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the original Last guide you'll ever need will stay up but there's some new stuff

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our exhaustive PC build guide where we won't specifically be recommending

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anyone's products but rather we'll be equipping you with the tools you need to

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configure buy and build the right machine for you the model numbers and

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to ask yourself some questions what am I going to do with this computer are you a

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hardcore gamer you're going to want to allocate more of your budget to your

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graphics card and maybe CPU are you a content creator maybe you can ease up on

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the GPU a little bit and splurge on CPU and RAM are you just using as a

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glorified nass then you'll be looking for motherboard with lots of IO and a

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case with lots of Drive mounts and maybe you'll want to Splash out on a

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specialized redundant power supply no matter what your budget is this is the

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question you need to answer before going any further so I'm going to roll that

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intro while you figure it

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out now that you have your answer ask the question again but deeper what kinds

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of games do you play play Mr or M gamer

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RPGs and Visually complex games where exploration and sightseeing are

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priorities mean you'll probably want a high resolution display for the best

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experience preferably with HDR peripherals may not matter as much to

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you and in fact you may prefer to get a console controller for some of your

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games rather than a typical PC gaming keyboard and mouse do you prefer

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hardcore competitive Shooters though where every millisec counts well now

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you'll want a premium Mouse for sure and maybe even a high-end keyboard not to

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mention a high refresh rate display even if that costs you some resolution or

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some color accuracy the games you play will also affect the number of CPU cores

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you should get since different genres of games tend to utilize them differently A

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good rule of thumb for future proofing your build is to make sure that you have

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at least as many cores as a current gen console if you want to stream or record

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your gameplay then maybe throw on two to four more and make sure that you've got

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a GPU with a highquality Hardware video encoder built in as for the content

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creators out there what should you focus on well it depends on what you create a

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digital artist might not need anything special for a GPU but would definitely

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benefit from a drawing tablet a musician would want tons of RAM to load up on

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instrument patches and samples without slowing to a crawl a video editor needs

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at least a modest GPU a lot of RAM and a

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buttload of storage preferably fast so they can review their footage at full

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quality a 3D modeler needs a reasonably fast CPU and GPU for rendering a GPU cap

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capable of real-time Ray tracing helps tremendously in prototyping and previews

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an engineer might sacrifice raw horsepower for validated Hardware like a

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Quadro GPU to ensure pain-free operation a programmer wants a hefty CPU with a

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lot of threads for handling frequent compilation and a lot of RAM to go with

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it whereas a writer really only needs a keyboard a decent display or two and a

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quality water bottle to stay hydrated LTG store.com is this a Nas or home

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storage of some other sort if so what is it for Cold Storage that won't often

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change like backups ripped Media or game installs won't need High speeded to be

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usable instead you'll want higher capacity hard drives warm storage that

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changes frequently like a document or photo dump is where you'll want a

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balance of capacity and speed hot storage like a footage inest or for use

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as a network boot device will demand higher speed increasing cost you may

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also need a fast CPU depending on the scale of your storage space adding

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additional roles like Plex increases system requirements so while slower

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computers can get by as a basic file server you're going to need to account

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for CPU overhead especially for transcoding now let's talk about form

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factor computers are available in all shapes and sizes from complete PCS the

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size of a pack of gum to entire racks that contain only the storage for a bank

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of machines elsewhere in the data center the most common variants or form factors

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are as follows ATX is your classic it's

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the big beige box size it usually features at least five expansion slots

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and a taller chassis you can find these in Midtown Tower and full tower

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configurations which basically just indicate height full Towers tend to be

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easier to work with but are much more difficult to move around and find a home

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for so they've been falling out of fashion if you're not sure what to buy

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an ATX form factor case can accommodate any smaller size motherboard although

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installing an ITX motherboard in one of these seems more than a little silly

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although maybe that is an aesthetic that you want to uh Embrace Micro ATX is

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smaller than ATX with at most four expansion slots and for most people

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that's totally sufficient but you should always check to make sure

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that you've got everything you need you'll find some of the more interesting

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case designs in this size like these cute Cube shaped ones like ATX you can

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fit smaller form factors like DTX and ITX in here and it won't look as silly

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if you do mini ITX and DTX are the smallest mainstream sizes with only one

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and two expansion slots respectively these are the boards you'll find in the

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tiniest builds and can often pack impressive variety of features into

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their diminutive size however their I/O can be somewhat limited and and if your

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goal is to go as Tiny as possible you'll either want to get a couple of larger

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builds under your belt first or pay extra careful attention to your case

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manufacturer's documentation a DTX board

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may fit in the ITX case but also may not

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and if you have a larger GPU or cooler it may not fit in your case of choice at

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least not without some difficulty the next big question is arguably most

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important what's my budget if your answer is anywhere from less than I'd

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like two I'll take what I can get then

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your best bet is often to buy used you can find off least Business Machines

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available for a fraction of their original price as we've shown a number

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of times in the past these can be a great starting point for a new build

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most of the work is already done for you and many can be improved for a

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relatively small budget another option is to look for previous gen Hardware you

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can sometimes find killer deals as retailers clear out old stock to make

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way for the next big thing but this is mostly applicable to used gear the good

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news is that solid state components with no moving Parts like CPUs rarely fail

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and components with worn thermal compound or bad fans can have those

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repaired I nearly always start my builds around my CPU and GPU because apart from

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being the most expensive components and therefore taking up most of my budget

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they also dramatically narrow down the other parts that I might select for

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example I won't be able to buy an Intel chipset motherboard if I use an AMD CPU

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and vice versa and I won't be able to use a small form factor case if I've got

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a gigantic triple slot graphics card when shopping for a CPU there are a few

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things to keep in mind first is that across brands or even different

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generations of the same brand specifications like clock frequency and

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cash are not likely to be useful indications of performance you can find

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out more detail about this in this video but that doesn't mean that you can

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ignore them outright let's say you've decided on a CPU series but there are

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literally dozens of options obviously choosing the best one is easy just sort

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by Price high to low but is it really that much faster is it worth it well

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this is where the specs can help you make direct comparisons between multiple

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products in a single lineup take for example Intel's Core i 91900 k this is

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an 8 core CPU with 16 threads that runs it up to 5.3 GHz that's the turbo speed

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of course it's base frequency is just 3.5 meanwhile the core i711 700 K is

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also an 8 core 16 thread CPU that only

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runs at up to 5 GHz meaning that the real world performance between these two

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chips is 6% at most but with a price

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difference of over $100 there's more to picking a CPU than raw power however

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sometimes you want integrated Graphics sometimes you want more or faster PCI

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Express Lanes and sometimes you just want less heat and noise on the subject

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of PCI Express or PCIe as it's commonly known historically each new generation

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has doubled the perlane bandwidth of the previous one making it a major selling

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point for shiny new platforms the world over however the importance of this for

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gamers and regular consumers alike can sometimes be overstated outside of raw

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file copy tests uh PCI Express Gen 4 SSD

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will perform very similarly at gen 3 speeds however again recognizing this

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manufacturers are beginning to build their newest generation add-in cards

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like gpus and and ssds with fewer Lanes

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to save on Power and on cost that means that a CPU with fewer but faster Lanes

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can avoid bottlenecks that otherwise might harm performance for example as a

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writing AMD's apus can have as few as 10

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PCI Express Lanes available for use only four of which are actually usable for a

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GPU if a future Apu upgraded those few lanes to PCI Express Gen 5 and you

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matched it with a Gen 5 GPU that limitation becomes literally half as

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impactful it's worth pointing out by the way that some motherboards and even some

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chipsets might differ in their PCI Express version support even from one

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slot to the next so pay close attention

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if your first Choices put you over budget it's time to experiment in

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Bargain Hunt for Intel users an f-s series CPU might be a good option as

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those lack integrated graphics and cost a little less to buy while for AMD users

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paradoxically buying the G Series CPUs Nets you integrated graphics and a

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decent savings over the more expensive X Series without sacrificing much

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performance if you end up going back a generation or two to make your budget

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work be mindful of which CPU socket and motherboard chipset you end up with

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locking into something older might save you a ton of money and still result in

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satisfactory performance but it could limit your ability to upgrade to a new

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processor later on other parts work in much the same way when the GeForce RTX

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2080 came out its price was higher than the cost of a GTX 1080ti while offering

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effectively zero performance advantage and a new headline feature that hadn't

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even been used in games yet let alone proven Savvy Shoppers were scooping up

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1080 TI for great prices left and right and the only drawbacks ended up coming

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later with more limited support for software features like RTX voice ambient

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noise cancellation and in the longer term probably an earlier driver support

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end date and I wish I could say things are better now but the sad fact is that

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prices Remain extortionate the upper echelons of GPU performance today can

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cost more than twice what NVIDIA charged for their GTX 10 adti in 2017 and that's

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adjusting for inflation we live in Dark Times indeed but there is a silver

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lining older gpus still provide a lot of bang for the buck especially now that

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GPU mining has cooled down secondhand gpus are unlikely to come with any kind

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of warranty and might lack modern features like mesh shaders realtime rate

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tracing or av1 encoding but they're a great choice for traditional 1080P or

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1440p gaming if you don't expect to run it Max settings make sure you don't pick

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up the first shiny thing you see with a lot of megahertz as with CPUs you must

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read reviews to evaluate the performance of a graphics card do not be tempted to

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draw a conclusion based on clock speeds and memory do look out though for

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features like Hardware video encoding real-time rate tracing support and

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anything else that your game or your application might be able to use take

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for example dlss which increases performance at a small cost to visual

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Fidelity or the blender optics renderer for NVIDIA and on the AMD side there's

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the Fidelity FX Suite which has some pretty cool cool stuff in it as well now

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different amounts of onboard memory or frame buffer I would recommend the one

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that has more but be careful that it's not slower memory both AMD and NVIDIA

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have been caught putting large amounts of crummy memory on entry-level gpus

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sometimes even mid-range gpus seemingly in an attempt to make them look more

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enticing even if it comes at the cost of extremely poor performance your PC isn't

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the only your GPU plugs into and as a display owner myself I own a display I

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know a thing or two about plugging in displays when buying a GPU or monitor

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pay close attention to the ports available on the I/O plate here most

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gpus today come with a bank of DisplayPort connectors and an HDMI port and

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while you might be forgiven for thinking they're the same they are very much not

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while they share some similarities they're both digital they both carry

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audio as well as video and as of writing the latest versions of both Port

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features like variable refresh rate and HDR HDMI connectors are shaped like a

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very tall D while DisplayPort looks like you folded the corner of a

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rectangle also while HDMI doesn't normally lock most DisplayPort cables

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will automatically click into place with these little teeth which hold it firm

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until you push the release some graphics cards will also support more bandwidth

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over DisplayPort than HDMI and some displays will only support certain

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features refresh rates or even resolutions on on one type of connection

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the bottom line is make sure you're using an interface and cable that are

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rated for sufficient bandwidth matching the version numbers isn't enough a quick

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note if you're short on HDMI ports but you see this logo or dual mode display

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port it means your Port can convert directly to HDMI with a cheap passive

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adapter one more thing some gpus have USB type-c ports but you can't connect

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it to just any display both the port and the monitor will need to support display

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playay Port alt mode which is an optional part of the specification the

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big draw to alt mode is that it can also be combined with normal USB data and

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even power in a single cable Thunderbolt AKA USB 4.0 goes a step further and

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guarantees alt mode and power delivery will be available and even allows for

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daisy chaining multiple displays or devices without needing a hub while

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there are pros and cons to all of these connections which one you ultimately use

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should be whichever one gives you the features you need and is compatible with

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your Hardware motherboard s are a contentious issue because it's easy to

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but the reality is that unless you're the kind of Master overclocker who gets

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all their boards sponsored anyway you're unlikely to see a big performance

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difference between low-end chipsets and the higher end ones much less between

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two models that use the same chipset that's not to say you should just buy

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the cheapest thing a lower-end chipset will usually have some artificial

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limitations on things like RAM speed overclocking ability or PCIe bandwidth

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AMD's a series chipsets for example don't support overclocking as of a520

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and feature fewer expansion ports while their B series and X Series chipsets do

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have much more expansion including the ability to bifur or split PCIe lanes for

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multi-GPU or high-speed storage support the bottom line is that while some

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people get bogged down on details like voltage regulators and cooling them the

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reality is that a mid-range board with good user reviews that has all the slots

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sockets and RGB ports you need for other Hardware is the path of leas resistance

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and there's no shame in that system memory or RAM can be both

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straightforward and Incredibly deep depending on who you ask and what you

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plan to do with it it's usually labeled according to three main values capacity

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speed and timings the higher the capacity the more concurrent tasks your

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system can work on but the more memory you have the more strain on your CPU's

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memory controller which usually means reduced frequency and increased timings

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both of which are bad frequency determines how often information can

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travel from the memory stick or module to the CPU and vice versa higher is

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better while timings determine how long the wait is for actual memory chips to

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respond to a given request lower is better it's important to note that there

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are points of diminishing returns for all of these attributes and that some

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CPUs prefer certain memory frequencies because they can lock their memory

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controllers to match such as AMD's ryzen 3000 and 5000 series CPUs which tend to

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work best at memory speeds of 3600 or 30 800 megatrans per second ddr4 after

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which point it's better to drive down latencies than go for more speed and it

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should be noted most of the fast kits on the market are overclocked meaning both

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the memory modules and the CPU's memory controller will be pushed harder and

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with More Voltage than usual ddr4 capable platforms like ryzen 5000 and

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Intel's 14th gen core CPUs for example only officially support up to 3200 megat

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transfers per second ddr4 which means reaching the speeds of a topspec memory

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kit is any but guaranteed especially if you've got more than two sticks of RAM

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ryzen 5000 and Intel's 11th gen core and later CPUs support up to 3200 megat

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transfers per second ddr4 natively after which you're in overclock territory

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regardless of speed you'll want to buy your memory in matching pairs for dual

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Channel motherboards triplets for triple Channel and so on and while you're at it

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for best performance you'll want to make sure your memory is also running dual

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rank now rank is essentially one or more memory modules that receive commands as

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a group if all of the memory sticks memory is in one group that's single

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rank while some larger memory modules come split into two which is dual rank

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the advantage is that while each rank has to be accessed separately no matter

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what they can still split the low between themselves for better performance if you've got a matched pair

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of dual rank memory you'll get the benefits by default but you can also

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install four matched single rank modules for the same effect if your motherboard

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has four slots generally speaking larger modules tend to be dual rank but you can

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usually tell single Rank and dual rank apart by one r or two R in the model

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number one more thing to consider for memory is error correction code or ECC

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memory this has recently become a pretty hot topic due to the per chip error

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correction that's making its way into ddr5 but there's a difference full ECC

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memory has an extra chip that allows it to detect and correct errors even when

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the data is moving to and from the CPU DDR5's error correction is only making

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sure that the data inside each chip is safe this lets ddr5 vendors still offer

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overclocked memory kits while you'd be hardpressed to find anything like that

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for full ECC the more robust nature of full ECC memory meanwhile has made it a

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favorite for servers and high-end workstations where stability is key even

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if it comes at the cost of some performance so if that's you then you've

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got some things to untangle first true ECC can come in three flavors

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unregistered registered and load reduced

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unregistered memory also called udm is the same kind that goes into your

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desktop and notebook PC so your CPU will

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access the memory chips directly with nothing in between registered memory

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also called R dim includes a goete chip

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that the CPU talks to that manages the data coming and going from each memory

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chip load reduced memory called LR dim takes this one step further by replacing

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that register chip with an ultra fast buffer this buffer reduces the amount of

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chatter required to communicate with the memory allowing the CPU to access as

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many as eight ranks per module that's how servers can have multiple terabytes

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of memory in them the trade-off of course is higher latency don't go

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thinking you can just mix and match by the way consumer motherboards almost

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exclusively accept udims and not much else and while some motherboards can

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support both R dims and LR dims this is

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no guarantee so check the manual for your motherboard for information on what

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it can handle before you pull the trigger most motherboard manufacturers

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will have manuals available online in their support section storage drives can

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be divided broadly into two categories old school SATA and PCI Express based

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NVMe drives there are different connections for both of these with this

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being the most common for SATA and this being the most common for NVMe your

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motherboard manual will include a list of these ports that tells you exactly

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how many you can install mechanical hard drives are for bulk storage on the cheap

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and typically use a SATA interface we'll talk a bit more about these later solid

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state drives or ssds are more expensive but are recommended is a boot drive for

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your operating system and for key applications at almost any price point

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due to their much higher performance they are available with SATA interfaces

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but have mostly gone NVMe at this point in the m.2 form factor remember that

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term it means size and shape even among NVMe ssds there is an obvious broad

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performance spectrum and with Microsoft's upcoming implementation of

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direct storage a premium PCIe Gen 4 SSD

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or greater might offer a clear performance benefit but for most average

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users and Gamers the main things you want are a dram cache and some kind of

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manufacturer indication of endurance which is a measure of how many times the

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drives can be written before the cells wear out drives with short warranties

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are probably best avoided and even quality drives should be backed up regularly now let's talk talk cooling

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enthusiasts tend to instinctively gravitate towards custom Loop liquid

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cooling and this is usually the absolute

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best you can get without going Subzero which isn't sustainable long term if

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you're a coward but from a cost to Performance standpoint it rarely makes

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sense liquid cooling is a topic all in itself but the short version is that

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your primary concerns are going to be the water blocks and the total surface

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area of your radiator setup generally speaking surface area is King more fins

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on your coal plate means more heat transfer from your CPU and more radiator

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surface area means the more heat you can remove from your liquid or if you like

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more silence the slower you can run your many fans materials are less intuitive

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though copper is the superior conductor but it's more expensive than aluminum

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which might make you think you could get away with copper for your GPU and

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aluminum for everything else but if you try to mix and match the

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it's going to be terrible I give you my lonus tech tips guarantee that galvanic

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corrosion will ruin your day sometime down the line you can try out those like

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you know anti-corrosion mixtures don't do it it'll be really bad some metals

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can be mixed relatively safely here's a chart of what's safe to mix and what's

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not most people don't want to deal with all that though all-in-one Solutions are

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both cheaper and easier to work with the general rule is that a 240 mm radiator

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is fine for most CPUs but topend CPUs

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with power ratings over 200 WS will want to beefier 360 mm or 2080 mm radiator

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for full performance or even more oh God

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it's so big the main drawbacks of aios is that they are more expensive less

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reliable and units smaller than 360 mm

