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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? (14:58)
Choose the best processor (CPU) that your budget will allow. (9:10)
Motherboard & RAM can often be bundled up with your CPU. (7:35)
Selecting our computer case and graphics card. (6:33)
Choosing a SSD and using a power calculator to choose our PSU. (6:40)
Choosing a primary operating system. (4:34)
Which parts can we reuse from our old computer? (8:42)
Submitting rebates through NewEgg.com (6:54)
Get to Know your Hardware: Unboxing each Component
Our Cooler Master N200 Mini Tower Computer Case. (2:24)
Our Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 random access memory (RAM). (1:06)
Our Kingston Digital 120GB solid state drive (SSD). (0:56)
Our Intel Core i3-4170 Dual Core 3.7 GHz Haswell Processor. (2:02)
Our CORSAIR CX series CX430 430W power supply unit (PSU). (1:25)
Our MSI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard. (1:45)
Our EVGA GeForce GTX 950 graphics card (GPU). (3:43)
Piecing the Hardware Together
First step, install your power supply unit (PSU). (2:58)
Let's secure our motherboard in the case. (6:24)
After securing the motherboard within the computer case, you can install the CPU. (2:20)
(ERROR) Installing our graphics card. (2:59)
Hard drive installation. (16:46)
Installing our 8GB of memory (RAM). (0:57)
Connecting the necessary power cords, data transfer cables, and LEDs. (7:23)
Re-installing our graphics card & performing a quick power check. (2:06)
Closing up our case and preparing for the first boot up. (1:27)
1st time powering on our new system. (1:22)
Installing the Necessary Software
Putting the Windows 7 install disk on a USB drive. (4:02)
Step-by-step Windows 7 installation. (6:42)
Downloading the missing on-board LAN (Ethernet) driver (pt.1). (0:24)
Downloading the missing on-board LAN (Ethernet) driver (pt.2). (2:41)
Downloading & installing the graphics driver for our Nvidia graphics card. (6:25)
Window experience index test to check our system. (2:05)
Optional: Linux Installation
Installing Linux on a virtual machine. (9:57)
Setting up a live USB with UNetbootin. (4:52)
Disabling fast start before proceeding with the installation. (1:21)
Installation alongside Windows 10. (5:59)
Deleting the Linux partitions. (2:27)
Ubuntu Linux GRUB bootloader fix. (4:09)
After securing the motherboard within the computer case, you can install the CPU.
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