**Building Your Own Gaming Computer**

Making sure all of these screws are fairly tight to keep any vibrations to a minimum is crucial. We also need to install our graphics card. This is a low profile single slot card which is super easy to get up and running. Come around to the back of the case and you’ll need to pull out the top PCI cover. You’ll have to bend it backward topop it out so be careful. Then just line up the graphics card with the open PCI cover and corresponding slot on the motherboard, giving it just enough pressure to clip into place. Using yet another screw like for the hard drive and motherboard attach the metal graphics card bracket and you’ve got everything in the case!

Now comes the fun part, wiring. First up grab the large 20+4 pin lead from the power supply. This goes into the connector on the motherboard behind the memory and can be a bit stiff, don’t be afraid to give it a little force to click it into place. You should also see a 4+4 pin cable, just pop these apart as we only need a single 4-pin for the build. This goes in on the top left of the motherboard, again just push it in until it clicks into place. Next you should find these long, thin cables which are for powering SATA devices. They’re notched on one end so they only go in one way. Plug one of these into the left connector on your hard drive, unlike most cables it won’t click into place so just make sure it’s fully seated.

Finally you’ll see a couple of the smaller Molex cables from the power supply. The front 120 milimeter fan has a normal 3-pin cable however the motherboard only has two fan headers so instead connect it using the Molex lead. While we’re at it we can connect the rear fan which attaches directly to the 4-pin connector on the motherboard. Next up we have the bundle of cables from the front panel. These aren’t difficult but they can be a bit annoying to deal with.

Start with the USB cable which has a single pin knocked out to make sure you can’t put it in backwards. Plug it into the USB 1 connector on the bottom of the motherboard. Next grab the cable with the AC 97 and HD audio labels, these are for your audio jacks so ignore the AC 97 lead and plug the HD audio in on the bottom left corner of the board, again there’s a missing pin on the connector so it only goes in one way.

You’ll also see a few smaller cables, these are for things like the power button and front LEDs and go into the white connectors on the bottom right of the motherboard which marks what goes where. It’s best to work from the bottom up, keeping in mind that the colored wires are positive and the white wires are negative. Don’t worry too much about getting something wrong here, worst case you have to double check the connections.

Come back to the bag of hardware you got with the case and grab your case speaker. This is optional but by plugging it in beside your front panel connectors you’ll be able to hear a warning tone if something goes wrong which can be helpful for troubleshooting problems later on.

The last thing we’ve got to wire up is the hard drive using a SATA data cable that comes with the motherboard. Plug one end into a SATA port on the board, they only go in one way and will click into place. Then run the other end to the hard drive and snap it in, it’s as easy as that.

Now it’s time to fire the BIOS up and make sure everything works. Plug the power cable into the back of the supply and hit the power button. It should come right to life, if not double check that the power supply is on and that all of your wiring is correct. You should see all of the fans in the system spinning and video on your monitor.

It will likely ask you to insert boot media, just restart the PC and hit the Delete key to enter the BIOS. Here you should see some info on the APU, memory and clock speeds, if everything looks good here we’re almost done. Turn the BIOS back off, unplug it and now it’s time to do a little cable management.

