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PC Build and Manual

Table of Contents
1.Computer Components
2.Tools
3.Workspace Preparation
4.Installing Motherboard
5.Installing Power Supply
6.Installing CPU
7.Installing RAM
8.Installing Hard Drive
9.Installing Optical Drive
10.Installing Video Card
11.Connecting Monitors, Keyboard, and Mouse
12.Bios Configuration
13.Installing Windows 7
14.Configuring Critical Windows Features
15.Bibliography

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Computer Components:

Motherboard with Socket 1336
Power Supply, ATX, 20+4 pin, PCIe
Processor
Ram
Hard Drive
CD-DVD Drive
Video Card
Monitor
Keyboard and mouse

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Tools

1. Phillips screwdriver
2. Needle nose pliers
3. Anti-wrist strap

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3.

Workspace Locations

Location and environment is key to ensure you do not spend numerous hours and money troubleshooting the components after the completion of building your PC. One of the main concerns is static electricity also referred to as electro static discharge. Voltage as little as 300 volts can damage the integral components to put in comparison; when you feel static electricity is already 3000 volts. Here are some protocols to reduce or eliminate ESD.
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Keep the temperature around 75 degrees

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Humidity between 68 and 72 % would be ideal to reduce dry air the inducing ESD.

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The use of a static mat would be preferred; ensure the mat is grounded and wear the grounding strap according the specifications.

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Keep pets away, especially cats as they generate much ESD, this also will prevent dust and hair being introduced into your computer case and components.

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Avoid working on carpet or wearing clothes that generate ESD. Make a habit of grounding yourself if you move around before working with parts.

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Keep your components in a static free bag until time of use.

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Always allow components to reach room temperature before installing. Static electricity builds up faster when cold and dry.

Following this guidelines and using common sense with prepare you to ensure you have an adequate and safe location to being your building process.

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Motherboard Installation

ASUS P6X58D-E Intel X58 Socket 1366 DDR3 ATX Motherboard
Price: $ 295.00 (ebay.com)

Choosing a motherboard also known as a system board, logic board or mainboard is the preference of the builder. One of the main factors is ensure you choose a motherboard that will

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grow with your needs, wants, and future technology. As we become for technology advance, systems may require more power and different configurations.
Choose a mother boards on your preferences. Refer to the motherboard specification of the type or size of case is required for your motherboard. Cases vary in quality and design usually pretty inexpensive, but ensure the motherboard will fit in the case of your choice. Again, also refer to the manufacture specification on components compatibility. Also to note, you can build your components on the motherboard while outside the case or after you install in the case. Some prefer to build outside the case as spacing limitation makes it cumbersome.
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Install the faceplate suppled with motherboard to the case, will be a snap fit and supports the expansion slots boards and connections.

The motherboard will have support holes to allow you to secure the motherboard within the case with the use of standoff’s. You may have to do some trial and error to find the correct location of standoff’s within the case, but ensure you install all the standoff’s support. If not, this can cause the terminal and metal connections on the bottom of the motherboard to contact the metal portions of the case or cause the motherboard to bend.
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Line up the standoff’s in the appropriate locations and securely fasten them to the case. Install motherboards on the standoff’s, being care of any metal edges on the case as they be sharp. Use the supplied hardware and fasten the motherboard to the standoff’s. As you tighten the screws the standoff’s will also tighten.

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After the installation of the motherboard, there are several wires from the case that will need to be connected to the motherboard o o

Hard Drive LED

o

Reset Switch

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Power light

USB Connector

Refer the motherboard’s specification as to which pins these wires will connect to.

Now, we are almost complete with the mother board installation. The computer case may have USB connectors already installed in the case with which will be connected to the USB ports on the motherboard. Refer to the motherboards specification on which pins to connect
USB to. Normally will have three USB port located on the motherboard with the potential for six USB connections.

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5.

Power Supply

Corsair - CX Series Modular CX750M 750W ATX Power Supply
Price: $76.00 (bestbuy.com)

Power supply should be matched to your form case and mother board. The power supply transformed AC current to DC currently supplying power to all the the components within the computer. It is recommended to invest in a power supply that will supply adequate power in the range of 350-450 watts to allow for expansion and grow with your needs in the future.
You can install the motherboard outside the case first or put it in the PC case first, but may be difficult while working inside the case. Most cases purchased will already be installed within the case. It will be your preference to remove it prior to the motherboard installation to aid in having adequate room.
Below are the procedures to install a power supply if not already installed.
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Place the power supply in the case in which the supporting screws will attach to the power supply from the case. Support the power supply when fastening the screw to prevent from damaging the mother board.

