How to Build a Gaming Computer

This instructable will give you the step by step guide on how to build a gaming computer. I'm doing this for my Engineering and Design class. The reason I'm making this is because I know a lot of people who play video games that want to convert from console to PC. Let's get started!

Motherboard - AsRock B550 Pro4

CPU and fan - AMD Ryzen 7 3700x

RAM sticks - G.Skill AEGIS Series 16GB

Memory - Crucial MX500 1TB

Power supply - Thermaltake Smart RGB 700W

Graphics card (GPU) - GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT

This is the first and most crucial part of the entire build. The Ryzen CPU has yellow prongs on the bottom of it. Do not touch these prongs whatsoever. They are very fragile and if they break you'll need to get a new one. Lift the lever on the motherboard up and place the CPU in. The CPU has an arrow that corresponds with the arrow on the motherboard. Place the CPU arrow on top of the motherboard arrow.

Depending on the brand of your CPU, it may or may not come with a fan. Before placing the fan, it needs thermal paste. Sometimes it comes pre-applied but most times you have to put it on yourself. After this you can then place the fan on the CPU and lock it into place.

The RAM stick slot is right next to the CPU. It may or may not be hard to place in. Sometimes they slide right in and sometimes they take a lot of force to push in.

There are two ways to do this part depending on the type of memory card you get. The kind I have (Crucial MX500)is placed right into the motherboard.

This part is very straightforward. Placing the motherboard into the case is very easy but be gentle with it. Once it's in it needs to be screwed into the case as shown.

The last part of this build is putting the power supply into the bottom of the case and also placing the graphics card (GPU) into the motherboard. The lights on the fans are optional. Otherwise, you're done with the build. Enjoy!