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w you guys have asked for it and we are

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delivering it this is our very first value oriented system build guide and

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our very first AMD build guide so we're

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going to be going through the usual stuff so that is best practices when

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choosing your components best practices when building your system and of course

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because we're going with an APU from AMD we're going to explain some of the

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benefits of an APU versus a more traditional CPU as always our

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configuration starts at the heart with the CPU actually this is an APU so a

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traditional CPU has General processing cores built into it that communicate

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with your system memory and do most of the things that your PC needs to do now

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over time this has begun to change and what an APU does is it integrates Radeon

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graphics course and what AMD is really calling direct X11 discret grade

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Graphics into what would normally be a traditional CPU so in addition to the

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four traditional CPU cores in here we've got a bunch of radon cores that are

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great for running games and for other

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applications as well so for example

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rather than just being good for games integrated Graphics can now be used to

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accelerate open CL compatible applications and in the transition

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towards HSA or heterogeneous system

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architecture which is a way of saying that all of the processors are not going

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to be differentiated the same way that they use to so okay well this is a CPU

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and this does this and this is a GPU and this does that instead they'll be able

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to work together to reach a goal at the same time rather than you know say for

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example waiting around for each other to do work until it becomes their turn to

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work on the same task it's going to amount to better performance for your

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system overall although it was a little

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bit complicated to get the whole thing going because we needed Hardware support

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and software support and it's all got to kind of happen at the same time now for

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our system we chose the A10 6790 K which

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is a new model we chose this because of its great balance between price and

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performance and the fact that it includes very powerful Radeon graphics

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so lower-end apus will tend to have less powerful Graphics in addition to less

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powerful CPU cores so for some of the open CL demos that we're going to show

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you this is going to be quite important for your Apu system you may find some

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other very interesting choices with either lower prices or even better

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performance than this one so don't feel like this is the only option it's just

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what we went with to demo this platform for memory our usual considerations

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pretty much come down to well the size how much RAM we need and then how many

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channels we need it to run in whether it's dual triple or quad Channel however

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for an APU there are some special considerations speed becomes much more

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important because Graphics course that is the the radon cores built into the

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Apu require higher bandwidth for Optimal

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Performance than traditional CPU cores do so we went with 8 gigs of AMD's radon

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series memory in a dual Channel configuration for our value optimized

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config but another option if we were willing to sacrifice some performance

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particularly in gaming and opencl applications now for better

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upgradability in the future would be to get a single 8 gig stick and then throw

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another 8 gig stick in later on down the line and run it in dual Channel then

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because our motherboard only has two slots now why did we go with AMD memory

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frankly there is no difference in terms of performance between AMD memory and

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some other memory that's running at pretty much the same speed and timings

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the key difference here is compatibility because AMD is the one building the

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memory controller that's on the chip itself and they're the ones validating

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the memory for it you know that it's going to work with that said there are

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many other reliable memory Brands out there and if you buy something from you

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know Kingston or Corsair or who whoever else there's I mean there's a very very

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slim chance that it's not going to work it's just what you're comfortable with

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they have several series of memory including their entertainment performance and gamer series modules and

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you can find a capacity and speed that's going to work for you pretty much

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regardless of your needs and your budget we went with a very value oriented

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option for our motherboard in order to demonstrate the potential well cost

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effectiveness of an APU based system with some of the lower cost apus and a

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motherboard like this if you don't need want much in the way of expansion and

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you just want performance for your dollar it's pretty hard to beat it I

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mean this one right here this is the fm2 a55m dgsr 2.0 from ASRock doesn't have

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many Frills it doesn't even have USB 3 for example but it only costs about 50

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bucks you can take small steps up in terms of features and robustness you can

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add USB 3 here and better audio there all the way to fully featured gaming

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grade boards like this one but I guess the point of all this is that the

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choices up to you so this is a G1 sniper a88x it's a fully overclocking ready

