The Geeky Kids Guide! To Building Your Own Gaming PC
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About this ebook
Welcome to the first all new Geeky Kids Guide!
This is the first in a brand new series of Guides created especially for teenagers wanting to shortcut all the technical padding and get right down to the facts you need to know – fast!
In this Geeky Kids Guide! you will learn how to spec up and build your own top end gaming machine that will look great and outperform factory-built machines for nearly half the price!
If you are looking to build a machine that will run all the games you want at ultra settings, then this is THE place to start.
We will show you how to work out what you need, put it all together with over 60 step-by-step professional hi-definition pictures and get it up and running without spending hours searching around the internet and buying expensive magazines.
It’s all here - your one-stop shop to getting a top end machine without spending a fortune!
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The Geeky Kids Guide! To Building Your Own Gaming PC - Geeky Kids Guides
The Geeky Kids Guide! To Building Your Own Gaming PC
Copyright 2014 Kieran Leyland
All photographs Copyright by Deborah Leyland, Living Space Photography
Published by Kieran Leyland at Smashwords
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Important Terms
Chapter 1 – Let’s get started!
Chapter 2 – Gaming PC, Console or Apple…Which should I choose?
Chapter 3 – How does a Computer work- what you really need to know
Chapter 4 – Deciding which parts you need for your new gaming PC
Chapter 5 – Let’s build your new Gaming PC
Step 1 – Get your Tools ready
Step 2 – Lay out all the components
Step 3 – Installing the CPU
Step 4 – Installing the CPU - 1
Step 5 – Installing the CPU - 2
Step 6 – Installing the RAM - 1
Step 7 – Installing the RAM - 2
Step 8 – Installing the RAM - 3
Step 9 – Preparing to install the Motherboard - 1
Step 10 – Preparing to install the Motherboard - 2
Step 11 – Preparing to install the Motherboard - 3
Step 12 – Install the CPU cooler - 1
Step 13 – Install the CPU cooler - 2
Step 14 – Install the CPU cooler fans - 1
Step 15 – Install the CPU cooler fans - 2
Step 16 – Fitting the Motherboard
Step 17 – Install the front intake fans
Step 18 – Install the CPU cooler unit - 1
Step 19 – Install the CPU cooler unit - 2
Step 20 – Install the CPU cooler unit - 3
Step 21 – Graphics card
Step 22 – Fit the Graphics Card - 1
Step 23 – Fit the Graphics Card - 2
Step 24 – Fit the Graphics Card - 3
Step 25 – Installing the Hard Disk Drive HDD
Step 26 – Add the storage
Step 27 – Install the Power Supply - 1
Step 28 – Install the Power Supply - 2
Step 29 – Fit up all the case connectors
Step 30 – Case Wiring and front IO ports - 1
Step 31 – Case Wiring and front IO ports - 2
Step 32 – Case Wiring and front IO ports - 3
Step 33 – Case connectors
Step 34 – Power supply to Motherboard wiring - 1
Step 35 – Power supply to Motherboard wiring - 2
Step 36 – Power supply to Graphics card wiring
Step 37 – Storage to Motherboard wiring
Step 38 – Power supply to Motherboard wiring - 3
Step 39 – Power supply to Motherboard wiring - 4
Step 40 – Storage to Motherboard wiring - 1
Step 41 – Storage to Motherboard wiring - 2
Step 42 – Completed Wiring - back
Step 43 – Completed wiring - front
Step 44 – Fit the case sides - 1
Step 45 – Fit the case sides - 2
Step 46 – Connect the screen to the back IO ports
Step 47 – Connect the keyboard and mouse
Step 48 – Connect the keyboard