Before you build a PC, you need to decide why you want to build it. Which parts will facilitate that goal? Graphics card, or GPU: Arguably the most important component in a gaming rig, the GPU graphics processing unit renders images from your PC and puts them on your monitor. More powerful GPUs facilitate better in-game graphics and settings. The CPU routes instructions from one system in your computer to another.
The better the processor, the faster it can transmit information for both software and hardware functions. Motherboard: The motherboard is where all the hardware in your computer lives. The most important thing about a motherboard is its compatibility with the parts you choose, but motherboards can also have integrated graphics cards, Wi-Fi systems and more.
To oversimplify things considerably, RAM is where your computer stores information it needs to access right away. The more RAM you have, the more efficiently your computer can process lots of information — helpful for productivity; essential for games. Bigger drives mean more storage space, which means more room for files, games, media and so forth. Power supply: Possibly the least interesting and most vital piece of the PC puzzle, the power supply is exactly what it sounds like: It gets electricity from an outlet to individual systems in your computer.
Case: Your computer case is, for the most part, an aesthetic choice, although some models include fans for additional cooling. Anything else, such as additional cooling systems or secondary hard drives, are nice to have, but not strictly necessary. These are the parts you need to go from a pile of hardware to a functioning PC. Like any creative project, the hardest part about building a PC is getting started. There are literally thousands of possible components; where do you even start?
Do you pick a GPU and build around it? Find a case you like and see what will fit inside? What kind of PC do you want to build? Do you want a productivity machine that can play some games on the side? A more versatile alternative to the next-gen consoles? A high-priced powerhouse to last the ages?
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ResistorCalc Free. All About Physics Free. Features Building a computer guide Warnings Help Tips. Additional information Published by Grivos. You can do so by placing the motherboard on top of the box that the motherboard came in and then installing the components listed above. If you have a stock Intel CPU cooler, you will need to follow a specific set of instructions to install it correctly. If you have an after market air cooler, the installation process will probably be different. This is completely fine to use, but if you prefer a different brand of thermal paste, you can clean off the pre-applied thermal paste and apply your own to the back of your processor.
But, you should wait until after you mount your motherboard to do so. It installs onto the back of your case. Motherboard standoffs create a buffer between your case and your motherboard.
If you were to screw your motherboard directly onto your case, you would short your motherboard and damage your system. So, before you can mount your motherboard to your case, you need to screw in the standoffs which is, then, where your motherboard will get screwed into. The standoff holes on your case are marked accordingly. If you have a micro-ATX motherboard, the diagram will tell you what holes you need to put standoffs in in order to lineup with the mounting holes on your motherboard and, the same is true if you have a standard-ATX, mini-ITX, or extended-ATX motherboard.
This rests over the hexagonal design of the standoffs and allows you to use a Phillips-Head screwdriver to screw them in. In some instances, installing storage devices into your case requires mounting them to a bracket with screws and, at other times, the process is toolless. That will let you know where your storage devices will go.
There are just a few more wires and cables that you need to plug in or connect. However, there are a lot of small cables that need to be installed in ports at the bottom of your motherboard and, once you install your graphics card, those ports will be difficult to reach.
USB headers and the HD audio header are fairly easy to identify as they are marked on the motherboard. The case wires are a bit more difficult because they are a group of tiny 1- and 2-pin cables and they must be installed in a specific way. Your motherboard will give you a diagram that shows exactly how they should be installed, though, so as long as you follow it you should have no problems. Make sure when installing fans that the groove on the casing of the 3 or 4-pin fans slides into the bracket on the fan header on the motherboard.
Your computer will now boot up! Nice work! Now that your build has powered up, you need to install your operating system. There are a couple of ways that you can install Windows 10 on your computer.
You can get a disc that comes with an activation key and install it via an optical drive, or you can install it with a USB flash drive.
You can purchase an activation key from microsoft. However, you can also skip putting in your activation key and enter it in later. In fact, there is no real downside to running Windows 10 without an activation key other than a few personalization options. Before you start updating Windows and installing new GPU and motherboard drivers, you should quickly check and see if your CPU is operating at a safe temperature.
To do so, download Core Temp and open it. Monitor your CPU to see how hot it is running. Or, you can just do a Google search for [your processor] temp like Ryzen 5 and browse through Reddit posts and forums to see what other temps users are getting. This is normal. Whereas there are really only two main GPU manufacturers, there are a ton of different motherboard manufacturers. So, make sure your computer boots up and is getting proper temperatures before you go back in and tidy up all of the cables.
Now, you just need to download your favorite games and programs and you should probably get an anti-virus on there ASAP, as well so you can start using your system as you intended. Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar Skip to footer Tech Guided is supported by its readers.
Things do seem to be improving and you can at least buy pretty much everything on this list for a normal price. But yeah, graphics cards are still horrendously over-priced whenever they're available. C'est la vie, I guess. And while It's possible to pick up everything aside from the GPU today, the graphics card really is the beating heart of any gaming PC, and that makes it difficult to recommend a full build without basing your new rig around a GPU.
The other part of the picture is the processor, and thankfully CPU stock is far better now. The Ryzen 5 X is a better price these days and, as stock dwindles for the old Ryzen 5 chip, the newer series CPU is actually available for a better price.
And it's a great gaming chip. We've had our hands on all these parts at some point or another, and we only recommend the products that we'd want in our own gaming PCs. If this isn't quite what you're looking for, also check out our budget PC build guide and high-end PC build guide. Or even get someone else to build it for you with a cheap gaming PC deal. When it comes to gaming, everything that's great about the X rings true for this more affordable Zen 3 chip as well.
There's nothing between any of the Ryzen chips in games, which means you'll hit the same frame rates with this chip as you will our number one pick. Which is incredible when you think about it—top-tier performance from the most affordable Zen 3 CPU? We'll say yes to that every single day. This does have half the core count of that top chip, rolling in as it does with 6 cores and 12 threads.
This is only an issue with those more serious workloads, though, and this is more than sufficient for more reasonable stuff. You could argue that gaming could go beyond the threads we have here, but there's no evidence that is the case so far, and that's even though the next-gen consoles are rocking 8-cores and threads.
The Ryzen 5 X also bucks the Ryzen family's trend by shipping with a Wraith Stealth cooler, so you don't have to drop extra money on a third-party chiller.
You don't need to, but if you do, you'll hit higher clocks for longer and also open up the wonderful world of overclocking, which could make it worthwhile. This is a decent little overclocker, and while it won't affect gaming much, it'll help in other areas nicely.
You also get Wi-Fi 6 wireless networking as well as Intel 2.
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