PC Building Thread

[Textile Guy]

How does one build a PC?

 

[satanboy]

A PC what?

 

[Textile Guy]

Anyone tried one of these ?

 

[Y2K]

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Anyone tried one of these ?

Nope never.

 

[Textile Guy]

Nope never.

On their way to me ....

 

[biometrics]

On their way to me ....

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Is it curiosity or are you taking strain?

 

[Textile Guy]

Is it curiosity or are you taking strain?

Curious

The one mouse is a need ..... the other strange looking sucker is a want, just to to look see

 

[Y2K]

Waiting for Takealot to deliver the rest of the parts but I'll be starting the build on Monday.
Buddy had a really tight budget he wasn't prepared to make any sacrifices when it came to buying parts second hand, he needed a monitor along with a keyboard as well. 14k was kind of tight but I managed to squeeze out something reasonable in my opinion. Granted the motherboard is not the best and the CPU will run at stock speeds, no SSD but this dude doesn't care he prefers the storage over speeds and just wants something better than his PS4, he's not trying to break records just play the latest titles at decent settings.

 

[Y2K]

On their way to me ....

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Where did you order from?

 

[Textile Guy]

Where did you order from?

Amazon - Alexa (my babe) and I have a thing going ....

 

[Textile Guy]

Waiting for Takealot to deliver the rest of the parts but I'll be starting the build on Monday.
Buddy had a really tight budget he wasn't prepared to make any sacrifices when it came to buying parts second hand, he needed a monitor along with a keyboard as well. 14k was kind of tight but I managed to squeeze out something reasonable in my opinion. Granted the motherboard is not the best and the CPU will run at stock speeds, no SSD but this dude doesn't care he prefers the storage over speeds and just wants something better than his PS4, he's not trying to break records just play the latest titles at decent settings.

Do try to get an SSD over the HDD.
It makes everything faster ......

 

[Y2K]

Do try to get an SSD over the HDD.
It makes everything faster ......

Yep I'm well aware, this motherboard supports m.2 and he said he'll consider it in the next 3 months.

 

[BloodrayneZA]

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Anyone tried one of these ?

Omg now I’ve seen it all. Geez how does one hold that starship as a mouse? Lol

 

[Papa Smurf]

i have been out of the IT industry for 15 years and will also need advice on building a PC from scratch later in the year when i have some cashflow.
Will hound you for advice as well @Sudo Panic

 

[Y2K]

i have been out of the IT industry for 15 years and will also need advice on building a PC from scratch later in the year when i have some cashflow.
Will hound you for advice as well @Sudo Panic

No problem buddy.

 

[Y2K]

Amazon - Alexa (my babe) and I have a thing going ....

Bro did you get your package yet?

 

[Y2K]

Received the case, power supply and keyboard.
Let's get started ladies and genitals.
Unboxing Motherboard and CPU then removing the thermal compound that comes with the stock cooler and applying some Corsair performance thermal paste I have from a previous build.

This was the very first AMD build I've done, every previous build has always been Intel.

 

[Y2K]

More is less when it comes to thermal paste you want it to transfer heat from the CPU to the fan as efficiently as possible next apply the stock cooler and use a Phillips screwdriver to tighten the screws till it's tight but be careful not to overtighten the screws, they have springs that keep tension between the backplate and cooler. Ram is easy enough to install just ensure you have it the right way around, push down from the top on either side till you hear 2 clicks, I recommend putting the motherboard on the box it came in to prevent damaging it or the solder underneath. Next is the GPU. I always test every component to see if it P.O.S.T's before I take the time to install it in the case and cable manage everything.

 

[Y2K]

All components work correctly so we can go ahead and assemble the computer. First thing to do is install the IO shield and install the stand off screws, then the power supply then the motherboard and install the front panel connectors, USB 3 cable and graphics card with its 8 pin power connector. You absolutely must install the mounting screw for the graphics card otherwise you'll have a sagging card and in time a broken PCI-E Slot. Cable management we do once we confirm everything is working 100%.

 

[Y2K]

All in all this was fun, pretty simple, building a PC may seem intimidating but it's just like adult lego blocks.
I'll be adding led lighting for him at a later stage along with an M.2 ssd.

This was done in my makeshift testbench area so I'll be updating the machine and installing everything.

Pro tip: If you're running Windows you can go to www.ninite.com to download all your basic software. Key bought from Carbonite.co.za