WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:05.839 hello welcome to dennis tech tips this 00:00:03.360 --> 00:00:12.559 is happening today i'm doing a build guide that i invent a new thermal paste 00:00:09.200 --> 00:00:14.639 that i i can actually use it to apply 00:00:12.559 --> 00:00:20.160 directly to the socket let's see 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:23.119 so you just do this very very gently 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:25.920 and just put the CPU on the what's going on 00:00:25.119 --> 00:00:29.519 you doing a build guide yeah i'm doing yoga 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:34.640 you know Linus said those were dead right you know atlantis is dead right 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:38.000 you sure you want to go with that one uh it's 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:42.960 dennis tick tips okay never mind near my i'll go i'll go 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:45.840 but please subscribe if you want dennis take tips more 00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:54.320 yeah okay i guess with Linus out of the picture 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:59.199 everybody wants to get on front of the camera but you know it has been over a 00:00:56.719 --> 00:01:03.199 year since our last pc build guide and i know you guys really want them the 00:01:01.120 --> 00:01:07.200 problem is that we had sponsors before but guess what Linus isn't here today 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:11.360 i've got the company credit card and it's high time we fixed that so let's 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:15.920 get cracking to build the best bang for buck 1440p 60fps gaming experience we 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:24.000 can muster without triggering the fraud alert he won't know what hit him 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:30.640 and once he's done freaking out other statement he can think about saving money on his it infrastructure with 00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:34.479 glasswire with glasswire you can instantly see your current and past 00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:38.400 network activity detect malware and block badly behaving apps on your pc or 00:01:36.320 --> 00:01:42.120 Android device use offer code Linus and get 25 off glasswire 2.0 at the link 00:01:40.880 --> 00:01:45.269 below 00:01:50.479 --> 00:01:56.799 now before we get our hands dirty we should first make sure that our hands are clean 00:01:54.560 --> 00:01:59.360 and static free we can do the form with some soap but the latter will require 00:01:58.240 --> 00:02:04.880 being grounded now some veteran builders will tell you that if your environment is humid esd 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:09.200 isn't a great danger especially with today's thicker pcbs and protection 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:12.480 circuitry and this is true to some extent so in a pinch simply touching 00:02:11.200 --> 00:02:16.160 something metallic that's got to pass the ground regularly will do 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:19.760 but if you're building a pc you're going to want to invest in an esd solution now 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:24.080 they aren't expensive and we don't recommend continuing without them 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:28.160 when you do use an esd strap or esd mat bear in mind that they must be connected 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:31.840 to ground via an outlet or something metallic with a path to ground 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:35.360 in order to be effective noticing a pattern it's all about the path to 00:02:34.160 --> 00:02:41.920 ground no ground then there's no esd safety as for our 00:02:39.760 --> 00:02:45.280 other tools our handy-dandy multi-bit screwdriver 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:49.760 is our best friend we'll use this magnetic parts tray for screw management 00:02:48.239 --> 00:02:54.080 magnetic project mats also work great here and you can even use a pill sorted a 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:58.160 pretty good effect that takes care of the pre-built prep and tools but for 00:02:56.239 --> 00:03:02.879 cable management and you are going to manage your cables right 00:03:00.239 --> 00:03:06.400 the most useful tools we have are velcro ties like these handy dandy Linus 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:10.480 tech tips brand ones a pair of side cutters 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:13.599 like these and 00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:18.080 a handful of tweezers oh sorry i mean zip ties 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:21.200 needle nose pliers can help when using these in tight spaces but you know 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:26.080 they're not strictly necessary because as you'll see most of our zip ties are going to be 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:29.440 quite accessible now as always it's a good idea to plug in all of your 00:03:27.440 --> 00:03:33.360 components for a dry run before you fully assemble your build now this is a 00:03:31.040 --> 00:03:37.200 good way to troubleshoot any issues that may arise 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:41.760 such as an incompatibility or a doa component so you use your motherboard 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:45.519 box as a case it's non-conductive and usually sturdy enough to handle the 00:03:42.959 --> 00:03:48.640 weight of