Do-It-Yourself PC System: CPU & Motherboard

Floppy, Hard Drive, DVD/CD-ROM, Continued

The DVD drive can be easily installed. Modern casing designs do away with the need for screws:

An overview of the Tom's Hardware PCs interior: Now we only have to connect HDD and floppy cables.

Compare these two IDE cables: Above the Ultra DMA/66/100 cable, below the "old" Ultra DMA/33 cable.