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Secure the card in place by threading the mounting screw between the
opening on the I/O plate we snapped into the case earlier and the mPCIe top
screw hole on the card's bracket. Then thread the two Wi-Fi antenna connector
wires into the matching port holes on the I/O cover. It doesn't matter which
wire goes in which port hole. Tighten the bolt outside of the case by hand to
secure both antenna connectors into position, as the next figure shows.
Figure 20—The I/O cover with all exposed ports aligned and secured
We're nearly finished with the hard stuff, but we still have one more jaw-
clenching procedure to perform before we can hook up the power supply to
the motherboard. We need to make sure that the powered CPU keeps its cool.
Installing the CPU-Cooling Unit
The heat generated by the i7-4770K (and most other modern-day PC CPUs)
is intense. If you were to electrify your MOBO and touch the CPU while pow-
ering up, you would burn your finger within a few seconds of contact. In
addition to damaging you, this heat will damage the CPU and MOBO. So it's
critical that we install a component to safely dissipate that heat.
Rather than go with a more expensive and advanced water-cooling option, I
decided to keep things simple with this PC build by taking a more traditional
fan-based cooling approach. While the fans can generate more noise than a
water-cooled approach, they are far cheaper and consistently proven to
