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How to build a computer Part 3

The third power cable is the one that’ll be connected to the fans. In our case, one in the front and another in the back part of the box.

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Conexión en la fuente de alimentación del cable de los ventiladores

We connect them to two molex connectors which have box fans.

Conexión del cable de la fuente de alimentación a los ventiladores

This is how our computer looks like at this point.

Not much is left to be done.

Montaje parcial del ordenador

Now is the time for the processor.

Procesador con su ventilador

We lift the socket lid and we remove the plastic protection that covers the connections.

Levantamos el plástico que cubre el socket del procesador

We remove the plastic lid which covers the processor connections carefully, so as not to touch them. To do this, we take the processor sideways.

Procesador

We place the processor in the socket, paying attention to the little arrow marked in one of the corners and lateral slots, so that they coincide with the socket ones.

Muescas del procesador

We lower the socket lever which fixes the processor in its place.

Bajamos la palanca para sujetar el procesadror

We place the fan above the processor and place the four fixations in the four motherboard orifices.

Ventilador del procesador

We press the fixations downwards until we hear a “click” sound. We first do it with the two opposite fixations, and then with the other two.

Apretamos las pestañas del ventilador del procesador

We connect the 4 PIN molex to the “CPU fan” of the motherboard. The fan and the panel have 4 PINS, which means they both support the PWM regulation, that is, the pulse-width modulation.

This regulation is more precise that the one used up till now, direct current regulation.

Conexión del ventilador del procesador a la placa base

The memory kits will be placed paying special attention to the small fissure they have towards the centre.

Kit de memorias

The fissure coincides with the socket slot of the motherboard. Since the memory kits will function in dual channel, they are supposed to be placed at the same colour sides.

Las memorias colocadas

We choose the orange sides since they are the closest to the processor fan.

Memorias colocadas en su sitio

We press the centre of the memory kits downwards and we place the white staples which are fixated on the memory kit edges. These staples are to be closed when in contact with memory kits.
There is a way to check if they are properly situated: we pull a bit upwards and check that they are still in their place.

Detalle del cierre de las memorias

The aspect of this graphic card is fascinating, viewed from the front...

Tarjeta gráfica

...and from the back. It’s like another “computer” inside our computer.

Trasera de la tarjeta gráfica

The graphic card occupies two bays in the back part of the box.

La tarjeta gráfica ocupa dos bahias

We had to dismount the “screwless” accessory to situate the graphic card in its place.

Gráfica colocada en su sitio

Then we assemble the “screwless” again and now we push downwards the fixation of the graphic card.

Tarjeta gráfica colocada sin tornillos

We connect the graphic cards power cable (PCI Express) to the power supply, paying attention to put it in the red connector, which is the specific one for the graphic cards.

Conexión del cable de alimentación de la tarjeta gráfica

On another extreme we connect the cable to the graphic card’s source. We always have to check that the cable is fixated and that it doesn’t come out if we pull it outwards.

Alimentación de la tarjeta gráfica

This is the final aspect of our assembled computer. Before we put the lid on, we have to turn it on and make sure that all fans are functioning properly.
The processor fan, the power supply fan, the graphic card fan and the two ones which are in the box.

Aspecto del montaje final del ordenador

It took us half an hour to assemble our computer, including small setbacks, we needed to dismount the reinforcement board so that we can put the power supply in its place; we also had to remove the back screws from the screwless accessory to place a graphic card.

We hope this guide helped you and we encourage you to assemble your own computer, choosing the components that are most adequate to your needs.
You can save a lot of money and have a computer yo

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