So, let’s start putting together the hardware. If you have managed to obtain yourself all the necessary details, then you can start building the computer.

On that page, certain types of components have been used as examples and they may not coincide with those you use to put together your own computer; therefore, there may occur some differences between your desktop computer and the one shown in this tutorial.

llustrated Computer Hardware Installation Guide: Step 1

Here is the computer case. In the inside it should more or less look the same as the one on the picture.

With the case, you should have received motherboard spacers and screws. With the help of those, we set the motherboard in the case. Mount the spacers into the corners and to the side proper holes so that they match up with the holes in your motherboard. Install the motherboard a little later.

If the motherboard has different jack arrangement than the case's I/O (Input/Output) shield, then use the shield that comes with the motherboard. Mount it from the inside of the case.

Now we need to install the processor. Raise the lever on the side of the CPU (processor) socket. The CPU’s pins are configured in a way that it is possible to put the CPU into the socket only one way and if you are doing it right, it should fit in rather easy. Hold the processor down and close the lever.

Before you install the CPU cooler, do not forget to put thermal compound onto the top of the CPU (on core). In the picture, the thin even layer had already been applied.