Pet peeves when it comes to people building PCs

[ANewFace]

We all have them, those things that drive you crazy when other people do them. I have two things that people who are building PCs do, that drive me insane.

1. People who build a $500-$600 PC and spend $100+ on a case. At that price range you should try to squeeze every bit of performance you can out of your PC, if you spend that much of your budget on a case that is just stupid. You loose so much performance for the outside of you PC to look good. I wouldn't recommend spending that much on case unless you are spending $1000+.

2. People who have VERY strict budgets. The people who say, for example, give me a $800 build and you give them something that costs $820, and they say, "That's to expensive I can't go over $800." That's ridicules you can spend $20 more to get something better. And don't say you don't have the money for it, you can get $20. The same thing goes for components, people will say, "I need a GPU that costs $330." You give them a 970 for $350, and they say they can't go that high, yes you can.

Those are my two biggest pet peeves. What are some of your guys?

Edit: Just thought of another one. People who don't put their GPU in the top slot.

Edit 2: Guys who get a locked CPU and, (A) (this one is the least bad) Put them in a Z series board, ( B ) put expensive cooling on them like H100is and NH-D15s, ( C ) Put them in a really expensive motherboard. I saw this guy the other day who had a i5 4590 on a sabertooth Z97 with a Dark Rock 3.

Edit 3: When people buy overclockable CPUs put them on a Z series board and water cool them, but don't overclock. Also when people don't OC GPUs when they can. The worst of all is people who get high end systems water cool them and then don't overclock. Saw a guy yesterday who had a 5960X 980 ti SLI build that was custom water cooled and he didn't overclock

Edit 4: When the GPU is not the most expensive part of a gaming PC. The GPU needs to be the most expensive part, some people (including Jayztwocents) recommend spending 1/3 of your budget on your GPU. I hate people that get a rig strictly for gaming and get something like a 4790K and 750ti and are like "OMG BEST GAMING RIG EVER!!! I HAVE A I7 I WILL FING KILL YOU PEOPLE WITH I5S AND 970s EVEN THOUGH OUR RIGS COST THE SAME!!!!!!" cough* half of the people on PCPP cough* cough*

Edit 5: When people get X99 for gaming (unless you need it for 3-way or 4-way SLI). Any X99 CPU ties a 4790K in gaming, it's a complete waste to buy a more expensive Mobo, RAM, and CPU for gaming.

Edit 6: When people get to much RAM for gaming. Most will say 8gb is enough for gaming and it is, but if you want to go 16gb that's not to bad. But people who go to 32gb, or 64gb for gaming only, is a complete waste.

Edit 7: When people get to much RAM on a low end gaming build. People who spend $600 on a PC and get 16gb of RAM. Completely stupid, you should try to get more performance, something more RAM will not get you.

Edit 8: When people get a 5930K over a 5820K, when they don't need the PCI lanes. The 5820K and 5930K are identical CPUs except for the 5820K has 28 lanes, and the 5930K has 40 lanes. Only other difference is the 5930K is clocked 200mhz higher, but you can OC the 5820K to that in 2s with no extra voltage. So if you are getting an X99 rig with 1-3 GPUs and no other PCI devices, then a 5930K is completely pointless over a 5820K

Edit 9: When people build a PC that looks like a gaming PC but has no GPU and they call it a gaming PC. I saw a guy on PCPP (of course) who had a 350D windowed with lighting, colored cables, painted fan rings on his corsair fans, and a mobo that matched the color scheme, but had no GPU and called it a gaming PC.

Edit 10: This one is kind of different, this is kind of more of non-techie thing, but I have seen PC builders do this. When someone judges a PC based on how much RAM it has. Every time I show my PC to someone that's not a techie, the first thing they ask me is how much RAM I have. Some people think that RAM determines how good a PC is

Edit 11: When people SLI or Crossfire different cards. Like for example I just saw this, a guy had a EVGA 980 ti ACX SLIed with a reference card. That get's on my OCD so much

Edit 12: When people watercool low end systems. Some people use full custom hard line water cooling on $600 PCs and the water cooling costs more then the PC. There is a guy who just had his build featured on PCPP who had a G3258, GTX 760, build that was in a Case Labs S3, that was completely custom water cooled and it was hardline. If you want to see this just look for G3258 builds on PCPP

[minibois]

Fanboys, who wont consider another brand (even if that other brand might perform better or just as good for less)

You know what I am talking about...

[Guest]

1. So what if people like an expensive case? It's personal preference. 

2. That's not ridiculous at all. If people can only spend $800, then obviously they can't spend $820... 

 

My personal pet peeve, when people influence their own opinion on people's builds, rather than sticking to the facts and specs. 

[givingtnt]

I want a 300$ pc .. but I want it to look good.

