How To: Build A Gaming PC

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Hello, here is a guide I am going to throw together for the community to help them decide what they should include inside their computer if they are looking into building one.

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Parts Needed To Build a Gaming Computer:

- A PSU (Power Supply)
- A HDD (Hard Drive)
- A Motherboard
- A Graphics Card
- RAM (Random Access Memory)
- A CPU (Processor)
- A CASE!!!

Other Hardware/Software you may want to consider getting:

- A Operating System
- A Screen
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Webcam
- Speakers
- Wi-Fi

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Where to purchase your parts?

- US: www.newegg.com
- UK: www.scan.co.uk

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1. Order the parts I have listed from one of the two websites I have supplied (unless you have your own).
2. Unbox all of your purchased parts and keep them in an orderly fashion.

(The next steps are in the order that I would build a computer, you may choose to put them in differently).

3. Take your motherboard and take off the cap covering the CPU Socket (It should be located in the middle of the board, it is usually black).

4. Open the lock on the CPU Sockets cover. To do this simply push down on the lever (silver) and then slide it out and under from the CPU Socket, releasing the lock.

5. Take the actual CPU from where you unboxed it and place it in the CPU Socket lining up the two notches on the CPU with the ones on the motherboard, you cannot put it in wrong as it will not fit if done incorrectly.

6. Slide the CPU Socket lock and cover back onto the CPU Socket, this means the CPU will not be lose and disconnect whilst you are using your computer.

7. Install the heat-sink fan by simply placing it on top of where you installed the CPU and push the clamps down, fitting the fan in place. To make it easier to install push down on the diagonal pins first.

8. Plug in the CPU Fan by plugging it in to the motherboard. It is usually labelled "CPU FAN" on most motherboards but if it is not you should find it at the top of the motherboard.

9. Next, you have to install the RAM. This is very simple so all you have to do is find where the RAM Slots are which is a long strip socket. To plug your RAM in simply unlock the slot by pushing the lever up at the top of the RAM Slot and push your RAM in. Like the processor it should only plug in one way... so it is hard to mess it up. After it has gone in simply lock the RAM In place by pushing the locks forward and towards the bar of RAM, it should click.

10. Put your motherboard aside for now.

11. Now your going to have to grab your case. To open the case look at the back and on one side there should be two thumbscrews, undo this and slide the side of the case off.

12. Pull off the front of the case by simply holding the front of the case at the bottom and pull upwards and out, it should come off, it may require a bit of force.

13. To install the DVD Drive simply slot it in the front of the case in the top slot and make sure the screw holes line up with the inside of the case.

14. Screw your DVD Drive in place by simply looking at the open side of your case and where you lined up the holes to install the screws.

15. Remove the grill/slot on the front of the case (the one you took off) where your DVD Drive will go in and out. To do this... pop/screw it out.

16. Simply pop the front of the case back on by just placing it in line with the front of the case and pushing it on. Make sure you do not trap and wires in the front of the case.

17. Look back at the open side of your case and grab your hard drive. To install your hard drive simply place it in line with the screw holes ensuring that the hard drives plugs and facing the back of the case. This should be installed in the second compartment at the front of the case (The second compartment is near the bottom of the case).

18. Screw in the hard drive

19. Slide your PSU into the top left of the case making sure that the fan is facing downwards towards the bottom of the case. After this screw your PSU in.

20. At the back of your case you should see a large rectangular hole. At this point you will want to clip in your IO plate (Metal plate for USB connections etc), which should of come with your motherboard.

21. Screw the motherboard in by using the gold stand-offs provided with the case/motherboard. In the inside of the case you should see where the stand-offs should go, simply screw them in to the case and line up your motherboard with the stand-offs and screw them into the motherboard as well. You can find out where you are going to put the motherboard in by simply lining your connections up with the IO plate which you installed earlier.

22. Connect the front panel connectors to your motherboard and power supply. They are the bundle of wires which should of come with your case and things for the power button etc. They should be pretty simple to install as you can match the input slot with the output slot. You can also look in the manual which came with your case and your motherboard to see where they plug into your motherboard.

23. Connect the power supply into the motherboard, plug the 24 PIN connector which came with your power supply, also you will need to use the 4 PIN connector which comes from your power supply also. Simply plug the 24 PIN power cable into the right hand side of the motherboard and the 4 PIN one into the top however if they are not there use the manual to find out where they are.

24. Plug in the hard drive and DVD Drive by using the cables from the power supply, if you do not know which ones they are use the power supplies manual provided.

25. Plug the SATA cables (red ones in our case) into your motherboard and lead them to your DVD Drive and Hard Drive. This is vital as we need these so the motherboard can talk to the DVD Drive and Hard Drive.

26. Take your graphics card and look where your PCI Expess slot is, this is the slot which looks like the RAM Slot but is located horizontally.

27. Take off the panel in line with the PCI Express slot located at the back of the case, this will enable the Graphics card to slip in nicely.

28. Place the Graphics card in line with the PCI Express slot and push down, locking the Graphics card in place.

29. Screw the Graphics card in by using the screw provided with your graphics card. The screw hold should be located on the inside of your case near the back of the case.

30. Plug the graphics card in with the final 6 PIN cable from your power supply.

31. To make your PC look better I recommend doing some nice cable management.

Hope you enjoyed if you want to build a gaming PC to play minecraft or any other games.

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If you have any queries, comments, ratings then please leave a comment and I will be sure to improve my guide.

 

It does not matter about the ratings, I just want to see it being used by people

 

Your kind words mean a lot to me.

 

Nope, you will find it no where else on the Internet I can ensure you.

Wow, nice build.

I might use this for a server build, I will increase the RAM and change HDD to SSD.

 

Yea, a GPU that dominates games is not necessary, we only need the horse power