was like £10 or something

[42:53] it was hardly anything this little fan

[42:55] header here like a herb and we can throw

[42:56] all of our fans into here and just

[42:57] literally power it off of one Outlet on

[42:59] the motherboard so basically we're just

[43:00] going to go ahead and these are labeled

[43:02] like fan one fan 2 and so on you even

[43:04] have one for the CPU fan so obviously CU

[43:06] you want that might be maybe to be

[43:07] separate for when it kicks up depending

[43:09] on the temperature in the actual system

[43:10] and we're just going to go ahead and

[43:11] just literally throw all of our fans in

[43:13] here so they're now all connected and we

[43:15] just need to basically power it with

[43:16] like a Molex cable so we'll just plug

[43:18] this into our power supply so we got

[43:20] Molex down there can throw that straight

[43:22] in that will power it also this is a

[43:23] cool Molex cable that also has some SATA

[43:25] power connection so if you had some hard

[43:27] drives as well you can power them off of

[43:28] those or ssds uh this system doesn't

[43:30] have any of those we're running MV mvme

[43:33] ssds so we don't need those and then

[43:34] there's our Master header that will run

[43:36] over into the motherboard now this did

[43:38] originally have some sticky tape so you

[43:39] could stick it onto something I used to

[43:41] have it stuck to the power supply but

[43:42] obviously the power supply got a little

[43:43] bit hotter it sort of wasn't the best

[43:45] place to put it so I I will sort that

[43:48] out in a later on after this video but

[43:50] you'll be able to stick it somewhere

[43:51] safe so it doesn't come into contact

[43:52] with the back of the motherboard and

[43:53] short anything out you sort want to be

[43:55] quite careful that it doesn't doesn't

[43:56] touch any of this type of stuff uh when

[43:58] you actually do your final build you

[43:59] know mount it up here or something so

[44:01] it's out the way safe but we can go

[44:02] ahead now and plug our final piece in we

[44:05] can then plug this U um Fan Hub into our

[44:09] motherboard so this is the cable right

[44:11] here and we can go ahead and just locate

[44:12] one of the fan places where we want to

[44:14] plug this in uh and same as well we need

[44:16] to plug in our all-in-one water cooler

[44:18] so that's getting some form of power

[44:20] from the motherboard as well to sort of

[44:21] run the pump and so on so we'll go ahead

[44:23] and find the appropriate place where we

[44:25] should throw that in so we've got fan

[44:28] pump can put that in there and then

[44:31] we'll go ahead and throw this into one

[44:33] of our fan headers then we'll grab the

[44:34] excess cables and we'll just sort of try

[44:36] our best to root them out the way back

[44:38] up into the top here so you can do a a

[44:41] much neater job in this you can sort of

[44:42] I like to sort of grab these cables and

[44:44] run them around the motherboard if that

[44:46] makes sense to sort of use up the excess

[44:48] length and then from there we can feed

[44:50] them up back into the back of the case

[44:52] with that complete we can now put the

[44:54] final piece of the puzzle in which which

[44:56] is our graphics card so we've got our

[44:58] main graphics card here that's going to

[45:00] go into this top pcie slot right here so

[45:02] you want to basically make sure that the

[45:04] clamp is released on the pcie slot so

[45:06] you see how I've got this little clamp

[45:07] you're going to go ahead and press just

[45:09] to open that up and it'll it'll

[45:11] basically open up the latch and then

[45:12] you'll go ahead and you'll align the

[45:14] pcie slot with the area on the

[45:16] motherboard so you want to go ahead and

[45:18] also take out the appropriate areas on

[45:20] the case so you take out these little

[45:22] covers so that's looking good and then

[45:23] basically it should just click as need

[45:26] you push it

[45:27] down there you go that's it in in place

[45:31] that's really solid that's really good

[45:32] motherboard how that holds the GPU I

[45:34] really like that that's is in place

[45:35] absolutely Perfection then we can go

[45:37] ahead and grab these screws that you

[45:38] just removed from the CPU cover and we

[45:40] can throw them back in and tighten the

