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Remeber to connect all the wires before installing the PCI and PCI Express cards that may block your access later.

Remeber to connect all the...

The adapter for the IR sensor's auxiliary power - Switch on the PC using the remote control

The adapter for the IR...

The heart (or brains?) of the system - We install the AMD CPU

The heart (or brains?) of...

Before we mount the cooler, we have to put some thermal grease on the CPU's heat spreader.

Before we mount the cooler,...

Zalman CNPS9500 LED - Large cooling fins on the cooler make for a large dissipation area. This allows the fan to spin so slowly as to be barely audible.

Zalman CNPS9500 LED - Large...

Next we mount the Cooler, a Zalman CNPS9500 LED, on the CPU....

Next we mount the Cooler, a...

...and fix it in place with the help of the included retention clips.

...and fix it in place with...

Then, attach the fan's power cable to the fan header on the motherboard.

Then, attach the fan's...

No such thing as acomputer without memory - Installing the two 1 GB Modules (DDR2-800)

No such thing as acomputer...

Effective at unburdening the AMD CPU at decoding Blu-ray movies: A Radeon HD 2400 graphics card

Effective at unburdening...

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