Parts are in! Time to build my first ever 100% self built PC. :)

[GamerBlake]

Wish me luck! Any encouragement or advice is greatly appreciated and will help with my nervousness .

 

(note: The cpu [i7 8700k] and mobo [msi z370-a pro) are coming from my old PC so that’s why they aren’t in the picture with the new parts.

 

P.S. Just out of curiosity how long should a computer build like this, with fans and an aio, take for a first try? And how long for a skilled builder, like say Linus or Jay from Jayztwocents? I don’t plan on rushing or trying to get it done as fast as possible since mistakes can be expensive but I’m just curious.

 

Thanks!

 

- Gam3rBlake

[RollinLower]

good luck!

 

you should be done in about 2-3 hours. experienced builders shouldn't take longer than an hour to an hour and a half.

i use myself as reference here, i can assemble my custom watercooled PC in about an hour. start to boot. but that's only because i've taken it apart lots of times.

[Statik]

It depends. My last build was like 7 years ago in high school with my dad. I just built the rig in my signature on Black Friday, and it took me like 6 hours. Granted I really am anal about cable management, and just chilled, took my time, and made sure everything was perfect and just the way I wanted.

 

smash some food before you build so you don’t gotta stop to eat, have some beers and just have fun with it.

[Statik]

2 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

good luck!

 

you should be done in about 2-3 hours. experienced builders shouldn't take longer than an hour to an hour and a half.

i use myself as reference here, i can assemble my custom watercooled PC in about an hour. start to boot. but that's only because i've taken it apart lots of times.

That seems excessive. That can’t be completely fresh to completely built. Maybe taking some shit apart and having already assembled the loop several times. But JayZTwoCents did like a speed build a while ago and a normal build took him over an hour.

[GamerBlake]

5 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

good luck!

 

you should be done in about 2-3 hours. experienced builders shouldn't take longer than an hour to an hour and a half.

i use myself as reference here, i can assemble my custom watercooled PC in about an hour. start to boot. but that's only because i've taken it apart lots of times.

Oh wow!

 

When you say custom water cooled do you mean like an AIO?

 

Or something like this?

 

Ive always wanted something like this but it sounds WAY too complicated for me.  

 

[SolarNova]

Depends on how much time u want to take with things like cable management and the like.

 

But from start to OS installed and finished, give yourself a day. Shouldn't take that long in reality, but take ur time , it should all go together like Lego effectively.

 

For the love everything though,, dont follow a guide from the likes of 'The Verge'

[GamerBlake]

5 minutes ago, Statik said:

It depends. My last build was like 7 years ago in high school with my dad. I just built the rig in my signature on Black Friday, and it took me like 6 hours. Granted I really am anal about cable management, and just chilled, took my time, and made sure everything was perfect and just the way I wanted.

 

smash some food before you build so you don’t gotta stop to eat, have some beers and just have fun with it.

I actually suck so bad at cable management .

 

Ive tried really hard and even went and bought zip ties and stuff but even my best try still had problems.

 

But my old case was actually really hard to cable manage. I think the case can have an impact on management.

[GamerBlake]

2 minutes ago, SolarNova said:

Depends on how much time u want to take with things like cable management and the like.

 

But from start to OS installed and finished, give yourself a day. Shouldn't take that long in reality, but take ur time , it should all go together like Lego effectively.

 

For the love everything though,, dont follow a guide from the like of 'The Verge'

Nah I’m not going to rush.

I probably won’t even get it all done today.

 

Fortunately I have a decent MSI Stealth Pro laptop with a 6700HQ cpu and 970m gpu that I can game on while I’m building this one.

 

I wish I could’ve built my last one, I was ready for it, but in April 2018 the price of graphics cards was insane. A 1070 Ti cost as much as the 1080 It’s MSRP and the only way to get good parts at a fair price was to go prebuilt. So I went with IBuyPower.

 

 

[RollinLower]

5 minutes ago, Statik said:

That seems excessive. That can’t be completely fresh to completely built. Maybe taking some shit apart and having already assembled the loop several times. But JayZTwoCents did like a speed build a while ago and a normal build took him over an hour.

next loop maintenance ill make you a timed video

[Statik]

28 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

next loop maintenance ill make you a timed video

I look forward to it