the board cooler and GPU so if your machine powers on and 00:03:47.200 --> 00:03:52.799 transmits to the display you're ready to move on when it comes to cpus we're 00:03:50.959 --> 00:03:56.959 spoiled for choice thanks to AMD and Intel playing tit for tat over the last 00:03:54.560 --> 00:04:03.120 year or so for us the best value for our money is the ryzen 5 2600 non-x from AMD 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:08.159 which unlike Intel's price competitors the core i5 8400 or 9400 f can be 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:12.640 overclocked it also has twice the number of threads which newer games like apex 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:16.079 legends can take full advantage of so with that in mind AMD steals the show at 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:20.560 this price compared to their own previous gen ryzen 5 1600x the 2600 is 00:04:18.799 --> 00:04:24.639 slightly faster on average thanks to precision boost 2 and typically has more 00:04:23.280 --> 00:04:29.520 overclocking headroom for a price difference of just about 6 retail to 00:04:27.280 --> 00:04:34.880 install the CPU lift up the retention ARM on your motherboard 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:37.600 line up the triangle on the chip 00:04:34.880 --> 00:04:40.960 which is right about there with the triangle on the motherboard 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:46.720 and gently yeah there we go place it into the socket it should just 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:51.680 drop in if the pins are aligned correctly so just visually make sure that the CPU is flush 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:57.120 with the socket before pushing the retention ARM down to lock it in place you may also want to gently press down 00:04:55.040 --> 00:05:00.720 on the chip while you do this to ensure it doesn't shift around but gravity 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:04.720 really should do the job now our CPU comes with its own cooler AMD's own 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:08.639 wraith stealth and we'll be using it here to save money for more than a mild 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:12.960 overclock we'll want to replace it but for now we can go ahead and install it 00:05:10.880 --> 00:05:17.520 by first removing these two plastic clips on the motherboard which helpfully 00:05:15.440 --> 00:05:20.560 just use standard phillips head screws once that's done remove the cooler's 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:25.919 plastic shield covering the thermal compound if necessary this one just kind of fell off 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:30.800 line up with the socket like so the thinner 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:33.840 gauge here should go towards the top and then we just screw it into place where 00:05:32.080 --> 00:05:38.080 those plastic clips used to be now you don't want to immediately tighten these 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:41.280 screws because if you do then it'll make uh screwing the other ones in more 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:45.680 difficult for one and two you're going to want to try and 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:48.720 use an x pattern to evenly distribute the uh 00:05:46.960 --> 00:05:52.560 thermal compound here from here all we need to do is plug its 00:05:50.479 --> 00:05:55.840 fan cable into the CPU fan header on our motherboard 00:05:54.720 --> 00:06:02.320 like so and our CPU and cooler are now fully installed onto the memory now fast 00:05:59.840 --> 00:06:05.919 memory is something that ryzen like me loves to chew on 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:09.520 but because fast memory gets expensive quickly we're primarily focused on 00:06:07.840 --> 00:06:15.600 gaming performance there are diminishing returns at the time of writing g skills ages 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:17.360 ddr4 3000 16 Gigabyte kit is the sweet 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:23.120 spot based on what's available as it's priced in around the range you typically 00:06:19.039 --> 00:06:24.960 find 2133 or 2400 kits unfortunately 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:28.400 since it was oh boy 00:06:26.400 --> 00:06:32.000 okay that's going to make it in unfortunately since it was backordered 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:35.759 when we went to buy it and we had to get the parts in time for this video we had 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:38.800 to settle for this g-skill rip shots 5 at a similar price 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:42.639 if we wanted to grab a 3200 megahertz kit though we'd be paying around 25 for 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:46.560 the privilege for not much real world gain if you've never installed RAM 00:06:44.479 --> 00:06:48.800 before then good news it's super easy but there's one thing you want to keep 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:54.319 in mind if you want to take advantage of dual channel and with ryzen you probably will 00:06:53.199 --> 00:07:00.720 you'll need to make sure that you install your memory in alternating slots so two and four 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:06.800 just pull these tabs back line up the little notch 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:06.800 on the memory with the notch in the slot 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:12.880 and insert now you'll need to push down a little bit 00:07:11.039 --> 00:07:15.680 until you hear a little click and on