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How long does it take you guys to assemble a completly new buid? New case and all new parts.

So the time it takes from the start to when it takes to boot into Windows.

I always find myself with issues in both assembling the hardware and also install Windows. :rolleyes: So for me its probably 3-5 hours?
 
2-3 hrs.

i usually won't install the videocard, extra hdd's, soundcard, and only install 1 stick of ram until i have everything up and running.
 
I have done 3 builds so far and the two mid-tower builds took about an hour for hardware install and ~30 mins for windows install. The other one was a mini-ITK with a custom case for a car PC. So, the hardware portion took a bit longer because I wasn't used to everything. However, the Windows 7 install on that one only took about 5-10 minutes since we used an SSD.
 
With or without a photoshoot? lol. I benchtest everything as well, and even install windows during the benchtest. In fact, sometimes I use the benchtest steup a while before actually installing it into the case, as I'm doing right now with my i7.920, lol. But assembling the bechtest setup only takes under 30min. Throwing it all into the case will depend on which case I'm working with. In any case, I take my time, so it probably takes me a couple of hours.

TehJams said:
I have done 3 builds so far and the two mid-tower builds took about an hour for hardware install and ~30 mins for windows install. The other one was a mini-ITK with a custom case for a car PC. So, the hardware portion took a bit longer because I wasn't used to everything. However, the Windows 7 install on that one only took about 5-10 minutes since we used an SSD.
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mini-ITK? Is that a new form factor for cars? :p just messin... yes, definitely much faster to install windows with an SSD. My single Vertex took under 15min, and in RAID0, it took about half that, lol.
 
I would say it takes about 3 hours for me to build a PC, install Windows and Service Pack 3. My HTPC was a little tricky because of the tight space.

That doesn't include other Windows updates or other softwares.
 
It takes me about 30-40 minutes for the hardware assembly, plus the time for Windows install and updates/programs. For my latest ITX build, it took about 20 minutes longer because i took pictures of the process.
 
enginurd said:
mini-ITK? Is that a new form factor for cars? :p just messin... yes, definitely much faster to install windows with an SSD. My single Vertex took under 15min, and in RAID0, it took about half that, lol.
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Woops! :eek:

yeah, you get the idea. It was a fun install anyway! It was for a friend and he said he posted a worklog on mp3cars.com so maybe I can find it and link it up here.
 
My first build from parts in box to windows desktop took 9 hours in May. Got so addicted to it that I convinced my brother to let me build him one too, took 4 hours the second time. That includes my best shot at cable management, etc.
 
no cable management = under an hour
decent cable management = over an hour
good cable management = 2 hours or more
 
enginurd said:
no cable management = under an hour
decent cable management = over an hour
good cable management = 2 hours or more
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I'm so impatient with cable management. Even when I try to do "good" cable management, I only spend like ten minutes on it and call it a day. :p
 
At work here I build the workstations in SG01 cases - I've done about 12 of them. The assembly time I budget for:

30 min assembly
30 min installing the XP Pro
90 min Office/Acrobat Pro/AutoCAD/Billquick/misc apps
30 min configuring Outlook/printers/network
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3hrs

I just built my wife a SG02-BF a week ago and took the better part of a day - flashed BIOS, flashed SSD, did better cable management, transferred her data over, played around with RamDisk on it, ran some benchmarks, played around with Win7 for the first time in-depth..
 
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