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Now that you have installed the power supply, you will refer to the components specifications on where the cables would be attached to. The motherboards will have will have a diagram to aid in connecting all your peripheral devices. Ensure the switch on the power supply is switch to either 115 volt or 220 depending on location of where you live. o Connect the main power cable to the motherboard using the 20+4 pin connector.

As we proceed in this manual and install the hard drive, disk drives, cooling fan, you will connecting the cables supplied by power supply to these components.

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6.

The Processor
Intel Six-Core Xeon X5690 3.46GHz 12M Processor CPU Socket LGA-1366
SLBVX
Price: $384.99 (ebay.com)

The Processor (CPU) is the "brain" of your computer, the thing that carries out the tasks you give it. Better CPUs can perform more tasks at once, and perform them faster. That said, not everyone actually takes advantage of their processor's full speed, so the high-end models are only really crucial if you're performing intensive tasks like gaming, video editing, video conversion, or compiling code. It's also one of the most expensive parts of a machine, so if you aren't performing these types of tasks, you don't necessarily need to worry about buying the latest and greatest.
Installation of CPU; refer to specification of motherboard to ensure compatibility. Most to all of CPU are now keyed in a fashion to prevent the improper installation and will have you line up a tab or gold triangle. Ensure all pins are settled and then close the hold down bar to set the processor in. Now it is time to install the heat sink. Ensure you have spread the transfer silicone to top of processor during installation to keep the processor from overheating.

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The RAM
Corsair - XMS CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10B 16GB KIT 2X8GB PC3-12800 Memory
Price: $91.00 (bestbuy.com)

RAM, or Random Access Memory, is similar your computer's short-term memory. It will store data your computer needs quick access to assist with all your programs, run faster, and help you run more programs at one time. Thus, if you run many programs at once, you'll want a computer with more RAM. Find out what type of RAM is required for your desktop computer.
RAM comes in a many type of models and speeds. The type of RAM you can get varies and check with computer’s motherboard. Check your motherboard or computer’s documentation, or check the manufacturer’s website for the RAM specifications that are compatible with your hardware. Again using anti-static technic’s on all the installation of your components, ensure you in the expansion slot with the correct RAM. After installation, boot up your computer and in the CIOS setting check the status of you RAM, and ensure the computer recognizes the additional or new RAM.

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9.

The Hard Drive

WD Black 6TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s
128MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD6001FZWX
Price: $300.00 (amazon.com)

As there are many hard drives to choice, this section will guide you about installing a SATA
(Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) hard drive. This is the most common and versatile opposing to PATA hard drive. Another hard drive you may use is a Solid State hard drive or
SSHD. Instead on mechanical hard drives, SSD use flash memory which is much faster but also more expensive. Another issue is SSD is these drive don’t like the constant re-write of material on them constantly. They are 2.5 inches wide and will have to get an adapter to fit in the
3.5 inches bay drives. Mechanical hard drives are normally the 3.5-inch form factor, and usually mount at the front of the case. They are secured with screws or, in some more expensive computer cases, tool-less snap-in brackets.
Once your drive is secured, read your motherboard specifications for the power and date ports you will plug in the power and data cables. Find a SATA power cable coming out of the power supply (SATA 15 pin), and the data cable, thin plug with an L-shaped bend at one end into the hard drive and the other end into the mother board SATA port, then press firmly until it seats.
Now ensure if you have disconnected any other wire/cable, reconnect them and boot up your computer. You may have to format the drive for use first, but Windows will prompt you to do so when you boot up the first time. If not, your drive should show up in my computer with a new drive letter, ready to use.

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The Optical Drive
LG - 8x External USB 2.0 Blu-ray Disc Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW
Disc Rewriter - Black
Price: $84.00 (bestbuy.com)

Next section, let discuss how to install an optical drive. Choosing is optical drive is a preference, but my recommendation would be to choice an optical drive that will suit all your needs and will grow with technology. I have found Blu-Ray players that are able to perform the functions of all CD/CD-ROM/CD-RW and the ability to laser burn you labels depending on your needs. They are able to hold up to 25 GB of data opposed to 4GB with CD.
Again, choice the correct optical drive, there are PATA, SATA, SCIS with SATA being the most common. Depending on the type of case you purchase, you may have the quick tabs for easy removal and installing or use screw to secure the drive. Choice which bay you would like to configure you optical drive.
Step 1: Remove the side panel to the computer case
Step 2: Remove the front bay cover you are choosing to install your drive.
Step 3: Secure the drive in the bay.
Step 4: Then read your motherboards specifications for the ports to connect your drive to.
For power, either the MOLEX power connector if using IDE or SATA power connector for SATA connections. Step 5: Now connect your data cables to the rear of the optical drive and the other end to the
SATA port of your choice on the mother board. Note: If replacing IDE, ensure you set your new drive to either Master or Slave depending on the configuration. Data cable will only fit in one way, so don’t force them.
Step 6: Turn on your computer and ensure your computer is recognizing the new drive.