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often have questionable performance benefits compared to larger Tower style

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heat sinks that's why for most people we recommend a large heat sink for

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hassle-free long-term operation the only drawback of these that due to their size

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some consider them unsightly they're wrong and they can be a hazard during

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Transportation due to their immense weight at the end of the day whatever

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comes of your CPU is fine for most people but it might run hotter or louder

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than you want thermal compound for most people doesn't matter as long it's a

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decent brand and it's not some just bulk stuff you got off of wish but there are

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couple things to consider if you're not going with the easy to use but not

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thermally amazing graphite pads that cover your CPU like a cozy little

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blanket you're going to want to make sure that whatever you get is electrically non-conductive and the best

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way to do that is to just look at the label most companies exclusively carry

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non-conductive compounds with the exception being liquid metal thermal

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Grizzlies conduct or not for example is an actual metal alloy called gallon

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standand that's fully liquid at temperature as low as 8° C it's both

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electrically conductive and potentially reactive with aluminum parts like heat

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sinks and this reaction is not a good thing while an aluminum oxide layer is

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usually present on aluminum a tiny scratch your scuff is all that's needed

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for the gallium to work its magic and turn your cooler into a crumbly mess

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that doesn't even look real if you decide to try liquid metal make sure

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you're using copper or nickel plated coolers if you're content with cheaper

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traditional compounds then you've got nothing to fear there are some things

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you just shouldn't cheap out on however power supplies are a major one while

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early on it was pretty easy to figure out whether a power supply was decent by

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just looking at its 80 plus rating and it is 80 plus gold that is the real draw

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for this power supply Series right there it is so easy to hit the 80 plus

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standards these days that it's not really a useful measure anymore the good

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news is cybernetics lab has stepped up to build a more meaningful certification

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system that addresses both efficiency and noise levels and hopefully more in

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the future beyond that the main feature you need to decide if you need is a

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modular interface those usually cost more but as connectivity standards

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evolve like the controversial ATX 12vt high power connector it means that you

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have a chance of Simply swapping a cable rather than being forced to use an

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adapter or even replace a perfectly functional power supply power supplies

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have kind of plateaued these days to the point where where no matter what I'm

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building I would expect five or even 10 years of trouble-free service which

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means that I'm expecting it to power more than one build cic's vertex series

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of power supplies have stepped up the game in terms of build quality their

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vertex gx750 is fully modular and they've added a new cable to help with

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GPU compatibility the fans on these bad boys stay quiet without any compromises

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to your system's temperature and they've upped their warranty to 12 years so go

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check them out there's a link yeah down there click it whatever connectors

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you're using though I would advise you to avoid unnecessary cosmetic adapters

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on your high power connectors they might improve at some point but I'm pretty

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tired of hearing stories about these things melting power supplies like

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motherboards and cases have different form factors that you need to look out

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for though this consideration is mostly important for small form factor builds

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where the sfx standard provides a smaller footprint in order to

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accommodate tinier builds while sfx defines a maximum depth for power supply

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that sort of makes it look like a flat rectangle sfx L relaxes this to a square

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shape and while it doesn't necessarily offer more connections you'll actually

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find that usually the more powerful small form factor units are sfx L and

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they have the added benefit of using larger fans so they tend to be a little

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bit quieter just double check your cases compatibility because not all cases that

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support one can also support the other another class of power supplies that has

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grown in popularity over the last 10 10 years is DC todc converter power

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supplies these use an external brick just like some monitors or your laptop

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and then have a super efficient DC todc conversion hence the name that takes

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whatever the input voltage is and splits it out to all the voltages that you need

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internally they tend to be fanless and extremely small though it does come at

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the cost of that external brick now there are other esoteric form factors

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like tfx that is often used in rack mount servers but for nearly everything

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else you'll be fine with an ATX form factor power supply it's big it's chunky

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and it's the standard that we've had since not long after the Windows 95 days

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these offer the highest wattages on the market with the largest assortment of

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peripheral and 12volt plugs for CPU and

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PCI Express devices and drives and all that good stuff but buyer beware the ATX

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form factor only specifies the width and height of the power supply at the back

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plate it says nothing about the depth so you will need to take into consideration

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whether your power supply will fit your chosen case if it's not in the typical

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Square footprint make sure you buffer a little extra if you have a modular

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interface because those plugs take up a little bit more space now cases this is

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where builds can get very interesting there are options that can be found for

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as low as $20 on sale and there are options costing well over 10 times that

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much or 100 times who cares just keep going if you want something truly unique

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we've already gone over the different major form factors but even Within These

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constraints there is an incredible amount of variety out there because

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picking a case on its own is so personalized and situational we're just

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going to go over a few basic things to keep in mind while picking one out first

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and foremost is airf flow regardless of whether you're after a quiet rig or an

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extreme cooling rig you're going to need air flow and there's no substitute for a

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mesh front panel counterintuitively they tend to even offer better acoustic

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performance than closed front panel cases because the fans don't need to

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ramp up as high not everyone is into that aesthetic though so vendors like

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Corsair come up with options with glass front panels instead with spacing and

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even extra intakes on the motherboard side panel to keep things looking pretty

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while maintaining solid air flow secondary to air flow should be ease of

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maintenance if your case has great air flow but it's a pain to clean once it's

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sucked a bit of dust in you're going to have a bad time removable dust filters

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and easily accessible front panels help tremendously with maintenance and most

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good cases will come with these features finally expansion what you get will

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depend on how much of what kind of stuff you want to cram in plain and simple

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then beyond that it should ideally be well laid out for cable management and

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open enough that it's easy to work in of course you won't have any cooling

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without fans so what do you buy there

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are several considerations here including the Fan's diameter and bearing

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type whether the blade is optimized for air flow or static pressure and of

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course whether or not it has addressable RGB bearings are what let the fan blade

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spin freely so the better quality of the bearing the more efficient and less

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noisy a fan can be and there are three major types sleeve bearings are cost

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effective and quiet but tend to wear out quickly because they rely on a lubricant

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to keep them going higher quality sleeve bearing fans can last for years thanks

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to better seals but that lubricant will expire and once it does so does the fan

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sleeve bearing fans are also designed to run vertically to prevent the lubricant

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from pooling making them unsuitable for use in the top or bottom of cases ball

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bearing fans are far more reliable and much more expensive to match but they

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tend to be louder because they utilize actual physical ball bearings to

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overcome friction instead of a lubricant this also means they're much more likely

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to survive high temperatures than a sleeve fan so they're common in servers

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and other reliability first environments more advanced sleeve style bearings

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called fluid dynamic or hydrodynamic bearings are positioned as a bridging

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gap between traditional sleeve and ball bearing fans while their mechanisms are

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similar to sleeve bearings they're typically filled with pressurized oil

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and higher quality seals than a regular lubricating grease not all fans that use

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these bearings are good but Noctua for example exclusively uses their SSO

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series bearings which are hydrodynamic and very well regarded I think corers

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are also pretty good too there are other bearings like mag glove which use

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magnetic levitation for effectively zero friction and are thus extremely quiet

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long lasting and they also call cost significantly more than other types of

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bearings Corsair famously has a magb series of fans in their ml lineup but

442
00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:41,480
they tend to have fewer RGB options and cost significantly more than their other

443
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:46,559
fans regardless of the bearings fans tend to get graded on two major criteria

444
00:31:44,159 --> 00:31:52,120
static pressure and air flow with some designs leaning further one way than the

445
00:31:48,919 --> 00:31:54,919
other Corsair's SP and no TOA P series

446
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:58,519
fans are optimized for static pressure the higher the static pressure the more

447
00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:03,679
air that can be for course through a restrictive filter or fins of a radiator

448
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:08,000
or heat sink on the other side of the spectrum Corsair's AF and noct as a

449
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:12,880
series are examples of fans that are optimized for pure air flow so don't put

450
00:32:11,039 --> 00:32:15,960
it in front of your radiator but at like the back of your case with no

451
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:19,760
obstructions they're really great for that you'll often run across different

452
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:25,440
diameters of fans ranging all the way from diminutive 40 mm all the way to

453
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:27,960
Behemoth 200 mm and Beyond as a rule of

454
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:32,639
thumb the smaller the fan the faster needs to spin to push the same amount of

455
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:38,840
air as a larger one and the faster a fan spins the louder it will be which is why

456
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:40,080
120 to 140 mm fans have become the go-to

457
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:44,960
thanks to the amount of air that they can push while being relatively quiet 80

458
00:32:42,399 --> 00:32:49,080
and 92 mm used to be common place in older computer cases and you can still

459
00:32:47,159 --> 00:32:54,240
find mounts for these in some small form factor Rigs and on smaller air coolers

460
00:32:51,399 --> 00:32:59,200
like nocuous 9s thickness is another thing that can vary and again the

461
00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:04,440
thinner the fan the less air it can push at a given noise level a full-sized 92mm

462
00:33:02,159 --> 00:33:09,840
fan for example will actually push more air with more pressure than a 120 mm

463
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:13,960
slim fan you'll only really want to use thin fans for small form factor builds

464
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:17,720
where you have absolutely no alternative then there's the connectors some fans

465
00:33:15,919 --> 00:33:21,600
have three pins on them and some of them have four what gives with that well

466
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:26,159
practically speaking they both work the same but the three pin variant speed is

467
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:29,600
controlled by changing the voltage being delivered to the motor the four pin on

468
00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:35,279
the other hand use a control scheme called pwm which means that the motor

469
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:39,399
exclusively receives 12vt power but it gets it in bursts so it's rapidly turned

470
00:33:37,679 --> 00:33:44,399
on and off depending on the speed that is requested by the user in short pwm

471
00:33:42,039 --> 00:33:48,880
fans tend to be more efficient and offer finer control over their rotational

472
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:53,240
speeds but it's more important to match your fan type with your controller than

473
00:33:50,919 --> 00:33:56,120
to choose one over the other most of your fans are going to be plugged

474
00:33:54,480 --> 00:34:00,159
directly into your motherboard but if you have a truly ridiculous number of

475
00:33:57,799 --> 00:34:03,679
fans or you just want to control and cable manage them all from one place you

476
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:08,280
can get controller hubs from companies like Corsair or NZXT that provide

477
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:11,399
significantly more connectors to suit your needs and depending on your needs

478
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:16,040
you might want to add one or more hard drives to your system either for long-term storage or maybe to give

479
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:18,919
storage tying a go for a blend of high performance and low cost whatever the

480
00:34:17,879 --> 00:34:23,520
reason there are some things you should be aware of like the RPM cache size

481
00:34:21,599 --> 00:34:27,720
noise level and cost per Gigabyte or terabyte it used to be common to just

482
00:34:25,119 --> 00:34:30,480
pick a 7200 RPM Drive no matter what for for extra speed and lower response time

483
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:36,280
but it's actually becoming more of a liability for the drive's long-term Health now that high-capacity ssds exist

484
00:34:34,359 --> 00:34:39,639
higher RPMs mean more noise and critically more heat so before

485
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:44,440
committing to a high-speed hard drive you should consider whether it's needed at all and when you do install one be

486
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:50,079
aware of its operating temperature so that the platter stays spinning for as long as possible for everybody else a

487
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:54,079
5600 or 5900 RPM hard drive should suffice and should be significantly

488
00:34:51,720 --> 00:34:57,760
quieter and kick out less heat finally if you want to really class up your

489
00:34:55,679 --> 00:35:02,000
build you're probably going to want RG GB and that means you're going to need

490
00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:06,320
to learn what to look for currently there are three major types of

491
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:11,880
controllable RGB non-addressable addressable and USB non-addressable is

492
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:16,440
inexpensive and is the original RGB header that uses 12vt power and four

493
00:35:14,119 --> 00:35:20,839
pins each device in the chain be it a light strip or a fan plugs into the

494
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:25,680
header on a motherboard a splitter or into another RGB device in a daisy chain

495
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:29,320
every LED in this chain will show the same color of your choosing which is

496
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:33,119
fine for ambient lighting or for when you don't really care about patterns and

497
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:37,280
animations but if you do care about those addressable is your new best

498
00:35:35,119 --> 00:35:41,400
friend because like its name suggests it allows each individual LED in the chain

499
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:46,079
to be controlled independently it typically uses a 5volt three pin header

500
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:50,200
that's the same physical size as the non-addressable type with a pin blocked

501
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:54,200
off to differentiate it if you have a lot of LED strips you should be aware

502
00:35:52,119 --> 00:35:58,119
that only a limited number of strips can be run off a single connector without

503
00:35:56,440 --> 00:36:03,520
running into problems like dimming at the ends or the inability to control all

504
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:06,480
the LEDs if this all sounds complicated

505
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:11,599
well it kind of is that's why some companies like Corsair have devices that

506
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:15,520
use their own method via USB this lets them know exactly what devices are

507
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:20,880
connected and how many LEDs each of them has these will usually plug into a USB

508
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:26,839
header on your motherboard and can be more complex to wire up but often are

509
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:32,480
much simpler to set up usually using proprietary software now there are

510
00:36:29,319 --> 00:36:35,560
packages for Universal RGB control like

511
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:38,440
signal RGB open RGB and even a function

512
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:43,680
built into Windows 11 but compatibility can be spotty and the interface may not

513
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:48,720
be as elegant as the official software or it could be significantly better so

514
00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:54,079
your mileage will definitely vary this vendor lockin means that unlike non-usb

515
00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:57,760
options they're usually not cross-compatible between Brands so

516
00:36:56,280 --> 00:37:02,280
you'll probably end up choosing your favorite and then using the same vendor

517
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:07,079
for all your other RGB unless you want to deal with adapters this especially

518
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:10,400
sucks because some companies offer LED strips with different styles that might

519
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:15,280
be more in line with what you're going for visually like fantex digital RGB

520
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:18,160
neon strips finally finally you'll probably want some cable ties and to

521
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:23,079
make sure that you have the tools you need to set everything up if you go for zip ties for a lower profile cable

522
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:27,800
management job you'll need to make sure that you have Flush Cutters for the cleanest look whereas if you go for hook

523
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:31,839
and loop ties like the ones you can find on eltit store.com then you don't need

524
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:35,240
anything special you should consider though whether optional stuff like

525
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:39,079
custom cables will be in your build at this point they're pretty costly but

526
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:42,520
they're a cool way to Jazz up your rig if you've got the cash to spare and

527
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:46,440
you're after a specific look if not though don't sweat it not everybody is

528
00:37:44,599 --> 00:37:50,480
out to build an art piece and there is no performance benefit to them

529
00:37:48,319 --> 00:37:54,200
whatsoever and besides building a PC yourself is already a bigger step

530
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:57,720
towards making it yours than most people will ever take once you've settled on a

531
00:37:56,079 --> 00:38:01,400
build you can go ahead and click through the checkout process and wait for the

532
00:37:59,319 --> 00:38:04,839
parts to arrive or if you live near a computer store with all the stuff that

533
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:08,400
you need lucky you you get to haul it all home yourself assemble the boxes in

534
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:12,720
a photogenic pile for a quick social media pick and finally you're ready to

535
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:17,400
begin step two setting up your work area are we only on step two jeez all right

536
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:19,960
don't worry guys the hard part's over things are going to go a little faster

537
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:24,760
now clear your desk or table you're going to want a well lit area with enough space to be able to easily move

538
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:28,839
around your case whether it's laid flat or upright and grab any tools you'll

539
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:32,960
need a Phillips head screwdriver is a must and it's it's got a long neck a

540
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:36,960
magnetic tip and a ratcheting mechanism that'll make things a lot easier one or

541
00:38:34,839 --> 00:38:41,359
two coffee filters and some 99% isopropyl alcohol is optional but useful

542
00:38:39,599 --> 00:38:46,319
for cleaning surfaces without leaving behind any residue paper towels can also

543
00:38:44,119 --> 00:38:50,280
work in a pinch but be careful not to leave behind any bits and for when

544
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:53,760
you're finishing up another optional item is a microfiber cloth to get rid of

545
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:57,280
all the greasy fingerprints that you might leave behind less optional is a

546
00:38:55,680 --> 00:39:00,520
flashlight of some sort even if it's just just the flash on your phone since

547
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:05,160
it can otherwise be tough to see what you're doing when you're trying to get that one last wire installed after

548
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:08,760
everything else is in place now completely set aside any food or drink

549
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:12,720
while you're building up your machine this is build time not snack time and

550
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:18,520
make sure there's nothing around that could fall if it's accidentally bumped

551
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:22,200
an anti-static mat or a desk pad is ideal here to prevent scuffs and scrapes

552
00:39:20,319 --> 00:39:26,599
not only on your desk but also on your new machine now this next bit is a bit

553
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:31,040
contentious but if the air in your area is dry then you will definitely want an

554
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:35,040
anti-static wrist strap we did show that it takes a lot to outright destroy PC

555
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:38,800
components in this collab with electr boom but what we don't know is what kind

556
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:42,960
of minor damage might have been done internally with each of those zaps it is

557
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:47,480
possible that each one of them took a year off of our victim's life and no by

558
00:39:45,240 --> 00:39:51,560
the way Wireless antistatic wrist straps do not work your strap needs to be

559
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:55,200
connected to a proper ground and the same goes for an antistatic mat that's

560
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:58,720
what that connector on the end is for to do that the most foolproof way that

561
00:39:56,839 --> 00:40:03,040
works in any country is to plug your power supply into Main's power and clip

562
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:07,720
your antistatic lead to its chassis just make sure you're not using one of these

563
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:11,920
never use one of these unless you know exactly how to use one because if you're

564
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:15,800
not actually grounded you're doing all of this work for nothing to say nothing

565
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:19,800
of the safety risk if you don't have a strap it's a lot better than nothing to

566
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:23,839
plug in your power supply anyway and then periodically touch it especially if

567
00:40:22,119 --> 00:40:27,480
you move your feet around if you are using a strap though a pro tip is to

568
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:30,800
wrap it around your ankle instead of of your wrist so you don't end up yanking

569
00:40:29,079 --> 00:40:36,520
things around while you're focused on building step three motherboard and CPU

570
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:37,960
install aka the delicate part we'll

571
00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:41,920
start by unboxing our motherboard and placing it on top of its box a

572
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:45,160
convenient and free static safe surface if you want to power on your system

573
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:48,960
before you put it in the case which I highly recommend you'll want to use the

574
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:52,599
box it pulls double duty by letting you slot in a GPU which wouldn't be possible

575
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:57,319
if the motherboard was FL on a desk or an antistatic mat now your motherboard

