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I was trying to install my Hyper 212 evo earlier today (at this point yesterday since it's past midight) and it was so annoying and I rage quit and i'l try it again tomorrow. I'm just curious to see if you guys have dealt with annoying problems when building your rigs.

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Didn't have a proper place to build it. Windows 8.1 wouldn't install DirectX after I installed all my stuff. Had to reinstall everything on Windows 7.

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The 2600 that a friend gave me didn't work so I had to send back the motherboard I bought for it and get a 8320 

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THE FREAKING BACK IO PANEL!!!!. Also, installing the GPU cause I'm weak/didn't want to break it.

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Me and my friend (@athesean1) were building my PC and when plugging in the graphics card power cables I could not do it (small case) so he tried and got it. Also once we were done building and we were installing windows 8.1 it wasn't the USB drive thingy would not work. The drive would show up and we would get to the setup and then somewhere choosing the drives it just wouldn't work, so of cause @athesean1 to the rescue he recommended that we should try burning the files to a disk and it worked first try.

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the gradual realization that I built a bad machine
of course, it was only $400

Woo!

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THE FREAKING BACK IO PANEL!!!!. Also, installing the GPU cause I'm weak/didn't want to break it.

You have a GT 640... I'm pretty sure it doesn't weigh that much :P just be glad you didn't have cpu cooler installation issues ;)

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The front IO connectors 

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You have a GT 640... I'm pretty sure it doesn't weigh that much :P just be glad you didn't have cpu cooler installation issues ;)

Yeah. It's more of the latch on the PCI E slot being a pain. And you are correct.

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My case is a mid tower.... Kinda wished I spent more money for a full ATX but thats what happens when you have a budget 

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Right angled USB 3.0 header could not use the cable management hole that would make the build look cleaner. Also had to RMA my GTX 780.

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Realising that i got shit components (i was 12)

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My corsair air 540 has hot swap bays at the bottom of the front side of the case and if they're not populated with drives then you have big ol holes in the bottom of the case but it looks stupid if you put drives there

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You have a GT 640... I'm pretty sure it doesn't weigh that much :P just be glad you didn't have cpu cooler installation issues ;)

The little piece that i had to turn around on my cnps5x was pretty frustrating, i had to install it in the case

Trying to screw the motherboard standoffs as much as i could with pliers was awkward and figuring out why there are useless little arms on the i/o shield that were in the way. Installing the motherboard was the worst thing i had to do, i also lost some standoff screws

My cx 430w didn't have enough pcie cables for my 6870 so i had to use my old tr2 600w

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Everyone had problems with front I/O, luckily, I haven't built a PC :P

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I was trying to install my Hyper 212 evo earlier today (at this point yesterday since it's past midight) and it was so annoying and I rage quit and i'l try it again tomorrow. I'm just curious to see if you guys have dealt with annoying problems when building your rigs.

Same here! I had my dad do it for me :) he knows zero about computers and did it in a few seconds no sweat
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my first time building was on carpet.  I shocked the mobo, cooking everything inside and stopping the cpu fan.  CPU got to 150c and didnt turn off for some reason? I had to get a new mobo and cpu.   good times at silicon bar and grill!

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I installed all the power supply plugs through the hole in the case but I couldn't install the PSU because of a bracket blocking it (CM elite 130) had to take all dem plugs out, and I forgot to install the backplate after installing mobo... (same build)

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Forgetting to switch the switch on the PSU every damn time I turn it off.
That and Win 8 not carrying over all my programs from 7, making me reinstall everything.

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Me and my friend (@athesean1) were building my PC and when plugging in the graphics card power cables I could not do it (small case) so he tried and got it. Also once we were done building and we were installing windows 8.1 it wasn't the USB drive thingy would not work. The drive would show up and we would get to the setup and then somewhere choosing the drives it just wouldn't work, so of cause @athesean1 to the rescue he recommended that we should try burning the files to a disk and it worked first try.

thankyou @athesean1

your welcome :P

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I couldnt get my fucking 760 out of my build. It was stuck somehow^^

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Where to start... IO Shield is so flimsy that it won't stay in the hole.

  • The attaching screws on the Dark Rock 3 are a royal pain. You need 3 hands to get everything done and even then one screw just had to move out of the right hole and the whole thing has to be taken apart and fixed.
  • The top CPU power cutout is really small and I have to get 2! cables in there while working around the cooler. There's no frigging space!
  • Finding out that those plastic protectors on the m/bd IO connectors have come off or it won't go through the shield. Now you have to remove them while holding onto the board, not short or ground out anything, bend anything and those #$!!!! psu cables are getting tight again.
  • Getting everything in, connected and fired up and it's glorious! Every connection works, it looks fantastic and it was worth every scrape and trial. You put in the USB to load Win for the first time and... what!!!!? 3 frigging hours later realize that the USB thing isn't working and use the CD and it works like a charm.
  • Button up the case and reboot and.. black screen. Spend a half an hour retracing all the steps, finding SFA and then finding the plug into the monitor came loose and it's been working fine all this time. *sigh*
  • Scared to reopen the case to unwire and rewire to improve cable mgmt. It's working just fine without that.

 

Other than that it was easy and flawless!

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dem non-modular PSU ....

it's a pain in ass to just fit them in the casing. 

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