the other side as well 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:19.280 it'll take a little bit of force but not a whole lot um you don't really need to 00:07:17.599 --> 00:07:22.240 worry about breaking anything but you might feel like you're putting too much 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:27.520 force in so let's do that with the other stick 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:31.120 and just visually inspect that we can't see the pins 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:34.160 and that everything is flush now we've been plugging stuff into this 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:39.520 thing but we haven't really gone over what it is yet we've gone with the 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:42.160 asrock b450m pro4 an inexpensive micro 00:07:39.520 --> 00:07:45.520 atx AMD motherboard with four RAM slots and crucially the ability to overclock 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:50.080 our CPU now because the b450m pro 4 happens to 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:54.479 have decent vrms for power delivery we should be able to obtain reasonable 00:07:51.840 --> 00:07:57.440 results with our ryzen 5 2600 otherwise it's actually pretty 00:07:55.919 --> 00:08:01.680 unremarkable with no official support for sli just crossfire 00:07:59.919 --> 00:08:06.639 and a fine array of i o that includes a vga port 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:09.680 dvi port and HDMI port that are only useful for an apu 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:14.879 not for us now to be clear we could have gotten away with a 50 board instead of a 70 one 00:08:13.280 --> 00:08:19.360 if we didn't care about overclocking support but where's the fun in that 00:08:17.440 --> 00:08:22.560 we are gonna use this guy 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:25.039 we literally chose the cheapest case available 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:33.919 okay fine i'll talk about it this is the rosewill srm-01 a micro atx 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:37.440 case that's about what you'd expect for its common sale price of 20 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:41.839 difficult to open box for one 00:08:42.719 --> 00:08:49.279 it doesn't weigh anything uh what is going on here so for twenty 00:08:47.839 --> 00:08:54.640 dollars you get a case that weighs nothing with very data aesthetics it's 00:08:52.080 --> 00:09:00.160 got a single underside dust filter limited cable management a single 00:08:57.760 --> 00:09:04.959 front usb 3.0 port on the side with the rest 00:09:02.880 --> 00:09:09.120 being 2.0 this thing is not going to be easy or 00:09:07.680 --> 00:09:14.080 fun to build in but that's not the point of this build is it the point is to get the best bang 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:18.240 for the buck and if it doesn't improve performance we're just going to have to 00:09:15.920 --> 00:09:22.640 live with it thankfully we do have thumb screws one thing that it does have is 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:26.880 this drive tray and yes that is what it is so if we take out these two screws here 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:33.200 one on the bottom and one towards the top 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:33.200 like so 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:40.320 haha it swings out of place so yeah we can get a GPU in here if you 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:46.080 want to which we'll have too so this gives us all the room we'll need 00:09:43.839 --> 00:09:49.279 although just barely now before we move on we need to get the case ready to 00:09:47.760 --> 00:09:53.360 actually work in first we'll need to use these thumb 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:57.600 screws to take up both side panels yes the rare one too and yes they actually 00:09:55.279 --> 00:10:01.120 gave us some screws on the rear with that done we'll remove the front 00:09:59.519 --> 00:10:05.760 panel so we need to grip this little slot down here and just pull outward 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:10.160 there's no latch it should just pop right off 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:13.760 and from here all we need to do is just pull these cables through gently 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:17.360 they aren't held in with anything they're just routed right through 00:10:15.839 --> 00:10:20.800 now there's not much in the way of cable management on this front panel there's 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:25.920 nothing particularly special about it but it does have these screws with wide rims 00:10:23.519 --> 00:10:28.959 that hold everything into place so 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:32.959 we're going to want to take this one off next to the leds 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:37.360 and that'll free them up but we don't want to remove them what we want to do 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:42.399 is take these for the power and reset switch and route them down with them and 00:10:39.760 --> 00:10:48.079 from here we'll want to take the led wires and pull them through here until 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:52.480 they're about the same length and loop the slack like that what we can do from 00:10:50.079 --> 00:10:57.839 here is replace that screw and that has all of our front panel connections at 00:10:55.600 --> 00:11:02.320 pretty much the perfect length to reach our motherboard 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:04.240 as for the