576
00:40:54,839 --> 00:41:02,000
may have one of two socket types as of today the quickly Vanishing pin git

577
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:07,160
array or PGA where the pins are all on the CPU or the near ubiquitous land grit

578
00:41:05,119 --> 00:41:11,680
array or LGA where the pins are on the motherboard why is this important

579
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:15,560
because if your motherboard is LGA you need to inspect the pins before you do

580
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:19,560
anything else if you bought the board at a brick and mortar store then they'll

581
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:23,000
often get you to do this Step at the store to cover their butts in case you

582
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:26,680
come back with bent pins because this is something that's typically not covered

583
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:30,200
by the manufacturer's warranty to do this on an Intel socket push down on the

584
00:41:28,720 --> 00:41:34,839
retention latch and pull out away from the socket if you're dealing with a high-end desktop socket there could be a

585
00:41:33,599 --> 00:41:38,640
secondary latch for the retention mechanism that comes out the same way

586
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:43,119
and they'll only open in the correct order when you ease up on the clip it

587
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:46,560
should want to Spring upwards this is good pull it upwards all the way and the

588
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:50,640
retention clip will come up revealing the socket beneath don't worry about the

589
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:54,040
plastic cover plate for now for AMD Threadripper and epic SP sp3 dve

590
00:41:52,599 --> 00:41:57,480
sockets you'll need to undo these three screws in order with the included torque

591
00:41:55,720 --> 00:42:01,079
wrench and then let the retention C clip flip open the CPU's carrier will need to

592
00:41:59,359 --> 00:42:04,720
come up next which you can easily do by pulling up on these tabs finally remove

593
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:08,280
the plastic cover plate to reveal the socket beneath for Intel's high-end

594
00:42:06,359 --> 00:42:13,880
server and workstation Zeon motherboards using higher pin counts like 3647 or

595
00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:17,920
4677 there is no retention mechanism simply a plastic cover plate the cooler

596
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:21,559
then screws directly down into the metal around the socket with the CPU already

597
00:42:20,079 --> 00:42:24,680
clipped to the cooler with the pins visible it's easier to spot damage if

598
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:28,040
you angle the motherboard so the pins are reflecting light directly back at

599
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:31,040
you and rotated around to make sure that everything looks even any pins that are

600
00:42:29,559 --> 00:42:34,720
bent will need to be dealt with before you go any further you can refer to this

601
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:38,200
video we did on LGA repair here but the short version is you may need to use a

602
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:41,680
magnifying glass and a pair of fine point tweezers or similar instrument to

603
00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:44,640
try and straighten it back out fresh out of the factory a motherboard shouldn't

604
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:48,520
have Bend pins at all but if you bought open boxed or used it's a possibility

605
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:53,040
once you're satisfied your pins are okay it's time to unbox your CPU for most

606
00:42:50,839 --> 00:42:56,559
CPUs the outer box is Expendable unless you want to put it on display but make

607
00:42:54,920 --> 00:43:00,160
sure you take care of the inner plastic clam shell that actually contains the

608
00:42:58,559 --> 00:43:03,960
processor not only do you not want to drop it under any circumstances you'll

609
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:08,440
also want to keep it for future in case you need to RMA or sell your CPU to

610
00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:12,280
someone else regardless of your CPU you want to avoid touching any of the

611
00:43:10,119 --> 00:43:18,119
exposed gold contacts be they on the flat underside of an LGA CPU or the

612
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:22,040
fragile pins of a PGA CPU we'll get to those but first we're going to keep

613
00:43:19,599 --> 00:43:26,119
going with consumer style LGA line your CPU up with the socket usually there

614
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:29,800
will be a triangular Arrow or dot or other indicator to help you you figure

615
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:34,240
out which orientation is correct Intel for instance has notches on the side of

616
00:43:31,559 --> 00:43:38,559
its CPUs that only allow you to insert a compatible CPU and only in the correct

617
00:43:36,839 --> 00:43:42,160
orientation so you can line up with those I like to line up the bottom edge

618
00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:46,119
of the CPU with the bottom edge of the socket as a bit of an anchor point then

619
00:43:44,119 --> 00:43:49,520
gently lower it in give it a little wiggle once it's down to make sure it's

620
00:43:47,559 --> 00:43:53,200
seated completely before closing the retention mechanism and pushing the

621
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:57,960
latch down if it feels a little stiff and creaky that's okay it's supposed to

622
00:43:56,599 --> 00:44:01,520
and then the plastic socket cover is going to kind of pop off that's normal

623
00:43:59,839 --> 00:44:05,440
too keep going until you can hook the latch back into place then store the

624
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:09,240
socket cover somewhere safe like in the motherboard box you'll need this in case

625
00:44:07,319 --> 00:44:13,760
you need to RMA your board or sell it later on the process is the same for

626
00:44:11,240 --> 00:44:18,440
AMD's motherboards that use LGA sockets like am5 because LGA sockets have a

627
00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:23,000
retention bracket that can sometimes affect cooler mounting and thus cooling

628
00:44:20,839 --> 00:44:28,760
performance some Builders have taken to using CPU contact frames like this one

629
00:44:26,240 --> 00:44:33,440
B4 War though these May void your motherboard's warranty for what I hope

630
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:39,640
are fairly obvious reasons so check that first and proceed with caution to use a

631
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:43,520
contact frame on either Intel or AMD you first need to remove the existing

632
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:49,000
retention mechanism which can be a little scary even for veteran Builders

633
00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:51,400
since it completely exposes the socket

634
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:55,240
carefully unscrew the retaining screws a tool is often included in case you don't

635
00:44:53,240 --> 00:45:00,520
have the right driver then install your CPU as before next next the contact

636
00:44:57,839 --> 00:45:04,680
frame goes over the CPU and bolts down with the original retention mechanism

637
00:45:02,319 --> 00:45:08,520
screws the main disadvantage to this approach is that if you ever need to

638
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:13,599
receip or replace your CPU for any reason it's a bit more of a chore to get

639
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:17,520
it out if your CPU is PGA take this time to make sure that your pins are all

640
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:20,559
straight it should be as easy as looking at it from two different angles to make

641
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:24,680
sure that you can see through Straight rows of pins if any of them are bent

642
00:45:23,119 --> 00:45:29,160
your best bet is to use a mechanical pencil or a very thin piece of metal

643
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:33,760
like a razor or an iFix it Jimmy opening tool to gently nudge them back into

644
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:38,160
position too much force though or too much back and forth and these can easily

645
00:45:35,720 --> 00:45:41,960
snap off making for a very difficult repair job so make sure you have steady

646
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:45,839
hands once you're satisfied lift the Locking ARM and line the CPU up just as

647
00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:50,760
we did with LGA using the indicator on the CPU and the socket to determine the

648
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:54,280
correct orientation on PGA CPUs you can also just have a look at the pins and

649
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:57,599
the holes in the socket typically the pins are arranged so that there's a

650
00:45:55,680 --> 00:46:02,680
corner with fewer pins so that it can only drop in one way and it will drop

651
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:10,440
right in so if you encounter any resistance at all do not push check your

652
00:46:07,119 --> 00:46:12,720
pins then line it up and try again a few

653
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:18,000
more seconds of your time now is worth it compared to hours for totally mashed

654
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:21,200
pins once the CPU is in place I like to press down on it to prevent it from

655
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:24,200
moving while I close the lever if you're a high roller and you've got a more

656
00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:27,440
exotic socket you'll be surprised to learn that it's actually pretty easy

657
00:46:25,559 --> 00:46:31,000
despite how complicated it looks before you begin some high-end motherboards

658
00:46:29,079 --> 00:46:34,040
have support for dual CPUs these are usually epic or Zeon if that's what

659
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:39,079
you're building and you only have one CPU you'll need to consult your motherboard's manual for which socket to

660
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:42,720
use and which RAM slots are connected to said socket if you have two then just

661
00:46:41,240 --> 00:46:47,280
double up on the CPU installation instructions trust me it's exactly as

662
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:51,400
fun as it sounds for AMD sp3 based sockets remove the plastic dummy CPU

663
00:46:49,119 --> 00:46:54,720
from the carrier ARM then Gras the CPU's plastic tabs and gently guide it into

664
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:58,040
the carrier rails it helps to pull back a little bit on the tab while you do so

665
00:46:56,200 --> 00:47:01,240
in order to make the CPU stays aligned with the top of the ARM you'll know what

666
00:46:59,599 --> 00:47:04,040
I'm talking about if you end up slipping once it's almost all the way in it'll

667
00:47:02,720 --> 00:47:08,800
stop moving freely and you'll need to push it down another notch before you're ready to start closing things up lower

668
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:11,480
the carrier ARM to the socket until you can't move it freely any further if

669
00:47:10,359 --> 00:47:15,160
you've guessed we need to push it a little more you're right Each corner

670
00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:17,760
clicks into place and with that done all that's left is to close the retention

671
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:21,680
mechanism if you're using the screwdriver that came with the CPU this

672
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:24,839
is easy take note of the close order and screw in the screws in that order it

673
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:28,559
makes things a little easier to get them all started a tiny bit before tightening

674
00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:31,680
them dead all the way it's important not to overtighten the screws however this

675
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:35,160
is where the included screwdriver is great once it reaches the right tension

676
00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:39,280
the driver will snap to let you know you're done when the last screw is down

677
00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:43,000
Intel Zeon sockets are pretty simple too it's an intimidating looking mechanism

678
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:47,920
at first but in fact it's so simple that you aren't even supposed to install the

679
00:47:44,319 --> 00:47:50,400
CPU into it wait what yeah you install

680
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:54,440
the CPU onto the cooler itself first and then the cooler is the carrier that

681
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:57,160
lines the CPU up onto the socket which thanks to this pattern of screw holes

682
00:47:55,800 --> 00:48:01,119
and posts means you you can't really misalign it unless something goes very

683
00:47:59,240 --> 00:48:05,200
very wrong the way this plays out is like so you have your CPU Cooler

684
00:48:03,160 --> 00:48:09,079
motherboard and plastic CPU carrier the CPU snaps into the carrier by lining up

685
00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:13,359
a Golden Triangle on one corner of the CPU with a triangle cutout on the

686
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:16,559
carrier itself then angling it in like so you might need to bend the carrier a

687
00:48:15,079 --> 00:48:20,559
little to make it snap together but once you do it'll be a firm hold then after

688
00:48:18,720 --> 00:48:24,920
applying thermal compound more on that soon align the Triangular cutout of the

689
00:48:22,839 --> 00:48:27,920
CPU carrier with the heat sink and clip it into place it doesn't matter which

690
00:48:26,319 --> 00:48:30,800
orientation you use but if you're using a liquid cooler you'll want to pay

691
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:33,960
attention to which side the tubes will be coming from to align with the socket

692
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:37,640
once you're ready line up the triangle on the CPU carrier with the triangle on

693
00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:40,640
the motherboard socket and place it down the posts automatically align everything

694
00:48:39,240 --> 00:48:47,119
for you so all you have to do here is tighten the torque screws until they stop the LGA 4677 socket introduced with

695
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:51,280
sapphire Rapids is slightly different because there will be two different

696
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:55,599
carriers one for CPUs with 112 PCI Express Lanes marked with e1a and

697
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:59,240
another for CPUs with 64 Lanes marked e1b you'll know which you need to use by

698
00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:03,079
checking for the corresponding marking on the CPU's heat spreader first clip

699
00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:06,599
the appropriate carrier to your cooler with the remover lever in the same

700
00:49:04,839 --> 00:49:10,839
direction the fan will blow or tubes will run then apply thermal paste

701
00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:14,520
compound again more on that later and align the Golden Triangle on the CPU

702
00:49:12,839 --> 00:49:18,480
with a corresponding white triangle on the carrier insert that side first then

703
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:21,799
gently press down on the other side to clip it in place you'll then want to

704
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:24,799
press it down on each of the four corners to make sure it's seated you can

705
00:49:23,559 --> 00:49:29,520
sometimes give it a little wiggle once you've gotten it the right way around align the completed assembly with the

706
00:49:27,839 --> 00:49:34,119
triangle on the socket and the mounting posts and lower it in place the process

707
00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:37,640
from here is the same as LGA 3647 so tighten down the cooler screws in an x

708
00:49:35,799 --> 00:49:41,400
pattern unless it says otherwise and now your CPU is installed we'll come back to

709
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:45,079
the cooler in a minute first we want to deal with RAM because depending on your

710
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:50,040
cooler it could be anywhere from a little bit to a lot easier to install it

711
00:49:47,720 --> 00:49:53,680
now rather than later unbox your RAM and lay it out in front of you depending on

712
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:58,960
your motherboard and your priorities you might have anywhere from one stick to 12

713
00:49:55,799 --> 00:50:00,799
or 60 sticks of memory or even more the

714
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:06,040
ultimate Authority for which slots to use will be your motherboard manufacturer so check your manual to be

715
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:10,040
sure you never know when some engineer is going to get a fun new idea for how

716
00:50:07,720 --> 00:50:12,839
things are supposed to be colorcoded but we'll go over the most common

717
00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:16,200
configurations anyway if you look at your motherboard closely you'll usually

718
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:23,200
see silk screen labels for the memory channels on ASUS for example dim A1 dim

719
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:25,040
B1 dim A2 and so on the letter here

720
00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:29,640
indicates which channel the slot is connected to so for two sticks in dual

721
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:34,720
Channel you'd install each module in the same numbered slot one in Channel a and

722
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:38,960
the second in Channel B dual Channel now we mentioned before that dual Channel

723
00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:44,319
operation is usually best for Consumer PCS but if your motherboard has only two

724
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:48,960
RAM slots you might have opted for a single large stick today in order to

725
00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:53,280
leave room for an upgrade later rather than going for two smaller sticks adding

726
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:57,720
up to the same capacity that will both need to be replaced if you need to

727
00:50:55,079 --> 00:51:02,200
upgrade this is a a totally valid strategy though you should bear in mind

728
00:50:59,880 --> 00:51:06,000
that some newer CPUs in particular will give up a significant amount of

729
00:51:04,119 --> 00:51:10,079
performance running in single Channel mode if you're willing to make that

730
00:51:07,839 --> 00:51:14,319
trade-off just make sure to install your single module in the slot that is

731
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:18,520
nearest to the CPU or in the one indicated by your motherboard manual if

732
00:51:16,280 --> 00:51:21,400
that sounds weird to veteran Builders that's because they're used to dual

733
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:25,440
Channel configurations with two sticks of RAM usually unless you're filling out

734
00:51:23,799 --> 00:51:29,480
all the slots you should leave the slots closest to the CPU empty in order to

735
00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:33,040
improve the stability of the system at higher speeds this is because the

736
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:36,720
farthest slots from each channel are where the channel itself ends when you

737
00:51:35,240 --> 00:51:41,000
have something in the near slot but the fire slot is empty signals can reflect

738
00:51:38,920 --> 00:51:45,040
off of the empty slot and mess things up in fun and unpredictable ways the same

739
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:49,119
principle applies to triple and quad Channel setups they're just usually that

740
00:51:46,839 --> 00:51:53,319
many more RAM slots although the exact layout can change from board to board so

741
00:51:51,119 --> 00:51:59,319
for these setups it's almost always best to rtfm multiple CPUs get weirder still

742
00:51:56,960 --> 00:52:02,599
with two entire rows of memory slots with potentially opposite Channel

743
00:52:00,839 --> 00:52:09,559
Arrangements due to the orientation of the CPU again in this scenario rtfm do

744
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:14,640
not skimp on rtfm do it are you still with me good here's how you actually

745
00:52:12,240 --> 00:52:17,640
install memory first push down the tabs at the ends of the slot that you're

746
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:22,119
installing the memory into some boards will have two tabs one on each end While

747
00:52:20,079 --> 00:52:25,200
others will have just one which can make things a little bit easier if you have

748
00:52:23,599 --> 00:52:28,960
clearance issues with a large graphics card next look at at the pins on the

749
00:52:27,119 --> 00:52:33,799
memory module itself there will be at least one notch as shown here with ddr4

750
00:52:31,599 --> 00:52:37,440
memory this is offset from the middle of the module and there's a matching Post

751
00:52:35,599 --> 00:52:41,960
in the slot itself so that it can only go in one way hold up the module so the

752
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:45,160
notch is aligned with the post then line up the module with the grooves on the

753
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:49,720
slot getting one lined up at a time is often easiest and push down until you

754
00:52:47,240 --> 00:52:54,160
feel resistance at that point press a little harder until the tab or tabs lock

755
00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:58,079
back into place on their own you should hear a distinct click if it's done

756
00:52:56,040 --> 00:53:01,599
correctly then repeat these steps for any more memory modules that you have to

757
00:52:59,720 --> 00:53:05,319
install here's a pro tip by the way you can skip figuring out subsequent modules

758
00:53:03,559 --> 00:53:09,000
orientations by looking for the label side of the stick you already installed

759
00:53:06,960 --> 00:53:12,920
and matching against that instead keep in mind though for some motherboards

760
00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:17,920
with RAM on both sides of the CPU socket one side will often be flipped if your

761
00:53:15,480 --> 00:53:21,319
build has an m.2 SSD now is the time to install it it's pretty common for the

762
00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:24,640
slots to be hidden under heat sinks so if you don't see any you'll want to

763
00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:29,760
check your motherboard manual to figure out where these slots might be hiding

764
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:33,960
some m.2 slots only support NVMe while some only support SATA and some support

765
00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:38,400
both your motherboard manual again will help you to identify them so if your SSD

766
00:53:36,040 --> 00:53:41,960
is seta you should purposely avoid an NVMe slot that's labeled as going to

767
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:46,520
your CPU to leave it open for a faster NVMe SSD later on down the road but it

768
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:50,880
really shouldn't matter as long as the slot supports SATA on the flip side if

769
00:53:48,640 --> 00:53:54,880
your SSD is NVMe you should avoid slots label is going through the chipset or

770
00:53:52,559 --> 00:53:58,799
PCH because these could bottleneck the drive's performance compared to a CP

771
00:53:56,599 --> 00:54:02,960
connected slot if you have multiple NVMe ssds and don't really have a choice

772
00:54:00,839 --> 00:54:07,160
you'll want to use the CPU m.2 slot for the faster SSD if applicable thankfully

773
00:54:05,559 --> 00:54:11,040
because m.2 slots have the same installation instructions regardless you

774
00:54:09,359 --> 00:54:14,119
don't need to take any of that into consideration when it's time to actually

