Biggest threats while building a pc

[ericlee30]

Scratching the case while installing components. That really ercs me when it happens.

[simson0606]

a lightning strike, or abduction by aliens....

[Bad@Gaming]

When I turned mine on for the first time I got so caught up with, "Don't forget to turn the PSU on so you don't freak out", that I forgot to press the front panel power button and started freaking out when it didn't start.

[SirReallySam]

it not starting... its soo scary

that

[Nickolas47]

electrostatic dicharge

[mgsstar]

I would say ESD or when something doesn't work properly when you turn on your pc.

[Latislapaloie]

Cats...cats and cables

friend lost a headset to that, he JUST bought it too

[Ja Krispie]

Money and not enough of it!

[Chuck Norris]

When your screwing in the motherboard. I always feel like im gonna slip off and scratch the pcb. Also, getting cut on a cheap case. It happens all the damn time.

[the21robot]

When the mobo makes cracking noises

[mr moose]

my biggest fear is that my main gaming rig will walk in and catch me with my hands in another computer...  :unsure:

[Samthepengu1n]

starting world war 3

[LurzKesh1138]

The moment when you hit the on switch, and it doesn't turn on. But then you realize that you flipped the switch on your PSU and then you just die of happiness.

[Mentalguy]

Bears, or maybe terrorists.

 

 

 

Definitely bears, though

[Turdsandwitch]

it not starting... its soo scary

has happened to me too many times, nothing quite like going from hero to zero in a nano second

[Kurros]

Biggest threat? My wife saying "You'd better not be pouring more money into that damn machine!".

 

Tell me about it... My wife is a CPA and CFP (certified financial planner). We keep an open dialogue on our finances with what we're spending and why; she's cool with what I spend, but that doesn't stop her from passive aggressively labeling a wedge in our expenses pie chart as "Toys". 

 

The fear of wife aggro is the only reason I'm not broke. 

[TetraSky]

Biggest fear is obviously "not powering up" once you're done building.

[Doxxy]

RAM and my 6pin+2 connectors.

I hate having to RAM (no pun intended) things in to the socket or having to cut my hands just to get them out of their socket.

 

 

Biggest fear is obviously "not powering up" once you're done building.

Then you spend 3 hours fixing it and putting all together and it still doesn't work?! 

Then you realize you forgot to turn it on at the back on the PSU..

[SeanE]

Shorting out something, getting thermal paste on something, or accidentally bending a PIN on the MOBO/CPU.

[SadTech]

For me it's ESD.. I ruined a MOBO once and it was horrible... otherwise that is the only thing that has got me before. I am extra careful now. Even though when I fried that MOBO I was taking all precautions etc etc..

[Kevin_Walter]

Once I get the CPU locked in the socket, I'm no longer nervous.

 

It's all downhill from there.

[Real_PhillBert]

When I turned mine on for the first time I got so caught up with, "Don't forget to turn the PSU on so you don't freak out", that I forgot to press the front panel power button and started freaking out when it didn't start.

 

Been there, done that...

[xjohnny3589]

 ninjas.