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Build Your Own Custom Computer!
Planning Stages: Choosing the Proper Components and Preparing our Build
What is the primary purpose for your new computer?
Choose the best processor (CPU) that your budget will allow.
Motherboard & RAM can often be bundled up with your CPU.
Selecting our computer case and graphics card.
Choosing a SSD and using a power calculator to choose our PSU.
Choosing a primary operating system.
Which parts can we reuse from our old computer?
Submitting rebates through NewEgg.com
Get to Know your Hardware: Unboxing each Component
Our Cooler Master N200 Mini Tower Computer Case.
Our Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 random access memory (RAM).
Our Kingston Digital 120GB solid state drive (SSD).
Our Intel Core i3-4170 Dual Core 3.7 GHz Haswell Processor.
Our CORSAIR CX series CX430 430W power supply unit (PSU).
Our MSI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard.
Our EVGA GeForce GTX 950 graphics card (GPU).
Piecing the Hardware Together
First step, install your power supply unit (PSU).
Let's secure our motherboard in the case.
After securing the motherboard within the computer case, you can install the CPU.
(ERROR) Installing our graphics card.
Hard drive installation.
Installing our 8GB of memory (RAM).
Connecting the necessary power cords, data transfer cables, and LEDs.
Re-installing our graphics card & performing a quick power check.
Closing up our case and preparing for the first boot up.
1st time powering on our new system.
Installing the Necessary Software
Putting the Windows 7 install disk on a USB drive.
Step-by-step Windows 7 installation.
Downloading the missing on-board LAN (Ethernet) driver (pt.1).
Downloading the missing on-board LAN (Ethernet) driver (pt.2).
Downloading & installing the graphics driver for our Nvidia graphics card.
Window experience index test to check our system.
Optional: Linux Installation
Installing Linux on a virtual machine.
Setting up a live USB with UNetbootin.
Disabling fast start before proceeding with the installation.
Installation alongside Windows 10.
Deleting the Linux partitions.
Ubuntu Linux GRUB bootloader fix.
Motherboard & RAM can often be bundled up with your CPU.
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