so in our last episode of this now two-part series we tackled a handful of
common problems that new computer builders face and even some things that
those of you with experience would do well to remember you can check that out
right there but obviously there was no
way we were going to be able to cover everything that could go wrong in just
one five minute video so what are some
other things that you should be looking out for let's start small and talk about
those annoying little front panel
connectors unlike most of the connections inside your PC the front
panel header isn't keyed in any way so
it's possible to plug things in in the wrong orientation and considering how
many pins there are on the header it can be one of the most frustrating parts of
any build to make this as painless as
possible look at the diagram on your mother board near the front panel header
or in your motherboard manual you'll usually see plus and minus signs to
indicate which way to plug in your leads but sometimes this isn't clearly
indicated on the leads themselves very frustrating if this is the case the
colored wire is usually positive and failing that you can look for a little
tiny embossed Arrow which indicates the
positive side but you shouldn't worry about it too too much anyway if you plug
something in backwards and it doesn't work you won't damage anything just turn
it around and try again and the orientation for the pins for your power
and reset switches doesn't matter anyway
since all those do is complete a circuit by shorting the pins when you press the
button but now let's go from talking about small stuff to something big
namely that Tower style CPU air cooler
that's beefier than a porterhouse steak if you're going with one of these pay
close attention to your case specs a lot
of people assume that if your CPU socket
is listed on the box as one that fits the cooler will sit but with how bulky
some higher end coolers are and the fact that even standard ATX cases aren't a
uniform width you could end up not being
able to fit RAM into your slots or your
side panel on if you aren't careful
fortunately memory manufacturers list the height of their modules and many
case manufacturers give a Max cooler clearance spec that takes into account
the height of the motherboard itself so have a look at that if you don't plan to
use a water cooler and speaking of huge
CPU coolers you probably have one because you're trying to overclock your
processor right and if it's an Intel well you've made sure to buy an unlocked
K or X Series right you should be ready
to go not so fast aside from needing an
unlocked processor your motherboard chipset also needs to support
overclocking an easy way to make sure it does before you buy is just to look at
the letter in the chipset name if it contains a zed or an X such as z270 or
x99 then you're all set to overclock but
if it's something else like an h b or Q
you'll probably find that unless your motherboard manufacturer has an
experimental BIOS available which is quite uncommon you can't change your CPU
multiplier ouch okay then so you've got the right
motherboard cooler in case and you're ready to put it all together but wait
there are two things you really do not want to forget the first is the io
Shield at the back of the case which I would strongly recommend putting in
before doing anything else countless Builders even very experienced ones
have installed all their components without realizing until they were nearly
done that they forgot the io Shield
forcing them to take everything out and put it all back in unless they want to
live with an awkward gaping hole in their case or even worse they might have
missed one of the little tabs that you have to bend up sometimes ending up with
it stuck in a port shorting it out and
killing it the second one not to forget
is when it is time to install that CPU Cooler don't forget to peel the
protective film off the bottom of the heat sink since you don't actually look
at that part of the heat sink the part that actually contacts the CPU very
often it's easy to mount the cooler without removing this plastic if you do
that not only will you experience abnormally High CPU temperatures but the
plastic can melt leaving an ugly mess for you to deal with later as well as
wasted thermal compound and time
speaking of avoiding messes what are some of your top tips for preventing
issues with your shiny new build let us know in the comments and you might see
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