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gaming ready Crossfire supporting motherboard on the fm2 plus socket which

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is going to have support for upcoming cavar apus and so everything in between

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this and this totally exists so let's be clear about the power

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supply and case choices we made here there are much less expensive options

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you can spend about a third of what we did on a case that has a bundled power

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supply that will fit all this stuff and it'll probably work just fine at least

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in the short term it's just that that's not

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necessarily the only way to go about it so we wanted to show off what you can get in terms of a case with great

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ventilation great compactness and very reasonable build quality for about 40

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bucks with the fractal design core 1000 But ultimately the choice will be up to

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you with a value oriented build a lot of the time the difference between 20 bucks

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and 40 bucks is a lot so it'll come down to whether you're going to be doing any

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upgrading in the future and you want that expandability whether it's worth

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the additional investment as for the Standalone power supply you

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versus using the bundled power supply that might come with a case um we never

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recommend using that bundled power supply even if it came with your case

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throw it away and get a real power supply you never know what's inside them

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and just because it says 400 watts on the outside doesn't mean that it's

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actually capable of outputting 400 watts only use bundled power supplies if

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they're from a reputable brand like antech for example for our PSU we went

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with a seic 400 wat OEM unit seic is

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great they build quiet reli power supplies and are often available for

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less than other brands this one right here has nothing special about it on the

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outside with non sleeved cables and like

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an ugly metal housing but it's like the Millennium Falcon it's got it where it

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counts nice quiet 120 mm fan nice solid

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weight to it which is usually a good sign for a power supply because it means

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there's actual components inside versus it just being a metal box and of course

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80 plus bronze efficiency is still something we care about because it can

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be an indicator of the quality of the components inside storage is always a

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tricky one for us to talk about and there are a couple of options here so

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for 60 bucks you can get a wd blue one

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tbte drive which has mediocre performance and decent capacity it's one

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tbte but you could also spend a bit more

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and get something else so you could either get a wd black one TB which will

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give you better performance and still good capacity

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or you can get a Kingston v310 gig SSD

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if you don't mind planning for a quick upgrade to your storage because that

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will give you Lightning Fast performance but only 120 gigs of storage which isn't

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going to be enough for you know massive video collections or a bunch of games or

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anything like that so we opted for the blue drive just because we wanted this

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to be a pretty inexpensive rig but I wanted to talk about those other options

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as well talking about graphics with a computer like this is another tough one

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because we set out to build a good allround performer and to do an APU

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build guide here and because an APU has decent onboard Graphics there's no

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compelling reason to add a dedicated graphics card unless we were serious

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about gaming now if we were serious about gaming there are some fantastic

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options out there in terms of Graphics so for example we've got the r7260x that

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is fully supported by our motherboard by

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our power supply and by our case thank

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goodness for custom rigs right the actual ability to be able to upgrade

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them is awesome and adding something like this will take our gaming

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experience to the next level there are however a couple of reasons I can think

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of to go with an APU out of the gate even if you do intend to upgrade to a

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graphics card later because remember guys there are AMD CPUs on the fmx

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platform that are a little bit less expensive so if you were to put a graphics card right in you might not

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want to do that okay so number one reason is maybe you're not sure how much

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you're going to gain the Apu this one right here will handle Battlefield 4 at

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720p with medium details so at least this gives you the opportunity to play

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it and make a decision later on down the road about whether or not you want to

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have a graphics card and it is less expensive to go for an APU versus a CPU

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than it is to just buy the graphics card outright number two is maybe you just

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plain old don't have the budget right now with an APU you can get the system

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up and running and decide later so that's tied in very closely to reason

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number one reason number three is maybe

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the gaming aspect of the PC just isn't even for you you can still benefit from

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the Apu from a compute perspective more on that later and the system will at

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least be capable of having a little bit of oomph when you know the grandkids

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come to stay for the weekend and they bring a couple of their games with them

