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Construction Click Here For a List Of Parts to Buy Now that you have all of your components let’s start building.
2.) Installing the CPU onto the motherboard and connecting power supply.
3.) Installing the hard drives (cd-rom, DVD, etc...) & connecting the power supply 4.) Installing your cards (sound card, video card, modem card, etc) Look over your work and make sure all screws are tightened, fans are clear of obstructions and all connections are correct. You may want to leave the cover off until you have completed sever boots in case you have to make adjustments. Please email us at admin@semisupercomputer.com if you need more help on the construction of your computer. Cooling: Keeping your computer cool is very vital to system efficiency. The key to keeping your machine cool is airflow. Selecting the right case and/or case mods can be the difference between a supercomputer and a roast duck. You can buy cases that are pre-built to produce maximum airflow but you do not need to spend big bucks to provide this necessity. Most manufactures provide engineering specifications that you can study and use to modify a less expensive case to have the same or even more effect on your roasting components. Installing fans in your computer is very easy and they will only fit into their respective spots on the inside of the case. Use four screws and plug the fan in to the wires from the power supply. Please keep this site running by visiting one of our sponsor sites:
Things to look for: Fan placement is the utmost important thing to cooling. The goal is to move the fresh air across the surface of the Motherboard rather than over the top. Most case manufactures will give you fan ports that are great for exhaust but don’t move air towards the MB. Simple air ducts will quickly, economically, and easily solve this problem. If you are a skilled person you can go to a hobby shop and buy some model plastic and construct your own ducts or you can buy pre-made ones such as the 2coolpc made by south bay engineering, inc. found at www.2coolpc.com. You must also have adequate exhaust for all the heat generated by all of your components. My rule of thumb is to match intake to exhaust one to one. That is, for every fan you have pulling air in have another of equal or greater size/volume forcing air out. If you can manage have more fans exhausting than taking in. Doing this is ok because air taken out of the case must be replaced by more air taken through cracks and air vents in the naturally non-airtight case. Water Cooling: Water-cooling is a great option for advanced users, usually only for over-clockers. This is a very risky technique because you are placing water inches away from your great investment. Even with water-cooling you still need to use air to cool the radiator and the rest of your system, which is not touched by a water block. Now your computer is complete!!
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