usb 2.0 front panel audio and 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:07.920 usb 3.0 cables these are relatively easy to figure out 00:11:06.399 --> 00:11:12.800 what we can do is just push them through here 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:17.279 and then out through this cable management port 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:20.240 for the power supply can be a little bit tricky because these 00:11:18.800 --> 00:11:27.320 wires are thick but once we get it through 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:27.320 we'll route our front panel back through 00:11:28.640 --> 00:11:34.640 close it back up should just snap on once you get the 00:11:31.839 --> 00:11:34.640 posts aligned 00:11:35.040 --> 00:11:41.600 and there we go so why did we go through the effort of doing that so doing it this way means 00:11:39.680 --> 00:11:45.200 that our cables have just enough slack to go where they need to go 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:48.640 without having any extraneous length that we need to deal with later on for 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:52.240 cable management which will be a chore 00:11:50.640 --> 00:11:55.600 speaking of the motherboard we can't celebrate yet because we still need to 00:11:54.160 --> 00:11:59.360 install that this is where we run into our first real 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:03.920 problem with cheaping out on the case if we look in this baggie here there are 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:07.360 actually only six brass standoffs included there are no other standoffs 00:12:05.920 --> 00:12:13.200 and our motherboard has eight mount points that means we're going to have to choose 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:16.160 where we need the most support so 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:18.639 we need to determine where 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:21.680 and this is why people don't like wearing esd straps 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:28.880 in this case it looks like we're going to need the most support in the top left 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:31.920 the top right everything in the middle because that's 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:36.000 where our GPU is going to go and probably the bottom middle here 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:40.240 where our front panel connects in and unfortunately that means the rest of 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:43.360 it is going to have to hang loose which means 00:12:41.680 --> 00:12:46.720 the bottom right here bottom left 00:12:44.959 --> 00:12:50.399 and the top middle are going to sag a little bit if you try 00:12:48.079 --> 00:12:56.240 to put any pressure on them so with that mapped out 00:12:53.600 --> 00:13:01.600 in the standoffs go now if you do decide to use a screwdriver for these um 00:12:58.880 --> 00:13:05.600 be very careful because these are made of cheap brass 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:09.200 and this is very thin steel it will strip and you're going to have a bad 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:12.399 time better to just use your fingers to tighten them 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:16.800 you know what i probably should do this with a screwdriver 00:13:14.880 --> 00:13:20.959 once we're done with that nonsense we won't forget our i o shield 00:13:18.560 --> 00:13:24.800 which snaps into place from the inside but we want to make sure that it's 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:28.399 oriented correctly in this case the audio ports will be on the bottom 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:32.959 now we can finally get our motherboard installed for realsies now a pro tip for 00:13:30.959 --> 00:13:37.839 anyone building in an older design case like this install your front panel 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:41.760 connectors now while the motherboard is still outside 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:45.760 the case this little lip down here is going to cause so many problems if you 00:13:43.680 --> 00:13:50.240 try to do it afterwards now you'll want to check your motherboard's manual just 00:13:47.920 --> 00:13:53.360 to see where everything plugs in but typically 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:58.160 the power switch is going to go into the top right 00:13:55.760 --> 00:14:02.079 the reset switch will go right beneath that 00:13:58.959 --> 00:14:04.240 and then hard drive power that'll go 00:14:02.079 --> 00:14:08.560 next to the reset switch to the left uh positive usually is to the left which 00:14:07.040 --> 00:14:11.680 i believe yep that's what the silk screen says 00:14:10.079 --> 00:14:16.639 and we'll do the same for the power switch or power led all right so with 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:20.880 our front panel installed let's get our motherboard in 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:24.079 so we'll get it down under here hold this out of the way so it doesn't get 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:28.399 trapped underneath and line it up with our i o shields so if we align this 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:32.399 laterally you'll see the brass standoff show through which 00:14:30.560 --> 00:14:36.079 will tell you that you have all of your standoffs in the right positions so 00:14:34.079 --> 00:14:38.399 since we can see them we can count them to make sure we have them all in the 00:14:37.199 --> 00:14:42.240 right spots so we have one two three 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:47.360 