How To Build Your Own Computer

Lets be honest, building a computer from scratch with no knowledge of how to go about it can be basically impossible.It is actually great fun building up and stripping a computer once you are able to understand how to do it.I am going to briefly explain in this article the important components of a computer and how to go about connecting them.

PC Components:Motherboard ,ram chips, AGP or PCI graphics card, CPU processer unit, Power supply, DVD roms and Hardrives.

Okay so lets briefly lay out the procedures below.

Firstly you need to attach the motherboard to the motherboard holding plate. This can be done by screwing it in in accordance with the holes or making use of the plastic stoppers.

Once the motherboard is attached you will need to insert the cpu processor unit into its socket with the pins carefully sliding into their holes.There is usually a small lever which you use to clip the cpu into place, so do this carefully.

The ram chips are next to be put into their respective sockets. Simply line them up with their sockets and clip them into place.

Next is the graphics card.Your graphics card might be AGP (requires Accelerated Graphics Port) or PCI so just make sure you know. The AGP port is usually a short grey port above the long white PCI ports,so plug that in too.

Now you can assemble the motherboard holding plate onto the pc box. Next you can insert the power supply. Make sure you have no live connections going when you do this! Simply place the power supply in its correct location designated and screw in.

There are different connections coming from the power supply so lets explain them.The ones with yellow,black and red wires with 5 connections are called standard peripheral power connectors.These get connected to the DVD roms and hard drives to give them power.There will also be a long connector from the power supply which is probably the main power connector which you will plug in on your motherboard.

The next type of cable you need is the 40 pin IDE cable which connects from your cd roms and hard drives to the Primary and Secondary IDE ports on the motherboard.You will have to decide which ones go where.

Another important set of connections is the front panel connectors.You need to make sure you plug them in correctly on the motherboard as they light up the corresponding LED lights for your reset button,hard drives and power button.Do this incorrectly and your pc will not boot at all.

Once all the internal connections have been done it's time for the external connections.Simply connect the monitor adapter to the Video card output, mouse and keyboard to their ports as well as any other printers and general hardware devices to their respective serial and parallel ports. If all is done correctly, you should have a working computer.

So basically those are the most important outlines you need to understand in order to build a computer. t is quite easy to get hold of pc building manuals on the internet.

If you would like to obtain a video tutorial on how to build a computer as well as repair it please check out the website below.

How To Build A Computer