hardest part of building a pc

[JevCWatson]

Just interested in what people think is the hardest part of building a pc

Personally I think the the front panel connectors for the power led and power and reset buttons are the hardest because I have large fat hands

[Paralectic]

The hardest part is being able to afford a build.

[werto165]

Installing your motherboard when you forget to take out the covers for the HDMI so it doesn't fit in... Nothing about building a PC is particularly hard if you have the knowledge. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Depends on the build really. If you're building in a really small case, then cable management can be a massive pain. If you're doing custom work, then that is often the hardest part. 

 

In general, I'd agree to front panel connectors being the easiest to mess up. 

[don_svetlio]

For me it's installing the CPU (I get slightly shaky)

[comicsansms]

Installing the Ram, I get confused and try and putting it in the wrong way.

But I almost instantly know what I am doing wrong and I correct myself.

[manikyath]

the hardest part is mounting a bequiet cooler, if you got any other brand of cooler, the hardest part is probably getting your cables decent.

[desertcomputer]

The hardest parts is hoping that Australia Post deliveries your item. 

[TheCyncialCanuck]

I would say either forgetting about the 8pin CPU plug after you put your cooler on, or cable management, it beats me how people do it so well.

[Octavialicious]

the hardest part is mounting a bequiet cooler, if you got any other brand of cooler, the hardest part is probably getting your cables decent.

Yea, no matter how many builds I do I always struggle with the cooler

I think 1366 server mounting should be standardized, it's awesome. Back plate is pre installed and you simple screw in the cooler

[Andrew Storlie]

Depends on the build, if your hardline watercooling. Tube bending can be hard to get angles right and make look good. Other then that i would say cable managemen to get clean wire layouts.

But over all the hardest part of building a pc is waiting for them to arrive after youve bought them.

[IAcKI]

I'd say rear cable mangement. Every build I do I go in with the mind set of having nice tidy cable but it never happens. This problem was just amplified when I got the Air 540 and I could see that I could just bundle them in there.

[AllHokage]

For me it's cable management, spending hours to get what you dream about and only to have to replan new routes/extensions ect. 

[Predator50]

The hardest part is being able to afford a build.

True true. 

[superfly06]

plugging in the io 

[Lethal Seraph]

Hardest part for me was the compatibility issues. Thank God for PCPartPicker.

[EdInk]

The hardest part was making the final decision on part selection. To many reviews and opinions on the 'tinterweb'

[KuJoe]

Hardest part for me is waiting for the parts to arrive, those 2-3 days were the longest 2-3 days of 2015. It used to be selecting parts but then I found LTT (which is the main reason I even built a gaming PC since I hadn't needed a desktop in years) so picking parts was easy.

[Vespid]

Installing the CPU, when I hold something with 2 fingers I shake like crazy!

[happychineseman]

Convincing your parents that you need your thousand dollar PC for school. 

[JevCWatson]

Convincing your parents that you need your thousand dollar PC for school.

I will agree with that one

[Mojo-Jojo]

The freaking compatibility between cases, motherboards, and radiators/fans.

Especially when a friend has chosen parts x, y, and z for you to build his pc with and nothing fits in the case.

[byalexandr]

Those damn front panel connectors. Especially in a tiny case like mine when the GPU and PSU are already installed.

[johnny5c]

Cable management, like when you disassemble half your PC just to reroute a fan wire.

[Husky]

Definitely cable management. Or installing Windows and setting everything up, takes ages...