Tools

To begin building your dream PC, all you'll need is a single phillips screwdriver. But there are some other tools that you might find useful anyway. For example, needle nose pliers or a pair of tweezers may be useful when placing screws in hard to reach places. 

Other useful things include zip ties, for tidying up your pc cables, luckily these are often including with several computer parts. As well as a pair of scissors for cutting those zip ties.

Lastly it's a good idea to get a monitor, mouse and keyboard set up before you begin your build, so you have something to plug it into. You will also need to find what OS you will be using and load a copy onto a USB stick.

Step by Step

1. Taking Apart Case

 Take off all the panels on the case and put them in a safe location. Make sure to place the screws in a bowl or tray (magnetized if possible).

2. Cooling Fans

If you purchased any extra or replacement cooling fans, you should install them now. Make sure that there is going to be as much are being drawn in as is being blown out.

3. Place Motherboard

Find your motherboard's rear I/O shield, and push it into the rectangular slot on the back of your case. Make sure the pattern of cutouts is matching the arrangement of ports on the back of your motherboard. Next put your motherboard inside the chassis - careful to line up the ports with the matching holes in the shield.

4. Place Your CPU

Next up, place your CPU into the motherboard, make sure to look at how your specific processor family is installed. Making sure to follow their instructions on how to secure it as well.

5. Install Memory

Now to install memory. Push down the latches on the ends of the DDR4 slots. Then line up the memory and slot notches, slowly push down both sides of the memory into the slot. You should hear a click sound as the memory secures into place. 

6.  Install Coolers

Next you will need to install the coolers, each individual cooler will have its own set of instruction for you to follow. But in general the installation require placing a back plate and attaching four pins through the back fo your motherboard. 

7.  HDDs and SSDs

Now it is time to install the hard drives and solid state drives. Most modern cases come with separate SSD and HDD bays. No matter the drive make sure the connection ports are facing cable cut outs inside your chasis as it will make wiring easier. 

8. Placing Power Supply

Next it's time to install the power supply. Depending of the style of your case, you'll need to place it or orient it in varying ways. For most scenarios you will want to face the fan downwards or to the side, this way it doesn't exhaust back in your rig. 

9. Power and Data

To get your buttons to work you'll need to attach the power, usb, RGB, etc. chords to the buttons/headers at the front of your rig. Make sure that you wire you're USB connectors to the correct headers.

10. Connecting Power Supply

Now you can plug in your 8-pin EPS cable into the 8 pin power slot. Then find the 24-pin cable and find the matching 24-pin ATX power port. Then you'll want to plug your SATA cords into your storage drives.

11. GPU and OS

Finally you can attach the final piece by locating the tow PCIe slots behind where you want to put the GPU and remove them. Make sure that the card is facing the correct way and gently push it into the PCIe slot. Then just plug in a PCIe power chord and you have a fully built PC. All that is left is to install your OS from the USB drive that I mentioned before.