15 steps to assemble a pc
1 min readAug 14, 2022
Steps are In-order
- Earthing: Touch unpowered plugged computer case.
- Motherboard: screw-in
- CPU: attach directly to the motherboard socket
- Heatsink: lay on top of CPU with thermal paste to facilitate heat transfer
- CPU fan:
- RAM sticks (4): connect to the DIMM slots on the motherboard. It's near the CPU sockets
- Hard Disk Drive (HDD): slide-in SSD SATA or HDD connect the cable to the motherboard
- SATA cable: connect SDD to the SATA power plug
- Case Fan: connect to the motherboard rear fan slot and the Molex. Ventilation cut-outs in the case
- Power Supply Unit (PSU): screw-in with a screwdriver. Adjacent to a large opening in the case
- Connectors: power motherboard using speed-pin cable, SATA power connectors (A pin Molex) to power CPU, cable for case buttons and for lights. Secure by fastening cables to the case
- Graphics Card: plug it into PCI-Express in the motherboard slot. The card is used to upload videos to monitor.
- Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor USB cables to the desktop USB port.
- Display port cable: connect to the desktop and into the monitor
- Power on