![The Motherboard](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/buildcpu2.jpg)
Here’s the Asus motherboard with the Pentium chip and heatsink/fan already installed. I didn’t think of taking one without the heatsink until it was already on and I didn’t want to take it off for no reason. As you can see, there is an AGP 4/8x slot and 5 expansion slots.
![The case, ready to go](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/buildcpu3.jpg)
Here’s the case all nice and neat before I got into it to mess around. You can see here there are 3 cages for harddrives. Each holds 2 for a total of six hard drives. Of course, that would mean 2 SATA and 4 PATA, leaving me without the ability to have a DVD-ROM.
![Motherboard seated](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/buildcpu4.jpg)
Here I have finally set the motherboard. This was a pain in the butt as the holes didn’t line up with the spots to connect it to the case.
![Front buttons connected](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/buildcpu5.jpg)
Here I have connected the front controls and lights to their locations on the motherboard.
![hard drive cage](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/buildcpu6.jpg)
Here’s a shot of the hard drive cage out of the case so that I could attach the screws that hold the hard drive in place. This makes it a LOT easier than having to screw it in while it’s in the case.
![hard drive cage installed](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/buildcpu7.jpg)
I put the hard drive back in, but haven’t connected it up yet.
![hard drive connected](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/buildcpu8.jpg)
The hard drive is all connected up.
![System powered up](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/buildcpu9.jpg)
Here it is from the front all LEDs glowing, but you can’t tell with the flash from the camera going off. I tried to take a shot without the flash and it came out too blurry. However, as you’ll see below, I got a side shot without the flash and it came out just fine.
![Interior lighting on my case](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/buildcpu10.jpg)
And here is the aftermath on the operating table:
![The table after the build](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/buildcpu11.jpg)
And that’s how the computer was build. Except, of course, with a lot more time in between shots getting the cables FIRMLY connected and trying to find screws that had fallen in. It was a lot of fun and I’d love to do it again.
3 responses to “Building the computer”
Dude! Congrats on the tricked-out box!
As for the motherboard mismatched-screwholes-to-case problem: once when I had that, I cut a few pieces of cardboard to the shape of the mobo. Two layers of cardboard I screwed into the case. The motherboard and a few more layers were then screwed into the cardboard. It worked – but I was careful not to jolt it!
Awww… your case is prettier than mine…
Yo man nice rig just made one myself asus-a8v-vm se 2.2ghz AMD 2gb ram 400gb harddrive