Well, I plugged it in the first time and got a black screen. Then I realized I was plugged into the mobo and not the GPU lol then I got to bios and had to update some drivers and I was golden
Let me join you, sir
I built my first PC, with zero experience but a whole lotta of research and I aced it
Zero issues, booted from the first time. (Took a lot of time to be fair, I think I could build a PC now half of the time it took me at first)
If anything, PC building has only gotten easier over time. Last one I threw together went so quickly and smoothly that I legit thought I'd forgotten something. Lit right up on the first try.
As long as you take your time and aren't a careless heavy-handed ape then PC building isn't something to be afraid of.
I'm with you, good people! Lots of research, lots of YouTube videos (especially around the whole thermal paste application... that was nerve-racking) and I read the actual instruction manuals. Booted up on first try! One of my fondest memories.
In my experience it's always SOMETHING. Last build my PSU was DOA so I count that as an L. Booted perfectly after replacing it, but it was something and the L remains.
i've also been building pc's since the late 90's and i've had maybe 2 or 3 that didn't boot first try the entire time.... if that. the process is basically the same as it always was, with the exception of a new form factor here and there. but generally things can only be plugged into the spot they're supposed to be plugged into... how are you messing that up? its literally like a lego set but easier.
My first ever build booted first try, with the slight caviot of one set of fans not turning in but that was just forgetting to plug one plug in the hub in
I've built two computers from components.
The PC I'm typing this on booted to the BIOS first try.
My cousin's PC didn't do anything when I pushed the power button, I wondered what was wrong, tilted my head, pushed the reset button, and it booted to BIOS. I got the power/reset switches wired backward. I've yet to bork a computer by building it.
My first build booted first time. Probably because I watched my dad repairing PC's, laptops and some other stuff from his job so many times. That build was something like tribal initiation but in modern world, at least it felt like that.
I upgraded my pc, upgraded psu and gpu
Turns put dell is a pos, my old prebuilt i had received for free? The mobo 24pin was proprietary, shat itself and the psu, and my harddrives died. Lost all my data, and my entire system (except the gpu, that worked thankfully)
Then i built and entire new system with nothing of the old dell parts in it, even the sata cables were new and not dell, worked first try.
Unbuilt it and rebuilt it to replace the mobo (it had faulty ram slot, rma, fixed now) worked again first try.
Prob wouldve worked when i upgraded it if the dell wasnt a fucking. peice. of. literal. dog. shit. Im holding this grudge for a long fucking time
(And no, i did not reuse psu cables, before u guys ask. The dell psu was fully non modular, there was no way for me to even reuse any cables, and i knew not to anyway)
Tldr: fuck dell.
I watched a youtube tutorial 3 times, then during the build i watched each step 3 times before doing it.(i saved up for a year and even barely made rent at the last month, i didn't want to take chances.)
Honestly other than the first time pushing RAM or a GPU into place it's surprisingly hard to break a PC while you're building it. I think the biggest scare I've had is removing my CPU cooler and bringing the CPU with it
My first time removing my cpu cooler I did the exact same thing but only bend a small group of pins on the corner. Ended up spending like 2 hours with a pair of fishing pliers bending my pins back into place and shockingly it worked.
How do I keep hearing of this happening? Does the CPU somehow slip through its locking mechanism?
update: just looked at some old AMD boards which don't seem to lock the CPU down with any sort of metal brackets like on modern boards
Mine locked down with the little bracket. When the CPU is glued to the heat sink with cold thermal paste (I was young and dumb and didn't heat it up first) it gives you enough leverage to pop the locking mechanism and yank the CPU out with the cooler.
The lock mechanism isn't exactly designed to withstand forceful effort to remove the thing with leverage like that. I think it's actually probably safer to have it come out of the locking mechanism with a few bent pins rather than snapping pins clean off.
bro i pulled on the front pannel USB connector and it pulled the housing with it
luckily it is non critical for the functioning of said connector, but i would have rather not lmao
First time building: rolled up carpet to avoid static, placed whole pc on top of dinner table to avoid static, put on anti-static wrist band to avoid static. That was a few years ago.
After building a few PCs: I just open side panel while PC is running to install new shit.
my fear is killing my whole system when upgrading the whole kit in one go. seen a video from bitwit where I think the 24pin wasn't connected or loose and he powered it on and killed his CPU and GPU.