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for example the last thing you want is a situation where it just flat out doesn't

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run the Apu is not going to give you nearly the gaming experience as a

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dedicated graphics card like this but at least it brings the system to within

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gaming capability range without costing a whole lot more onto our peripherals

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choices we went with the h236 lb for our

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Monitor and the mk120 for our keyboard

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and mouse I mean the Logitech mk120 is nothing special it's very inexpensive

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but a cheap mouse and keyboard we can kind of live with especially if we're

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not gaming and especially when you consider how much more you really need

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to spend to to get a great keyboard and mouse so we'd be spending probably

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another you know 10% of our total budget

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on something like a k 30 from Corsair

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and an M40 from Corsair which would deliver a great gaming experience and

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actually most of the performance of even higher cost Solutions than those ones

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but just is a little bit more than we're willing to spend if we're not gaming but

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now if you're serious about gaming and you do opt for the GPU upgrade for

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example then maybe you can add something like that later on down road for the

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monitor though I really believe that you should purchase a monitor more like a

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piece of furniture everyone benefits from a better monitor it's less

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fatiguing on your eyes and things just plain look better they look like the

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content creator wanted them to look like

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the the great thing about monitors is that unlike something like a graphics

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card where you buy it now and it runs all the games really great and then two years down the road it's doesn't run

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anything very well anymore a monitor performs as well as it does pretty much

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throughout its lifetime so if if you buy a good monitor you'll be looking at a

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good image 5 years from now and if you buy a lousy monitor you'll still be

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looking at a lousy monitor 5 years from now so we went with an IPS monitor

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because the experience is so much better

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it looks better and it really just doesn't cost that much more when you

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consider how long you might keep it but this is a very personal thing look at

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your desk how long have you had that monitor if it's more than 3 to 5 years

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and it's lived through a couple of full system upgrades and you skim last time

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maybe think about getting something a little nicer for yourself this time

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around on the other hand if it doesn't bother you at all then that's great but

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I personally find it very frustrating particularly with uh for example low-end

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TN panels when you're in something like an email application even and the red

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versus unread messages are difficult to distinguish from each other because you

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can't tell the difference between pale yellow and white that that drives me

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crazy and a better monitor makes that a non-issue for our OS Windows 8 is the

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obvious choice for a machine like this because it actually provides better

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performance on an APU versus Windows 7

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this is getting fairly well documented and I'm interested to see how things

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continue to progress in this direction in the future well it's time for the

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actual building now so start with a safe

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static free workstation as always an anti-static strap I like to keep mine on

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my ankle to keep it out of the way cuz I find when it's on my wrist it just get

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caught on things and I'm more likely to make a mistake and then beyond that all

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we really need for assembly is a multi-bit screwdriver now I always

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recommend building the system outside of the case to ensure that there are no

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issues with something getting shorted out and to make sure that everything is

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already working before it's all jammed

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into a case and it's difficult to swap things in and out and troubleshoot it

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the motherboard box makes for a very handy non-conductive test bench however

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this is a very very comp mistake don't use the antistatic bag that's on the

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outside of your motherboard on top of the box okay once the power is actually

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applied to the board some of these bags have conductive outer Coatings and can

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actually short out the board if it's powered on so guys just to be very very

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very clear when the board is not powered on

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on top of static bag okay when the board is powered on on top of rather on top of

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anti-static bag not optimal I would rather have it on something like a piece

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of cardboard like the top of the box so we're going to start with CPU

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installation first carefully remove the CPU and heat sink from the box the pins

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on the CPU are extremely fragile AMD has

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the pins on the processor not in the socket versus their competitor so we're

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going to leave the CPU inside the plastic shell while we determine the

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correct orientation next we're going to lift up the retention ARM on the socket

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then align the small Golden Triangle on the corner of the CPU with the small

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plastic triangle on the corner of the socket finally we're going to place the

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CPU down onto the socket until it falls in on its own we don't push the CPU into