Grab some cable ties and tidy up as much of the wiring as you can. All that’s left now is to install Windows. It’s straightforward but if you need a tutorial you can check out my 2014 build guide where I go over it along with things like drivers. Congratulations, you’ve built yourself a gaming computer! If you enjoyed definitely be sure to subscribe to the channel for lots more videos like this and I will catch you guys in the next one!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enHey guys this is Austin and today I’m herewith a tutorial showing you how to build mylatest gaming PC build, the Boson. Buildingthe Boson is a great way to learn how to getinto building PCs as it doesn’t get mucheasier than this. Get a decent sized workspace,grab yourself a Phillips screwdriver and you’reready to jump right in. Start by unscrewingthe thumbscrews on the back of the case, twoon each side. Pop off the rear side panelas well as the one up front and you’ll havefull access to the case. It comes with a fairfew things already installed and wired likethe fans, front panel connectors as well asthe power supply but we do have to do someprep work before installing the parts. Unwrapthe power cable and hardware from inside thecase and inside the bag of hardware pull outsix of these small brass standoffs. Thesewill go in the top two points on the caseand the four holes directly below, just screwthem in finger tight until you’ve got allsix in. This is how we’ll install the motherboarda bit later on. Before we do though let’sprepare the board. It’s inside a staticresistant bag so be gentle when removing it,try not to touch the actual circuit boardif you can and set it down on top of the motherboardbox while we work on it. It can be a bit intimidatingbut there are only a few things you need tofocus on. In the center you’ll find thegray processor socket which is where we’llbe installing the APU. Off to the side ofthat are the DIMM slots for installing theRAM. Wedged behind the DIMM slots is the 20+4pin connector which is the main power forthe motherboard from the power supply. Upin the corner of the board is the 4 pin CPUpower connector which is also connected tothe power supply. Right below the processorsocket are a pair of SATA ports for connectinghard drives or SSDs. On the bottom right ofthe board you’ll find a series of smallgold pins, these are for wiring up all ofthe front panel connectors. Last but definitelynot least is the PCI Express slot which runsacross the middle of the board, this is whereyou install the graphics card. Now grab yourAPU, in this case the Athlon 5350. Insideyou’ll find the APU itself as well as theheatsink with fan already installed. Gentlytake the Athlon out of it’s plastic makingsure you only handle it by the edges. Aroundback you’ll see lots of little pins, theseare fragile and bending one is going to causeyou a major headache. Come back over to thesocket on the motherboard and pull back theretention arm. If you look closely there’sa small gold arrow on the edge of the APU,this lines up with a matching arrow on thesocket to show you which way everything shouldbe aligned. Simply drop the Athlon into thesocket, it should rest easily in place withoutputting any pressure on it. There’s notmuch more to it than that, just push the retentionarm back down until it clicks into place andyou’ve got your APU installed. Next we’vegot the heatsink, if you flip it over you’llsee the preapplied thermal paste. Also includedin the box is the mounting hardware as forthis socket you’ve got to use a slightlydifferent install method than usual. Slidethe pegs through the two holes on each cornerof the motherboard socket and then firmlyplace the heatsink onto the APU using thepegs as guides. This will spread the thermalpaste so wiggling the heatsink around justa bit isn’t a bad idea. Take the other halfof the mounting hardware and clip both piecesonto the pegs, making sure the heatsink isproperly aligned. Now grab the 4 pin connectorfrom the fan and plug it into the CPU fanheader on the motherboard, a notch will onlylet you plug it in one way. There you go,the APU is ready to go! The next step is installingthe RAM which in this case is a single DIMMof Crucial Ballistix Sport memory. This issimple to do, just look for a notch abouttwo thirds of the way along the gold pinson the bottom. This lines up with a correspondingnotch on the motherboard, just slide it intoplace until both clips snap and that's it.Before installing the motherboard you’llneed to pop in the I/O shield that it comeswith. Make sure you line this up with thetwo round ports on top and pop it into place,this can be a bit of a pain so feel free touse some force to make sure it snaps in. Nowit’s time to start installing hardware inour case! Flip the case on it’s side andlower the assembled motherboard onto the standoffswe installed earlier, making sure that theports line up with the I/O shield and thatall of the standoffs are visible through thescrew holes