four five six so with the standoffs aligned to the 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:50.720 screw holes we'll take these fine threaded screws 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:54.320 and screw it down starting with the center to keep 00:14:51.920 --> 00:14:59.839 everything aligned don't mind me i'm just gonna keep 00:14:55.920 --> 00:14:59.839 screwing these in for the rest of time 00:15:00.079 --> 00:15:07.120 yeah i done up 00:15:04.959 --> 00:15:12.320 this is such a pain do you remember how i said you should 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:14.480 plug in the front panel before you you 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:18.000 put the board in did you forget to i forgot to put in these front panel 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:22.160 connectors oh yeah 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:27.680 and then i forgot my own advice about lifting this stupid cable 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:29.600 out of the way there we go now let's get 00:15:27.680 --> 00:15:32.959 those screws back in okay 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:37.360 that was a lot of work just to get the motherboard in 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:41.839 but the phone's only just begun because we haven't gotten to the power supply 00:15:38.959 --> 00:15:41.839 yet 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:50.880 just rethinking my life decisions right now 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:54.240 anyway you might expect that we cheaped out on the power supply too 00:15:52.560 --> 00:15:57.360 but it's actually quite important for a variety of reasons the most important of 00:15:55.839 --> 00:16:00.800 which being the longevity and stability of your computer's components for that 00:15:58.959 --> 00:16:05.440 reason we set a stipulation that the power supply we chose would be 80 plus 00:16:02.880 --> 00:16:09.920 bronze or better capable of 500 watts or higher continuous output and come with a 00:16:07.839 --> 00:16:13.360 five-year warranty at minimum the least expensive power supply that 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:17.680 takes all of these boxes is the Corsair cx-550 which given the lack of modular 00:16:16.160 --> 00:16:23.720 connections means our case choice is about to kick our proverbial butts 00:16:20.959 --> 00:16:28.320 because unlike most modern cases the srm-01 from roswell mounts the power 00:16:25.920 --> 00:16:32.959 supply up top which means not only do we have to line it up manually but uh even 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:36.600 though it does have a lip for the power supply to rest on 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:42.320 we still need to hold it in place while we screw it in or it could fall i want 00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:46.639 to go home it's probably obvious but we can't 00:16:44.160 --> 00:16:50.560 actually get this power supply in here until 00:16:48.160 --> 00:16:53.600 we get these cables routed so let's do that 00:16:53.680 --> 00:17:01.040 this little hole in the back here is quite convenient 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:01.040 for routing our power supply cables 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:08.160 oh and uh by the way because this power supply uh mounts up 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:12.160 here it acts as an exhaust that's actually what it's designed for back in 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:17.280 the day so we're gonna want the fan on the bottom 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:19.439 there we go yeah so you just gotta screw 00:17:17.280 --> 00:17:23.360 it in then power supplies in so this mess is why we 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:28.640 couldn't install the power supply lying flat and it's also why we couldn't 00:17:25.679 --> 00:17:33.840 install the 12 volt dps connector while the motherboard was outside of the case 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:35.760 like we normally recommend 00:17:33.840 --> 00:17:39.840 we could have maybe installed the power supply first but that wouldn't really 00:17:37.280 --> 00:17:42.880 have made our lives much easier so 00:17:41.120 --> 00:17:47.679 let's go about routing these things shall we the uh 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:52.160 atx cable it's pretty easy just go into this little hole here 00:17:49.360 --> 00:17:57.280 thankfully the 24 pin just uh has these extra four pins here 00:17:55.360 --> 00:18:02.080 it's the 20 plus four atx connector which helps in managing 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:06.400 these cables just make sure to clip together 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:10.000 and push it down until it clicks all right so now for the 12 volt eps 00:18:08.320 --> 00:18:16.080 connector and that's going to go through this little hole here 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:17.679 once it's through snap it together 00:18:16.080 --> 00:18:21.120 then line it up 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:24.080 which can be a little bit tricky but thankfully we've got plenty of clearance 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:28.799 so with it in the slot just push down until you 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:31.440 hear the click now the next thing we're going to want to do is pull all of the 00:18:30.320 --> 00:18:37.840 slack from inside the case to this side of the case 00:18:35.919 --> 00:18:41.360 and that will leave as little as possible for us to deal 00:18:39.840 --> 