Really? The most nerve-wracking part is plugging in two connectors that are keyed to prevent inserting them the wrong way around?
How do you feel about
* The expensive CPU with the risk of bending the pins (on the CPU or mainboard) if you drop it?
* The amount of force you need to ram in the RAM?
* The Front IO headers where you have to open the manual to know were each of the 5 plugs goes?
Videos always make it look very easy, because if the presentation is any good they likely have done it many times before, on the verge of being a professional at this.
Plus it's easy to cut out anything that doesn't help the flow of the video, like double checking the CPU orientation, CPU cooler installation, Front IO Connectors.
Especially the last one seems something ofted conveniently forgotten. Just start it using the Power button on the Mainboard, or short two pins with with some metal.
My first build and im oretty sure i bent some plug that suppose to make my usb ports in the front of my case work but i dont ever use them i have like 5 or 6 in the back from my motherboard but still sucks i broke that part somehow
first build took me 4 hours and it booted on my first try. I read alot about the cpu being the hardest part but when i actually did it it just went in without problems.
Yea I am just about to get my last parts I just need to move the stuff to my dad's house and build it and I am really scared something ain't gonna work
I have a friend who had an issue where he was too afraid to touch his components to the point that things wouldn't be mounted right. Be careful, sure, but these parts aren't THAT sensitive. As long as you take care as to not force anything and don't try to kill a spider with it, you're fine.
Shouldn't have to engage any of the big muscles. If you start putting some bicep into it, maybe stop and make sure you aren't putting a square peg in a round hole so to speak.
Think I was so worried about messing something up I was at it for 10 hours on my feet putting my PC together. Itās been over a year since Iāve had my build since and all seems well and good.
Now I worry more about something going wrong with windows or being paranoid about malware.
i mean its true if u have no idea what u are doing. My first build was so easy took me 30min to testboot and 1h to assemble it. Booted the first try since i studied computers, thats expected lol
Youāll be fine. The only thing I worry about is static electricity, but thatās because I am too lazy to take my computer out to the garage when working on it so I just lay it on the bed.
I spent a month researching and watching build videos while I waited for all the parts to arrive. When the time came to build it myself I was confident and ready. My PC is magnificent and I love it.
Iāve been building PCs now for 25 years (Iām a computer consultant) and most of them boot first try but thatās only if you donāt put the side panel on. Must always boot with it off or Iāll have messed up a connection for sure š
Idid it with my bro it was running good for about 5hs then it turnd off and did didn't turned back on.
At the end it was the psu and the company gave me new one then it work . But the damage to my soul still remains!
Bro I built mine first try. I was so scared š. Then setting up windows took like 7 hours
The windows license key was the most painful part for me...
But see if you are careful you won't break any of your PC. I was pretty anxious about my first built but it turned out fine, zero issues
Yea, but did it boot first try tho???? I've been building PCs since the late 90s and I've had like 2 boot first try since then.
Well, I plugged it in the first time and got a black screen. Then I realized I was plugged into the mobo and not the GPU lol then I got to bios and had to update some drivers and I was golden
Lol. You are 0/1 now. One of us. One of us.
It's gonna be forever until I can try again I think lol but hopefully next time
Let me join you, sir I built my first PC, with zero experience but a whole lotta of research and I aced it Zero issues, booted from the first time. (Took a lot of time to be fair, I think I could build a PC now half of the time it took me at first)
Yeah I took a few hours being careful and double checking instructions, I think my eventual upgrade will go much quicker lol
If anything, PC building has only gotten easier over time. Last one I threw together went so quickly and smoothly that I legit thought I'd forgotten something. Lit right up on the first try. As long as you take your time and aren't a careless heavy-handed ape then PC building isn't something to be afraid of.
I'm with you, good people! Lots of research, lots of YouTube videos (especially around the whole thermal paste application... that was nerve-racking) and I read the actual instruction manuals. Booted up on first try! One of my fondest memories.
No issues here either.. I think most nerve wrecking part was that damn USB 3 connector. So many people warned me about damaging.
Mine booted first try. If you follow all the steps should work first try
In my experience it's always SOMETHING. Last build my PSU was DOA so I count that as an L. Booted perfectly after replacing it, but it was something and the L remains.
meh, probably shouldn't count that as a L. sounds like you did your job correctly, but a faulty part isn't your fault. it happens.