[45:42] GPU in place so it doesn't sag and stuff

[45:44] like that but before I do that let me

[45:45] just grab our power cables and we're

[45:47] going to root them underneath the back

[45:48] of the GPU and we'll plug them into the

[45:50] front of the graphics card so make sure

[45:52] we got them nice and organized so we've

[45:54] got this one so again like I said

[45:55] they'll clip into place make one whole

[45:57] cable power that side that's nice in and

[46:00] then we'll do the same here perfect and

[46:01] then we can rot these cables back into

[46:03] the rear of the case to keep them out

[46:05] the way and you know keep the air flow

[46:06] nice and clean and obviously the

[46:08] Aesthetics looking good and now we can

[46:10] go ahead and put the screws into our

[46:12] graphics card uh just on the little slot

[46:14] Point here so it basically pegs it in

[46:16] place and it doesn't really go anywhere

[46:19] just just nibbing it in and then as you

[46:21] can see there it just pulls the graphics

[46:22] card up a little bit so it doesn't sag

[46:25] and we'll put both in just so we do a

[46:27] proper

[46:29] job we can now do some final cable

[46:32] management but we're pretty much ready

[46:34] to boot this thing up see if it works

[46:36] and install Windows but before I

[46:38] actually go ahead and install Windows

[46:40] I'm going to put my side panels back on

[46:42] cuz I'm pretty confident that it's going

[46:43] to work cuz you know I know the

[46:44] components I've used them before usually

[46:46] when I would build a gaming PC

[46:47] especially if it's your first time you

[46:49] do have the option to always build all

[46:51] of the components outside of the case so

[46:53] you would throw them on top of the

[46:54] cardboard box and you would throw

[46:55] everything in there and just sort of

[46:56] test boot them to make sure like you

[46:57] haven't got a dead motherboard or

[46:59] anything my first ever PC the

[47:00] motherboard was faulty there's like a

[47:02] bad batch of these motherboards they

[47:04] were like MSI motherboards uh and I had

[47:06] um had the dodgy fault with it it was

[47:08] really cool motherboard as well and and

[47:09] end up having to switch out to like a

[47:10] gigabyte one or something like that so

[47:12] uh and I thought I'd done something

[47:13] wrong it my first ever time building a

[47:14] PC I I spent hours trying to problem

[47:17] solve it thought I had a problem and it

[47:18] was actually a dodgy motherboard from a

[47:21] from a bad batch and then another time

[47:22] when I was building like my second ever

[47:24] PC I had a dead GPU which was really

[47:26] unlucky it was like a dodgy GPU that was

[47:27] dead from like evj or something like

[47:29] that so I didn't have much luck on my

[47:30] first two builds but since then they've

[47:32] been pretty plain sailing okay so now

[47:33] let's move on to the actual installation

[47:35] process of Windows this isn't too

[47:37] difficult and I'll make it as easy as

[47:38] possible for you to follow but you will

[47:40] require a USB stick so right here I've

[47:43] got two different USB sticks one with

[47:44] Windows 11 on and also one with Windows

[47:47] 10 now these are media installation

[47:49] tools basically they're just like

[47:51] bootable drives where we can install

[47:53] Windows off of them onto our mvme SSD

[47:56] now the way that you create a bootle

[47:58] drive is by going over to Google and

[48:00] typing in Windows 10 or Windows 11 media

[48:03] creation tool depending on which

[48:05] operating system you obviously want to

[48:07] use then once you head to the official

[48:08] website you'll be able to find these

[48:11] various options here there'll be a few

[48:12] different types that you can actually

[48:13] download now which option you choose

[48:15] depends on the state of your computer

[48:17] now because we have nothing on this PC

[48:19] I.E all we have is access to the BIOS

[48:21] and nothing else we obviously want to go

[48:23] ahead and create a beaule drive so as

[48:26] you can see on the second option create

[48:28] Windows 11 installation media here we

[48:30] can create a bootable USB stick or DVD

[48:33] drive so if your PC for some reason had

[48:35] has a disc drive you could put it onto a

