I've only ever played consoles, and I legitimately have autism. How hard is it to start building a pc? Do I need to know how to solder parts together and actually learn how component work? Or is it as simple as just attaching and plugging shit together?
Where would a retard like me have to start?
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pretty much everything has a different plug/adapter so you can't really fuck it up.
None.
None hard.
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The only issue is getting used to how hard you really need to shove parts in. Some stuff like RAM and CPU always feel like you really gotta J-J-J-JAM it in. Also troubleshooting can be a bitch if you press that power button and THING happens.
Look at a few youtube videos. Most of the process is plug and play.
if you can assemble ikea furniture you can assemble a pc too
Buy the parts and watch a video on youtube if its not obvious what goes where, when i was younger i asked the shop to assemble the parts for me and they did it for 30$, i ised that pc for 6 years
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I used this guy's videos to build mine a few months ago.
I normally would say it was pretty easy, but I just got some new parts to swap out in my PC but when I put them in it didn't work and I have no clue how to trouble shoot whats wrong or how to fix it.
Seating the CPU can be a bti hair-raising. Back in the day I got the Athlon FX-64, the primo 64-bit processor when they were a new thing, and my dad had to literally step on it to get it to seat in the socket. With more modern CPUs I just dropped them into place.
The only really annoying part of building a PC is attaching all the tiny pins to the mobo and organizing the cabling, the rest is easy.
It's pretty straightforward, the vast majority of things you need to plug in are foolproof.
I'd argue the trickiest part especially if it's your first build is the CPU insertion since you have to prior experience to how much force it's supposed to feel like and a bad move can bend your CPU pins but just watching someone else do it should be enough.
Just make sure you have everything tools included before starting building and read the fucking motherboard manual, everything's in there.
The hard part is the research to make sure every component works together and is compatible. The easy part is the assembly because its like extremely expensive lego's. Unless you have some sort of anxiety about breaking your how ever many hundred dollar graphics card or cpu its not very hard.
The most annoying part for me was aligning the I/O shields with the case and mobo. For whatever reason it just wouldn't fucking fit. It took me what was probably 30mins to get that bitch to take it. The rest of the computer assembly went by smoothly, except the water cooler for my CPU, but that was just awkward.
The only thing you can really fuck up is shorting out your motherboard by not using the rubber mounts in your case.
There are companies that sell prebuilts with the parts you want. You might still be overpaying for the brand, but whatever.
You can buy a computer prebuilt by a boomer that puts them together and sells them on craigslist or similar local sales websites. These guys usually don't charge a lot on top of the price of the parts.
its literally just expensive lego
the worst part is installing the CPU because you have to push it down pretty damn hard and if you haven't done it before you're terrified you're breaking it
You shouldn't have to push at all, it should just fall into place
Use something like Overclockers if you're that bad, it will give you peace of mind and it's only about $100 more expensive. You run the risk of one of their techs fucking something up, but at least you get a warranty for that, whereas if you break something you've got to eat the cost.
>so you can't really fuck it up.
You can definitely fuck it up if you don't know what you're doing.
a lot of the parts actually come with books that will tell you how to put them in correctly, and youtube of course can help you.
thats how i built mine last year
Troubleshooting is the hardest part because you have to figure out if you did something wrong or if there's something wrong with the components.
Everything is keyed so it can only plug in one way, it's all very easy to do and you can follow a youtube video to cover all the minor details, the only exceptions are the front panel connectors and CPU coolers, which are not standardized at all and you will need to consult the manual for.
On some power supplies the CPU power connector is also keyed exactly the same as the PCI-E power connector so try not to make that mistake or you may start a fire.
if you have a hard time you can find a build on youtube you like and copy what they did step by step.
Otherwise get a friend to help you
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Some mobos still have those levers that you use to secure the CPU down and they can be terrifying to use because it really feels like the CPU is going to break before the lever will go into its locked position.
RAM sticks are also a pain on some mobos with badly designed RAM slots.
And don't get me started on the big power connector from the PSU to the mobo. That thing can be a bitch to get in but it's even more of a bitch to get out. Always feels like I'm going to rip the slot off the mobo before I get the connector out.
Its literally expensive legos. My first build took me all night, because I was afraid of breaking shit. Now I build PCs in under an hour.
He's probably referring to the retention lever specifically, Intel CPU's give a lot of resistance and like to make a horrifying crunching noise.
After research with pcpartpicker I gathered that all the parts I will need to buy to build a computer and the price to buy all of them is $1300 plus whatever I end up paying for a monitor. Did I research poorly or will all the parts for a computer end up around $1300 plus monitor price no matter what I try to fudge?
First make sure you get a case that can actually fit everything you stick in it, Second make sure you get a static wristband as you can end up accidentaly frying your motherboard (mine was either fried or was shipped defective, replaced for free), Thirdly make sure you get a nice heatsink for your CPU. Other than that building a PC has only ever gotten easier with time, with one quirk being that my latest motherboard wasn't compatible with Windows 7 for some dumbass reason with the USBs and I had to settle for Win10.
it's not that hard but anyone who says it's just lego is lying to you
if you have excess income you may as well buy a prebuilt to save a day of work
Intel is a tad easier on troubleshooting some things, but in any case it takes an afternoon to learn how to build one, it takes around 5 years to get good at troubleshooting though, and that's on autism, it would take 10 years if you're a normal person.
I couldn't sleep if things were not perfect and a little useful tip: don't buy things that take more than 24 hours to deliver, you will get INSANE, just so you know.
>Static wristband
Nigga just touch some wood or metal before building holy fuck
It's mostly just plugging shit in. Most involved thing I had to do was probably put on thermal paste.
Just google some guides and watch a ton of youtube videos about it.
Pathetic
I did and thing was still busted by the time I put it together, maybe it DID ship broken, I don't know the odds of static shock on circuitry under average conditions