
Learn to build a custom PC from scratch by selecting a case and mounting components. Get tips on choosing mid or larger cases and planning for power, cooling, and expansion.
Identify tools for assembling a pc, including Phillips and flat-head screwdrivers, and magnetized varieties. Use an antistatic wrist strap, thermal compound, rubbing alcohol, and a jumper block to simplify wiring.
Learn to identify and connect computer power connectors, from the motherboard main power to 4-pin, 6-pin PCIe, SATA power, and case connectors, and power fans and drives.
Learn how to install a motherboard into a computer case, secure it with risers and screws, check capacitors, install ram and processor, and route cables for cooling and clean airflow.
Learn to connect case accessories by matching labels to pins, wiring the reset switch and power button, and wiring the hard drive activity light plus audio and usb headers.
Learn to install a cpu and ram by matching the socket, avoiding bent pins, applying thermal paste, securing the heatsink and fan, and seating ram in notch-aligned slots.
The heatsink sits over the RAM to dissipate heat between the north bus and the south bus. It helps memory stay cooler longer and prevents overheating.
Learn how to mount hard drives in a pc case, including rail adapters, aligning SATA and power connectors, spacing drives for airflow, and adapting to different case mounting setups.
Install a usb and firewire expansion card, mount it securely in a pci slot, and route the cables before fitting drives and optical devices for a clean, connected pc.
Connect two hard drives to the motherboard using SATA data cables, with the operating system drive in front and the second drive in back for a tidy, boot-ready setup.
Learn to assemble a pc by connecting the main motherboard power, configuring 6/8/4-pin connectors, installing a video card and sound card, and wiring drives, fans, and accessories before booting Windows.
Have you wanted a powerful computer. Welcome to Customize PC 2015.
DIY is the best solution. Why not just buy off the shelf package from Dell, Acer, HP or others?Off the shelf is good for people that do not need customisation.Off the shelf PC also come with a heavy price tag. And most of the time you want some of the component in Dell and other component in Acer, you can pick and match.
DIY is your solution, first of all if you are getting similar specification with the branded PC, DIY will be must cheaper comparing apple to apple.
DIY offer you the following benefitYou get to choose the casing you want, do you want a big or small casing, how about USB port do you want it to be at the front or at the back or even both. How about DVD Drive do you want 1 or 2 DVD drive. Having 2 DVD drive mean you can copy DVD disk easily. Most of the branded PC has only 1 DVD Drive and adding 1 more Drive mean extra money and it is much more than you buy a DVD drive at your local hardware shop or even Amazon.Choose the motherboard you wantGraphic card if you are a gamer or do you want just a normal (good) graphic card but spend the budget away for more RAM or getting a SSD harddisk
with DIY anything is possible, it is only your imagination
In this course I show you how to build and customized a PC from scratch.
And if any component is faulty along the years, you will know how to replace it. No need to bring down to your hardware guy as you are the one that assemble it and you can replace it yourself