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the socket with any kind of force just give it a little wiggle to make sure

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it's in there okay and once that's done you can lower the retention ARM and your

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CPU is installed in the socket just a couple things to consider when you're

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putting the heat sink down on the CPU number one is to make sure that the

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metal Clips on either side of the heat sink are positioned correctly to hook

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over the bracket around the CPU socket and number two is make sure your fan

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wire is as close as possible to the CPU fan header that is usually labeled on

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your motherboard so first now that it's in position is to take the clip that's

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on the side that does not have a plastic

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ARM on the heat sink and put it over the bracket around the CPU socket then turn

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it around and this metal clip does have a plastic retention ARM so we're going

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to go ahead and put the metal clip onto the CPU bracket then take the ARM and

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turn it pretty much a full 180° this

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requires a little bit of force until it locks into place finally guys take your

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fan wire and I recommend twisting it up a little bit here so that the wires

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don't spread out and get into the way of everything and then plug that into the

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fan header which should be again clearly labeled now please note guys that I

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recommend better CPU cooling than the

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Box cooler that's included if your objective is to have an extremely silent

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computer or to run Beyond stock speeds by overclocking your processor neither

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of those things are very appropriate with our config here and a better

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motherboard would be required in addition to better cooling to make that

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possible DDR3 installation is simple

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especially in a motherboard that only has two slots so you don't have to worry

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about which ones are right for dual Channel operation or color coding or

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anything like that all you do is take the modules and align the notch in the

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module with the little notch in the socket open up the

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clips position the module in the socket then push down firmly on both sides it

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should be noted guys that we're installing gamer Edition memory from AMD

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and we had talked about using more value optimized memory in this system don't

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worry the way high-end memory works is it's just rated at being able to operate

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at a higher speed what we're going to be doing for performance numbers later on

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in the video is turning it down manually to simulate what you'd be able to get

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with entertainment class modules hey now

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we're ready to start putting stuff in the case so first we're going to remove the two side panels by using the handy

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dandy thumb screws that come included on this case then we're going to take those

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side panels and put them somewhere safe where they're not going to get lost

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speaking of keeping things safe and not losing them a really handy trick that I

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use all the time is when you take out a screw put it back where you got it so

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that you're not going to lose it so all those thumb screws can go back into the

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case once we've taken off the side panels just don't get confused when

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you're trying to put the side panel back on you're going like oh why doesn't it fit back on oh there's a thumb screw in

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the way so I've I've definitely done that before uh next thing just another

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sanity check type item is take your IO shield and make sure that it matches the

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motherboard and that it is oriented correctly before you go ahead and

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install it into the back of the case by aligning it and then firmly pushing in

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all four corners until it is poking through a little bit and sits in place

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without falling out so the thing about a power supply with no packaging is that

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it doesn't have any screws included or anything like that don't worry guys it

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doesn't matter in spite of the fact that the handy dandy box full of mounting

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hardware that comes with your case doesn't list power supply screws on the

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back of it they are indeed included and they look a little something like this

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the next step is to take your power supply and decide on the orientation

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when you put it into the oh wait no because we have a top mounted power

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supply in this case we only have one orientation that it goes in with you can

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actually see that there's only one set of screw holes so the reason for that is

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that while on a bottom mounted power supply case you can decide to pull air

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away from your graphics card area or to pull air through what is normally a

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filtered intake on the bottom of the case with a top mounted case if we flip

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this power supply around it would have no where to draw air from because the

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top of the case is completely solid so it's for the safety of the power supply

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itself that it only has one option another handy thing about this

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orientation is that our cables are now at the back of the chassis where it's a

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little bit easier to Route them and manage them behind the motherboard tray

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so all that's left is to slide it into position and then do up the four screws

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that we pulled out of that unlabeled box and that's pretty much it the power

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supply is in to install the motherboard in our case we're going to need the

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little brass standof as well as the little black screws with the tight

