This document provides descriptions of the key components used to install a desktop computer. It describes the power supply, motherboard, CPU, RAM, fans, hard disk drive, optical drive, floppy drive, video adapter, network interface card, cables (PATA, SATA, floppy), case panels, monitor, keyboard, mouse, USB ports, Ethernet port, wireless antenna, and power cord. Photos accompany some components to illustrate their appearance and location within the desktop case.

1. Installing victual desktop
By Lloyd Fagan

2. Power Supply
This is a power supply.
This gives power to the
computer.

3. Floppy cables
The floppy channel, FDD
header, or floppy
connection is where the
floppy drive connects to
the computer
motherboard. In the below
picture, is an example of a
motherboard with two IDE
connections and a floppy
channel connector.

4. Motherboard RAM 2
This is a motherboard when all
the fan, cpu motherboard RAM 1
and 2.

5. Fan
This is a fan to cool the
computer down its on
the motherboard.

6. CPU
This is a
CPU(central
processer unit)
processing takes
place inside the
computer.

7. Motherboard
This is a
motherboard
when all the fan,
cpu motherboard
RAM 1 and 2.

8. NIC
This is a NICA
network interface
card, or NIC, is an
installed hardware
device that
enables computer
networking.

9. Wireless NIC
The wireless NIC is a
component that
connects to the
motherboard and stick
out the monitor

10. Video adapter
A video adapter is a
component that
connects to the mother
board and stick out the
monitor.

11. Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
A hard disk drive
(HDD) hard drive
holds the installed
programs, data files,
operating system files

12. Optical Drive
Most optical drives
can play and/or
record onto a large
number of different
disc formats.

13. Floppy drive
This is a floppy disk
drive A floppy disk is
used to store, transfer
and carry data.

14. Motherboard RAM 1
This is a motherboard
the motherboard

15. PATA cable
Parallel pata is an IDE
standard for connecting
storage devices like hard
drives and optical drives to
the motherboard. PATA
generally refers to the types
of cables and connections
that follow this standard.

16. SATA cable
Stands for Serial Advanced
Technology Attachment or
Serial ATA. It is an interface
used to connect ATA hard
drives to a computer's
motherboard.

17. Case panels
Case panel is to
protect all of the
components in the
monitor

18. Monitor
Connect this to
make the monitor
turn on.

19. keyboard
Connect the key board
to type.

20. Mouse
Connect the mouse to
move it about and
work

21. USB
Connect the usb to the
monitor to save anything
you have on the
computer.

22. Ethernet
Computers often need to
be networked so you want
the network cables, plugs,
network cards and so on,
to all work together.

23. Wireless antenna

24. Power cord
The power cord is to
get everything
running on the
computer