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We've now come close to the end but here are some finishing touches for our amazing new Extreme Gaming PC.

The great this about this Asus Motherboard, is that its been designed for high performance, tuning and Overclocking. They even provide great software to help! Lets take a look at what its all about and I'll give an introduction into what Overclocking is and how to start with the Asus software.

Lets take a closer look at setting up the Aura software.

Profiles are a really cool feature and deserve a bit more detail on how to use them, so lets take a deeper look.

Corsairs' iCue software supports a really cool feature called, 'Profiles', so what are Profiles and how do they work? Lets take a look at this really cool feature!

To get all the colorful and whizzy components working together we need to setup the icue software by Corsair, lets take a look at how to do that.

So now we have installed and set-up the new GeForce RTX 2080 but what performance difference will it make when compared to the previous 1060 GTX? Well let run some tests and find out.

Solid state drives come in several forms. An easy, quick and cost effective way to boost your storage capacity is to add a SATA solid state drive. Lets take a look at one and how to install it.

Now we have run some performance tests on the GeForce 1060 GTX video card, its time to turn our attention to the much faster RTX 2080. So lets look at installing that next.

The first Video Card I'm testing is the, GeForce GTX 1060, which we saw installed during the build process. Well now it's time to get some performance statistics, so later on we can compare it against the GeForce RTX 2080.

Now we have the hardware and software installed on our extreme Gaming PC. It's time to start looking at performing some bench tests. First of all we need some software to help us do that. Which software and how to install it? Lets take a closer look.

Most of our hardware components will have software Drivers, our Video/Graphics cards are no different. So lets look at how to get the very latest drivers and how to install them.

Its now time to install the specific drivers for our M.2. NVMe Storage device.

So we achieve the best performance we can for our new hardware, we also need to install some software to help get things working together. This software is called a Driver, lets take a look at how we can install the Drivers for our Asus Motherboard.

We've created an install-able version of Windows, now lets go ahead and start installing.

We have a bare metal PC but no Operating System. I'm going to be using Window 10, so lets start looking at the process to install Windows 10 onto our brand new PC.

Exciting time. The PCs first start up but with a modern PC is not just a press a button and hope for the best, kind of affair. The Motherboard goes through a whole series of checks. Called POST - what is that? Well lets take a close look.

Having a connection to the Internet is pretty vital these days. Even when it comes to installing the Windows operating system, which we shall be doing very soon! So lets look at setting up the Wifi Aerial, as we have the Wifi version of the Motherboard.

Our extreme components can get very hot, very quickly. As I we looked at earlier, Fans should take care of that but its a great idea to monitor the temperature within the Case to ensure everything is being kept cool. To do this we need Temperature sensors, the Corsair commander pro comes with a bunch of sensors straight out of the box. Lets take a closer look.

So far we have installed some very high performing components into our PC Case but without power they're powerless. So lets start look at providing the connection between our power supply unit and the other components.

We have Corsairs lighting node pro and commander pro. Can they work together? They sure do and really well, lets take a closer look.

Our Extreme PC has lots of whizzy RGB lighting systems, fans and later temperature monitoring, but how do we control all that. One possibility is by using the Commander Pro by Corsair. Lets take a closer look!

One of our main requirements is to have a Wow factor built into our extreme PC. Well nothing says wow more than colored lighting. Let's see how we set that up and control it.

Our PC cannot function without memory or random access memory, we also want our memory to be full of dazzle.

Its time to turn our attention to keeping out Extreme PC cool again. With all these high preforming components, heat can build up very quickly and potentially damage something. Lets look at add yet another RGB Fan , this time at the bottom of the Case to ensure good ventilation.

Now we have a Power Supply Unit (PSU) installed, let start looking at wiring it up to the components already in the Case

The Power Supply Unit I'm installing is modular but what does that mean? Lets take a look and find out.

Every PC needs power but we need economical, efficient power in a unit with stunning looks and lighting display. Lets take a look.

Now its time to turn our attention to the heart of the Gaming PC, the Video Card. Lets take our first look at a budget option and how to install it.

It's really important to keep the inside of the PC Case cool. So nothing overheats. To make sure things are kept cool. lets install and extra RGB Fan.

We have all the major components of our water cooling system installed but we need power and to able to control it. Lets take a look at wiring in the system in so we have power and have the ability to control it.

That part of the cooling system that takes the heat away from out CPU is the water pump. So lets take a look at how we install it.

To keep our water cooling system nice and cool we need cool water. So lets provide a radiator to contain the water and super colorful fans to keep the radiator well ventilated and cool while looking good that the same time.

Before we install the water cooling system we need to look at fitting some fixtures called Standoffs, so we can mount the water pump onto the cpu. Lets take a look.

Our super fast Processor (CPU) needs to be kept cool. Lets look at our most efficient Water Cooling system with RGB lighting!

Now we have our extreme Motherboard installed into the computer Case, now its time to look at wiring in the Front Control Panel.

With the CPU and M.2 NVMe storage installed into the Motherboard. Lets turn our attention to installing the Motherboard into the Case.

With the cpu now installed into the Motherboard it's time to turn our attention to some storage for our new PC. The faster the better. Lets' take a look.

OK, we have our high performance Motherboard, but without a Central Processing Unit (CPU) it's literally brain dead! So in this lecture I want to set about installing our Intel i9 Processor.

The the last tutorial I looked at un-boxing the Motherboard. Now its time to strep through the components that make up the Motherboard.

The PC Case comes with a built in Control Panel at the front. It allows us to turn on and off the PC and also provides us some USB ports. Lets look at the wiring for the Control Panel and so we have an idea of what needs to be installed later on.

So, we've just upgraded the front Fans to colorful RGB Fans. Now have some color and dazzle to our new Case. Lets do the the same now to for the rear Fan.

Providing some color and dazzle to our new Extreme PC is essential. Lets start by changing the plane default Fans. With some new dazzling RGB Fans!

Our new PC is going to need a Case to house all our extreme parts and allow us to see the lighting display!

A quick look at all the shiny new parts to be used in my Extreme Gaming PC !

Before we jump right into the build, there are some useful tools that will help our journey to gaming PC nirvana.

OK, so I've spoken about Video cards otherwise known as Graphics Cards but here are some of my thoughts on what to buy and why.

I'm going to spend a little time now, walking through some of the parts used in this guide for our new PC build.

So we know what type of new PC we want. We have planned the new PC's Architecture, but buying compatible parts can be a big concern. Lets look at a really easy way to find compatible parts that work well together and before we buy anything!

What is a System Architecture and how do we go about planning one? Lets find out how.

What do we want our new PC to do? It's a good question to start off with, because it will help us determine the type of components needed to build a PC we really want.

Lets take a quick look at the structure of this course, mostly its video based. There're some helpful documents online too.

Building your own Gaming PC is easier than you think and super fun and rewarding. Watch these amazing videos on 'How-To'. Enjoy!