What was the Most Easiest & the most Toughest Component(s) You had to Pick While Building Your PC?

[Tech_Dreamer]

We've all been there , Researching for parts to be added on to Your very own system & a strong urge to pick a better component & you're budget restricted, but yet you somehow try to make it & end up in a hardware buy paradox,Share your experience here

 

 

 

For me (& Preffered quick format for your post)

 

Easiest     : Storage

Toughest  : Graphics Processing Unit

[Aytex]

Hardest is the case

 

cpu was ezpz

[brownninja97]

easiest: motherboard

 

Hardest: Naming the pc(yes a name is a component(its called zalmanosaurus))

[pcnoob99]

Hardest: Hard Drive

[KirbyTech]

CPU was the easiest and card reader was the hardest

[OAcesync]

Hardest was probably the case and PSU but other than that everything was pretty easy once I learnt more

[App4that]

Easiest, SSD.

 

Hardest, GPU a god damn foot long... Seriously, it was like trying to back an elephant. Every video showed them just snap it in place, took me a half hour and I was sweating. SWEATING!

[Aytex]

Easiest, SSD.

 

Hardest, GPU a god damn foot long... Seriously, it was like trying to back an elephant. Every video showed them just snap it in place, took me a half hour and I was sweating. SWEATING!

but its eazy

[ThinkWithPortals]

Easiest? CPU was pretty easy, RAM (HyperX Savage is so sexy) and storage, and GPU too (was trying to pick between GTX 970 and R9 290 but then the R9 390 came along and made it easy )

Hardest? Case (was deliberating between the 380T and 250D, glad I got the 380T) and the cooler. Also the name, but that doesn't really count (went with "White Lightning" and still think it sounds boss )

[Mikjul]

Mouse

Power Supply

Monitor (still need a new one)

 

Easiest would be CPU/Ram/MOBO/CASE

[Chronos5618]

Case, and the different makes of the same graphics cards. I can pour over stats for hours for those. 

[Nup]

Easiest; Ram, gpu (really just budget for a large part of it)

 

Hardest; its really damn hard knowing which of anything is exactly right for what I wanted. Regardless of component. PSU probably takes the cake, followed by storage (ssd) and cpu. Actually knowing which MoBo features is kinda tricky at first too. 

[watts300]

The case.

[TroubleKlef]

Easy: cpu, sdd, hdd, fans.

medium: ram, gpu, motherboard, psu.

hard: case, cpu cooler.

[TetraSky]

It's all easy.
But how long it takes would be

Easiest : Optical Drive (If I even need one or not... and really, it's an optical drive, kind of hard for a manufacturer to screw that one up these days)
Hardest : CPU/GPU (just because I take the time to look at benchmarks first)

[Lolucoca]

Easiest: Optical drive
Hardest: CPU.

[KE2012]

'easiest' in terms of less time to pick was my DVD rom, bought the cheapest nastiest thing you could buy, glad I did aswell as my current case doesn't support a dvd drive.

 

'Hardest' GPU. I researched it for weeks and looked around nearly every possible store to find that ultimate deal. 

[Ostwind]

Easiest for me would be either CPU or PSU as I know exactly what I would want within a given budget. The hardest would probably be the case when it comes to my main rig and that's because I'm so picky.

[KWelz]

I can hear my English major wife crying at the title of this thread.....

 

Anyway:  

 

Easiest:  is CPU.  You buy the best that fits your needs within your budget.   

 

Hardest:  Motherboard.    Most boards will suit the needs since quality boards tend to be identical in performance.   It is the details that always catch me up.  Good Aesthetics along with   Ports, etc in the right locations for what I want to do.   I have yet to find the "perfect" board.   

[Guest]

Easiest: GPU (R9 270X 4GB Sapphire)

Hardest: going with a i3 4130 instead of an i5 4460

[WaterproofBeanie]

For my current build:

 

Easiest: CPU/MOBO/Memory - Second hand from my parents old computer

 

Mid: Storage/PSU (friend had them, so I bought those. Not necessarily what I would have bought myself)

 

Hardest: Case and Graphics Card

[Rpkiller]

hardest: water cooling parts 

 

easiest: optical drive i had one in a old computer that i just reused

[Jack.EXE]

Nothing was ever that hard, as I go into each build knowing exactly what I want to get out of it.

honestly, the hardest is finding the best bang for the buck in each section.

 

until I throw it all out the window and get a full tower and two water coolers.

[MattRead6]

I personally find that the case is the hardest part of the build. I always have trouble finding a unique case that no one really has that I personally like, or is compatible with my motherboard form factor.

 

Easiest: CPU, I usually know what processor I want to base my computer around before I even think about the other components.

[Vivilacqua1]

Hardest? Shoving an H-110 onto a 290 and stuffing it all into an h-440. then realizing the fans are backwards.

 

Semihardest? Case. I (still have in my closet) a cheapo antec nsk 4100 wich I loved, but the power button annoyed me, so I went for the h-440 in blue, wich I then painted greyish silver.

 

Easiest? gpu, bought the best I had money for.