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<blockquote data-quote="CobraBob" data-source="post: 14304220" data-attributes="member: 6727"><p>Building a computer is not complicated. There are definite steps where you'll have to take a step back and figure what to do next, but you'll do fine. Trust me that a YouTube installation video will help you big time. If you have the time, search YouTube for other well done installation videos. Just be sure they are fairly current as hardware changes over time. Viewing them will serve as a good tutorial and prepare you to actually build yours. I built my computer with literally no prior build experience except for one simple computer I built about 15 years ago. <u>I used a YouTube video for guidance (on my laptop) to guide me.</u> Fortunate for me, the YouTube video I chose happened to use 90% of the exact same components as I had purchased. It was invaluable. The most difficult part was attaching the various cables to the motherboard, as the location of the connectors varies from motherboard to motherboard, but they are labeled. You just need to scan the board for them. I advise that you figure ahead of time what connectors you'll need before you start the assembly. Kind of a "pre-assembly". The more preparation time you take prior to the assembly, the easier the build will be. Anticipate any steps that might raise questions and get the questions answered ahead of time. You'll then avoid the frustration of having to stop a step to get an answer, or worse, make a mistake.</p><p></p><p>The list of hardware that Blown 89 shows is a good list. You can substitute your personal preferences if you have any (ie. a different motherboard), but you might want to just make it easy on yourself and go with his recommendations. Be aware that the hard drive is a solid state drive (you'll love it). It is physically smaller than a 3.5" hard drive, so you will probably need to buy a 3.5-inch to 2 X 2.5-inch hard drive HDD SSD bay converter. It is used to mount the smaller 2.5 inch Samsung drive in the 3.5 inch bay on your case. The cost is only around $8.00. Here is an example from Amazon. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Tek-3-5-Inch-Converter-SDP08/dp/B002BH3Z8E/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_text_y" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Tek-3-5-Inch-Converter-SDP08/dp/B002BH3Z8E/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_text_y</a> NewEgg has the same item for the same price.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CobraBob, post: 14304220, member: 6727"] Building a computer is not complicated. There are definite steps where you'll have to take a step back and figure what to do next, but you'll do fine. Trust me that a YouTube installation video will help you big time. If you have the time, search YouTube for other well done installation videos. Just be sure they are fairly current as hardware changes over time. Viewing them will serve as a good tutorial and prepare you to actually build yours. I built my computer with literally no prior build experience except for one simple computer I built about 15 years ago. [U]I used a YouTube video for guidance (on my laptop) to guide me.[/U] Fortunate for me, the YouTube video I chose happened to use 90% of the exact same components as I had purchased. It was invaluable. The most difficult part was attaching the various cables to the motherboard, as the location of the connectors varies from motherboard to motherboard, but they are labeled. You just need to scan the board for them. I advise that you figure ahead of time what connectors you'll need before you start the assembly. Kind of a "pre-assembly". The more preparation time you take prior to the assembly, the easier the build will be. Anticipate any steps that might raise questions and get the questions answered ahead of time. You'll then avoid the frustration of having to stop a step to get an answer, or worse, make a mistake. The list of hardware that Blown 89 shows is a good list. You can substitute your personal preferences if you have any (ie. a different motherboard), but you might want to just make it easy on yourself and go with his recommendations. Be aware that the hard drive is a solid state drive (you'll love it). It is physically smaller than a 3.5" hard drive, so you will probably need to buy a 3.5-inch to 2 X 2.5-inch hard drive HDD SSD bay converter. It is used to mount the smaller 2.5 inch Samsung drive in the 3.5 inch bay on your case. The cost is only around $8.00. Here is an example from Amazon. [url]http://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Tek-3-5-Inch-Converter-SDP08/dp/B002BH3Z8E/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_text_y[/url] NewEgg has the same item for the same price. [/QUOTE]
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