I took a 4790k cus it can be oc'd. but im not going to. because im scared of oc

[terrytek]

1. Maybe there's such thing as a PC beauty contest.

2. That describes me almost exactly, except i can't go over by 5 bucks.

[SkywardKkalox]

Fanboys, who wont consider another brand (even if that other brand might perform better or just as good for less)

You know what I am talking about...

*cough*Intel/amd*cough*Fanboys*cough*

[SkywardKkalox]

People who have a 1000$ budget and get a 4790k ,an ROG Board and dominator platinums, yeah.

[ANewFace]

1. So what if people like an expensive case? It's personal preference. 

2. That's not ridiculous at all. If people can only spend $800, then obviously they can't spend $820... 

 

My personal Pet peeve, when people influence their own opinion on people's builds, rather than sticking to the facts and specs. 

1. because it's a waste

2. Because that a lie and you can

[minibois]

*cough*Intel/amd*cough*Fanboys*cough*

Nvidia vs. AMD is even worse, because they are both truly viable. 

[SkywardKkalox]

Nvidia vs. AMD is even worse, because they are both truly viable. 

Was gonna add that too.

[JefferyD90]

I can't stand when people don't install Windows right... That shit gets on my nerves

[LancerBG]

It's a very general point and you see it a lot on here. You see a lot of people asking questions because they are building a rig for a "friend".  The questions they ask are so basic that they really have no business building anyone a PC. They have no grasp of basics so where do they get off building a rig for someone else? blind leading the blind. 

[Guest]

1. because it's a waste

2. Because that a lie and you can

 

1. Again, personal preference.... 

2. Not everyone's idea of a 'budget' is the same, if I say £600 then I mean £600 and no more. If I say £600, but I can go over by £50, then you can spend £650. 

[district_11]

my biggest pet peeve is when people put together potential builds for people at their maximum budget without including an OS

 

 

[SkilledRebuilds]

I can't stand when people don't install Windows right... That shit gets on my nerves

How do you fuck that up?

Srsly?

 

 

"Yo Bro - Where be that 'any' key?"

"Srsly?"

[deVIZtation]

Pet peeve when they want a $1500 PC and end up only using it for daily use and League of Legends, but hey, not my moneyz.

[techguru]

1. So what if people like an expensive case? It's personal preference. 

2. That's not ridiculous at all. If people can only spend $800, then obviously they can't spend $820... 

 

My personal Pet peeve, when people influence their own opinion on people's builds, rather than sticking to the facts and specs. 

1..its also totally stupid

2...yes..they can...if they can get 800..they can get another 20...if they can't..they shouldn't be building a pc..and should be more worried about buying food and clothing

[Speedbird]

How do you fuck that up?

Srsly?

 

 

"Yo Bro - Where be that 'any' key?"

"Srsly?"

He probably means stuff like Sysprep and hard disk based system recovery. I always create a recovery partition on any PC where I install Windows on, because it makes reinstalling so much easier. No wonder why all the OEMs do it.

[BuckGup]

1. I want a PC that can play every game maxed out. Alright here is one on PCPartsPicker. Oh yeah my budget is $400. *Worlds Largest and Loudest SIGH*

[Guest]

1..its also totally stupid

2...yes..they can...if they can get 800..they can get another 20...if they can't..they shouldn't be building a pc..and should be more worried about buying food and clothing

 

1. That's your opinion... My opinion would be that I would only ever use a case if it looks good and I like it. If my budget was £500, but a case I liked was £90, I'd probably still buy it even though a £20 case would mean I could spend a little extra elsewhere and scrape some performance. I understand that in your opinion though, that's stupid. However, just because you think it's stupid, doesn't mean it is for everyone. 

2. Again, if I say I have a budget of no more than £500, that means I probably can't find another 20... Maybe because I might need that other 20 for food or clothing, or other costs and as a result 500 is all I can afford. 

 

But please, don't let me affect your attitude of your opinion and personal position being fact. 

[Vivilacqua1]

Cable management, USUALLY Unless it's me doing it, I can't stand how they do it.

[SkilledRebuilds]

-snip-

God forbid PEOPLE WANNA DISCUSS RANDOM SHIT.. You hate these threads.... so why BOTHER coming in here???

Your Salty & You know it...  It won't stop someone else creating a thread like this later on.. Why bother showing up to rant.. your gunna be ignored here anyway... (bar this post)

/True - could be in off-topic, thats on the OP.

[spwath]

I have a 200$ case, 600$ build

[Vivilacqua1]

I have a 200$ case, 600$ build

Used to have a 650 in a $150 case. (i was still halfway upgrading okay! chill)  The case was $50 more than my gpu.

[cragger89]

Just realised that everything in my build cost the same, pretty much.

 

GPU was bought off my brother last week for £150 - most i've spent on a PC component.