first thing you do when building a computer is to organize all of your parts you don't get confuzed. install the cpu in the mother board by placing it in the center socked. then add the ram into the vertical slot and make sure that you hear a click when you add them. after this install the motherboard into the computer with the mounts added before along with the IO shield. then place in the power supply to the case and attach all cables to the motherboard in the correct places shown on your motherboard guide. add the cooling paste that comes with your cooler on the motherboard the size of a grain of salt then attack the cooler to the motherboard. organize all of your cabbles and you are done!!!!!!!!!