Making a PC part 2: The CPU
I went through my build, and talked about how I installed my CPU
BUILDING A PC
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The CPU
If the motherboard is the nervous system of the computer, the CPU is the brain. The CPU can do thousands of calculations a second, and this is essential for playing games, art, or any other mean of expressing yourself. I used the AMD Ryzen 3700X in this build.
The Fan
Our PC would probably work better if it didn't burn up and catch on fire, so to prevent that, we need a fan. I used the AMD packaged one In this build