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The Video Card
MSI - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 SDRAM PCI Express 3.0
Graphics Card - Black/Red
Price: $534.00 (bestbuy.com)

Now that we have your optical drive installed, let’s go over the options of a video card. Video cards come optional with purchasing motherboards. It will be your preference as to what you want your computer to be able to do. Are you a gamer, database administrator needing two monitors, or are you going to use your computer for HD streaming videos and editing. Or, is your purpose to simply search internet and basic functions. They are many types and models and you will have to ensure with motherboard specifications to match with the speed and requirements to meet with video cards. As there are also many types of connections associated with video connections to monitors, TV, etc. Choose which is going to be appropriate for you.
The video card you choice will most like require its own power source from power supply vice the motherboard and will free up memory as video cards have an install set of chip to alleviate the CPU and memory for other uses.
Below are the steps for a basic video card.
Step 1: Turn off power to computer
Step 2: Remove side cover to computer case
Step 3: Locate the PCI slot(s) in which you want to install the video card
Step 4: Remove the blank-off plate on rear of computer to allow the terminals and connector to protrude to the rear of computer. Now, secure the video card which the set of screws provide to the case.
Step 5: Install the card, being careful to push strait down and not bend or break anything, some video card may occupy two slots.
Step 6: Locate the power supply connector usually a 6 or 8 pin according to motherboard and video card specifications and insert power connection from the power supply. If using two video cards, refer to manual on how to bridge or connect the two video cards together in order for proper operation.
Step 7: Locate the drivers via the manufactures website to identify your video card, or use the drivers with the disk provided and reboot the computer. Now, enjoy your new freedom of improved video card processing.

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12.

The Monitor, Keyboard, and Mouses

AOC - 27" LED HD Gaming Monitor - Black
Price: $329.00 (bestbuy.com)

Razer - BlackWidow Ultimate 2016 gaming keyboard
Price: $109.00 (bestbuy.com)

Razer - Naga Hex Expert MOBA/Action-RPG Laser Gaming Mouse - Black/
Green
Price: $73.00 (bestbuy.com)

Your I/O ports for the monitor will normal be DB-15 pin, but as we have installed a better video card will use the HDMI connecting on the back of your computer. As there are many different types of monitors, VGA, HDTV, CRT, LCD. Depending on your preferences, you may have a video card or chips built into the motherboard or you can choose a video card for performance and gaming. Always refer to your motherboard for compatibility.
As the video card you installed in the previous step has an HDMI connection, we will be installing a HDTV for our viewing movies and light gaming use.
Step 1. Connect the HDMI cable to back of monitor and the other to the HDMI connection on your video cards.
Step 2. Boot up the computer. Go to video preferences and adjust the resolution to spectifications for your monitor and video card. Normally, for HDTV, you will be choosing the highest resolution as the pixels are very close together giving better images. The refresh rate should be automatically adjusted, but refer to the specifications to ensure your setting are correct.

Keyboards / Mouse
Keyboards and mouse allow the user to input data and is the two key components to a computer for the user to interact and give command to the computer. Most to all keyboards and

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mouses have a standard connection that is color coded to the connections on back of computer allowing fool proof way to connect. The connections may look identical but don’t plug the keyboard in the mouse port, it will not work; connect color with the corresponding color and then the computer should automatically read and install any drivers necessary. Refer to the manufacture website for any issues if needing to download drivers.

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BIOS Configurations

BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output System and also known as the System BIOS, ROM BIOS or
PC BIOS. BIOS tests and initiate systems components and hardware on startup allowing for all the components to work together. As the BIOS have many functions we will discuss the configuration for what was installed previously. These are the basic functions of the BIOS or
CMOS systems as they may be referred as one in the same in the industry.


System Time/Date - Set the system time and date (If time and date keep going off track; may be the battery)



Boot Sequence - The order that BIOS will try to load the operating system: Can choose which drive to load the OS from. You can choose the HD first, or Optical Drive first depending of if you want to read a boot up disk first or re-install an operating system.