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threads on them that are required to actually secure the motherboard to the

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standoffs now before you put the standoffs onto the motherboard tray in

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the case you're going to want to make sure you're putting them in the right place because there are some options

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depending on the kind of motherboard you have so we have a fulllength matx board

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but it is narrow so we only actually require six standoffs all we got to do

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is hold the motherboard up and we can see which holes the motherboard

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standoffs need to go into so once we've determined that there are a couple of

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different ways to install them number one is if you happen to have one of

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these handy dandy little screwdrivers you can go ahead and install them with

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one of those but unfortunately this case doesn't come with one of them the other

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option is to install them by hand and then tighten them the last little bit

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with a pair of pliers or something along those lines once all the standoffs are

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in carefully position the motherboard over them but not touching them because

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you don't want to scratch the back of it I usually hold the motherboard by the

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heat sink itself cuz it gives me some something firm to grip onto that won't

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damage anything then inserting at an angle to ensure that we're not scraping

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the board across the standoffs as we put it in we go ahead and put the io through

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the back of the case then lay it down flat and put in at least one screw right

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away so that the board's not going to slip anywhere and slide around all over

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the place again we don't want to damage it finally finish up by installing all

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six of the screws that secure the board in place and that's pretty much it your

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motherboard is now installed with the motherboard physically installed now

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it's time to install all the wires and cables and connections because this is

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the point in the build where it's easiest to get at the allall so we're

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going to start with the 24 pin connector this is the large thick connector with

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well 24 pins it only goes in one way so if it doesn't seem like it's fitting

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turn that baby around and put her in followed by the what would normally be

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eight pin connector on a high-end board but this board really doesn't need that

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much power for the CPU it's very efficient so we can break away four of

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the pins and plug in the four pin connector above the CPU socket here that

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is followed by the front panel connectors so this is our power switch

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our reset switch our power LED and then our drive indicator led the power switch

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and reset switch the orientation is not important as long as you get them on the

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correct pins which are often labeled on the board but if not you can check out

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the motherboard manual that's in the Box whereas the power LED and the drive

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activity led the orientation does matter so make sure that the colored wires

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correspond to the positive pins on the motherboard the last one is the speaker

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this one the orientation is important as well so same thing colored wire to

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positive terminal and if you get any of those wrong in the first place and the

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lights or the speaker don't seem to be working don't worry about it just flip

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them around it's not going to damage anything next up we've got our front USB

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this case supports a single front USB 3 connector but unfortunately our board

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doesn't so we weren't able to plug that one in but it does support front USB 2

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so we just want to know where the pin is missing on the connector where the pin

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is missing on the header and then go ahead and plug that in front panel audio

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is installed in much the same way there's a missing pin in the brick and a missing pin on the board just like that

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you go ahead and plug that in and you're pretty much ready to rock the last thing

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now is the fan so there's a front fan in

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this case that gives us positive air flow inside or probably about neutral

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when you factor in that the power supply is going to be exhausting some air as

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well which is lots of air flow as long as we're running um you know integrated

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Graphics or a low-end graphics card otherwise I would recommend installing

00:23:33.159 --> 00:23:38.720
maybe a rear exhaust fan or something like that but since we don't have a rear

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exhaust fan we're going to use that space right there to manage some of our

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wires so because there's no room on the back of the motherboard tray on this

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:50.919
case for cable management we are going to just kind of secure these wires to

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each other most important of all is getting them out of the way of the CPU

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socket area and the vrm area which is that area to the left of the socket so

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that you don't have any overheating in those areas and then making sure there's

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:06.000
a little bit of clearance between them and the power supply so that there's no

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:09.600
interference with the air flow that needs to happen there and then finally

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we're going to do a little bit of you know strapping together of these wires

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:18.640
at the front to make sure that that front fan has an unobstructed airflow

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path to the inside of the case for the hard drives we need very specific screws