775
00:54:12,599 --> 00:54:18,680
put it together remove the heat sink from your motherboard if applicable and

776
00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:23,760
For the Love of All that's good take off the protective film on the thermal pad

777
00:54:20,720 --> 00:54:25,480
now so you don't forget next make sure

778
00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:30,400
that the standoff is in the appropriate position most .2 ssds use the 80 mm long

779
00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:34,000
2280 position it may already be installed here and if so it may also

780
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:37,240
have a very small Phillips screw inserted into it you'll need to remove

781
00:54:35,839 --> 00:54:42,079
that Phillips screw before going any further if so but if you don't have a

782
00:54:39,520 --> 00:54:45,240
standoff at all you'll had to find it in your motherboard box usually it's in a

783
00:54:44,079 --> 00:54:49,880
little baggie along with the tiny Phillip screw free it from its prison

784
00:54:47,720 --> 00:54:54,319
twist it into place on the 2280 position and you're up to speed visually line up

785
00:54:52,079 --> 00:54:57,720
the SSD's pin side with the slot taking note of the notch that's cut into it

786
00:54:56,000 --> 00:55:02,520
this should line up perfectly with a tab on the m.2 slot and typically results in

787
00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:06,720
the SSD's label facing out it's okay if your SSD has two notches but your slot

788
00:55:04,559 --> 00:55:11,400
only has one this keying means that the SSD is either SATA or supports two PCI

789
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:14,760
Express Lanes rather than four a special note for if your SSD has its own heat

790
00:55:13,079 --> 00:55:19,119
sink the connector side will almost always be on the bottom of the heat sink

791
00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:22,039
with the fins facing outwards if your motherboard has a heat sink for this

792
00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:26,359
slot you might want to remove the heat sink from your SSD now in order to use

793
00:55:24,039 --> 00:55:29,799
that instead there's usually some clips on the Sid so you can just prize apart

794
00:55:28,039 --> 00:55:33,880
to release it there will be a gummy thermal pad on the inside that sticks to

795
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:37,119
it but no one I'm aware of glues these together so it shouldn't be a big deal

796
00:55:35,240 --> 00:55:43,119
to peel it free all right enough foreplay already angle the SSD by about

797
00:55:40,119 --> 00:55:45,119
30° or so relative to the slot and line

798
00:55:43,119 --> 00:55:48,760
it up it should slip in easily with a little bit of pressure and once you can

799
00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:52,280
no longer see the pins it should stand up freely on its own from here it's

800
00:55:50,760 --> 00:55:57,920
easier if you get the tiny Phillips screw on the tip of a magnetic screwdriver before going any further

801
00:55:55,920 --> 00:56:01,640
because you'll need to push the SSD down flat against the standoff we installed

802
00:55:59,880 --> 00:56:05,559
earlier and hold it there while you screw it into place now you want to be

803
00:56:03,440 --> 00:56:11,160
careful with this screw it's very thin very fragile and very easy to misplace

804
00:56:08,680 --> 00:56:15,319
it also offends easily line it up and twist it counterclockwise until you feel

805
00:56:13,160 --> 00:56:19,599
a little click then start turning it clockwise to tighten it it only needs to

806
00:56:17,559 --> 00:56:23,720
be snug enough that the SSD no longer moves when you let go now you can put

807
00:56:21,960 --> 00:56:28,200
your motherboard heat sink back on if applicable now there are other ways to

808
00:56:25,559 --> 00:56:32,760
install an m 2 SSD including on a PCI Express card or ASUS dim. 2 interface

809
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:36,640
and these are conceptually similar to connecting directly to the motherboard

810
00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:41,200
with the exception of how they slot in dim. two installation is identical to

811
00:56:38,799 --> 00:56:45,359
standard RAM modules open the tab line up the key notches with the slot then

812
00:56:43,319 --> 00:56:49,839
align yourself with the vertical posts push down and click into place the PCI

813
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:54,039
Express card is the same as any other expansion card and we'll take care of

814
00:56:51,720 --> 00:56:57,319
that later for now it's time to move on to your cooler if you've got an

815
00:56:55,400 --> 00:57:01,200
all-in-one liquid cooler this step will be just installing the appropriate

816
00:56:59,039 --> 00:57:05,880
bracket but if you have an air cooler or a CPU block for a custom Loop both of

817
00:57:03,640 --> 00:57:09,880
these will be installed now most coolers use similar mounting mechanisms in

818
00:57:07,480 --> 00:57:14,880
theory but often the actual install will be pretty different for air coolers

819
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:19,000
mounts like Noctua SECU firm system are among the easiest for Consumer

820
00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:22,640
processors no matter what socket it consists of two pieces of metal with

821
00:57:20,799 --> 00:57:25,599
screw down posts on the top side that screw into a back plate there are

822
00:57:24,079 --> 00:57:29,480
spacers fitted to make sure the vertical alignment with the the socket is just

823
00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:33,039
right for optimal mounting pressure and the cooler itself screws down into these

824
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:36,960
screw posts right here for a secure connection let's see what that looks

825
00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:40,760
like in practice on Intel consumer systems nocta provides a back plate

826
00:57:38,839 --> 00:57:45,480
since that socket actually lacks one out of the box so instead of screws going

827
00:57:43,319 --> 00:57:48,720
down into it the back plate has posts that stick up through four holes in the

828
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:52,000
motherboard along with a little Notch that allows it to clear the retention

829
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:55,760
bolt on the lower side of the socket spacers are added per the instruction

830
00:57:53,559 --> 00:57:59,200
manual double check the color and then the approach apprpriate bars are put on

831
00:57:57,280 --> 00:58:02,640
top now because Intel's cooler dimensions are symmetrical that means

832
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:06,559
they can go in either orientation depending on how you want your air to

833
00:58:04,160 --> 00:58:10,039
flow in your case in most situations you want your cooler to blow air towards the

834
00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:14,119
rear of the chassis so you would install These Bars laterally then screw them

835
00:58:12,160 --> 00:58:18,559
down with these reverse thumb screws on AMD because a back plate is included the

836
00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:23,599
spacers simply fit over the parts of the back plate that stick up through the motherboard which means that your first

837
00:58:21,559 --> 00:58:27,960
order of business is to remove these plastic clip adapters that come standard

838
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:32,359
on AMD board boards make sure you keep those by the way because some coolers do

839
00:58:30,280 --> 00:58:37,200
require them and losing them is pretty bad for resale value then your mounting

840
00:58:34,920 --> 00:58:42,319
bars go on and get screwed down in the same way now because AMD's cooler holes

841
00:58:39,799 --> 00:58:47,319
are asymmetrical there are two sets of mounting bars one long and one short the

842
00:58:45,319 --> 00:58:50,359
short bars are what most people will use as these are installed laterally so the

843
00:58:48,799 --> 00:58:54,200
cooler can exhaust air towards the rear of the case once it's screwed into place

844
00:58:52,720 --> 00:59:00,000
you're ready to go we interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcast with a quick word for from seic reliable that's

845
00:58:58,280 --> 00:59:03,920
the word whether it's how seic stands behind their warranty or the fact that

846
00:59:01,559 --> 00:59:07,119
their power supplies just work seic has your back so grab one of their power

847
00:59:05,559 --> 00:59:11,599
supplies today by clicking the link below Intel's LGA 2000 series of sockets

848
00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:15,240
are a little more straightforward simply screw in the four studs slot the

849
00:59:13,480 --> 00:59:19,480
mounting bars over in the orientation you prefer or that will fit and tighten

850
00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:23,119
them down with reverse thumb screws similar to Intel's consumer desktop

851
00:59:21,160 --> 00:59:26,440
sockets finally Threadripper and epic sockets are simpler still the cooler

852
00:59:25,160 --> 00:59:29,640
just bolts down straight onto the socket's own retention mechanism because

853
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:33,400
of the socket design the cooler can only go on one way so make sure to align it

854
00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:36,400
properly one side is space narrow and the other side space wide but that

855
00:59:35,079 --> 00:59:40,200
mechanism is so simple that we're getting ahead of ourselves we need

856
00:59:38,079 --> 00:59:43,200
thermal compound first many coolers come with some compound pre-applied and feel

857
00:59:41,799 --> 00:59:46,920
free to use that if you like it's usually fine and it's easier than cleaning it off to apply something

858
00:59:45,799 --> 00:59:50,480
different but if you want something fresh or you're remounting an old cooler

859
00:59:48,839 --> 00:59:54,079
that's where isopropyl alcohol and coffee filters or paper towels come in

860
00:59:52,559 --> 00:59:58,000
if it is an old cooler I'd recommend doing a dry wipe first but if not not

861
00:59:56,400 --> 01:00:01,359
wet the bottom of the filter or paper towel with isopropyl alcohol then rub

862
01:00:00,079 --> 01:00:05,799
away the thermal compound from the cooler in a circular pattern until most

863
01:00:03,280 --> 01:00:09,319
of it is wiped away then go over it one or two or three more times with some

864
01:00:07,680 --> 01:00:12,880
fresh isopropyl and a clean part of the towel until the towel starts to come off

865
01:00:11,400 --> 01:00:17,599
clean to make sure the finger grease and dust is removed you should repeat that last step with the CPU itself as well

866
01:00:16,280 --> 01:00:22,760
with the surface is clean you can grab your thermal compound most of the time it'll be in a syringe like this so Twist

867
01:00:21,240 --> 01:00:27,400
Off the cap then hold it at an angle against the CPU like so making sure it's

868
01:00:24,680 --> 01:00:31,119
flat and perpendicular to your surface perpendicular I think we should just

869
01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:34,520
leave that I actually prefer that slowly squeeze the plunger until the thermal

870
01:00:32,559 --> 01:00:38,960
compound flows the amount you want and where to put it varies by CPU Intel

871
01:00:37,119 --> 01:00:44,160
consumer CPUs need about as much as a cooked grain of brown rice from there

872
01:00:40,839 --> 01:00:46,480
LGA 2011 and 2066 and AMD's am4

873
01:00:44,160 --> 01:00:49,520
processors get about a psize blob and it's up to you if you want to just plop

874
01:00:47,680 --> 01:00:52,920
it down in the middle or go for the line or the X method it doesn't really matter

875
01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:57,359
as long as there's enough compound at the end of the day for large CPUs like

876
01:00:55,119 --> 01:01:01,000
Threadripper and zon Platinum however you're going to need a lot more you can

877
01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:04,599
go with two psize blobs and hope for the best but in our experience a series of

878
01:01:02,799 --> 01:01:07,680
dots or a line setup like this works best and we've seen in the community

879
01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:11,119
that a large x pattern can work great too if you're nervous about it just

880
01:01:09,599 --> 01:01:15,240
spread it out to make sure you have full coverage and if you're really nervous

881
01:01:12,599 --> 01:01:19,280
about it the Honeywell PTM 7950 thermal pads that we sell on LTT Store.com are

882
01:01:17,240 --> 01:01:23,280
really easy you just cut it to the size of the CPU peel it off stick it on if

883
01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:26,839
you're having trouble put it in the fridge easy can't screw it up the main

884
01:01:25,680 --> 01:01:32,960
take takeway is just to make sure you use enough to completely cover the Cooler's integrated heat spreader or IHS

885
01:01:31,160 --> 01:01:35,760
that's the metal part on top of the CPU with its name lasered onto it once

886
01:01:34,680 --> 01:01:40,599
you're satisfied with the amount of thermal paste you've used you can press the tip flat against the CPU to break

887
01:01:39,079 --> 01:01:46,000
the surface tension of the paste so it doesn't come up off the CPU when you lift the syringe away don't forget to

888
01:01:43,559 --> 01:01:50,559
recap it of course if you're using a thermal pad don't just plop it down on

889
01:01:48,480 --> 01:01:55,240
there make sure you buy one that's sized for the CPU you want to use it with you

890
01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:59,720
might need to use multiples for a big rectangular Beast like Threadripper now

891
01:01:57,880 --> 01:02:04,559
the thermal compound sorted just bolt down your cooler for Tower style coolers

892
01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:08,720
you'll first want to uncp the fan from the cooler like so in order to access

893
01:02:06,839 --> 01:02:12,760
the screws then it's as simple as aligning the heat sink with the screw

894
01:02:10,359 --> 01:02:17,079
posts and tightening it down for coolers with just two screws it's best to

895
01:02:14,880 --> 01:02:21,880
tighten one side a little then go to the other side and just keep on going back

896
01:02:19,079 --> 01:02:26,359
and forth until you can't go any further for coolers that have four screws like

897
01:02:24,039 --> 01:02:30,599
the custom Loop CPU blocks and air coolers like the hyper 212 you'll first

898
01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:34,920
want to make sure there's no sticker on the coal plate and then you'll want to

899
01:02:32,200 --> 01:02:39,720
screw them in in an x pattern it helps to get all of them started partway first

900
01:02:37,400 --> 01:02:43,559
then start teing them down a bit at a time by alternating to the opposite

901
01:02:41,880 --> 01:02:48,079
corner until it's tightened down all the way you're using an air cooler now is as

902
01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:53,400
good of a time as any to attach the air part depending on the configuration you

903
01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:55,520
might have one fan two fans or zero fans

904
01:02:53,400 --> 01:03:00,200
if you're one of those passive types you lock can just ignore this bin you can

905
01:02:57,839 --> 01:03:05,039
also ignore it if your fan is integrated into the cooler like with a stock one

906
01:03:02,720 --> 01:03:08,839
fans are directional and we'll talk more about this later in the case fan section

907
01:03:07,400 --> 01:03:12,400
but here is all that you need to know for now some fans have markers that show

908
01:03:11,039 --> 01:03:16,839
the direction the air will flow from them but if you're unsure the side with

909
01:03:14,799 --> 01:03:20,440
the stickered part that doesn't move usually indicates that's the side the

910
01:03:18,520 --> 01:03:24,920
air will come out of when installing a fan into a cooler it's tidiest to have

911
01:03:22,839 --> 01:03:29,119
the Fan's power cable coming out towards the motherboard so just take that into

912
01:03:26,839 --> 01:03:33,920
account when you're finanger coolers these days have wire

913
01:03:32,039 --> 01:03:39,160
clips that hook into the Fan's mounting holes in order to then clip into the

914
01:03:36,200 --> 01:03:43,720
grooves on the cooler itself it can be a little tricky but it's basically just a

915
01:03:41,839 --> 01:03:48,000
matter of placing the fan in the desired orientation and stretching those wires

916
01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:52,119
over the grooves in the heat sink it'll clip into place and you're good to go

917
01:03:50,039 --> 01:03:57,279
repeat as desired if your cooler takes more than one fan but be careful about

918
01:03:54,880 --> 01:04:01,480
the orientation and especially note any clearance issues with nearby motherboard

919
01:03:59,200 --> 01:04:06,240
heat sinks or memory you may need to either Mount the fan a bit higher than

920
01:04:03,680 --> 01:04:11,240
you otherwise would or just scrap it entirely it's still fine one fan will do

921
01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:15,480
it once the fans are in look for the four pin header labeled CPU fan on your

922
01:04:13,279 --> 01:04:19,440
motherboard or similar this is almost always right next to the CPU socket and

923
01:04:17,640 --> 01:04:22,760
for ASUS motherboards it tends to be on the top Edge as seen here line up the

924
01:04:21,520 --> 01:04:27,279
tabs on the cable with the one on the motherboard and press it into position

925
01:04:24,960 --> 01:04:30,880
either a three pin or four pin fan can function perfectly plugged into a

926
01:04:28,839 --> 01:04:35,559
connector like this and as we said previously all the fourth pin does is

927
01:04:33,319 --> 01:04:40,960
add a separate pin for a finer fan speed control via pwm so four pins are ideal

928
01:04:38,839 --> 01:04:45,240
but not necessary and in the case of liquid coolers there might actually only

929
01:04:42,720 --> 01:04:49,359
be one wire to sense the RPM of the pump because it will draw power from a

930
01:04:46,599 --> 01:04:53,079
separate Molex or SATA connector so that RPM sense wire is just to ensure that in

931
01:04:51,640 --> 01:04:57,240
the event your pump fails your motherboard can either set off an alarm

932
01:04:54,760 --> 01:05:03,039
or initiate a safe shut down now if your cooler has two fans you're going to want

933
01:04:59,039 --> 01:05:04,680
to check for a CPU opt or two header if

934
01:05:03,039 --> 01:05:08,319
there isn't one the cooler will often include a y splitter that lets you

935
01:05:06,200 --> 01:05:12,520
connect both fans to a single header usually it is no problem to have two

936
01:05:10,240 --> 01:05:16,799
fans on one header but don't go overboard because there are current

937
01:05:14,319 --> 01:05:20,880
limits through those connectors with that done we're finished with our

938
01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:24,279
motherboard for now but now is also an excellent time to power on our system

939
01:05:22,680 --> 01:05:28,279
and make sure that everything's working while it's easy to access for you air

940
01:05:26,319 --> 01:05:32,480
jockeys you get to relax while the all-in-one liquid cooler users awkwardly

941
01:05:30,559 --> 01:05:36,440
hook their coolers up now outside the case only to uninstall them again once

942
01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:41,240
they're done and reinstall them yet again when everything is inside the case

943
01:05:38,880 --> 01:05:44,920
yes it is a pain but it's a small price to pay for not having to tear everything

944
01:05:42,880 --> 01:05:48,000
down if it doesn't work now most liquid coolers simply have a bracket that

945
01:05:46,400 --> 01:05:51,880
twists on and off depending on the socket that you're using and then screw

946
01:05:50,119 --> 01:05:56,039
straight down onto the mounting bracket that you installed earlier if that's you

947
01:05:54,039 --> 01:06:01,359
make sure you tighten them down in an x pattern going a little on each Corner

948
01:05:58,240 --> 01:06:03,599
one by one until none can go any further

949
01:06:01,359 --> 01:06:08,720
there are unfortunately some vendors like Cooler Master and newer Corsair

950
01:06:06,079 --> 01:06:13,200
units that use Clips on AMD systems instead of screwing into the back plate

951
01:06:10,799 --> 01:06:17,520
and this is where those standard AMD plastic clip things come in it's

952
01:06:15,400 --> 01:06:21,440
inelegant in the modern age but it ensures that coolers remain compatible

953
01:06:19,200 --> 01:06:25,880
backwards and forwards to an absolutely ludicrous degree so you can't really

954
01:06:23,680 --> 01:06:28,720
blame AMD for this Slide the Clips through the holes on the Block start the

