Installing System Devices

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Goals

• Install and configure power supplies and cooling
• Select and install storage devices
• Install and configure system memory
• Install and configure CPUs

Install and Configure Power Supplies and Cooling

• Power Supply Units
• Wattage Rating
• Power Supply Connectors
• Fan Cooling Systems
• Liquid Cooling Systems

Select and Install Storage Devices

• Mass Storage Devices
• Solid-State Drives (SSD)
• Hard Disk Drives (HDD)
• Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
• Removable Storage Drives
• Optical Drives

Install and Configure System Memory

• System RAM and Virtual Memory
• RAM Types
• Memory Modules
• Multi-channel System Memory
• ECC RAM

Install and Configure CPUs

• CPU Architecture
• CPU Features
• CPU Socket Types
• CPU Types and Motherboard Compatibility