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:27.720
ones that have threads on part of them and then just a straight part that

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:32.039
actually goes through the rubber grommets that are pre-installed in the

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hard drive mounting plate that is positioned vertically in kind of a

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:41.520
unique way so you can either put two three and 1/2 in drives on the rubber

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mounts or you can position three 2 and

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1/2 in drives such as ssds if you space

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them out correctly and you don't already have a 3 and 1/2 in Drive installed

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:54.320
otherwise you can do 1 3 and 1/2 in and one 2 and 1/2 in it should be noted that

00:24:52.679 --> 00:24:58.760
there's also a converter up in one of the 5 and 1/4 inch Bays that can support

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either 3 and 1/2 or 2 and 1/2 in dries now one of the things I like about this

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:09.640
case is how clever the hard drive mounting system is most people buying a $40 case don't need half a dozen hard

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:11.559
drives so it's designed to not only well

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:16.480
be targeted towards the right people yeah they're probably just going to have a couple drives but also deliver a great

00:25:14.360 --> 00:25:21.679
experience for those people by allowing much more air flow over the drives in

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:25.360
order to keep them very very cool compared to most cases in this price

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:29.600
bracket which are just going to have your typical standard hard drive cage in

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:33.919
the entire front of the case that really obstructs air flow a lot so it's a it's

00:25:31.760 --> 00:25:37.039
a smart design that I quite like now in terms of actually hooking up the drive

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once we've screwed it into the plate we've just got our single 3 and 1/2 in

00:25:38.760 --> 00:25:43.760
Drive we're going to run a SATA cable directly from the motherboard over to

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:49.200
the hard drive there's not a whole lot of cable management to be done given we've only got one drive then we're

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:52.440
going to run a SATA power cable from our power supply down to the drive and then

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we'll do a little bit of cable management with them to get them mostly

00:25:54.600 --> 00:26:00.640
out of the way and that's it

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now I can't emphasize enough how optional this particular step is it's

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more of the kind of thing where after you build the system if you realize it's

00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:11.480
time for a graphics card go ahead and do this so all you got to do to install a

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:15.360
graphics card again because this case and power supply and motherboard all

00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:21.760
support this kind of an upgrade is pull out the top two PCI slot covers by just

00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:24.919
uninstalling the two thumb screws then position the graphics card in this case

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:30.799
it's an r7260x over the PCI Express slot that's

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:33.080
a 60 next slot push down firmly until it

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:38.799
locks into place then screw the two thumb screws back into place and finally

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:40.360
plug the PCI Express power cable into

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:45.480
the back of the card now you will have noted probably that this card only has a

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:50.120
single six pin PCI Express connector required in order for it to function but

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:55.600
because this 400 W power supply is a good quality one and comes with two six

00:26:53.080 --> 00:27:00.480
plus TW pin PCI Express connectors we could actually go ahead and install even

00:26:57.799 --> 00:27:03.399
much higher higher end cards without any difficulty because we have that

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:07.080
flexibility that we built into our initial

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:12.840
system with the side panels back in place our system is pretty much ready to

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:15.520
be well fired up but there's still some software stuff that we're going to have

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:19.320
to do so we'll start with BIOS configuration go ahead and mash on

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:23.000
delete to get into the BIOS and there's a couple things to double check so let's

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:27.360
make sure that ahci mode is enabled for our SATA ports and also ensure that our

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:32.640
components are all detected and our memory is running out the correct speed

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:34.399
in this case we're simulating DDR3 16600

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:38.960
cuz that's sort of what would fit within our budget next up Windows installation

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:42.919
is a snap if you know how don't worry about the lack of a disc drive in this

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:46.320
machine installing off of a USB is as simple as finding a friend with an

00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:50.240
optical drive copying all the files directly off your dis onto your USB

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:55.720
drive and then throwing that into the system booting from it and you're ready to install in a simple system like this

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:59.519
there's only one drive to install Windows to so it's pretty much click

