Nmistry09

How fast is your internet? If it's too slow, it'll just show you the html of the page, which won't help you out. I think it's on your end, personally.

How fast is your internet? If it's too slow, it'll just show you the html of the page, which won't help you out. I think it's on your end, personally.

1. He said he didn't want to use "other methods". (to get the OS). You're basically supporting scammers.
2. You have to pay extra for the cooler, and instead of doing that, why don't you get a better one? Rendering videos will run your system hot if you don't think about the parts correctly.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pdpQm8
 
50 Dollars over, but I got everything on your list. Person above didn't put a Mouse, Keyboard, or Power Supply.
 
4 cores, multithreading, 16 Gigs of RAM, 1 TB HDD, 120 GB SSD.
The 1050ti should get him good frames in video games and be able to render video files relatively fast.
If you want to spend extra, give him a 1060 6GB.

well I have to deal with a mobo RMA so I wouldn't trust any of them right now

Definitely not @LinusTech, he'll just drop it.
 
I'd trust @BRollTheInternwith it, if Linus can trust him with tens of thousands of dollars worth of camera equipment, I'm sure I'd be able to trust him with a roughly $1,000 PC.

Harry Potter. 

Change the two hard drives to WD Blacks, 5400 RPM is very slow, you only want hard drives that are 7200 RPM.

Yeah, it should be good. I am actually on my first PC too, which coincidentally also has a 1070. I usually hit 80-90 fps on AAA titles.

Good build, but definitely could use some improvements. If you are looking at 2,000 CAD, definitely don't go below 80+ gold efficiency in the PSU. Also, just to clarify, there won't only be a 256GB M.2, but also a 2TB WD Black drive? Your PCPartPicker list is conflicting with what you said earlier.

Yeah so far, that isn't happening to me...

I fixed it!
 
I had to go through their forums and turns out there was a driver you needed to install.
Thanks,
Nmistry

Plugging a metal fork into a wall outlet will make you 200% faster.
 
NOTE: JUST KIDDING, THAT WOULD KILL YOU... (PLEASE DON'T TRY IT PLEASE)
 
REAL TIP:
 
While watching YouTube videos, pressing;
F will go into fullscreen,
M will mute the sound,  
J will go 10 seconds back,
L will go 10 seconds forward,
K will pause,
Left Arrow will go back 5 seconds,
Right Arrow will go forward 5 seconds,
Up Arrow will make the sound 1 "level" higher,
Down Arrow will make the sound 1 "level" lower,
0 restarts the video,
1 starts the video at the 1/10 mark,
2 starts the video at the 2/10 mark,
3 starts the video at the 3/10 mark,
4 starts the video at the 4/10 mark, and so on.

Alt + Space opens file

If you click your mouse wheel on a link, it opens in a new tab.
 
In addition: you are able to click your mouse wheel.

Some hotkeys & tips to speed up every day tasks. 

ctrl + shift + escape: open task manager
windows + e: open windows explorer
windows + d: go to desktop (minimize all)
ctrl + shift + v: paste stuff into the current format (font, size etc)

Some Chrome tips:
- Pin your tabs (right click on a tab and pin them) then use ctrl + a number key to navigate through them. This gets really useful if you pint Gmail to ctrl +1, Slack to ctrl +2, Google Calendar to ctrl +3, etc
- ctrl + tab: cycle through your tabs left to right
- ctrl + shift + tab: cycle through your tabs the other way round 
 

Plugging a metal fork into a wall outlet will make you 200% faster.
 
NOTE: JUST KIDDING, THAT WOULD KILL YOU... (PLEASE DON'T TRY IT PLEASE)
 
REAL TIP:
 
While watching YouTube videos, pressing;
F will go into fullscreen,
M will mute the sound,  
J will go 10 seconds back,
L will go 10 seconds forward,
K will pause,
Left Arrow will go back 5 seconds,
Right Arrow will go forward 5 seconds,
Up Arrow will make the sound 1 "level" higher,
Down Arrow will make the sound 1 "level" lower,
0 restarts the video,
1 starts the video at the 1/10 mark,
2 starts the video at the 2/10 mark,
3 starts the video at the 3/10 mark,
4 starts the video at the 4/10 mark, and so on.

Great speakers. http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/speaker-system-z623 
 
OR
 
Even better speakers. http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/speaker-system-z906

Thanks, that really clears up everything that I had to ask!

Lol. Ok then. Thanks so much for the help guys!

1. Make sure you have a big table for building the computer.
2. Go to pcpartpicker.com to make sure all of your parts are compatible.
3. Make sure you bought an expensive and good power supply because if you bought a cheap one, it could fry your gpu, cpu, etc.
4. Take your time and read all the manuals for everything. (Case, motherboard, etc.)
5. I can't think of anything else