955
01:06:27,319 --> 01:06:32,039
retaining thumb screws enough to keep them from falling out and then put the

956
01:06:30,440 --> 01:06:36,160
whole thing in place and make sure the tabs were captured by the clip then

957
01:06:34,559 --> 01:06:39,960
while holding the Clips in position tighten it all down it's going to feel

958
01:06:38,119 --> 01:06:43,440
really delicate but stick with it and eventually it'll all be okay consider

959
01:06:42,079 --> 01:06:47,000
this a practice run for when you don't have so much room to maneuver as for

960
01:06:45,359 --> 01:06:52,520
those of you who just have a water block and nothing else right now well you

961
01:06:50,119 --> 01:06:57,920
could fill up your loop on the bench and that is what I would recommend but if

962
01:06:55,720 --> 01:07:02,079
all you want to do is verify that it's working you can slap the block on

963
01:07:00,160 --> 01:07:07,839
without water in it and Power on for just long enough to see the post screen

964
01:07:04,039 --> 01:07:10,079
about 10 to 20 seconds it should be fine

965
01:07:07,839 --> 01:07:15,000
let's get into what that looks like step seven pre-built test aka the part where

966
01:07:12,839 --> 01:07:18,799
it going horribly wrong is a good thing because if you don't find out now you'll

967
01:07:16,760 --> 01:07:23,160
definitely find out later in order to do a quick test you'll need three things

968
01:07:20,920 --> 01:07:26,760
your power supply with accessories your graphics card if applicable and a

969
01:07:24,960 --> 01:07:29,960
screwdriver first if you have one install your graphics card this is

970
01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:33,960
significantly easier to do while the system is outside the case make sure

971
01:07:31,720 --> 01:07:37,960
that the tab on the long PCI Express x16 slot is pushed down then grab your

972
01:07:36,200 --> 01:07:41,480
graphics card pull off any protective covers on the card Edge connector then

973
01:07:39,599 --> 01:07:44,680
light it up with the slot giving it a gentle push until the retention clip is

974
01:07:43,000 --> 01:07:47,960
pushed into the Locking position make sure it's in straight and you can't see

975
01:07:46,319 --> 01:07:51,880
any pins because outside of the case there isn't anything to hold it down

976
01:07:50,160 --> 01:07:55,039
once it's in one trick to make it a little bit more stable is to use the

977
01:07:53,240 --> 01:07:59,079
motherboard Box's flap to Anchor the card in place if it does have a flap

978
01:07:56,880 --> 01:08:02,760
that you can kind of slide it into next grab your power supply cables at a

979
01:08:00,920 --> 01:08:06,880
minimum you'll need the 12vt CPU connector which is usually eight pins

980
01:08:04,400 --> 01:08:11,000
but sometimes four a 24 pin connector and if you're running a GPU you'll need

981
01:08:08,520 --> 01:08:15,760
as many connections as your GPU requires most won't work without them expect to

982
01:08:12,960 --> 01:08:19,799
see a combination of 6 and8 pin or 12 and 16 pin connectors on our machines

983
01:08:17,880 --> 01:08:24,080
take special note by the way that GPU power connectors even the ones that look

984
01:08:21,679 --> 01:08:28,839
similar are not the same as the eight pin for the motherboard do do not force

985
01:08:27,199 --> 01:08:33,000
anything lining these up outside the case is easy make sure the tabs line up

986
01:08:31,480 --> 01:08:36,640
then push them down until they clip into place you also want to make sure that

987
01:08:34,759 --> 01:08:39,960
you press down a little bit more on them after you've clipped them in just to

988
01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:44,319
make sure that they're seated properly this is especially important for the ATX

989
01:08:41,960 --> 01:08:48,000
12volt high power connector which can get a little spicy when it's not plugged

990
01:08:46,359 --> 01:08:51,920
in all the way and this will be especially important later when it's

991
01:08:49,679 --> 01:08:56,560
inside the case if your motherboard has more than one 12v CPU connector usually

992
01:08:54,440 --> 01:09:00,000
the one marked as one is the primary one that's actually required but it's good

993
01:08:58,520 --> 01:09:04,120
practice to install all of them if you can these cables can often be split into

994
01:09:02,080 --> 01:09:07,799
two groups of four if for example your motherboard has an eight and a four pin

995
01:09:05,679 --> 01:09:11,000
connector rather than two eight pins with all that done connect up your

996
01:09:09,120 --> 01:09:14,159
keyboard and display making sure of course to plug into your graphics card

997
01:09:12,759 --> 01:09:22,080
and not your motherboard if you have a graphics card installed then you can flip on the power switch on your power

998
01:09:16,960 --> 01:09:26,000
supply and wait um where's the power

999
01:09:22,080 --> 01:09:27,279
button about that there isn't one not

1000
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:30,719
always anyway this is where the screwdriver comes in find the front

1001
01:09:29,040 --> 01:09:35,239
panel header for your motherboard often in the lower right corner and then find

1002
01:09:32,880 --> 01:09:41,359
the pins labeled for power switch what now stick the screwdriver in yes

1003
01:09:39,199 --> 01:09:45,359
seriously your screwdriver doubles as a button who

1004
01:09:42,560 --> 01:09:50,199
knew wow what else can screwdrivers do LTD store.com maybe someday anyway if

1005
01:09:48,520 --> 01:09:53,679
you have a boot screen mash the setup key which is usually delete until you

1006
01:09:51,839 --> 01:09:57,480
get into the BIOS check to be sure that everything's been detected all your

1007
01:09:54,960 --> 01:10:01,400
memory your CPU your fans and your m.2 ssds should all be visible either on the

1008
01:09:59,400 --> 01:10:05,760
main info page in the system health section or in a storage related menu

1009
01:10:03,760 --> 01:10:09,159
like NVMe configuration or SATA configuration if you're using an empty

1010
01:10:07,440 --> 01:10:13,120
water block this is as far as you want to go your CPU is probably already

1011
01:10:11,120 --> 01:10:16,199
getting toasty however for anyone else it's worth making sure that your

1012
01:10:14,320 --> 01:10:19,120
temperatures are okay here let it sit powered on for a few minutes and see

1013
01:10:17,640 --> 01:10:23,000
where the temperatures get to when it's warmed up a bit some CPUs will idle

1014
01:10:21,440 --> 01:10:26,480
pretty hot in the BIOS regardless of the cooler and that's normal what you're

1015
01:10:24,880 --> 01:10:30,080
looking for for is temperatures to stabilize and for them to not get any

1016
01:10:28,480 --> 01:10:33,440
better or worse by pushing down on the cooler if they do change that's an

1017
01:10:31,920 --> 01:10:38,199
indication that your cooler may not be making proper contact with the CPU so

1018
01:10:35,679 --> 01:10:41,560
what you should do now is shut it down pull off the cooler check the pattern of

1019
01:10:40,159 --> 01:10:46,000
your thermal compound to be sure that it's spread evenly then repaste and try

1020
01:10:44,360 --> 01:10:49,000
again but what if every novice Builder's worst nightmare happens and nothing

1021
01:10:47,480 --> 01:10:52,239
shows up on the screen after powering it up thankly there are often ways to

1022
01:10:51,040 --> 01:10:56,040
understand what's gone wrong some motherboards have led displays that show

1023
01:10:54,040 --> 01:10:59,400
a two character hexid decimal code that should help identify which part of the

1024
01:10:57,520 --> 01:11:03,480
boot process failed and you can look up what those mean in your manual or online

1025
01:11:01,400 --> 01:11:06,640
often another LED indicator somewhere on the motherboard is present either

1026
01:11:04,920 --> 01:11:10,600
instead of or alongside that help make it even more clear ASUS for example

1027
01:11:08,560 --> 01:11:14,960
tends to put a kind of stoplight type of array of LEDs that show red to indicate

1028
01:11:12,840 --> 01:11:18,880
CPU tests orange to indicate memory tests white to indicate storage and

1029
01:11:16,880 --> 01:11:22,040
green to indicate graphics with these you can tell at a glance exactly where

1030
01:11:20,360 --> 01:11:25,360
the issue is even if there's nothing on the screen other vendors have LEDs that

1031
01:11:23,960 --> 01:11:29,400
light up each section of the mother board as they tested that startup so

1032
01:11:27,040 --> 01:11:32,239
check around your CPU socket RAM slots or graphics card to see if there's

1033
01:11:30,640 --> 01:11:36,719
anything lit up the most common cause of no video is an issue with the cable

1034
01:11:34,199 --> 01:11:39,800
either broken or lowquality cables or plugging it into the wrong Port it

1035
01:11:38,600 --> 01:11:45,440
doesn't really matter where on the graphics card you plug it in but if you plug it into the motherboard especially

1036
01:11:43,080 --> 01:11:49,120
for older AMD or Intel f-s series systems without integrated Graphics

1037
01:11:47,360 --> 01:11:53,000
you're not going to get anything failing that make sure your graphics card is

1038
01:11:50,600 --> 01:11:56,760
fully inserted receip if you aren't sure and do the same for memory if you have

1039
01:11:54,520 --> 01:12:01,000
more than one memory module try removing all but one and then if everything works

1040
01:11:58,679 --> 01:12:05,000
try adding them back one by one if none of that helps but the PC turns on you

1041
01:12:02,800 --> 01:12:08,000
may need to try reating your CPU and especially check to be sure that there

1042
01:12:06,199 --> 01:12:11,239
are no bent pins and that there's no lint or anything in the socket that

1043
01:12:09,639 --> 01:12:14,600
might prevent a good connection it's rare these days but some computers won't

1044
01:12:12,800 --> 01:12:18,080
boot or stay on without the CPU fan header connected so that's one more

1045
01:12:16,120 --> 01:12:22,760
thing to try if the rest doesn't help if nothing happened at all when you press

1046
01:12:19,760 --> 01:12:23,960
the power button I'm sorry uh the first

1047
01:12:22,760 --> 01:12:28,400
thing you should check is that the motherboard is getting p power usually

1048
01:12:26,480 --> 01:12:32,400
there will be an LED or two that turns on when you flip the power supply into

1049
01:12:30,280 --> 01:12:38,560
the on position assuming of course you've plugged it into the wall you

1050
01:12:34,480 --> 01:12:40,560
check that right oh wait okay good if

1051
01:12:38,560 --> 01:12:44,800
there's still nothing then turn off the power supply and make sure your cables

1052
01:12:42,280 --> 01:12:49,400
are properly connected the 24 pin connector can often split into a 20 and

1053
01:12:47,440 --> 01:12:54,639
four pin connector for compatibility reasons so it's possible that summer all

1054
01:12:52,159 --> 01:12:58,880
of one part hasn't been fully inserted push the click holding it into place and

1055
01:12:56,719 --> 01:13:03,560
pull it out then make sure it's all lined up and try again same thing can

1056
01:13:01,239 --> 01:13:07,440
happen with the 12vt EPS connectors so triple check those two and of course

1057
01:13:05,880 --> 01:13:11,560
make sure they're all plugged into the proper power connection points on the

1058
01:13:09,320 --> 01:13:14,840
power supply itself most modern power supplies should make it impossible to

1059
01:13:13,639 --> 01:13:19,440
plug these things into the wrong connectors but you never know failing

1060
01:13:17,440 --> 01:13:23,920
all of that there could be some compatibility reasons your system isn't

1061
01:13:21,639 --> 01:13:27,800
firing up some AMD motherboards in particular might require a BIOS update

1062
01:13:26,159 --> 01:13:34,280
to enable support for certain generations of CPUs or it might be too

1063
01:13:31,679 --> 01:13:38,600
far forward and you need to roll it back for your generation of CPU just look it

1064
01:13:36,360 --> 01:13:42,800
up in the motherb manual you may need to contact the store you bought it from or

1065
01:13:40,600 --> 01:13:47,239
AMD directly to arrange to have that done if none of that helps then you'll

1066
01:13:45,480 --> 01:13:51,960
need to do some more advanced troubleshooting preferably with a

1067
01:13:49,080 --> 01:13:56,440
different computer or sets of components check the LT forums for more info there

1068
01:13:55,080 --> 01:14:00,719
once you're satisfied that everything's powered on and working flick off the

1069
01:13:58,840 --> 01:14:05,120
power disconnect everything and then put it to the side it's time to make your

1070
01:14:03,080 --> 01:14:08,560
case it might help to lay down a blanket or a towel or something so you don't

1071
01:14:06,639 --> 01:14:12,080
scratch up your case or your desk while you work with it as a bonus it'll reduce

1072
01:14:10,639 --> 01:14:17,239
the friction of the feet so you can rotate it around more easily while working every case is going to be

1073
01:14:15,239 --> 01:14:21,040
different in terms of layout build quality and cable management but there

1074
01:14:19,040 --> 01:14:25,120
are some general notes to keep in mind when prepping first take off your side

1075
01:14:23,560 --> 01:14:29,239
panels and store them in a safe place place the Box the case came in is a good

1076
01:14:27,400 --> 01:14:32,760
candidate depending on your case the side panels might need a screwdriver or

1077
01:14:31,199 --> 01:14:36,920
have thumb screws if they're plastic or metal or they might have side screws or

1078
01:14:35,199 --> 01:14:41,320
even be held in magnetically on a hinge of their tempered glass if they're fancy

1079
01:14:39,440 --> 01:14:44,880
with your case open remove the hardware box if it's stored inside the chassis

1080
01:14:43,159 --> 01:14:48,760
and put it aside for now if your motherboard comes with an IO Shield you

1081
01:14:46,600 --> 01:14:52,159
should install that now line up the io shield with the back of your motherboard

1082
01:14:50,199 --> 01:14:57,159
to determine which orientation it should go in the flat end phes towards the

1083
01:14:54,760 --> 01:15:01,239
mother motherboard then align the io shield with a cutout in the rear of the

1084
01:14:58,840 --> 01:15:05,760
case and snap it into place using one corner as an anchor it may take a bit of

1085
01:15:03,880 --> 01:15:10,040
force to get it in just right and cheaper cases May Flex when you do this

1086
01:15:07,719 --> 01:15:13,760
and cause it to pop back out but don't get discouraged keep at it until you're

1087
01:15:12,080 --> 01:15:17,320
satisfied it's not going to pop out when you look at it the wrong way another

1088
01:15:15,760 --> 01:15:21,480
thing you should do now is move any cables out of the way sometimes they'll

1089
01:15:19,280 --> 01:15:24,520
be tied up with a twist tie or zip tie but generally you want to get them on

1090
01:15:22,840 --> 01:15:27,159
the other side of the case so you don't have to worry about pinching them or

1091
01:15:26,040 --> 01:15:30,800
getting them trapped under the motherboard when it's installed it also

1092
01:15:29,239 --> 01:15:36,080
makes it much easier to Cable manage later now let's talk standoffs some

1093
01:15:33,920 --> 01:15:39,480
cases will come with some or all of these pre-installed and if not

1094
01:15:37,960 --> 01:15:42,719
everything you need will be in the hardware box that you removed earlier

1095
01:15:41,280 --> 01:15:46,199
they're essentially just extensions for the screw holes on the motherboard tray

1096
01:15:44,480 --> 01:15:50,360
to prevent the motherboard from shorting out on the tray and they screw in the

1097
01:15:48,199 --> 01:15:53,000
same way that a normal screw would just you know without a screw head you can

1098
01:15:51,960 --> 01:15:59,199
check the hole pattern on your motherboard to determine where the standof should go and which extra ones

1099
01:15:56,960 --> 01:16:02,719
might need to be removed hand tightening these is enough to build but I've run

1100
01:16:01,080 --> 01:16:06,440
into issues disassembling systems that were only hand tight where the standoff

1101
01:16:05,000 --> 01:16:10,400
will come out instead of the motherboard screw just be careful if you do decide

1102
01:16:08,560 --> 01:16:15,159
to tighten them with a 5mm hex socket driver because cheaper cases will often

1103
01:16:12,760 --> 01:16:18,040
just strip the threads or skip back out instead of just tightening down if

1104
01:16:16,639 --> 01:16:22,239
you're trying to remove one and you don't have an adapter or driver or your

1105
01:16:20,400 --> 01:16:25,880
fingers just aren't cutting it then pliers can give you quite a bit more

1106
01:16:23,960 --> 01:16:29,679
leverage but this this will damage its finish if that matters to you a

1107
01:16:27,760 --> 01:16:33,120
sacrificial paper towel or microfiber cloth can help mitigate this you'll

1108
01:16:31,800 --> 01:16:37,199
notice that there are more holes and there are standoffs what's up with that

1109
01:16:35,840 --> 01:16:41,040
while there are standard layouts for these for each form factor not every

1110
01:16:39,199 --> 01:16:46,120
motherboard will use every mounting point or some may use non-standard ones

1111
01:16:44,199 --> 01:16:50,159
while you don't strictly speaking need a standoff for every Mount point on your

1112
01:16:47,800 --> 01:16:56,360
motherboard let's just say it's highly recommended and it's absolutely critical

1113
01:16:53,440 --> 01:17:00,000
that there are no EX exas a standoff placed where there isn't a mount Point

1114
01:16:58,480 --> 01:17:03,280
could short something out if you aren't careful or worse it could cause your

1115
01:17:01,719 --> 01:17:06,560
motherboard to flex and potentially break something if you screw the others

1116
01:17:04,760 --> 01:17:10,360
in and the motherboard ends up flexing once you're satisfied you can do a test

1117
01:17:08,239 --> 01:17:14,040
fit first count the numbers of standoffs in the case and the holes in your

1118
01:17:11,840 --> 01:17:18,480
motherboard watch out some motherboards actually have holes that are hidden by

1119
01:17:16,000 --> 01:17:21,760
cosmetic covers and SSD heat sinks these days if they match gently lay your

1120
01:17:20,440 --> 01:17:25,480
motherboard into the case and align it with the standoffs you should see screw

1121
01:17:23,840 --> 01:17:28,840
threads for each hole if you don't then make a note of which

1122
01:17:27,199 --> 01:17:31,960
is missing remove your motherboard and rearrange the missing standoffs until

1123
01:17:30,480 --> 01:17:35,800
you've got everything lined up if everything looks good then now is a

1124
01:17:33,560 --> 01:17:40,760
great time to hook up your 8 Pin 12volt cables for the CPU these are also called

1125
01:17:38,080 --> 01:17:44,800
EPS connectors these things are notoriously difficult to get plugged in