00:18:45.600 with on the inside uh we'll also 00:18:43.120 --> 00:18:50.320 probably never need these uh cables here at least not right now 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:54.559 so we can push those back through if i had been thinking ahead i would 00:18:52.080 --> 00:18:58.880 have just not routed them through but uh yeah that's not what we're doing 00:18:57.440 --> 00:19:05.679 today so since we'll basically never need these 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:08.720 we can tie them off and leave them in this conveniently 00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:13.440 located five and a quarter inch bay that we'll also never use because 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:19.360 who owns an optical drive anymore so into this little drive bay these go 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:24.880 and we never had to look at them again speaking of storage we chose the wd blue 00:19:21.840 --> 00:19:27.039 250 Gigabyte m.2 module for its low 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:31.280 profile and low cost now i know you can get cheaper ssds but 00:19:29.919 --> 00:19:34.880 this was the cheapest that included a dram cache which is extremely important 00:19:33.600 --> 00:19:39.120 for performance as we've seen in the past now to install the module we're going to 00:19:37.760 --> 00:19:43.360 have to find the m.2 slot on the motherboard for our drive the problem is 00:19:41.679 --> 00:19:50.320 that the one in the center of the board here labeled ultra m.2 is only for NVMe 00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:53.440 meaning that our SATA SSD needs to go in the other slot 00:19:51.600 --> 00:19:57.039 which is conveniently located down at the bottom right of the board so we'll 00:19:55.760 --> 00:20:02.640 line up the notches on the end of the module with the 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:04.960 key on the slot 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:08.880 and it should go right in we won't see any more pins 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:13.440 so we can then take this retaining screw 00:20:11.840 --> 00:20:18.559 screw it down and we're nice and secure 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:23.280 you'll notice that it covers up the bottom middle motherboard screw which is 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:27.360 why we didn't install it before now 250 gigabytes of solid state storage isn't 00:20:25.360 --> 00:20:31.120 enough for everything we want to run on this machine i mean individual games 00:20:29.280 --> 00:20:34.400 commonly can be up to 50 gigabytes or larger these days i've seen some that 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:39.520 are like closer to 100 and that's why we've got this two terabyte seagate barracuda which uh 00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:43.200 critically is a 7200 RPM drive meaning that while 00:20:41.760 --> 00:20:47.919 it's more power hungry than the slower 5400 RPM options we'll be loading our 00:20:45.760 --> 00:20:51.760 games more quickly plus since it's an older model it's just as cheap 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:55.520 now we've got a couple of options for mounting the drive and neither are very 00:20:54.240 --> 00:21:00.559 good the first option is to just install it in the bottom of the five and a quarter 00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:03.760 inch bay where the guide rail is provided but unless you have a long neck 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:08.640 screwdriver you're just not going to get a solid mount with that in mind we'll be 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:08.640 mounting to 00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:15.919 this yes i am serious now the manual says to 00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:19.919 mount the drives here with their connectors facing the rear of the case 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:23.440 like this but 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:26.880 we'll get much cleaner cable management if we mount it like this with the 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:30.799 connectors facing the front we can hide those cables through the front panel or 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:34.880 via the five and a quarter inch bay in case you're wondering yes we could mount 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:38.640 the drive or second drive to this bottom half here but that would interfere with 00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:42.480 our GPU's pci express connectors when we go to install them as you'll see 00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:46.240 speaking of connectors now it's time to cable manage this thing 00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:53.120 we've been kind of doing that the whole time but uh now that the drive is securely 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:57.600 mounted it's time to tidy up the cabling in preparation for the GPU which will be 00:21:54.880 --> 00:22:00.320 the last thing that we install here and of course we need to get the drive 00:21:58.960 --> 00:22:04.559 wired up and uh yeah 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:07.360 you know if i were thinking more clearly i probably would have done the cable 00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:14.240 management before the drive the drive but uh you know what 00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:16.559 since our velcro ties are actually too 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:21.039 big for the loops that are provided