PC building: difficult? And another question...

The hardest part of building a PC is sitting through a full windows installation.

Having said that, I strongly suggest you read some of the numerous How-To guides that can be found on the net. Read more than one, read them a few times before beginning.

Good Luck !!



 
When I built my first computer a few months ago, I found that the motherboard instruction manual was plenty for putting it together (though I later found tips and pics online for re-arranging wires and stuff).
 
remember you dont need a torque wrench to build a PC. just snug up any screws..
take your time and all should be fine.
 
The biggest pain is connecting the little wires for the case (power, reset, HD light, USB, audio, etc), expecially for people with big fingers like me.

Then there is the software part. Install Windows, figure out the right driver combinations, minimize running processes.
 
The biggest fear I had was hooking up the heatsink to the CPU. I was scared I would press too hard, put it in the wrong way etc, and somehow break the board or fry the chip!!!!
 
just make sure you have the parts that fit your motherboard. don't force things in place. like Oline61 said installing windows is possibly the hardest part, if not hardest then most annoying and time consuming.
 
I think the hardest part is when you run into some sort of undocumented incompatibility issue.
 
I think all of you might have missed something thats even more challenging with PC building.

Keeping up with all this new fangled technology that keeps coming out every time I sit down to the internet. Im unemployed right now, ive been sitting on my butt for a few months. Why? Leaving for the airforce in january. So, I found myself having damn near 24/7 to sit on my ass, play videogames, surf newegg etc. In the short time since I built this pc (Feb 2005), things have really changed.

The hardest thing for me has been keeping updated. I literally had to sit down for nearly two-three solid weeks of researching, because my 2nd to last computer build was in 2001 or so when I built my K7-500 althlon rig. This was when a Geforce-2 ultra was a darn good card, 384 megs of PC133 kicked ass, and a 12GB hard drive was enough to play all my games. Im usually the type of person that researches and plans things out ahead of time. You can see it in nearly every thread of mine at hardforum. I ask questions weeks ahead first, sort out all the issues, try to get the best deal, then go and blow the money.

Ive always been doing that somewhat. I signed up at the hardforum because of my stupid athlon computer. It was one of the only forums around that actually had a large amount of users. I started reading threads, posting, googling things with the precious 10-15 minutes of time I had at school during breaks. That wasnt enough to prepare my mind for the 2005 build...

Or maybe its just because Ive always had dialup-speed internet, and it takes half an hour for every page to load :eek:. Im not an old geezer by any means, but these computers start to make me feel that way...
 
bob said:
I think all of you might have missed something thats even more challenging with PC building.

Keeping up with all this new fangled technology that keeps coming out every time I sit down to the internet. Im unemployed right now, ive been sitting on my butt for a few months. Why? Leaving for the airforce in january. So, I found myself having damn near 24/7 to sit on my ass, play videogames, surf newegg etc. In the short time since I built this pc (Feb 2005), things have really changed.

The hardest thing for me has been keeping updated. I literally had to sit down for nearly two-three solid weeks of researching, because my 2nd to last computer build was in 2001 or so when I built my K7-500 althlon rig. This was when a Geforce-2 ultra was a darn good card, 384 megs of PC133 kicked ass, and a 12GB hard drive was enough to play all my games. Im usually the type of person that researches and plans things out ahead of time. You can see it in nearly every thread of mine at hardforum. I ask questions weeks ahead first, sort out all the issues, try to get the best deal, then go and blow the money.

Ive always been doing that somewhat. I signed up at the hardforum because of my stupid athlon computer. It was one of the only forums around that actually had a large amount of users. I started reading threads, posting, googling things with the precious 10-15 minutes of time I had at school during breaks. That wasnt enough to prepare my mind for the 2005 build...

Or maybe its just because Ive always had dialup-speed internet, and it takes half an hour for every page to load :eek:. Im not an old geezer by any means, but these computers start to make me feel that way...
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i agree things change very fast.
 
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