1126
01:17:42,719 --> 01:17:49,480
when the motherboard and especially the cooler are installed so if your power

1127
01:17:47,159 --> 01:17:53,280
supply is modular go ahead and attach the motherboard side then feed the other

1128
01:17:51,760 --> 01:17:57,000
end through the cable management hole that is probably up here otherwise

1129
01:17:55,560 --> 01:18:01,600
you'll just have to drape it across the motherboard with that done it's time to

1130
01:17:59,159 --> 01:18:05,000
screw your board down now each case is a little different so check the manual

1131
01:18:03,280 --> 01:18:10,120
before proceeding but if you don't have one then usually the larger 632 screws

1132
01:18:08,360 --> 01:18:14,639
are used for this rather than the smaller finer M3 screws you can safely

1133
01:18:13,120 --> 01:18:19,120
test this by threading one into a standoff with your fingers if a 632

1134
01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:24,000
screw doesn't tighten easily then you need to use an M3 and if it's loose with

1135
01:18:21,159 --> 01:18:28,159
an M3 then you need to use a 632 it's easiest to start with the central Mount

1136
01:18:25,840 --> 01:18:31,320
point if present this will anchor the board into place and help keep things

1137
01:18:29,960 --> 01:18:36,199
aligned while you're screwing everything in hence the peg version that some cases

1138
01:18:33,840 --> 01:18:40,000
come with align the screw in the hole twist counterclockwise until you feel a

1139
01:18:37,840 --> 01:18:44,120
click then go clockwise to screw it into place Pro tip by the way don't fully

1140
01:18:42,440 --> 01:18:47,000
tighten this screw yet leaving a little bit of slack helps you reposition the

1141
01:18:45,800 --> 01:18:51,320
motherboard as you're putting in the rest of the screws next get the corners

1142
01:18:50,159 --> 01:18:56,920
and if you did everything right the motherboard should now be perfectly aligned and you can tighten everything

1143
01:18:54,320 --> 01:19:00,159
down completely if you've got more Mount points to screw down keep going until

1144
01:18:58,520 --> 01:19:03,960
they're all done ideally you would populate every Mount point with a screw

1145
01:19:02,199 --> 01:19:07,400
but in the event that you can't due to a clearance issue a missing one isn't

1146
01:19:05,520 --> 01:19:10,560
going to hurt anything it's easiest to wire the front panel header now while

1147
01:19:09,120 --> 01:19:15,239
there are a few obstructions and cables in the way because you're dealing with

1148
01:19:12,600 --> 01:19:18,600
small one or two wire connections before doing anything grab the whole bundle of

1149
01:19:17,280 --> 01:19:21,960
them and make sure they're not Tangled Up in anything else they should hang

1150
01:19:20,560 --> 01:19:25,639
freely from where they enter the case from the front panel from here you'll

1151
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:29,360
want to find a hole that's close to where they need to go as mentioned

1152
01:19:27,679 --> 01:19:32,719
before the front panel header is often located in the lower right corner of the

1153
01:19:30,920 --> 01:19:36,040
motherboard and there are often silk screened markings on the motherboard to

1154
01:19:34,199 --> 01:19:39,159
indicate which pins are for what if you don't see any markings for it consult

1155
01:19:37,520 --> 01:19:41,960
your motherboard's manual if your case has Cable Management guides it's best to

1156
01:19:40,800 --> 01:19:47,360
use these now so you don't have to rewire anything when cable managing later just because of how fiddly these

1157
01:19:45,520 --> 01:19:51,440
can be be conscious of how long the wires are and how far they had to go and

1158
01:19:49,719 --> 01:19:55,080
try to make sure that they don't cross anything that needs access you don't

1159
01:19:53,520 --> 01:19:59,040
want to knock them loose by accident later at a minimum all computers should

1160
01:19:57,560 --> 01:20:06,760
come with a power switch lead that needs to be plugged into the front panel header but they may also come with a

1161
01:20:03,199 --> 01:20:08,239
power LED HDD LED and reset switch very

1162
01:20:06,760 --> 01:20:12,520
occasionally these days you may also have a speaker or buzzer in the hardware

1163
01:20:09,880 --> 01:20:16,920
box and this is also where that goes the usual layout is to have the power LED

1164
01:20:14,440 --> 01:20:20,719
plus and minus on the top left power switch immediately right of that and PC

1165
01:20:19,040 --> 01:20:25,840
speaker plus and minus to the right of that on the top row the bottom row

1166
01:20:22,920 --> 01:20:31,199
usually goes HDD LED plus and minus then reset switch sometimes there will be a

1167
01:20:28,360 --> 01:20:34,480
second three pin wide power LED plus and minus to the right of that for

1168
01:20:32,719 --> 01:20:38,320
compatibility with older cases using a wider power LED connector of these

1169
01:20:36,639 --> 01:20:43,440
connections you might note that three have plus and minus or polarity that is

1170
01:20:41,360 --> 01:20:46,960
it matters in which orientation you have them the connector will usually have a

1171
01:20:45,280 --> 01:20:52,080
positive and negative indicator silk screened onto it or even be separated

1172
01:20:49,560 --> 01:20:56,080
into individual wires but if not they should be colorcoded and the white or

1173
01:20:53,840 --> 01:21:00,440
black wies us usually the negative for LEDs the polarity needs to be correct or

1174
01:20:58,400 --> 01:21:03,679
your lights won't function properly the good news is that if you put them in

1175
01:21:01,679 --> 01:21:07,639
wrong it won't hurt anything just flip them around the PC speaker header

1176
01:21:05,480 --> 01:21:11,639
follows the same black equals negative wire convention but these are becoming

1177
01:21:09,679 --> 01:21:15,400
so rare that you may never see one while building a computer for yourself its

1178
01:21:13,440 --> 01:21:19,000
primary role these days is to provide feedback during boot beep codes can be

1179
01:21:17,639 --> 01:21:23,639
useful for troubleshooting but have largely been replaced by diagnostic LEDs

1180
01:21:21,639 --> 01:21:27,280
it has other uses but it's mostly just a relic of a byon era two of the front

1181
01:21:25,600 --> 01:21:30,800
panel connections absolutely do not matter which orientation they go in and

1182
01:21:29,040 --> 01:21:34,760
that's the power switch and reset switch because unlike devices like LEDs or

1183
01:21:32,719 --> 01:21:38,239
speakers that need the draw Power these are simple switches that close a circuit

1184
01:21:36,840 --> 01:21:44,760
still it's neatest to make sure that they line up with the other cables if present once you've wired up the front

1185
01:21:42,040 --> 01:21:50,040
panel gently pull the slack back through the rear panel it's a good idea to also

1186
01:21:47,440 --> 01:21:57,639
wire up USB and front panel audio now if present front panel audio may have two

1187
01:21:52,600 --> 01:21:59,880
connectors AC 9 7 and HD audio or aelia

1188
01:21:57,639 --> 01:22:04,600
both are keyed the same way that is they have a blank do pin on the connector

1189
01:22:01,600 --> 01:22:07,400
that allows them to go in only one way

1190
01:22:04,600 --> 01:22:12,960
but how they work is different the tldr is that ac97 is a mostly dumb connection

1191
01:22:10,679 --> 01:22:18,600
that doesn't provide any feedback as to what's plugged in an HD audio or aelia

1192
01:22:16,199 --> 01:22:23,440
allows for things like Jack sensing and reassignment most computers since the

1193
01:22:20,719 --> 01:22:27,840
mid 2000s will have support for HD audio so use that unless your computer is

1194
01:22:25,280 --> 01:22:31,280
really old the header for this is usually on the lower left corner of the

1195
01:22:29,520 --> 01:22:35,480
motherboard but if you don't see it there check your manual to locate it

1196
01:22:33,239 --> 01:22:38,520
like your front panel wires from before make sure they're completely free of

1197
01:22:36,840 --> 01:22:43,320
obstructions then use the cable management guides now if you have them

1198
01:22:40,600 --> 01:22:48,000
to reduce the need for rewiring later find a hole close to the header then go

1199
01:22:45,840 --> 01:22:51,880
through it for an ATX motherboard you can usually get away with pulling it

1200
01:22:49,560 --> 01:22:56,120
through this little channel here even if your power supply will go right up

1201
01:22:53,760 --> 01:23:00,600
against it and that will give you a very clean look a common mistake when

1202
01:22:58,239 --> 01:23:05,120
plugging these in is to only plug in one row make sure there are no pins hanging

1203
01:23:02,960 --> 01:23:10,600
out directly above or below your connector when you plug it in it can

1204
01:23:07,520 --> 01:23:13,360
only go in one way yes but only if all

1205
01:23:10,600 --> 01:23:18,840
the rows are aligned first when it's on there pull the slack through and move on

1206
01:23:15,719 --> 01:23:22,719
to the next one front panel USB is

1207
01:23:18,840 --> 01:23:26,239
broken up into three types USB 2.0 USB

1208
01:23:22,719 --> 01:23:29,480
3.0 and USB 3 .2 often used for the

1209
01:23:26,239 --> 01:23:32,040
type-c ports USB 2 connectors consist of

1210
01:23:29,480 --> 01:23:36,880
two rows of four pins with a fifth pin on only one row to make sure you don't

1211
01:23:33,960 --> 01:23:40,880
plug it in the wrong way around usually but not always there's a plastic shield

1212
01:23:39,440 --> 01:23:45,639
around these on the motherboard to make sure it lines up exactly when it's

1213
01:23:42,560 --> 01:23:47,520
plugged in but it's usually pretty easy

1214
01:23:45,639 --> 01:23:53,239
and they can share this design with both seral and fire wire make absolutely

1215
01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:59,440
certain that you do not plug a USB into anything that's called fire wire FW or

1216
01:23:56,480 --> 01:24:04,280
1394 because uses a much higher voltage and will destroy USB devices plugged

1217
01:24:01,920 --> 01:24:08,800
into it usually the right headers will be labeled with USB sometimes followed

1218
01:24:06,719 --> 01:24:13,040
by a port number and the headers that correspond to it but if it doesn't say

1219
01:24:11,199 --> 01:24:17,040
or you aren't sure consult your motherboard's manual follow the same

1220
01:24:15,239 --> 01:24:21,239
procedure as front panel audio for these cables make sure they're free from

1221
01:24:19,159 --> 01:24:25,120
obstruction use the cable management guides and find a hole close to the

1222
01:24:23,400 --> 01:24:30,840
header for it to go through through remember it can only go on one way so

1223
01:24:27,639 --> 01:24:32,080
don't force it and mash up the pins pull

1224
01:24:30,840 --> 01:24:38,159
the slck through for the cable management later and repeat as necessary

1225
01:24:35,040 --> 01:24:40,719
but what about USB 3 and 3.2 these are

1226
01:24:38,159 --> 01:24:44,040
much larger stiffer cables and usually you'll find their headers on the right

1227
01:24:42,119 --> 01:24:47,679
edge of the motherboard or at the bottom Edge they're quite wide and sometimes

1228
01:24:46,840 --> 01:24:52,520
difficult to get through Cable Management channels so if you haven't been paying attention to Cable

1229
01:24:50,360 --> 01:24:57,199
Management pay attention now because these are the worst as before find a

1230
01:24:55,639 --> 01:25:02,800
hole near the USB 3 hutter on the motherboard and line it up but don't

1231
01:24:59,360 --> 01:25:05,600
connect it just yet listen first usb3

1232
01:25:02,800 --> 01:25:08,960
connectors are very fussy and it's easy even for a professional builder to mash

1233
01:25:07,560 --> 01:25:13,679
the pins due to the way that it's installed the connector easily contacts

1234
01:25:11,520 --> 01:25:17,320
the pins before it is fully aligned and the force required to plug it in is much

1235
01:25:16,000 --> 01:25:21,719
higher than the other connectors we've seen so far that basically means that

1236
01:25:19,760 --> 01:25:25,520
you won't know if it's aligned and you won't know if you've mashed anything by

1237
01:25:23,400 --> 01:25:31,400
feel alone if you do manage to bend a pin chances are it won't unbend without

1238
01:25:28,000 --> 01:25:33,040
snapping so very carefully line it up

1239
01:25:31,400 --> 01:25:37,280
and don't apply pressure until you are reasonably sure that the pins are

1240
01:25:34,480 --> 01:25:42,320
aligned if all goes well it should snap or click into place and you can breathe

1241
01:25:39,360 --> 01:25:45,880
a sigh of relief unlike the other cables this one is very stiff so Cable

1242
01:25:43,960 --> 01:25:50,040
Management should be done with a very gentle touch if you accidentally pull it

1243
01:25:48,159 --> 01:25:53,480
out you'll probably end up bending all the pins in the header at the same time

1244
01:25:51,719 --> 01:25:59,159
and at that point you can just say goodbye friend you USB 3 USB 3.2 is a

1245
01:25:56,920 --> 01:26:02,880
lot easier but has the annoying quality of being both very stiff and standing

1246
01:26:01,440 --> 01:26:07,080
straight up off the motherboard most of the time usually these connectors will

1247
01:26:05,000 --> 01:26:10,639
be found near the 24 pin power connector and are keyed to only go in one way you

1248
01:26:09,280 --> 01:26:14,159
don't have to worry about mashing pins on this one thankfully so you can just

1249
01:26:12,360 --> 01:26:18,320
plug it right in but it does have the annoying tendency to kind of rock out of

1250
01:26:16,119 --> 01:26:21,880
place so again a light touch is needed for cable management now there are other

1251
01:26:20,159 --> 01:26:27,080
older headers that you might come across even today like cereal fire wire

1252
01:26:24,400 --> 01:26:31,119
parallel and more and you can think of these the same way that you think of the

1253
01:26:28,520 --> 01:26:34,800
USB 2 or front panel audio connectors just make absolutely certain that you

1254
01:26:32,639 --> 01:26:39,520
are connecting to what you think you are serial for example is often labeled Comm

1255
01:26:37,199 --> 01:26:43,560
parallel will often be labeled lpt and firewire may be labeled 1394 just keep

1256
01:26:42,239 --> 01:26:47,440
this in mind if you're hunting around for more USB headers to plug into oh a

1257
01:26:45,760 --> 01:26:52,080
fun little aside is if you run out of internal usb2 headers you can actually

1258
01:26:49,679 --> 01:26:56,080
get hubs that will expand them since that's a thing that USB can do if you

1259
01:26:54,040 --> 01:26:59,960
have any 2 and 1/2 in or 3 and 1/2 in drives now's a good time to get them

1260
01:26:57,800 --> 01:27:03,440
installed most modern cases have dedicated trays behind the motherboard

1261
01:27:01,679 --> 01:27:07,400
or elsewhere for the smaller 2 and 1/2 in type usually with the expectation

1262
01:27:05,480 --> 01:27:11,600
that you'll be using them with an SSD and let's face it you probably are these

1263
01:27:09,760 --> 01:27:15,199
are almost always removable with a thumb screw or something like that just remove

1264
01:27:13,639 --> 01:27:19,040
the screw and slide it free to get access your SSD will also have fine

1265
01:27:17,440 --> 01:27:22,560
threaded and three holes that screw onto the bottom of the tray as well as the

1266
01:27:20,440 --> 01:27:25,920
sides some trays use one set or the other and there will be counter sunk or

1267
01:27:24,280 --> 01:27:30,920
flat screws for this purpose included with the case Hardware box align the SSD

1268
01:27:28,560 --> 01:27:33,880
with the holes then screw it in place when it's solid go ahead and slip it

1269
01:27:32,400 --> 01:27:37,719
back into the position by aligning the tabs and using the thumb screws to

1270
01:27:35,440 --> 01:27:41,760
secure it if you got more go ahead and repeat the process most cases come with

1271
01:27:39,880 --> 01:27:45,520
removable trays for 3 and 1/2 in hard drives these days usually clipped in

1272
01:27:43,440 --> 01:27:49,199
with two tabs like this pinch them and Slide the tray out to remove it and like

1273
01:27:47,159 --> 01:27:52,360
the 2 and 1/2 in sled it may have holes either on the sides or the bottom

1274
01:27:50,440 --> 01:27:55,560
depending on the manufacturer the drive should face label up with the PCB on the

1275
01:27:54,239 --> 01:27:58,840
bottom and its connector should be on the side without tabs so that when it

1276
01:27:57,440 --> 01:28:02,080
slides back in they're facing the motherboard tray side of the case many

1277
01:28:00,800 --> 01:28:07,679
of these will have shock absorbing rubber grommets through which long course threaded 632 screws from the

1278
01:28:05,600 --> 01:28:11,360
hardware box are inserted these are the good ones some however are completely

1279
01:28:09,960 --> 01:28:16,080
tooless and these can be kind of annoying because you need to kind of stretch it around the hard drive to get

1280
01:28:14,080 --> 01:28:20,040
it to clip into place it never feels quite right regardless of the type most

1281
01:28:17,960 --> 01:28:24,119
modern 3 and 1/2 in trays also have 2 and 1/2 in mounting holes for ssds too

1282
01:28:22,360 --> 01:28:26,480
which follow the same installation steps unless they don't have grommets in which

1283
01:28:25,600 --> 01:28:31,520
case you're just going to screw it directly in like the other 2 and 1/2 in Drive sleds we mentioned earlier

1284
01:28:30,199 --> 01:28:34,679
assuming that's the case screw in the fine threaded M3 screws from the bottom

1285
01:28:33,440 --> 01:28:39,840
with the label up and the connectors facing the rear repeat these steps until all of your drives are installed if your

1286
01:28:38,040 --> 01:28:43,520
case is an older design with fixed Mount says is common with extreme budget

1287
01:28:41,440 --> 01:28:46,520
builds then you'll need to angle the drive into place and then line it up on

1288
01:28:45,080 --> 01:28:52,520
the rail with the connectors facing inside of the case yes it is as messy as

1289
01:28:50,480 --> 01:28:56,040
that sounds when you line it up two mounting holes for course threaded 6 32

1290
01:28:54,480 --> 01:28:59,800
screws on each side should be visible through the cutouts and while some cases

1291
01:28:58,199 --> 01:29:03,960
give you some leeway from mounting it further forward or rearward you're

1292
01:29:01,679 --> 01:29:09,239
limited to these holes a lot of people neglect the screws on the other side but

1293
01:29:06,639 --> 01:29:16,280
you're not like them are you you're not one of those no of course not I mean if

1294
01:29:13,320 --> 01:29:19,480
you need to mount a 2.5 in SSD this way that's fine they don't have any moving