here on the case 00:22:18.080 --> 00:22:25.440 i'll go ahead and run these now and then cable management afterwards 00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:29.679 just to tidy things up thankfully we only have the one that we 00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:34.320 need to run i don't need this to be hanging out here 00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:36.880 either i'm not very good at this 00:22:34.320 --> 00:22:41.600 remember that uh SATA cable chain that we left out 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:44.559 at this point this is where we need it 00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:50.960 i'm going to cross it over like this with one of my handy dandy tweezers 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:55.000 clip this off or not there we go and now 00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:55.000 we've got just enough length 00:22:57.440 --> 00:23:03.360 that hurt to feed it down through 00:23:01.520 --> 00:23:06.640 this hole here it's a little difficult to see 00:23:05.280 --> 00:23:12.799 there we go as a bonus we can fish this 00:23:10.159 --> 00:23:17.440 up through that same hole and we can send it out through here 00:23:15.280 --> 00:23:23.760 but then we can go back down here with the rest of the front panel cables 00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:26.960 and plug directly into the motherboard 00:23:23.760 --> 00:23:26.960 then we can close it back up 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:34.240 now we have a fully connected drive with basically no mess 00:23:31.679 --> 00:23:39.840 so taking care not to cross over any cables we'll slide our usb 3.0 00:23:38.080 --> 00:23:46.480 header into here 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:47.679 and plug it directly into the board 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:54.880 like so i kind of hate those connectors but 00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:56.640 we will have to pull the slack back out 00:23:54.880 --> 00:24:02.880 but gently because these connectors have a tendency to either break or pull loose 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:07.440 with very little force so with that done now we can start tying these up now this 00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:12.720 step isn't terribly important but it's important to me flatten out a little bit 00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:17.600 all right so we need both of these but we only need one of them to have all of 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:22.240 their connectors so we can tie one of these back just for the sake of neatness 00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:24.480 so we can fish both of these through here 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:29.600 then i can tie this down like so now i 00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:35.200 need to figure out what to do with this guy that'll at least keep it in place 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:35.200 more or less 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:43.200 although i would really like another cable management point now one thing you might notice is that 00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:47.279 it actually isn't flush with the sides of the case but that's not actually a 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:52.480 bad thing because our panel 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:54.320 has this nice big bump on it 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:57.760 which lets us just slide it on 00:24:55.520 --> 00:25:03.440 okay and the front looks pretty clean too which is a good thing because now 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:08.240 we need to install our graphics card our goal for this build is a 1440p 60 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:12.559 capable machine so for that we're turning to the GeForce rtx 2070 gaming 00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:16.720 oc card from Gigabyte it's about twelve dollars or three 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:21.039 percent more than the uh standard gaming card but it's clocked a 00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:24.000 good seven percent higher which means it's a trade-off worth making in the 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:29.279 pursuit of absolute best price to performance at this budget anyway 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:31.360 and uh yeah let's get this in to install 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:34.720 our GPU we're first going to need to break off these tabs that cover the pci 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:38.080 express slots now this is a hallmark of cheaper cases 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:43.440 and nothing to be concerned about you can just gently stick a screwdriver in 00:25:40.159 --> 00:25:44.720 here like so to kind of get it out of 00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:49.279 position and then you can just kind of 00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:51.840 bend it up and down a few times like this 00:25:52.720 --> 00:26:00.400 and they just break right off now we already have most of ours free 00:25:57.919 --> 00:26:04.320 because i did do a test fit in this but for you guys you're going to have to pry 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:07.200 these free so once the slots are free it's time for the main event now the 00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:12.480 first thing we should do is make sure that the