00:27:57.840 --> 00:28:03.559
click click click click name your PC click click click click and you're done

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:08.799
the system will automatically reboot a couple times and you'll be dumped at the desktop now drivers are something that

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:13.320
many people struggle with once we're at the Windows desktop but it's not too

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:16.919
overwhelming if you break it down even devices that already have drivers

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:21.039
installed automatically from Windows update I would still recommend checking

00:28:19.360 --> 00:28:25.600
the to make sure you have the latest ones from the manufacturer or website um

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:31.440
asrock's website should have the latest AMD chipset drivers land drivers and

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:33.720
sound drivers but it's never a bad idea

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:38.399
to double check by going directly to AMD site real Tech site or whoever else is

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:41.840
the actual manufacturer of the chip of the component that's on your motherboard

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:47.799
if you're having trouble finding a driver for something here's a trick that I use go to device manager rightclick

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:54.320
the component in question then go to details and use the drop-down box to go

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:56.960
to Hardware ID Google the venore number

00:28:54.320 --> 00:29:00.840
Dore number string and it will usually tell you exactly what it is and often

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:05.640
there's a link to where to download the driver so the conclusion of this video

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:12.360
is not so much about the system but more about the future of the Apu on the

00:29:09.399 --> 00:29:17.240
desktop moving forward okay so amds made it very clear that AP is sticking around

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:22.840
and the evidence is starting to really increase to indicate that we don't

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:24.600
necessarily need the best CPUs to have a

00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:28.880
great Computing experience if we can augment it in other ways so let's have a

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:33.559
look at how our system system actually performs starting with gaming in

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:39.039
Battlefield 4 at 720p with medium details it's as advertised it works it's

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:43.720
playable and of course we can add our 260x graphics card to it and all of a

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:48.720
sudden it's a great 1080p capable gaming machine but at least it functions out of

00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:53.799
the box other applications that can take advantage of the GPU that is built onto

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:58.640
the CPU the Apu so to speak are things like wiip or batch filter processing

00:29:56.039 --> 00:30:03.960
scripts for Photoshop for example these were able to perform much better with

00:30:01.320 --> 00:30:08.200
the Apu using open CL acceleration versus just relying on the CPU all of

00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:11.720
this sounds particularly awesome and promising when we compare it to other

00:30:10.320 --> 00:30:16.279
options available in the market like older PCS that are not able to leverage

00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:19.679
their GPU compute in order to improve performance or things like gaming

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:24.320
consoles that are a little bit locked down in terms of their functionality the

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:28.640
value of a of a value PC I guess we we call it value PC but we don't often

00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:34.480
think about it that way is you know the additional functionality web browsing uh

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:36.440
a vast number of supported apps um

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:40.679
upgradeability and all the things that we can change about the way we use it in

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:44.120
the future speaking of the future AMD's got some pretty exciting things coming

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:47.720
for the Apu platform including support for True audio better graphics and

00:30:45.760 --> 00:30:52.919
compute performance with their upcoming cavar apus and the continuing evolution

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:57.320
of the processor technology that's on them towards HSA which is the equivalent

00:30:55.480 --> 00:31:01.840
of having your CPU and GPU working together on a Google doc at the same

00:30:59.320 --> 00:31:05.600
time to get work done versus them like making revisions to a Word document and

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:09.720
then emailing it back and forth to each other then waiting for replies I I know

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:15.519
I actually already talked a little bit about HSA earlier in the video but they wanted me to use that analogy but I

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:19.480
liked my construction versus rowing one better so I compromised by putting them

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:22.840
both in whichever works best for you let me know in the comments and until next

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:28.000
time peace out guys and don't forget to subscribe here's some Glam footage of

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our value AMD Apu system really hope you

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:34.120
you guys enjoyed the video like it if you liked it dislike it if you disliked

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:37.880
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00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:41.440
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00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:47.450
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