Have you ever built a PC before? How hard is it.

>>717560403 (OP)
Nowadays? About as hard as an 100 dollar lego set. Just make sure you don't fuck up on purchasing shit.

Go Feesh

>>717560403 (OP)
it can be pretty awkward but it's not a skill you need to learn like soldering, it's designed for any able bodied person 14 and up to complete it, complete beginners.

It's lego with pcpicker

>>717560403 (OP)
The hardest part is the power supply. You have to connect all the cables to the motherboard. It's a pain... Some cables are tiny. The truth is, paying $50 for someone to build your PC, if you're spending more than $1,000, really, do it.

I built one around 15 years ago and it was a pain in the arse to put together not because of any difficulty figuring out where things went - the manual made that easy - but because all the sockets required an excessive amount of force to plug things on and everything had sharp corners. I imagine that's probably less of an issue these days.
The more annoying part was that it turned out the PSU was faulty and it took weeks of troubleshooting to establish that as the issue and then RMA the part.

>>717560403 (OP)
It is pretty hard to solder chip by chip, and all the caps, resistors, connectors..
but once it's done it's done.

>>717560403 (OP)
In 2008. I spent about a year researching. When I finally bought it, I realized the I/O panel wasn't perfect and also had to troubleshoot one piece of hardware that was apparently DOA (not exactly, but there was something noticeably very wrong with the startup speed)

So I'd say if you've never done it and you think you have a decent idea, you'll still have some issues

>spend $1500+ on a gaming pc
>have to tediously build the thing
>and upgrade parts later on
>and your electricity bill goes up
>to play games that suck
im starting to have gaming fatigue

>>717561018
Just get a mini ITX igpu computer. 99% of the good stuff runs on it anyway and it's like 4 components.

my computer works fine excep[t every month or so my bios stops registering my SSD and gives me a blue screen on bootup. I have to reboot it maybe 1 or 2 times without changing ANYTHING and it registers,. This goes for about a week then it boots up like normal again. Ive even tried replugging the bios cables but it still does this

>>717560403 (OP)
MARIO GO FISH

>>717560403 (OP)
No but I switched out my graphics card and hard drive on my prebuilt. It was stressful but not THAT bad.

>>717560403 (OP)
I am physically crippled by autism to the point that I can not handle a motherboard without rending myself bloody and it only took me 3 days to get it working

>>717562174
swapping out the GPU used to be so easy my mom could do it but the modern ones weigh as much as her fat ass does and its a nightmare to get them out

>>717560403 (OP)
There's only two stressful parts. First is inserting the CPU and pressing down the mousetrap. Second is plugging in that USB hub cable to the motherboard, because for whatever reason they gave that cable an obnoxious deathgrip. Maybe if you're extra super frightful, applying paste for the CPU cooler will also be scary. But otherwise that's the worst of it. Just make sure to keep a separate computer around to pre-download your drivers, especially the motherboard drivers and the internet drivers.

>>717560403 (OP)
people will say it's easy but you will need to set aside several hours for it. and something always goes wrong. whether it's the GPU being bigger than you expected, the ram isn't being recognized and you don't know why, you forgot to plug in one of the million tiny mobo plugs. plus it's harder for a man's hands, much easier to put together as a child or woman.
you should do it once for the experience and then just buy pre-built.

>>717560403 (OP)
>pillow shading
ew

>>717560403 (OP)
I built mine 10 years ago. Was easy as to put together and I had no prior knowledge as it was the first one I'd built. Just don't try to put the square block in the circle hole and you'll be fine.

>>717562389
I am STEALING that, for a yo mamma joke. Also I'm bringing pizza with extra SAUSAGE, enough for her dual slot configuration.

I want to play a game with you /v/
50% of chance of cutting your mobo in half, 50% of playing doom at a decent frame rate.

>>717562690
Also 50% of chance of getting the picture correctly or being a fucking retard and posting the thumbnail without noticing.

>>717560403 (OP)
Im a retarded caveman and built mine with leftover parts from family and yard sales, its easy

>>717560403 (OP)
Easy. Just go to PC part picker and pick your parts. Then just plug everything into the motherboard. The only hard part is you might forget to plug something in, but it's not like your computer will explode so when you turn it on you'll have a good idea of what to fix.