1295
01:29:18,080 --> 01:29:22,960
parts and they're not all that heavy so you can even just like double-sided tape

1296
01:29:21,159 --> 01:29:28,600
them to wherever you want if it comes to that but heavy 3.5 in hard drives need

1297
01:29:26,520 --> 01:29:32,119
to be screwed in properly at least if you want them to last for any period of

1298
01:29:30,040 --> 01:29:35,600
time you're probably wondering how the computer talks to these drives at this

1299
01:29:33,560 --> 01:29:40,239
point and that's where the data cable comes in Serial ATA has made things dead

1300
01:29:38,360 --> 01:29:43,880
simple and most motherboards will come with cables for it in the Box sometimes

1301
01:29:42,480 --> 01:29:47,719
they'll have locking tabs on them to keep them in place while installing them

1302
01:29:46,119 --> 01:29:52,000
they'll kind of clip in automatically but to remove them you need to press down on the clip to pull it out

1303
01:29:50,800 --> 01:29:55,880
regardless as to whether or not they clip though they're key in an L shape

1304
01:29:54,239 --> 01:30:00,000
that makes it very obvious which way is the right way to insert them line the L

1305
01:29:58,199 --> 01:30:03,760
on the cable up with the L on the drive and just plug it in making sure it's

1306
01:30:01,679 --> 01:30:10,199
flush with the drive then route the cable through to your motherboard sounds

1307
01:30:05,600 --> 01:30:12,480
simple but these are stiff cables that

1308
01:30:10,199 --> 01:30:15,880
are tough to Cable manage so you may need to get a little bit creative when

1309
01:30:14,199 --> 01:30:21,600
hiding them especially if the corresponding connector on your motherboard isn't facing the edge like

1310
01:30:19,199 --> 01:30:25,080
this and instead sticks up like this like the USB 3 connector you'll want to

1311
01:30:23,639 --> 01:30:29,600
be care careful while cable managing these if you accidentally overdo it you

1312
01:30:27,239 --> 01:30:33,719
can break off the L block on the drive rendering it useless unless you've got

1313
01:30:31,520 --> 01:30:37,920
some pretty mad soldering skills I mean I guess it's not that difficult but oh

1314
01:30:35,960 --> 01:30:40,880
you don't want to do it anyway go ahead and connect the other end of the cable

1315
01:30:39,159 --> 01:30:46,000
to the drive now you should check with your motherboard manual which Port you're plugging into because some may

1316
01:30:44,280 --> 01:30:50,800
actually share bandwidth with PCI Express devices especially m.2 drives so

1317
01:30:49,000 --> 01:30:54,600
you may either get worse performance or completely lose the ability to use these

1318
01:30:52,600 --> 01:30:57,360
ports in those circumstances it's worth mentioning that you'll

1319
01:30:55,800 --> 01:31:01,560
sometimes get Serial ATA cables with right angle ends and some with straight

1320
01:30:59,040 --> 01:31:05,280
ends uh what gives with that well right angle is usually cleaner for hanging off

1321
01:31:03,800 --> 01:31:09,080
the back of a hard drive that's installed in a removable tray like this

1322
01:31:07,480 --> 01:31:13,480
while straight cables are almost a necessity for 2.5 in ssds mounted on a

1323
01:31:11,600 --> 01:31:17,199
dedicated tray behind the motherboard or anywhere else they mount flush with the

1324
01:31:14,920 --> 01:31:20,719
case they're way cleaner this way and depending on the orientation it may not

1325
01:31:19,440 --> 01:31:25,639
even be possible to connect a right angle connector on one of these drives so saving the straight ones for flush

1326
01:31:24,119 --> 01:31:31,000
fitting drives is a good idea what's that other connector for though power

1327
01:31:28,199 --> 01:31:35,440
we'll get to that soon but first this is an excellent time to wire up any case

1328
01:31:33,320 --> 01:31:39,679
fans you might have and for builds with liquid coolers this is where those come

1329
01:31:37,840 --> 01:31:43,719
in if you're going to use a fan controller then you should find a

1330
01:31:41,480 --> 01:31:47,600
centrally accessible place for it to go usually they'll come with an adhesive

1331
01:31:45,480 --> 01:31:52,480
backing so you can just find your own spot for it and hook it there just don't

1332
01:31:50,159 --> 01:31:56,760
cover up any holes or cable management holes if you can help it we'll deal with

1333
01:31:54,560 --> 01:32:00,239
the power for that later for now let's get to the fans themselves whether

1334
01:31:58,360 --> 01:32:04,040
you're replacing existing fans or installing new ones you'll need to pay

1335
01:32:02,199 --> 01:32:08,440
close attention to the direction the fan will blow some people prefer a balanced

1336
01:32:06,560 --> 01:32:12,719
approach to air flow with equal number of fans pulling air in than pushing it

1337
01:32:10,679 --> 01:32:17,040
out while others prefer to have more fans facing in resulting in a slightly

1338
01:32:15,320 --> 01:32:22,280
positive pressure environment inside of the case combined with filtered intakes

1339
01:32:19,679 --> 01:32:26,679
this can help control dust and debris the opposite negative pressure is not

1340
01:32:24,520 --> 01:32:30,920
recommended regardless you want to have a direct path for air to travel with

1341
01:32:29,000 --> 01:32:35,719
fresh air being pulled over your hottest components so ideally drawing Air at the

1342
01:32:33,520 --> 01:32:40,280
front and bottom and exhausting it from the top and rear also make sure you

1343
01:32:37,880 --> 01:32:44,400
don't have any intake and exhausts on the same side how you install the fan

1344
01:32:42,480 --> 01:32:48,520
will be determined by what the fan is going to do if the fan is strictly for

1345
01:32:46,639 --> 01:32:51,600
case air flow then it's as simple as lining it up with the correct set of

1346
01:32:49,760 --> 01:32:55,199
holes in the location you want it and screwing it in with these chungus fan

1347
01:32:53,199 --> 01:32:58,960
screws or or little rubber doodads like these ones be sure to keep the fan

1348
01:32:57,239 --> 01:33:02,239
cabling clear of the blades and Chassis while you do this and it's optimal to

1349
01:33:00,920 --> 01:33:05,679
have the fan cable sticking out of the corner closest to the fan header that

1350
01:33:03,920 --> 01:33:09,159
you expect to use it with usually towards the back panel it helps to not

1351
01:33:07,600 --> 01:33:13,440
tighten down all the screws until they're all at least a little bit in and

1352
01:33:11,719 --> 01:33:16,520
you'll want to do opposing Corners first to stabilize it so that it doesn't slip

1353
01:33:15,360 --> 01:33:20,480
around on you while you torque in the screws some cheaper cases by the way

1354
01:33:18,760 --> 01:33:24,159
might warp while you do this leading to the unfortunate situation where your fan

1355
01:33:22,199 --> 01:33:28,080
blades will brush against the chassis which is both irritating and not great

1356
01:33:26,239 --> 01:33:32,000
for air flow you can try to bend out the metal but the best solution in this case

1357
01:33:30,119 --> 01:33:35,920
is to undo the screws a little bit or better yet find something to use as a

1358
01:33:33,719 --> 01:33:39,520
spacer rinse and repeat for every fan you need to install if these fans are

1359
01:33:37,800 --> 01:33:43,159
part of a liquid cooling setup then your radiator is going to go in now and you

1360
01:33:41,360 --> 01:33:48,199
can put away those chungus fan screws in favor of Slimmer but potentially even

1361
01:33:45,440 --> 01:33:51,800
more chungus screws where the radiator goes is up to you some people like to

1362
01:33:50,159 --> 01:33:55,440
have it exhaust air out the top of their chassis While others like to have it

1363
01:33:53,800 --> 01:33:59,199
pull cool air through the front but at the end of the day you're probably going

1364
01:33:57,199 --> 01:34:03,119
to put it wherever it fits best which is usually in the top of the case now from

1365
01:34:01,040 --> 01:34:07,239
a performance standpoint it doesn't really matter whether your fans pull air

1366
01:34:05,119 --> 01:34:12,560
through the fins or push air through the fins but what it does affect is

1367
01:34:09,920 --> 01:34:17,159
maintenance I always recommend installing fans in a pole configuration

1368
01:34:14,960 --> 01:34:21,520
that allows easy access to the radiator to clear off dust for Aesthetics you may

1369
01:34:19,639 --> 01:34:24,639
decide to take a different path but just remember that in 2 years when you're

1370
01:34:23,000 --> 01:34:29,360
taking your whole cooler apart so you can get the cat hair out of it I

1371
01:34:26,800 --> 01:34:34,119
freaking told you another important consideration is that AI coolers are

1372
01:34:31,400 --> 01:34:38,639
quieter and last longer the combination pump and coal plate is below the area

1373
01:34:36,560 --> 01:34:42,800
where the tubes connect to the radiator you want to make sure that any air that

1374
01:34:40,520 --> 01:34:47,679
might be trapped in there Rises to the top and that top is not your pump this

1375
01:34:45,880 --> 01:34:50,920
isn't as much of an issue for custom Loops because the pump is usually going

1376
01:34:49,400 --> 01:34:54,159
to end up at the bottom of the case anyway but if you didn't know this now

1377
01:34:53,360 --> 01:34:58,800
you do put your pump down low lining up the

1378
01:34:56,360 --> 01:35:04,000
radiator with fans on the outside is a major pain in the butt which is why some

1379
01:35:00,960 --> 01:35:05,760
fans like artics bionics can daisy chain

1380
01:35:04,000 --> 01:35:10,199
together with a bridge connector which helps hold them in place regardless you

1381
01:35:08,119 --> 01:35:15,920
want all of your cables to be clear the fans and the radiator pinching them here

1382
01:35:12,960 --> 01:35:20,920
and having to redo the whole thing sucks line everything up like so and then use

1383
01:35:18,360 --> 01:35:25,920
these long screws to secure Each corner then the other and then Each corner of

1384
01:35:23,320 --> 01:35:31,119
the fan until you've got them all secure if you're lucky your case will let you

1385
01:35:28,239 --> 01:35:34,719
detach the radiator Mount and make it so much easier by just doing the whole

1386
01:35:32,679 --> 01:35:40,719
thing on a bench and dealing with the completed assembly after it gets much

1387
01:35:38,360 --> 01:35:45,239
more Awkward with a front panel Mount where you need to basically hold the

1388
01:35:42,360 --> 01:35:49,440
radiator and fan together like this and screw them in one at a time so they

1389
01:35:47,159 --> 01:35:53,280
don't just fall around everywhere again if your case lets you remove this

1390
01:35:50,600 --> 01:35:56,880
bracket your life will be so much easier another key benefit to a pull

1391
01:35:54,760 --> 01:36:00,520
configuration is that it usually allows you to screw all the fans into the

1392
01:35:58,360 --> 01:36:04,600
radiator ahead of time then Mount the radiator to the case using these little

1393
01:36:02,480 --> 01:36:08,000
screws now we're not going to revisit cooler and thermal compound application

1394
01:36:06,280 --> 01:36:11,920
at this time please go back and refer to that section from earlier if you need to

1395
01:36:10,040 --> 01:36:16,000
and don't forget to check your manual as many all-in-one coolers have their own

1396
01:36:13,679 --> 01:36:20,080
little installation quirks like for example the inclusion of a dedicated

1397
01:36:17,679 --> 01:36:23,920
pump power plug or an extra USB connection for controlling RGB lighting

1398
01:36:22,080 --> 01:36:27,320
or even a little built-in screen or an integrated fan splitter that's

1399
01:36:25,280 --> 01:36:30,080
controlled by the AI through software I'd recommend using that by the way if

1400
01:36:28,800 --> 01:36:34,960
you've got it because it'll let your pump and your fans work together when they need to cool your CPU during a

1401
01:36:33,199 --> 01:36:38,280
heavy gaming session now let's power up the rest of our fans if you want them to

1402
01:36:36,760 --> 01:36:41,360
be controlled by the motherboard you'll either need to plug them into a fanhub

1403
01:36:39,880 --> 01:36:45,480
that is plugged into your motherboard some cases include these by the way or

1404
01:36:43,639 --> 01:36:49,639
directly into the motherboard itself either individually into their own

1405
01:36:47,119 --> 01:36:53,040
headers or using Splitters now depending on how many fans you have you may run

1406
01:36:51,480 --> 01:36:56,840
out of fan headers on the motherboard and you might need to use wi spitters

1407
01:36:55,000 --> 01:37:00,679
they won't harm anything but they do tend to look a little Messier most of

1408
01:36:58,760 --> 01:37:04,440
the time there's at least one case fan header to the lower left of the CPU

1409
01:37:02,199 --> 01:37:07,840
socket and there are usually at least another two on the lower right edge of

1410
01:37:06,280 --> 01:37:11,440
the motherboard but motherboard manufacturers do strange things

1411
01:37:09,760 --> 01:37:15,280
sometimes so if you can't find your fan headers of course check your manual

1412
01:37:13,639 --> 01:37:19,119
plugging them in is the same as any other fan like we already did for the

1413
01:37:16,920 --> 01:37:23,119
CPU just align the tabs on the cable with the tab on the board cable managing

1414
01:37:21,159 --> 01:37:27,199
them though can be a bit of a challenge for the exhaust fan next to the io panel

1415
01:37:25,199 --> 01:37:31,040
you can usually run it through and bundle it up against the motherboard's

1416
01:37:28,600 --> 01:37:36,239
io section for a clean look but intake fans can be trickier still do your best

1417
01:37:33,760 --> 01:37:41,080
with it RGB wiring can also end up really messy look at all the cabling

1418
01:37:37,960 --> 01:37:43,920
that requires thankfully companies have

1419
01:37:41,080 --> 01:37:49,040
begun shipping fans both with RGB and without that can daisy chain together so

1420
01:37:46,760 --> 01:37:53,599
only a single fan needs to be wired up the traditional way but if you're not

1421
01:37:50,920 --> 01:37:57,960
lucky enough or wealthy enough to have those well I hope you like cable

1422
01:37:58,080 --> 01:38:04,719
management most of this can be hidden behind the motherboard tray temporarily

1423
01:38:02,199 --> 01:38:11,320
we'll come back to this later for now step 12 power supply if you're counting

1424
01:38:08,679 --> 01:38:16,360
this has been many many more steps than 12 and you're probably sick of wearing

1425
01:38:13,280 --> 01:38:18,199
that anti-static strap well good news

1426
01:38:16,360 --> 01:38:22,320
it's time to get the power supply in to ground the whole dang computer if you've

1427
01:38:20,679 --> 01:38:25,920
been following along your power supply is already out of its box and connect it

1428
01:38:24,080 --> 01:38:29,679
to the wall go ahead and disconnect it now turn your case around and look at

1429
01:38:27,880 --> 01:38:34,880
the power supply cutout are there thumb screws if so remove those to free the

1430
01:38:32,239 --> 01:38:38,040
back plate this plate and plates like it sometimes make it a little bit easier to

1431
01:38:36,239 --> 01:38:41,840
install later the orientation of the power supply determines which screw

1432
01:38:39,520 --> 01:38:46,040
holes you'll end up using and the ideal is to have the fan facing downward

1433
01:38:44,040 --> 01:38:50,719
pulling air up through a filtered intake at the bottom of your case if there is

1434
01:38:48,119 --> 01:38:54,159
not an intake there you'll want to mount it fan up unless you want to starve it

1435
01:38:52,639 --> 01:38:58,800
for air flow and spoiler alert you do not want to start

1436
01:38:56,639 --> 01:39:02,400
it for air flow begin plugging in your power supply cables if you've got a

1437
01:39:00,080 --> 01:39:07,360
modular unit now the end for the power supply will usually have a PSU marking

1438
01:39:04,719 --> 01:39:10,480
to tell you where it goes first grab the power connectors for your GPU if you

1439
01:39:08,920 --> 01:39:14,679
haven't already it'll be some combination of one to three six pin or8

1440
01:39:13,080 --> 01:39:19,360
pin connectors or it might be one of those new fangled NVIDIA 12 pin or ATX

1441
01:39:16,880 --> 01:39:22,599
12vt high power connectors in which case you'll need to grab the adapter bundled

1442
01:39:21,040 --> 01:39:26,400
with your GPU if your power supply doesn't have one in the box just be

1443
01:39:24,840 --> 01:39:30,800
careful when you're identifying those 12volt high power connectors some can

1444
01:39:29,040 --> 01:39:35,760
handle more wattage than others and the labels can be small and hard to read if

1445
01:39:33,360 --> 01:39:40,159
you're still not sure well there's still that adapter to convert your older style

1446
01:39:37,400 --> 01:39:42,920
cables in your gpus box speaking of it's worth noting that these daisy chain

1447
01:39:41,480 --> 01:39:48,520
connectors and six plus two pin connectors aren't inherently evil but

1448
01:39:46,520 --> 01:39:52,400
it's preferred to use individual cables with actual dedicated conductors for

1449
01:39:50,280 --> 01:39:55,480
each pin if possible once you're satisfied with your choice

1450
01:39:53,880 --> 01:39:59,560
clip them into place making sure they're fully seated and Route the cable

1451
01:39:57,360 --> 01:40:03,239
somewhere accessible for now it's time to install the PSU itself if you've got

1452
01:40:01,679 --> 01:40:07,760
a back plate go ahead and attach it to your power supply Now using coar

1453
01:40:04,760 --> 01:40:09,119
threaded 632 screws most of these back

1454
01:40:07,760 --> 01:40:12,840
plates are going to have enough clearance to put in all four screws but

1455
01:40:11,360 --> 01:40:17,360
if your switch gets in the way for example don't stress you can put in

1456
01:40:14,840 --> 01:40:21,000
three screws it's going to be okay once it's secure feed the wires through the

1457
01:40:19,080 --> 01:40:24,400
power supply mount on your case and Slide the power supply into position

1458
01:40:23,000 --> 01:40:28,119
it's a at this point that you'll want to connect your 12volt CPU cables to your

1459
01:40:26,320 --> 01:40:32,800
power supply if you've got a modular unit next if you've got a back plate all

1460
01:40:31,159 --> 01:40:36,639
you need to do now is tighten the thumb screws but if you're raw dogging it this

1461
01:40:35,159 --> 01:40:40,719
is where you'll screw the power supply into the back of your case pay attention

1462
01:40:39,280 --> 01:40:45,320
to which of the mounting holes on the case have screw threading from the power

1463
01:40:42,880 --> 01:40:48,719
supply behind them though it is very easy to make the mistake of accidentally

