how to assemble a desktop and boot it for first time?

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imnir

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Hi guys,
I'm building a desktop for me and I dont have any prior experience with assembling.
Can anyone please let me know step by step that how can I connect hdd to motherboard? How can I connect dvd writer to the motherboard ?
And after assembling all parts what will be the next step to boot a computer? And to install a os?
 
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Here is a chunk of links that I found useful when I was building. Not all may be applicable depending on the hardware you choose, but some of it should hopefully help you:

http://assets.overclock.net.s3.amazonaws.com/f/fb/fbeec... - thermal paste pea method..could probably use less than this even. the idea is to get it to cover the cores. Covering the heat spreader is also good but the cores are where it gets hot so you will want to make sure that is covered. Don't use too much or it will actually raise temps, or even spill onto the processor. Get just enough to make a nice thin layer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyXLu1Ms-q4 - good video to see how things actually spread.. in the end you usually want to use whatever method has been...
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Hi imnir to help you newegg and google have lots of build videos to help you. Myself your first step is take the mb out of the bag and dry fit it in the case and place the brass standoffs in the right place and the metal io shield. I then check the CPU pins on the mb for damage with a flashlight and magnifier. If there no bent pins install the CPU and ram. Both are keyed and can only go in one way. Install the mb in the case and then the power supply. Plug in the 24 pin and eight pin power plugs. Use plastic tye wraps to clean up the cables. On the mb plug Sata cables into intel or amd 6g Sata ports and route to the hard drive bay with Sata power cables.
Plug your hard drive and Ssd into drive trays. Then plug the Sata power and data..be carefull not to snap them off. Clean those cables up.
Plug the gpu into the top video slot and plug the power to it.
Connect the front USB cable and audio cable. On the case wires there a plus and neg side that shoud be marked. Plug them in and power your rig up. Go Into the bios and sit for 10-20 min on the temp screen in the bios.
Let the rig warm up see that the CPU temp sits in the 35-45c range.
Depending on the case and room temp and the CPU cooler.
If the CPU temp hits 60c or higher turn off see that the heatsink on right.
If the temp is fine look at the bios rev of the mb and update it.
Go in after bios update save mb to factory default and reboot.
Go back Into the bios set Sata ports to achi and ram to xmp profile and first video device to the gpu and cd Ron or USB stick at first boot device.
You can use the Microsoft Iso to USB tool to make a bootable USB install cd. When your rig boots from the cd or USB stick you have to hit any key to boot from the installer. If your rig has a hard drive and Ssd boot drive to make windows install quick and painless unplug the Sata data cable to the hard drive so only the Ssd shows up.
After windows is installed and your in the desk top you have to install the updated mb chipset drivers. Then sound and the Ethernet drivers.
The cd driver for the mb will have them but sometimes the drivers are a year old on the disk. When your rig gets online install a anti virus protection and reboot. When installing java and flash make sure you get them from adobe and java a lot of scammer put bad links that are top picks in google.
 
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Here is a chunk of links that I found useful when I was building. Not all may be applicable depending on the hardware you choose, but some of it should hopefully help you:

http://assets.overclock.net.s3.amazonaws.com/f/fb/fbeec... - thermal paste pea method..could probably use less than this even. the idea is to get it to cover the cores. Covering the heat spreader is also good but the cores are where it gets hot so you will want to make sure that is covered. Don't use too much or it will actually raise temps, or even spill onto the processor. Get just enough to make a nice thin layer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyXLu1Ms-q4 - good video to see how things actually spread.. in the end you usually want to use whatever method has been recommended by the maker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRRWbQUqW1Y - yet another thermal compound video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuGwPnWrpow - cpu installation (its for an older one but works with all of them)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrnWVHdhGJ0 - hyper 212 evo installation.. the manual (by that i mean bad foldout poster) is (insert whatever nasty word you like here). This movie was a much better guide for me. Be warned, putting on the back bracket is a bit of a pain, see if you can recruit a trustworthy helper to hold it if you need to
make sure you A) put on thermal compound first of course and B) remove that plastic from the bottom of the heatsink!! (do not want melted plastic in your cpu) C) polish the bottom of heatsink with some isopropyl alcohol (90%+ i believe) and a cloth that won't shed

http://www.youtube.com/user/asusrog?feature=watch -- This is ASUS North America's youtube channel, it's pretty great in walking you through stuff; specific videos i will list below


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Seu7O6IbATU&list=PL91E32... - key mobo components installation (pretty standard for a lot of boards, you can ignore stuff like the WIFI GO module that your board doesnt have obviously)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ9QHOHhGCg - installation inside the case..dont forget the motherboard standoffs! i believe it's usually 9 for atx and i want to say 6 for miniatx..it should come with the case i think (if not that then the board)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xKIiAu4rio - cable management and connecting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2kcJH8ASN8 hard drive installation..obviously the exact method depends on your case, but for the most part it's all similar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB5a3mSElSw - antistatic wrist strap application..if you choose to use. im not really a fan of the idea some people have to clip it on the psu and plug that into the wall, but otherwise that's the general method. For my fractal r4 i used one of the holes the case secured into. Whether or not it was doing anything, something must have gone right since im typing this from that computer right now

psu is pretty basic to install.. however, keep in mind that the power cables can be annoying to get in..i defnitely saw the chip in my optical drive flex around a bit when jamming it in there (it went in eventually, but i was scared of breaking it, even though i knew that was the only way to get it in). the board power was even more annoying. The cpu power wasnt that bad, but when doing it in the case it is a bit annoying so if modular you may want to consider connecting that end out of the case.
As a reminder, don't forget the i/o sheild that comes with the board


**Other good things I found were: 1) specific installation guide for my products (such as that hyper 212 evo video i showed) and 2) specific product reviews and guides, these helped me when i couldnt find or wasnt sure about what/where certain parts were on the board like a fan header or the usb 3.0 header or where all the case controls like the power button went
ASUS North America and LinusTechTips youtube channels were both great channels for various help videos and reviews
 
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