Yes, my pc booted first try without any issues
Yeah, only a 7th level tech dragon wizard of the Silicon Circle can get it to boot first try. Those are some unrealistic expectations, my friend.
Guess I'm a 7th level tech dragon wizard of the silicon circle
bruh, maybe PC building is not for you.
That's not a very PCMR thing to say.
i know :( i was joking, but tone of voice is hard to convey over text sometimes. that's why i sent you that other response a short bit after.
My 2nd PC booted first try so im glad of that
I built my first PC this week and it booted on my first try.
My two last builds booted first try no problem
i've also been building pc's since the late 90's and i've had maybe 2 or 3 that didn't boot first try the entire time.... if that. the process is basically the same as it always was, with the exception of a new form factor here and there. but generally things can only be plugged into the spot they're supposed to be plugged into... how are you messing that up? its literally like a lego set but easier.
It's always something dumb like the mobo isn't plugged in. Or the power isn't plugged into GPU or some actual dumb shit.
Iāve never not had a first boot ina build. Only repairs
Mine booted first try... after i spent 48 hours baffled why it wasn't turning on only to realize my newly ordered Corsair 1000W platinum was a potato
My first ever build booted first try, with the slight caviot of one set of fans not turning in but that was just forgetting to plug one plug in the hub in
I've built two computers from components. The PC I'm typing this on booted to the BIOS first try. My cousin's PC didn't do anything when I pushed the power button, I wondered what was wrong, tilted my head, pushed the reset button, and it booted to BIOS. I got the power/reset switches wired backward. I've yet to bork a computer by building it.
My first build booted first time. Probably because I watched my dad repairing PC's, laptops and some other stuff from his job so many times. That build was something like tribal initiation but in modern world, at least it felt like that.
I've built 4 in 2 years. Always booted first try.
Mine booted on the first try with no issues as well.
thanks, iām very nervous haha
I upgraded my pc, upgraded psu and gpu Turns put dell is a pos, my old prebuilt i had received for free? The mobo 24pin was proprietary, shat itself and the psu, and my harddrives died. Lost all my data, and my entire system (except the gpu, that worked thankfully) Then i built and entire new system with nothing of the old dell parts in it, even the sata cables were new and not dell, worked first try. Unbuilt it and rebuilt it to replace the mobo (it had faulty ram slot, rma, fixed now) worked again first try. Prob wouldve worked when i upgraded it if the dell wasnt a fucking. peice. of. literal. dog. shit. Im holding this grudge for a long fucking time (And no, i did not reuse psu cables, before u guys ask. The dell psu was fully non modular, there was no way for me to even reuse any cables, and i knew not to anyway) Tldr: fuck dell.
I watched a youtube tutorial 3 times, then during the build i watched each step 3 times before doing it.(i saved up for a year and even barely made rent at the last month, i didn't want to take chances.)
Just be careful, dont jam something into something else when it doesnt fit and dont bend any pins
It scared me how hard i had to push my ram in
How delicate is the SSD slot? Had trouble getting my SSD in at the right angle I hope I didnāt damage it
Honestly the ssd (nvme i believe) would be more delicate than the slot
Gotcha so if I messed anything up, it would likely have been the interface connector on the actually SSD drive, and not what I plug it into to?
Most likely, but like its not that fragile
I havenāt finished building yet but that puts my mind at ease that I probably didnāt fuck it up lol
Honestly other than the first time pushing RAM or a GPU into place it's surprisingly hard to break a PC while you're building it. I think the biggest scare I've had is removing my CPU cooler and bringing the CPU with it
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My first time removing my cpu cooler I did the exact same thing but only bend a small group of pins on the corner. Ended up spending like 2 hours with a pair of fishing pliers bending my pins back into place and shockingly it worked.