tab on the back of the slot is in the 00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:16.080 down position it was already there but 00:26:13.360 --> 00:26:19.840 if it's up just push it down that will unlock the retention clip 00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:25.840 for our GPU which can go in 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:26.960 like so now one more thing to note 00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:30.480 this case has basically no 00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:34.080 room back here install your pci express power 00:26:32.320 --> 00:26:38.880 connectors first before you do anything else now angling this in is a little bit 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:43.039 tricky in a case like this but 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:47.520 once you have it aligned all you need to do is give it a little 00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:53.200 press until you hear the click now we need to do is screw in our retention 00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:55.760 screws now 00:26:54.000 --> 00:27:00.480 once you've tidied up the pci express cables and gotten everything 00:26:58.240 --> 00:27:04.480 nice and organized 00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:10.080 it's time to take a step back and admire your work 00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:12.080 it's been rough but we're almost done 00:27:10.080 --> 00:27:14.960 it's time to go ahead and slide the side panels back on 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:19.120 and secure them into place with the thumb screws 00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:25.120 like so so now we'll plug everything in 00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:30.559 and wait the longest few seconds of our lives 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:34.360 it's powered on 00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:40.080 will it post 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:46.960 oh keyboard lit up hey asrock 00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:51.120 helpfully asrock shows you exactly which key to match so we just match delete or 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:55.600 you can hit f2 now most of this stuff in the BIOS 00:27:53.840 --> 00:28:01.200 we'll probably want to leave at defaults for now but primarily what we want to do 00:27:58.480 --> 00:28:05.279 here is enable xmp which can be done by going over to the oc tweaker 00:28:03.520 --> 00:28:08.320 then going down to xmp setting 00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:16.480 and choosing xmp 2.0 profile one and we should see that uh our RAM is now 00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:23.200 running at the proper speed which is great so we will go ahead 00:28:19.760 --> 00:28:24.559 and do save changes and exit 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:29.360 all right looks like Windows is installed i won't go into the step by 00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:33.200 step on how to do that but for those of you who are stuck and do 00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:36.080 want to install Windows grab an 8 Gigabyte or larger usb key and put it 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:41.440 into another computer that's already running Windows from here you can download the media creation tool from 00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:45.600 microsoft which can automatically set up a Windows installer on your usb key once 00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:50.240 that's done just plug it in reboot it should automagically start the Windows 00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:53.760 setup process and once that's done you should already have all of your drivers 00:28:51.760 --> 00:28:57.520 installed out of the box but you'll want the latest NVIDIA driver along with the 00:28:55.440 --> 00:29:02.000 AMD chipset driver which you can grab from their respective websites now as 00:28:59.760 --> 00:29:05.039 for how this thing performs well i've already loaded up the drive with a bunch 00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:10.720 of tools and games to test drive so let's give it from spin shall we 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:11.520 let's do cinebench i guess 00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:17.679 okay yeah that's about what i'd expect Linus likes doom let's do a shadow of the tomb 00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:22.480 raider and run the benchmark yeah that's pretty good 00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:24.480 high 60s 1440p highest 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:28.000 up above 70 now probably dropped down to like the low 60s at minimum 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:32.640 yeah wow okay that's actually more impressive 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:38.080 than i thought it would be so there you have it an unassuming box well wired 00:29:36.320 --> 00:29:41.520 and filled with nothing but the best bang for buck components you can get for 00:29:39.760 --> 00:29:47.039 a thousand dollars or less absolutely no fluff 00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:51.360 this plate makes magnet mounted metal prints that are durable and don't 00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:55.840 require any power tools in order to hang them they've got over a quarter million 00:29:53.600 --> 00:29:59.679 different artworks spanning a bunch of different styles 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