1464
01:40:47,320 --> 01:40:52,920
screwing into one of the honeycomb shaped holes that are for ventilation on

1465
01:40:50,520 --> 01:40:56,400
the back of the power supply that is not actually

1466
01:40:54,000 --> 01:41:00,800
secure if you don't have a modular power supply handling the 12vt CPU cables will

1467
01:40:59,040 --> 01:41:05,119
be a little trickier at this stage but if you got small hands or a high pain

1468
01:41:02,840 --> 01:41:08,520
threshold you can make it work line up the tabs and click them into place make

1469
01:41:07,199 --> 01:41:13,639
sure that they're in there before moving on by the way because if you really can't get in there there is no shame in

1470
01:41:11,800 --> 01:41:16,960
pulling off your CPU heat SN temporarily now and putting it back on when you're

1471
01:41:15,080 --> 01:41:21,360
done at this point the instructions are the same between modular and non-modular

1472
01:41:19,040 --> 01:41:25,480
power supplies it's time for your 24 pin ATX connector separate that cable from

1473
01:41:23,800 --> 01:41:30,760
the others and fish the cable out through the nearest Cable Management hole to your motherboard's 24 pin

1474
01:41:28,480 --> 01:41:34,760
connector from here it's just like before line up the tabs and press it in

1475
01:41:32,880 --> 01:41:38,360
until it clicks with that done you can use the peripheral cables to wire up

1476
01:41:36,400 --> 01:41:42,000
power to any drives or fan controllers you have installed in your system

1477
01:41:40,159 --> 01:41:45,280
usually these have just enough spacing between the connectors to line up neatly

1478
01:41:43,719 --> 01:41:49,000
with hard drive stacked in a bay like this plugging these power cables in is

1479
01:41:47,440 --> 01:41:52,840
the same as plugging in the SATA data cable just line up the little l-shape

1480
01:41:51,119 --> 01:41:56,119
and press it into place these ones usually don't have locking connectors

1481
01:41:54,639 --> 01:41:59,480
though so make sure it's on straight before moving on this will also tell you

1482
01:41:58,000 --> 01:42:03,159
if you've accidentally half connected it upside down which is a thing that you

1483
01:42:01,360 --> 01:42:06,360
can do even today you'll need to occasionally install these Molex

1484
01:42:04,760 --> 01:42:10,440
connectors instead of SATA power connectors and they're a bit of a pain

1485
01:42:08,599 --> 01:42:14,159
because of how big they are but on the bright side they're really difficult to

1486
01:42:12,280 --> 01:42:18,360
install wrong you can also use them for just 12 Vols and 5 volts to connect up

1487
01:42:16,679 --> 01:42:23,040
to your project if you really want to they have a beveled Edge on one side and

1488
01:42:20,760 --> 01:42:27,880
they fit quite snugly so much so that the sometimes push the pins out of

1489
01:42:25,199 --> 01:42:32,480
things like fan adapters this happens slip the pin back into place it should

1490
01:42:29,840 --> 01:42:37,040
just clip in there then try again just be patient and line it up correctly

1491
01:42:34,800 --> 01:42:42,320
finally your power supply might have come with a button like this one this is

1492
01:42:39,440 --> 01:42:46,159
usually for hybrid fan control in the O position the fan will only power up

1493
01:42:44,360 --> 01:42:51,040
while load or heat levels are high enough while in the in position the fan

1494
01:42:49,000 --> 01:42:55,119
will just always be on there's little reason to have it in the in position

1495
01:42:53,400 --> 01:43:00,159
unless you're counting on your PSU contributing as a case fan so just leave

1496
01:42:57,960 --> 01:43:03,639
it out for lower nose levels but wait did I say finally there's still

1497
01:43:01,880 --> 01:43:08,880
something we haven't plugged in yet the GPU if you're lucky enough to have one

1498
01:43:06,320 --> 01:43:13,760
that is prices are still on the moon as of early 2024 but if you follow our

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guide for buying one used even if you have a skinny wallet you should be able

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to get something decent first you need to figure out which slot you should use

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for ITX motherboards this going to be obvious

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the slot the one you get but things get

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01:43:27,360 --> 01:43:33,480
a little murkier the larger you go as a rule of thumb the top most slot is

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01:43:31,760 --> 01:43:37,159
usually the best it's almost always connected directly to the CPU for

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maximum bandwidth and you'll often see this pointed out in your motherboard's

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manual as well once you've determined the right slot you'll need to remove the

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corresponding slot covers usually by simply removing the screws that hold

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them in place but on some cheaper cases you'll need to break them off instead

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and if if so be care full it's simple

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enough to do you can push it down with a screwdriver and then finish the job with

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your fingers but if you're too aggressive you could slip and when it finally snaps off that's a bad

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time um I've gotten bit by cheap cases

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before and uh it it it there was there was a mess

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for a while be patient and just use a gentle up and down motion don't twists

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push or pull it'll come free before long just just fatigue the metal and it'll

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just come right off now the the covers are gone make sure the tab at the end of

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the slot is pushed back if there is one then line up the card with the slot and

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press it in it should slide in relatively easily and the clip at the

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back will snap shut once it's all the way in next line up the GPU's bracket

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with the holes on the case that used to hold in those slot covers and use the

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screws you either removed previously or retrieved from your accessories bundle

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to secure it into place a coar threaded 632 screw is usually the right one for

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the job here if you're not too sure but some cases are a little bit different if

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you have a multi-lot GPU and you find yourself with only one screw for some

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reason put it on any other slot than the top one for best results you still have

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all your screws though right by the way this is the GPU section but what you

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01:45:03,400 --> 01:45:10,159
just did should work with any PCI Express expansion card unlike most cards

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some big gpus might sag a bit even after you've secured them into place and some

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01:45:11,960 --> 01:45:18,280
cards even come with adjustable anti-ag brackets or spacers that you can sit on

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the bottom of your chassi this isn't strictly necessary but it just keeps

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01:45:19,920 --> 01:45:26,400
everything looking nice and reduces the risk that something will break if you move your PC just slip it into place and

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Slide the bracket up until it's holding your GPU at the right height then tighten it so it stays there other

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Solutions may involve drilling into your case or some cases even include a sag

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bracket on their own now it's time to run power to your GPU we already

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determined which cables we need and how many when we install their power supply

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so grab those and Route them through the appropriate Cable Management hole according to your preference some people

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like to come in from behind the GPU and others like the cables coming straight

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up from the basement like me whichever you choose you should make sure you have

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enough slack to get them into position and that it's clear of all other cables

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01:45:53,599 --> 01:45:59,560
to simplify your cable management just like with the 12volt CPU connectors PCI

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Express connectors are keyed to only go one way although a six pin cable can be

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inserted to an 8 pin connector if you're not careful this won't harm anything but

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01:46:05,560 --> 01:46:09,800
the GPU will probably complain and prevent you from booting if you try

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regardless of how many pins you're looking at select the matching cable line up the tabs and click them into

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01:46:13,119 --> 01:46:19,679
place again make sure they're fully seated once you're done especially if

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01:46:17,440 --> 01:46:23,639
you're using the ATX 12volt high power connector it's often quite stiff so you

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01:46:22,080 --> 01:46:28,599
might be tempted to to bend it so it's not sticking out so far but please do

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01:46:26,159 --> 01:46:32,000
not let it curve if your power supply cables are 6 plus2 like this and you

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01:46:30,480 --> 01:46:35,880
need to make it go into an 8 Pin receptacle just make sure the two pieces

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01:46:34,320 --> 01:46:40,360
are coupled together so the pins are flush and the separate two pin connector

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01:46:38,440 --> 01:46:43,800
can't move once it's plugged in it's no good if they're only partway installed

1552
01:46:42,400 --> 01:46:48,400
congratulations you've just finished building your PC except you haven't

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01:46:45,960 --> 01:46:51,320
really finished not quite yet if you've been following the guide up till now you

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01:46:49,920 --> 01:46:56,080
should have reasonably well-managed cables but they're all going be kind of

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01:46:53,599 --> 01:47:00,480
loose and not very tidy on most modern cases you should have at the very least

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01:46:58,360 --> 01:47:04,080
little Hoops to slip cable ties through to provide a solid anchor for the cables

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01:47:02,239 --> 01:47:07,880
that are running around your case you can use single-use zip ties to bundle

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01:47:06,000 --> 01:47:12,440
cables together more tightly and for cables that route together like the

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01:47:09,440 --> 01:47:15,360
12volt CPU and PCIe cables you might

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01:47:12,440 --> 01:47:20,000
want to do so to keep them neat but you also might want to use reusable hook and

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01:47:17,760 --> 01:47:24,880
loop ties for the main runs which can both add a modern look and be a godsend

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01:47:22,679 --> 01:47:29,440
if you ever need to add or move any cables in the future take it from me if

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01:47:27,320 --> 01:47:33,239
you have to snip a zip tie you're probably not going to replace it and

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01:47:31,199 --> 01:47:37,239
you'll end up just undoing all the hard work you've done today the platonic

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01:47:35,320 --> 01:47:42,159
ideal of cable management is a single trunk of cables where little branches

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01:47:40,159 --> 01:47:46,880
come off and go wherever they need to go with no overlap unfortunately cables are

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01:47:45,040 --> 01:47:50,280
finite in length so unless you pre-measured and picked up some custom

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01:47:48,480 --> 01:47:54,040
length cable mod cables or something you'll almost always have to improvise

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01:47:52,400 --> 01:47:59,000
we've actually got a full video on cable management that you can go check out here but for now let's get to

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tidying troubleshooting is a whole other kettle of fish but here are some quick

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things that you can do if you don't get any output and you're sure that the

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power supply and the outlet it's plugged into are both switched on check all your

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01:48:14,440 --> 01:48:20,760
cables first these are the most likely culprits then check your RAM and your

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01:48:19,280 --> 01:48:23,960
expansion slots to make sure that they are properly seated if your PC is

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01:48:22,480 --> 01:48:27,760
powering on but you're not getting any display make sure you've plugged your

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01:48:25,480 --> 01:48:31,560
monitor into your graphics card rather than into your motherboard directly you

1577
01:48:29,760 --> 01:48:35,320
can also check the diagnostic LEDs on your motherboard ASUS has a little stop

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01:48:33,760 --> 01:48:40,400
light that goes along with this where red means CPU orange means memory white

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01:48:37,920 --> 01:48:43,159
means GPU and green means good others might have LEDs that light up for each

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01:48:42,000 --> 01:48:48,679
section of the motherboard that's been initialized as well you just might have to look them up in your motherboard's

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01:48:46,119 --> 01:48:54,639
manual to figure out exactly which codes and which numbers and letters correspond

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01:48:50,800 --> 01:48:56,760
to what one of the codes is 0 if you get

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01:48:54,639 --> 01:49:01,080
this one you should try reting your CPU and firing it up again if your system

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01:48:58,800 --> 01:49:04,920
simply isn't powering on but is getting power you might have a short this is an

1585
01:49:03,239 --> 01:49:09,080
annoying problem to diagnose but the most common culprit is an extra standoff

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01:49:07,320 --> 01:49:13,760
between the motherboard tray and the back of the motherboard or some errant

1587
01:49:11,800 --> 01:49:17,280
piece of metallic something sitting bridging two pins if you're still having

1588
01:49:15,520 --> 01:49:21,599
trouble you can always hit up the Linus tips.com Forum to get more help now that

1589
01:49:19,599 --> 01:49:25,800
you've got the ufi bio setup screen the very first things you should do do in

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01:49:23,199 --> 01:49:29,239
order are check your CPU temperatures check that all your RAM is showing up

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01:49:27,639 --> 01:49:33,320
and check that your storage is showing up if all of that looks good then you

1592
01:49:31,119 --> 01:49:38,119
can continue on otherwise you'll need to power down and resat your cooler memory

1593
01:49:36,159 --> 01:49:42,040
or storage devices until they all show up one unintuitive thing is sometimes

1594
01:49:40,599 --> 01:49:46,080
you might have some memory that's not showing up and it's actually caused by

1595
01:49:43,960 --> 01:49:51,880
your CPU not being seated in the socket correctly so you might have to resat

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01:49:48,119 --> 01:49:54,639
that and with that your PC is now built

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01:49:51,880 --> 01:50:00,040
whoa hang on your RAM's not running at the right speed what's up with that time

1598
01:49:57,360 --> 01:50:04,000
to adjust some common settings first to fix your RAM speed you'll want to enable

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01:50:01,960 --> 01:50:08,360
XMP or Expo which are memory overclocking features for Intel and AMD

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01:50:06,480 --> 01:50:12,199
respectively this will automatically adjust the frequency the timings and the

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01:50:10,360 --> 01:50:15,599
voltage to what's on the package rather than you know the defaults and it's

1602
01:50:13,880 --> 01:50:19,480
almost certainly what you want unless you're running ECC memory or even if you

1603
01:50:17,880 --> 01:50:23,679
are on an overclockable workstation platform like Threadripper 7000 it

1604
01:50:21,639 --> 01:50:29,040
should be noted though that because this is technically overclocking it can be

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01:50:26,920 --> 01:50:31,760
unstable that's why some prefer to keep it disabled until they have the

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01:50:30,400 --> 01:50:37,920
operating system installed and they're sure the rest of their PC is working correctly that's a pretty good idea just

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01:50:36,239 --> 01:50:41,920
remember to come back and do it later or you could be leaving some performance on

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01:50:39,480 --> 01:50:45,560
the table speaking of you'll also want to check the status of the multi-core

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01:50:43,400 --> 01:50:49,079
enhancement setting usually this is an advanced option if it's even present on

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01:50:47,320 --> 01:50:52,159
your motherboard at all there are a bunch of different names for it so here

1611
01:50:50,800 --> 01:50:55,920
are some of the common ones found in boards from from major vendors

1612
01:50:54,079 --> 01:50:59,520
regardless of the name it tweaks or removes your CPU's limits so it can

1613
01:50:57,599 --> 01:51:04,119
turbo more aggressively and for far longer than it normally would improving

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01:51:01,440 --> 01:51:08,840
performance at the cost of extra heat and vice versa stock operation is with

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01:51:06,880 --> 01:51:12,639
this setting disabled of course but if you have a beefy cooler you might want

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01:51:10,960 --> 01:51:16,040
to use it to get a little more oomph out of your Hardware most other settings can

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01:51:14,360 --> 01:51:20,199
be left at their defaults although if you're installing Windows 11 you should

1618
01:51:17,960 --> 01:51:25,520
make sure to enable the TPM and secure boot modules and disable the

1619
01:51:22,639 --> 01:51:29,000
compatibility support module or CSM exactly how to do that varies by vendors

1620
01:51:27,520 --> 01:51:33,400
so check your motherboard's manual to be sure another option that began with the

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01:51:30,639 --> 01:51:39,440
Radeon 6000 series from AMD and the RTX 3000 Series from NVIDIA is resizable bar

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01:51:37,320 --> 01:51:44,199
also known as smart access memory or rebar the simple explanation is that

1623
01:51:41,840 --> 01:51:48,920
normally your CPU can only access a small portion of your GPU's memory at

1624
01:51:46,079 --> 01:51:54,480
once traditionally just like 256 Megs at a time to access multiple gigabytes of

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01:51:51,119 --> 01:51:56,440
vram that 250 6eg window is simply moved

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01:51:54,480 --> 01:52:00,840
around as needed if different parts of memory need to be accessed at the same

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01:51:58,440 --> 01:52:04,360
time however the system has to wait for one access to finish before the window

1628
01:52:02,560 --> 01:52:08,719
can move to the next one this delay can slow down your GPU and in extreme cases

1629
01:52:07,159 --> 01:52:13,960
can cause significant performance degradation resizable bar lets the CPU

1630
01:52:10,880 --> 01:52:16,480
access all the vram without that moving

1631
01:52:13,960 --> 01:52:23,199
window so there's no extra downtime as games have grown in scale and complexity

1632
01:52:18,599 --> 01:52:24,800
is gone from heat to necessary to enable

1633
01:52:23,199 --> 01:52:30,000
it you'll first need to make sure that the compatibility support module from

1634
01:52:26,560 --> 01:52:33,719
before is disabled then enable above 4G

1635
01:52:30,000 --> 01:52:35,320
decoding and resizable bar as usual the

1636
01:52:33,719 --> 01:52:39,159
exact location of these settings depends on your motherboard's BIOS so check the

1637
01:52:37,360 --> 01:52:43,880
manual if you can't find it some older boards might need a BIOS update for it

1638
01:52:41,199 --> 01:52:47,960
to work but most released since 2021 can do it and some newer boards might even

1639
01:52:45,560 --> 01:52:52,840
ship with it on by default it's worth noting that there are occasions where

1640
01:52:50,360 --> 01:52:57,599
turning on resizable bar can reduce use performance but thankfully this is a

1641
01:52:55,159 --> 01:53:02,079
relatively rare experience and graphic drivers are beginning to handle them on

1642
01:52:59,400 --> 01:53:06,040
a caseby Case basis our recommendation therefore is to keep it enabled unless

1643
01:53:03,719 --> 01:53:09,239
you encounter any problems and just make sure that you keep your graphics driver

1644
01:53:07,920 --> 01:53:13,040
up to date after you install your operating system finally your operating

1645
01:53:11,320 --> 01:53:17,520
systems installer should automatically boot after inserting the flash drive but

1646
01:53:15,440 --> 01:53:21,960
if it doesn't you can usually hit f8 or F12 on the first boot screen to bring up

1647
01:53:19,840 --> 01:53:25,599
a boot menu and select it that way if it's still doesn't show up there go back

1648
01:53:23,880 --> 01:53:29,719
into the UEFI settings and make sure that the Legacy USB devices setting is

1649
01:53:27,520 --> 01:53:33,320
enabled you shouldn't have to enable this under normal circumstances but

1650
01:53:31,679 --> 01:53:37,360
sometimes having it disabled is enough to disable USB storage altogether most

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01:53:35,760 --> 01:53:43,040
operating systems should just boot at this point now your PC is built and it's

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01:53:40,400 --> 01:53:45,920
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you're looking for something else like this to watch you absolute mad lad then

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01:54:29,599 --> 01:54:36,079
maybe check out our companion video on how to set up your PC now that you're

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01:54:33,800 --> 01:54:39,679
done the build again let us know if there's anything we missed down below

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and maybe we'll get to it in the next one

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2026 you're rolling right y sick