on the board. At this point goback to the bag of hardware that came withthe case and pull out six of these largerscrews. It’s as simple as lightly screwingthe board in one by one, starting on one cornerand then going to the opposite corner andworking your way around, double checking everythingis lined up properly along the way. Once everythingis in and looking good come back around andtighten each screw down to make sure the boardis nice and secure. Next up we’ve got toinstall our hard drive. It’s simple enoughto do for this build, slide it into one ofthe free 3.5 inch bays up front until thescrew holes line up with the mounts in thecase. Using the same type of screws we usedto install the motherboard screw the harddrive in with two screws on each side. Makesure these are fairly tight to keep any vibrationsto a minimum. We also need to install ourgraphics card. This is a low profile singleslot card which is super easy to get up andrunning. Come around to the back of the caseand you’ll need to pull out the top PCIcover. You’ll have to bend it backward topop it out so be careful. Then just line upthe graphics card with the open PCI coverand corresponding slot on the motherboard,giving it just enough pressure to clip intoplace. Using yet another screw like for thehard drive and motherboard attach the metalgraphics card bracket and you’ve got everythingin the case! Now comes the fun part, wiring.First up grab the large 20+4 pin lead fromthe power supply. This goes into the connectoron the motherboard behind the memory and canbe a bit stiff, don’t be afraid to giveit a little force to click it into place.You should also see a 4+4 pin cable, justpop these apart as we only need a single 4pin for the build. This goes in on the topleft of the motherboard, again just push itin until it clicks into place. Next you shouldfind these long, thin cables which are forpowering SATA devices. They’re notched onone end so they only go in one way. Plug oneof these into the left connector on your harddrive, unlike most cables it won’t clickinto place so just make sure it’s fullyseated. Finally you’ll see a couple of theselarger Molex cables from the power supply.The front 120 milimeter fan has a normal 3pin cable however the motherboard only hastwo fan headers so instead connect it usingthe Molex lead. While we’re at it we canconnect the rear fan which attaches directlyto the 4 pin connector on the motherboard.Next up we have the bundle of cables fromthe front panel. These aren’t difficultbut they can be a bit annoying to deal with.Start with the USB cable which has a singlepin knocked out to make sure you can’t putit in backwards. Plug it into the USB 1 connectoron the bottom of the motherboard. Next grabthe cable with the AC 97 and HD audio labels,these are for your audio jacks so ignore theAC 97 lead and plug the HD audio in on thebottom left corner of the board, again there’sa missing pin on the connector so it onlygoes in one way. You’ll also see a few smallercables, these are for things like the powerbutton and front LEDs and go into the whiteconnectors on the bottom right of the motherboardwhich marks what goes where. It’s best towork from the bottom up, keeping in mind thatthe colored wires are positive and the whitewires are negative. Don’t worry too muchabout getting something wrong here, worstcase you have to double check the connections.Come back to the bag of hardware you got withthe case and grab your case speaker. Thisis optional but by plugging it in beside yourfront panel connectors you’ll be able tohear a warning tone if something goes wrongwhich can be helpful for troubleshooting problemslater on. The last thing we’ve got to wireup is the hard drive using a SATA data cablethat comes with the motherboard. Plug oneend into a SATA port on the board, they onlygo in one way and will click into place. Thenrun the other end to the hard drive and snapit in, it’s as easy as that. Now it’stime to fire the Boson up and make sure everythingworks. Plug the power cable into the backof the supply and hit the power button. Itshould come right to life, if not double checkthat the power supply is on and that all ofyour wiring is correct. You should see allof the fans in the system spinning and videoon your monitor. It will likely ask you toinsert boot media, just restart the PC andhit the Delete key to enter the BIOS. Hereyou should see some info on the APU, memoryand clock speeds, if everything looks goodhere we’re almost done. Turn the Boson backoff, unplug it and now it’s time to do alittle cable management. Grab some cable tiesand tidy up as much of the wiring as you can.All that’s left now is to install Windows.It’s straightforward but if you need a tutorialyou can check out my 2014 build guide whereI go over it along with things like drivers.Congratulations, you’ve built yourself agaming computer! If you enjoyed definitelybe sure to subscribe to the channel for lotsmore videos like this and I will catch youguys in the next one!