[48:37] CD disc but no one has CDs in in modern

[48:39] times you can then go ahead and plug

[48:42] this USB stick into your computer and

[48:44] then go into your bios now the way you

[48:46] access your bios will be slightly

[48:48] different depending on your computer it

[48:49] may automatically boot into the BIOS

[48:51] screen like mine has here but if it

[48:53] hasn't the most common button that you

[48:55] need to spam is delete on your keyboard

[48:57] you go ahead and spam that and it'll

[48:59] take you straight into your bios now the

[49:01] BIOS it looks really overwhelming but

[49:03] trust me it's super simple so inside of

[49:05] the BIOS before we actually move on to

[49:06] the windows process you'll be able to

[49:08] see an overview of everything that's

[49:10] actually happening on your system so you

[49:11] can see here we can uh see what

[49:13] temperatures our CPU is running at we

[49:15] can see the current voltage usage on our

[49:17] CPU and if you wanted to do any

[49:19] overclocking you could obviously tweak

[49:21] these voltage parameters to sort get

[49:22] that a little bit of extra gigahertz out

[49:24] of your graphics card out of your your

[49:25] CPU or whatever and then as well we've

[49:28] got the CPU frequency so you can see

[49:30] like I just said the gigahertz it's

[49:31] running out or if it's got turbo mode on

[49:33] whether it's running in those faster

[49:34] regions then also the frequency of your

[49:37] RAM and you can see right now our Ram is

[49:38] running at 3600 MHz now this is actually

[49:42] the incorrect speed of our RAM sticks

[49:44] now every single PC by default will have

[49:47] a feature called XMP disabled you can

[49:49] see it right here XMP now XMP basically

[49:52] almost like I'm probably the wrong word

[49:54] for this but it like overclocks your RAM

[49:56] it essentially just allows you to use

[49:58] the full speed that's capable of those

[50:00] sticks so the sticks that we have are

[50:02] way faster than 3600 MHz so in order to

[50:06] access those higher speeds that's

[50:08] actually portrayed on the box we would

[50:10] have to enable XMP now I'm not going to

[50:13] enable XMP right now because it can

[50:16] actually cause some instability on your

[50:18] system especially when you're going

[50:20] through the process of installing

[50:21] Windows for the very first time so we're

[50:23] actually going to go through that first

[50:25] and then we'll come back to the BIOS

[50:27] where we'll enable and disable a few

[50:28] different things to get the most out of

[50:30] the advanced features on your

[50:31] motherboard what you can also see with

[50:33] in your motherboard are if all of the

[50:34] parts are correctly being detected so

[50:36] you can see our CPU is being detected

[50:38] correctly and also the amount of RAM

[50:39] sticks that we currently have are the

[50:41] entire 64 so inside of here you'd be

[50:43] able to see if you've got all if your 16

[50:44] GB or 32 GB of RAM so if there was any

[50:47] dodgy sticks inside of there this would

[50:48] have the incorrect stats there so that

[50:50] allows you just to check all of this now

[50:51] for whatever reason you can't see all of

[50:54] the correct stuff with in your bios

[50:56] usually if you click F2 you can see here

[50:58] it will unlock Advan mode for this

[50:59] motherboard this will take you into

[51:01] Advan mode now every single person's

[51:03] bios will look slightly different

[51:04] depending on what brand of motherboard

[51:06] they're using and also what generation

[51:08] of like CH CPU and chipset but the

[51:11] premise and all of the settings usually

[51:13] remain the same it just might require

[51:14] you to dive into different menus now

[51:16] inside of here this will unlock those

[51:17] more advanced things I was talking about

[51:18] where you can overclock various aspects

[51:21] of your components and also enable and

[51:23] disable further settings so when it

[51:24] comes to Windows 11 in particular in

[51:26] installing this onto your PC there's a

[51:28] few security parameters that you have to

[51:30] enable on the motherboard to make sure

[51:31] that it's compatible things such as like

[51:33] TSM like secure boot needs to be like

[51:36] enabled and so on and depending on the

[51:37] manufacturers some of these things may