>>717560403 (OP)
Not hard. Just consult a chart made by people way more into it than you to ensure comparability then after that every part has a designated plug and port so it's even less complicated than legos. Just have an OS ready to install on a usb stick before you start if you're redoing your only computer

>>717563391
There's the thermal paste thing too, but now there's thermal pads for retards.

To me it seems like the price difference between building your own, and buying pre-built, isnt even that large anymore. 10 years ago it was significant. But nowadays, PC parts are really expensive. Even building it yourself you are gonna spend a shitload on the GPU and stuff.

>>717560403 (OP)
It's not tough but you need to be careful. I one killed a motherboard by letting it slide around against case standoffs while trying to screw it in.

HEY! WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG!

>>717564056
Only GPUs are really bullshit (if you're looking for high end), otherwise you will come out on top by a decent amount when building it yourself. Brands off the shelf like ibuypower can come closer in price though, if you can stomach the swing in QC.

>>717560403 (OP)
IMA LIKE TO HAVE YOUR BOOZE

>>717561018
>tediously
it's not that bad
>and upgrade
optional
>electricity bill
better turn off your AC then
>to play games that suck
skill issue that only consolenigger have

>>717562434
>and something always goes wrong
didn't happen for me. i guess my cable management sucked but it powered on and i haven't had to fiddle with it since

>>717561018
>im starting to have gaming fatigue
This should be a bannable offence on /v/

>>717560403 (OP)
First time around? Probably a bit daunting especially with expensive parts. Locking the CPU into the motherboard is a bit anus-clenching, cable management is about the worst of it otherwise. Try asking if a friend's done this shit before.

>>717562086
do you have a 990 pro

>>717567295
there needs to be a less harsh penalty. like do 5 pushups if your post sucks.

>>717560403 (OP)
If you've never done it before and you have a movement disorder (essential tremor), it's really difficult.

t. never building one ever again.

>>717560403 (OP)
I had help but the hardest parts were screwing in the motherboard and actually pushing Ram in hard enough while it feels likes it's gonna beeak

>>717560403 (OP)
it's not the easiest thing in the world but you have no excuse not to do it, it's designed so that any person without any working knowledge can complete the task. a 12 year old girl would be perfectly capable of building a pc. the hardest thing is going to be couple spots where you need to seat something and your hands are a bit sweaty and you're having trouble seeing what you're doing, you'll get past that.

>>717560403 (OP)
>First time building
>RAM stick wasn't jammed in all the way so thought the build was fucked at first until figuring it out
>Second time 8 years later
>Had a better more open case so putting shit in was a breeze

It's only gotten easier over the years with all the building reference available. Now building/purchasing shit for other people is a different story if you're doing it for fucking dumbasses who don't know a fucking thing about PC's and get easily influenced by other jackasses who want to assert their intellect about how much "better" it could've been if they did it their way. Never again.

>>717562398
>USB hub cable
how relevant it is anyway? are microATX that stingy on ports? do you have a fuckton of usb peripherals?

>>717560403 (OP)
I a 3d world 15yo autist (me) was able to do it you will be too.

>>717562138
Oh you've-a got to be f**ing with me!

>>717560403 (OP)
>tendie
Only the smartest 1% can build PCs. We are the actual Aryans. Now, away, Shooo.

>>717560795
The hardest part is the CPU and the cooler. It's pretty much the only part that can fail in many ways if you don't do it right. From bending CPU pins, using too much thermal paste or not making a good contact with the CPU and the cooler and having shit temperatures as a result.

>>717571889
It's what connects the front panel USB ports to the motherboard. So unless you feel like reaching around to the back of your computer every time you want to plug in a flash drive, controller or other removable USB device there's no reason not to connect it.

>>717572889
huh
i thought you meant picrel, aren't the things that connect front panel to mobo literally called "usb header connector"s?

>>717560403 (OP)
So easy even a nigger could do it.
Matter of fact a nigger did do it and got hailed as a genius by the Bongistani media.

I GUESS IMA GOING FEESHING