Instruction Set

It has become increasingly popular to build one's own computer. In many cases, it saves money, and guarantees that you get what you want. Building your own computer also assures that you avoid the proprietary designs many companies use to utilize to keep the customers coming back for new parts. Most importantly, having built the system, you become very familiar with your system and with computers in general. There is no reason not to tackle …

…it opens. 34. Hit the reset button to be sure it works. 35. Let the system run for 10-15 minutes. 36. Now turn off the system, ground yourself on the case, and carefully touch the CPU and hard drive. You are checking the temperature to be sure they are being properly cooled. If all runs properly, you are ready to replace the case cover, screw it into place, and you have just assembled a very basic processor unit.