Plug and Play - A standard for auto-detecting connected devices; should be set to "Yes" if your computer and operating system both support it



Mouse/Keyboard - "Enable Num Lock," "Enable the Keyboard," "Auto-Detect Mouse".



Drive Configuration - Configure hard drives, CD-ROM and floppy drives



Memory - Direct the BIOS to shadow to a specific memory address



Security - Set a password for accessing the computer



Power Management - Select whether to use power management, as well as set the amount of time for standby and suspend



Exit - Save your changes, discard your changes or restore default settings

As we have installed a new SATA hard drive, your motherboard should have automatically recognized it and initiated the correct parameters. But if not, we want to choose the correct interface from the BIOS setting for the hard drive. As you boot up the computer, hit the delete key (with most computers), or what every key will bring up the BIOS setting on the computer. Use the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) under drive configurations.
The same would be chosen for the optical drive you have previous installed.

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We have discussed how to install Optical Drive, Hard Drive, Video Card, connecting keyboards, monitors and mouse, and how to configure you BIOS to ensure the correct parameters are chosen for your new hardware.

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Instaling Windows 7

In this section we will go through the step on how to do a clean Install of Window 7. This is not the same as upgrades to Window 7 which will be explain later in the manual.
Installation overview: Refer to your specifications and verify your computer has the necessary hardware to install Window Operation System. Below are the minimum requirements.
- 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor*
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1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)

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16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

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DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

Step 1: Turn on your computer and keep pressing the key during your POST to enter into the
BIOS system. Usually F2, but can be DEL, F12, refer to your manufacture manual.
Step 2: Once in your BIOS systems, click on boot and select CD-ROM.

-Now Exit Saving Changes.
This will enable the computer to boot from your installation Window disk. NOTE: If this is an existing hard drive, make sure you back up all of your data before proceeding with installation. You will be erasing all data on current hard drive. If this is a new hard drive, the procedure on how to partition and format

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will be explained later.
Step 3: Insert your Window 7 OS disk in the CD-ROM:
Step 4: From here the installation disk will guide you throughout the remaining portions of the installation wizard. Throughout the installation the computer will reboot from time to time. During this process, relax and let the installation run its course with no interruptions.
Click: Install now

Now, we are doing a Custom Install. Click Custom Install.

Step 5: This is the most important part of the installation. You can allocate space and create another drive if you desire. If you want to create another partition separate from the Active partition.
Select new drive and allocate the space you want for that drive.

Step 6: Select Next. Now as the file begin to transfer, relax and do not interrupt or turn off the computer.
Your computer will eventually reboot and bring you to a User Setting Screen. Select a User Name and Password and click next.

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Step 7: This is the section which you will use the Activation
Product key located on the back of the Window disk cover.
Input those set of character in the PRODUCT ID window.

Step 8: Congratulation! Now that you have installed windows, follow the remaining wizards for time, date, and location. After the wizard is computer you show see your desktop and enjoy using you brand new Window 7 OS. Now refer to Post
Installation to configuring you new OS.

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Configuring Critical Windows Features

Before you enjoy using your new OS. Let perform a few critical steps to ensure you operation system continues to run smootly.
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Perform any updates Windows may require, chances are the system may require many updates and will require a reboots after installation. Perform this step immediately.

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Boot back into the BIOS and set up under your BOOT menu to boot from your hard disk by setting your hard drive priorty setting so it will not boot from CD-ROM

Go into Device Manager, and update device drivers that has a yellow flag next to it.

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Now configure you Firewall and Anti-virus protections.

Choose Start→Control Panel→System and Security→Windows Firewall.

Click the Turn Windows Firewall On or Off link in the left pane of the window.
The Windows Firewall Customize Settings window opens.
Select the Turn on Windows Firewall radio button for one or both of the network locations.
Click OK.

You can choose to impose a different level of security on each of the network types:
Home or Work (Private) Network Location Settings and Public Network Location Settings.
Click the Close button to close Windows Security Center and the Control Panel.

Firewalls are an essential part of your Windows security system unless you use a Virtual Private Network (VPN). If you use a VPN, the firewall will prevent you from sharing files among other VPN features.

Many antivirus and security software programs may offer their own firewall protection. Compare the features of different firewall programs. Most firewall features are comparable. The important thing is to have one activated.
Now, ensure you continue to run an updated anti-virus and maintain your new Windows Operation system and defragment on a weekly basis is recommended. Enjoy.

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Bibliography

[1] Get Into PC, "How To Install Windows 7 - Step By Step Method For Beginners",
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