Any tips ???

[RoryRB]

I am about to build a pc for a friend and was wondering if you have any tips to make the build go smoothley as my last few didnt go so well.

[RoryRB]

And i mean like half an hour so any quick tips would be appreciated

[Fasauceome]

7 minutes ago, Zvoid said:

my last few didnt go so well.

Sounds like you learned what not to do already, what do you need to know?

 

Some basics:

- Build the PC outside the case first, much less painful to do RMA without having to take the motherboard out.

- route cables first, so put that PSU in and drag all the cables around before there's a bunch of stuff in the way

 

Spec list of the build you're doing?

[5x5]

17 minutes ago, Zvoid said:

And i mean like half an hour so any quick tips would be appreciated

Whach the pc building pitfalls from ltt. I know a lot of the tips there are solid.

[RoryRB]

58 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Spec list of the build you're doing?

2200g 

B450 tomahawk max

2x8 corsair vengance 3200mhz

970 evo plus 500gb

Corsair 275r

550w modular psu from 

 

Sorry i meant for the specific parts butbwe started and i didnt think to post them

 

[Dedayog]

Follow any of the hundreds of buildlog YT videos out there.  Except the Verge.

 

Biggest tip:  Take your time.   You're trying to hurry ((30 minute time limit is dumb).  Slow down.

 

2nd biggest:  Double check things.

[Fasauceome]

15 minutes ago, Zvoid said:

2200g 

B450 tomahawk max

2x8 corsair vengance 3200mhz

970 evo plus 500gb

Corsair 275r

550w modular psu from 

 

Sorry i meant for the specific parts butbwe started and i didnt think to post them

 

Did the parts all work together? Hopefully XMP let you hit max ram speed on that kit.

[Kawaii Koneko]

No offense but not waiting thirty minutes before you are about to build to ask in the future is probably a good start lol.

 

22 hours ago, jstudrawa said:

Except the Verge.

 

But then how will they know how much thermal paste to use?

[LogicalDrm]

3 hours ago, Zvoid said:

And i mean like half an hour so any quick tips would be appreciated

Yeah, don't try to rush. It takes 1-2h to do actual build with decent cable managing. And another hour on top to install OS. If you have looked at any livestream build by Linus, those are about hour long, and he doesn't do much of cable managing.

 

If your friend is somewhat into computers, do it together. I've built two PCs like that with a friend who doesn't like to build by themselves.

[RoryRB]

21 hours ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

No offense but not waiting thirty minutes before you are about to build to ask in the future is probably a good start lol.

Well i know what i'm doing i have build about a dozen pc's but i know that there are specific ram kits the just don't work with ryzen

[Kawaii Koneko]

7 minutes ago, Zvoid said:

Well i know what i'm doing i have build about a dozen pc's but i know that there are specific ram kits the just don't work with ryzen

Oh, well your post was quite vague and made it sound like you needed general advice in building one. It seemed like others assumed that as well. You never asked about ram compatibility either. So it kind of seemed like you were just about to build one weren't sure exactly what to do.

 

I'm assuming you already built it by now. Did it go well? Did you have any compatibility issues?

[Dedayog]

23 hours ago, Zvoid said:

I am about to build a pc for a friend and was wondering if you have any tips to make the build go smoothley as my last few didnt go so well.

Conflict here.  You know what you're doing, built a dozen, but the last few had issues...

 

Hmm.

 

This is the internet.  No one knows who you are, so no need to bullshit us.

[RoryRB]

1 hour ago, jstudrawa said:

Conflict here.  You know what you're doing, built a dozen, but the last few had issues...

 

Hmm.

 

This is the internet.  No one knows who you are, so no need to bullshit us.

What i meant was that i have build quite a few pc's but not in a while, my last build was assembled when 6th gen intel was still being rumoured and what i meant by i know what i'm doing is that i know all the basics and i'm fairly familiar with how it all works.

 

Note: I have just finished it the only issue is that he put the power and reset buttons the wrong way round so the reset button turns the system on and the power button resets it.

[RoryRB]

1 hour ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

Oh, well your post was quite vague and made it sound like you needed general advice in building one. It seemed like others assumed that as well. You never asked about ram compatibility either. So it kind of seemed like you were just about to build one weren't sure exactly what to do.

 

I'm assuming you already built it by now. Did it go well? Did you have any compatibility issues?

Everything went well we finished it in under an hour and the only issue is that he put the power and reset buttons the wrong way round so the reset button turns the system on and the power button resets it. So in a week we will be fixing the reset button, getting windows/drivers/software all installed

[RoryRB]

On 8/14/2019 at 6:34 PM, jstudrawa said:

You're trying to hurry ((30 minute time limit is dumb).  Slow down.

 

Sorry i didn't make it clear what i meant was i will be STARTING the build in 30 mins, although i did finish it in under an hour

[RoryRB]

21 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

Yeah, don't try to rush. It takes 1-2h to do actual build with decent cable managing

Actually it surprisingly only about 50 mins and it went really smoothly, there were only 2 cables coming out of the psu (which he accidentally got an sfx one but i don't think it matters, does it ???) which was the best and cleanest build ever, it was in the corsair 275r which has great cable management features too.