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Welcome to my Genius Hour presentation! Over the past few months, I've been very interested in personalized computers and their parts. It was ever since I found the YouTube channel called Linus Tech Tips. Check out his YouTube channel if you're interested in personalized computers, and other tech things.

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For this section, I am going to explain how to build a pc. I am using Linus Tech Tips' first-person pc build guide. It is very thorough and provides almost all the tips you need.

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It is highly recommended before building a pc to make sure you are free of static and have an anti-static workstation. Once you have everything you need at your disposal take out your power supply from the box, make sure it is switched off, and plug it in. Whenever you move, be sure to put your hand on top of the power supply to remove any static. If your still unsure, get an anti-static clamp and put it on any metal part of your power supply, and put it on either your wrist or on your ankle so it's not in the way.

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Open your motherboard box, save your IO shield for later, take out the motherboard, save the little screws to install your ssd for later, and take out your SATA cable. Linus recommends putting the motherboard on top of the box it came in for a static free surface.

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Take out your central processing unit. Be sure not to touch or apply any force on the bottom pins of your CPU, because it will die. Next to the CPU holder, push down the lever, pull it out and up. If you have a slightly more advanced motherboard it will have a little covering to put the CPU in place. Now there should be an indicator shape on one side of the CPU and on the side of the CPU holder. Line them up and be sure just to drop the CPU in and move it around a little to be sure it is in place. Be sure to be as careful as you can when handling your CPU. When the CPU is in place, pull the arm down and out, then push it in. The CPU should lock into place and if you have the covering the top plate should pop off when in place. Be sure to save it if you want to switch out your CPU or send your motherboard back to the manufacturer, so just put it in the box. This image is right before Linus removes the top plate.

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To install your RAM, make sure the notch is in the right place (to make sure the stick is facing the right way) pull back the tab, line it up, and push firmly on both sides until you hear a click. Be sure if you have only 2 sticks of RAM, you put them in the 2nd and 4th slot as shown in the video to access duel channel memory.

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Take out your SSD, and find an m.2 slot. Make sure it is not a short one dedicated to a WiFi card. Take out the screws from your motherboard from earlier, the bag should have a small screw, and a tiny screw in it as well. Note that some motherboards have their m.2 slots on the back, or when it's on the front it is covered by a heat-spreader or a shroud, so you may need to remove screws to find it. Screw-in the bigger screw with your hand where the other end of the SSD will go. Install your SSD with the flat edge going into a slot at an angle as shown in the image, hold down your SSD on the board while taking the tiny screw and screwing it into the other screw to hold down your SSD. Be sure to use a size one Phillipe on your screwdriver to screw in your tiny screw.

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Time to install the cooler. For this, we are using air cooling, not liquid. Take out your backplate for the cooler, you need to install it below your CPU (on the back of the motherboard). Find where the center hole on one of the edges is, line it up, and push it in. Make your only touching the plastic parts of the motherboard so you're not getting your skin oils over key components. After installing the backplate you should have four spicks around the CPU. Put a spacer on each spick so you don't have too little or too much mounting pressure. These steps may vary between different coolers and motherboards, I think, I'm not sure. Find out which way you want your airflow to be in your case, then place your mounting bars accordingly. The bump on the mounting bars faces out. Take out 4 thumb nuts and put them on each spike to hold the mounting bars in place. You probably won't need all the accessories that come in the parts bag, but what you will need is the two wire clips that will allow you too put a second fan on your cooler if you want, the low noise adapter, case match, and what you really need, thermal compound. Make sure to put only a fairly small amount so when you put the cooler on, and then take it off, it should like it does in the image below. To install the cooler you need to first remove the fan by pulling the clips back. Line up the cooler screw holes with the mounting bracket, screw one screw in about half with your hand, and do the same with the other one. Then screw-in one screw until you feel a little bit of resistance, then screw the other one down all the way, then screw the first one down all the way. Install your fan back on the cooler when it is secure, then plug your fan into the motherboard.

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At this point you would put the motherboard in the actual case but unfortunately I ran out of time. If you were reading off this while building a pc, or just want to know how to build one, then be sure to watch the rest Linus' video. The other idea I had for this project was an idea for a new course you could take in high school or collage and that is to learn about all the working parts of a personal computer, and maybe even build one. That's all I got, bye bye now!