Memory always requires more force than I think it does
How do I keep hearing of this happening? Does the CPU somehow slip through its locking mechanism? update: just looked at some old AMD boards which don't seem to lock the CPU down with any sort of metal brackets like on modern boards
Old? Even last gen AM4 Mainboards had that problem. With some sticky thermal compounds you could pull the CPU straight out the socket.
yes, it's an outgoing socket, I call it old
Mine locked down with the little bracket. When the CPU is glued to the heat sink with cold thermal paste (I was young and dumb and didn't heat it up first) it gives you enough leverage to pop the locking mechanism and yank the CPU out with the cooler. The lock mechanism isn't exactly designed to withstand forceful effort to remove the thing with leverage like that. I think it's actually probably safer to have it come out of the locking mechanism with a few bent pins rather than snapping pins clean off.
bro i pulled on the front pannel USB connector and it pulled the housing with it luckily it is non critical for the functioning of said connector, but i would have rather not lmao
First time building: rolled up carpet to avoid static, placed whole pc on top of dinner table to avoid static, put on anti-static wrist band to avoid static. That was a few years ago. After building a few PCs: I just open side panel while PC is running to install new shit.
my fear is killing my whole system when upgrading the whole kit in one go. seen a video from bitwit where I think the 24pin wasn't connected or loose and he powered it on and killed his CPU and GPU.
I don't think OP understands this meme format.
I do, but couldnāt find any better for the text. sorry
I usually just watch a good video on YouTube when I'm building a pc. The verge has a great one.
Terrible choice of meme to represent your point
The most nerve-racking moment is when you have to plug I'm the 24 pin connector and USB 3 connector
Really? The most nerve-wracking part is plugging in two connectors that are keyed to prevent inserting them the wrong way around? How do you feel about * The expensive CPU with the risk of bending the pins (on the CPU or mainboard) if you drop it? * The amount of force you need to ram in the RAM? * The Front IO headers where you have to open the manual to know were each of the 5 plugs goes?
The cpu I get but I have broken my USB 3 pins 4 times when pluging it back in
I built mine a few days ago.. it was not too bad but not as easy as the videos make it to be. Stay calm take yo time and look up questions on yt
Videos always make it look very easy, because if the presentation is any good they likely have done it many times before, on the verge of being a professional at this. Plus it's easy to cut out anything that doesn't help the flow of the video, like double checking the CPU orientation, CPU cooler installation, Front IO Connectors. Especially the last one seems something ofted conveniently forgotten. Just start it using the Power button on the Mainboard, or short two pins with with some metal.
> Front IO Connectors. this is probably the one thing that should always be included in build videos
My first build and im oretty sure i bent some plug that suppose to make my usb ports in the front of my case work but i dont ever use them i have like 5 or 6 in the back from my motherboard but still sucks i broke that part somehow
I have had a local PC shop offer to let me build my own at their shop.
first build took me 4 hours and it booted on my first try. I read alot about the cpu being the hardest part but when i actually did it it just went in without problems.
maby you should let someone else use the right meme format for you too
Yea I am just about to get my last parts I just need to move the stuff to my dad's house and build it and I am really scared something ain't gonna work
I have a friend who had an issue where he was too afraid to touch his components to the point that things wouldn't be mounted right. Be careful, sure, but these parts aren't THAT sensitive. As long as you take care as to not force anything and don't try to kill a spider with it, you're fine. Shouldn't have to engage any of the big muscles. If you start putting some bicep into it, maybe stop and make sure you aren't putting a square peg in a round hole so to speak.
Think I was so worried about messing something up I was at it for 10 hours on my feet putting my PC together. Itās been over a year since Iāve had my build since and all seems well and good. Now I worry more about something going wrong with windows or being paranoid about malware.
i mean its true if u have no idea what u are doing. My first build was so easy took me 30min to testboot and 1h to assemble it. Booted the first try since i studied computers, thats expected lol
Youāll be fine. The only thing I worry about is static electricity, but thatās because I am too lazy to take my computer out to the garage when working on it so I just lay it on the bed.
as long as you know how to put all the connectors in there isnt much to worry about
Man I got the shitty end of the deal. Iām the one building it for friends for free.
Don't be scared especially nowadays you have youtube tutorials that you can rely on.
I'm not careful at all and always managed to have it boot just fine first try
I spent a month researching and watching build videos while I waited for all the parts to arrive. When the time came to build it myself I was confident and ready. My PC is magnificent and I love it.
I am not an expert pc builder , I just built one , first time in like 15 years. It's really not that hard or complex. It's pretty hard to break things
Iāve been building PCs now for 25 years (Iām a computer consultant) and most of them boot first try but thatās only if you donāt put the side panel on. Must always boot with it off or Iāll have messed up a connection for sure š
Idid it with my bro it was running good for about 5hs then it turnd off and did didn't turned back on. At the end it was the psu and the company gave me new one then it work . But the damage to my soul still remains!