Where did the mobo go?

The mobo, now installed

The case now - filling up nicely

Time to get back to the mobo - the single most important part of the computer, but we haven't mentioned it in a while.  Well, here it is, attached to the side panel of the case.  Compare the bottom photo with this one from earlier, when the case was completely empty.  The large round object on the mobo is the heatsink/fan unit that covers the processor.  Above that are the two memory modules running across the picture.  And above the right hand end of the memory is a long white rectangular connector - that's where the main power cable will be connected to the mobo, but we're not quite ready for that yet.

The case here is lying on its side, with the back towards us.  At the bottom left of the picture is the power supply.  At the top right is the cage for the disks, and you should be able to spot our drives installed in the first two of the five trays.  At the top left, just under the metal bar that runs across the case, is the DVD drive - we pushed that in from the front of the case.