[51:39] be on by default you may have to turn on

[51:41] a couple things on then other ones may

[51:42] require a little bit of tinkering in

[51:44] order to find exactly what you need so

[51:46] first you want to enable CMS so this

[51:50] most likely be disabled now the cool

[51:51] thing about the gigabyte motherboards is

[51:53] you can see there there's a little star

[51:55] that stars showing you this is the

[51:57] really important setting that you need

[51:58] to turn on for Windows 11 so you want to

[52:00] enable CMS now the problem is by default

[52:04] if you enable CMS and C secure boots or

[52:08] also enabled it won't it won't work it

[52:10] will keep disabling the CMS every time

[52:12] you reboot the system it'll it it'll

[52:14] keep disabling it and then that will say

[52:16] windows 11 isn't compatible anyways once

[52:19] you've disabled secure boot you'll then

[52:21] reboot your system and your motherboard

[52:23] will now be in 2.0 mode so if go into

[52:25] miscellaneous you'll see we've got this

[52:26] trusted Computing 2.0 that's now being

[52:28] unlocked but there's Now new settings

[52:30] which is what's going to make it

[52:32] compatible with Windows 11 that's all

[52:34] you need to do enable CMS and disable

[52:36] secure boots so now we can go ahead and

[52:38] install Windows 11 click install it then

[52:40] ask us for a product key that I don't

[52:41] currently have I'm going to install

[52:43] Windows 11 Pro cuz this gives us further

[52:45] more advanced features in around the

[52:46] studio so we can sort of like file share

[52:48] a little bit better and now we can just

[52:49] literally go ahead and install Windows

[52:51] it's that simple select our 2 TB drive

[52:54] you could do some fancy partitioner

[52:55] whatever if you want it but we're just

[52:56] going to install it straight on here cuz

[52:58] that's all we want so now that that

[52:59] process has now completed we can go

[53:01] ahead and actually sign into windows so

[53:02] I'm going to choose my country United

[53:04] Kingdom cuz I'm from Britain uh and then

[53:07] we'll go ahead and click United Kingdom

[53:09] again for the keyboard layout see in

[53:11] America go ahead and choose USA next we

[53:13] have the option to connect to a network

[53:15] now sometimes on a rare occasion there

[53:17] can be a glitch inside of Windows 11

[53:19] that won't let you s select any form of

[53:21] a network connection even if you plug in

[53:23] an ethernet cable into the PC just

[53:25] completely glitched out cuz it didn't

[53:26] install any drivers on the motherboard

[53:28] luckily there's a solution for this if

[53:29] you click shift F10 this will open up

[53:31] the command script where you can go

[53:33] ahead and type in some custom prompts if

[53:35] you if nothing happens but usually what

[53:36] will happen is in the bottom right

[53:38] corner it will then pop up a little like

[53:40] do you want to install driver box yes or

[53:42] no then you can obviously click yes it

[53:43] will install the driver and your problem

[53:44] is fixed you can then go ahead and click

[53:46] next and it will now download the latest

[53:48] version of Windows 11 V the internet and

[53:49] we're good to go now we can go ahead and

[53:51] name our device just going to call it

[53:52] Ben's gaming PC this is going to be on

[53:54] my new gaming set top next then the

[53:56] final stage is adding your Microsoft

[53:58] account now if you already have a

[53:59] Windows key associated with this

[54:01] Microsoft ID you won't need to purchase

[54:03] a new Windows key it's all linked to

[54:04] that so you won't need to activate

[54:05] Windows it'll literally just do that

[54:06] automatically for you which is pretty

[54:08] cool and that is the process of

[54:09] installing Windows now complete from

[54:11] here you can now go ahead and install

[54:13] the appropriate Graphics drivers for

[54:14] your GPU you know AMD or obviously

[54:17] Nvidia and then you can install Steam

[54:19] and play your game so those are the

[54:20] steps that you take when building a

[54:22] gaming PC but if you want to take it to

[54:23] the next level and Custom water cool it

[54:25] and do some crazy stuff you should check

[54:27] out this video next where I build the

[54:29] world's largest PC and I do exactly that