| First thing is the CPU - stick that in the motherboard. Then apply the thermal paste to the CPU and put the heatsink on. Next, I'd put the motherboard in the case - don't forget to put the spacers in the case for the motherboard screws to go into.
Now put the RAM, graphics card and all the other PCI cards in. Screw in the optical drives, hard drives, floppy drives, etc., and connect them to the motherboard. Finally, plug the power in to the motherboard, optical drives, hard drives, floppy drives, possibly grahics card and everything else. You also need to connect the LEDs and power and reset buttons to the motherboard. There will be some wires coming from the case, the motherboard manual should tell you where they go.
I don't think I've missed anything, but don't take my word for it!
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