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Touring a PC

Touring a PC

- Folks, I've got to be honest. My first computer build ages ago did not go so well. I'm pretty sure those parts weren't supposed to sizzle, and it can honestly be a very daunting task getting hands on with hardware for the first time. And you know, I've got a ton of equipment here, a ton of components and two great systems. So I thought we could do a quick tour of each. Now going forward, I want to refer to this one as open and this one as closed. And for simplicity's sake you can see why. This is a closed case environment, and this is an open case environment. We're going to be building a PC together as we continue on this series with the open case. But I'm also going to be showcasing you some new features and we're going to might be messing with some of the components here in the closed case as well. So just remember, open and closed. Now that we've got our systems in place here, and made sure we've practiced proper power handling, and that's all disconnected, we can actually take…

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