Were you nervous on your first build?

[Pony080905]

i was nervous about the front panel headers and the fact that with my first case the power button was pushed in and constantly would restart and i took my forever to figure out what was wrong

[Lurick]

Although I mentioned earlier I still get a little nervous when testing components I'm ALWAYS nervous when putting things in and doing the watercooled part because something always seems to go wrong when I do it. I've only had a couple leaks which I caught before components got wet but for some reason I'll always be short on one piece or another no matter how much planning I seem to do. The thought of a leak just always gets to me even though I know there almost certainly won't be one. Heck I built my first hardline PC almost 6 months ago and I still check almost weekly for leaks =/

[tikker]

I was a little bit nervous about the CPU cooler not wanting to mount. I had to put so much pressure on it just to be able to screw it to the motherboard I was slightly worried about crushing the CPU (is it actually possible?). Other than that, even though it was my first build, I was quite confident about it as I'd felt I had done enough preparatory work like reading/watching up on stuff.

[OnionRings]

I did it, everything went fine, n problems, just took a while and was hella nervous cus I thought I got my cpu cooler stuck only 1 arm in

[PlayStation 2]

The only real reason I was nervous doing my brother's build was because he was just making me nervous. I was actually doing a much better job on my laptop without any stress than I did with my brother's build simply because he feared that I was gonna fuck something up.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

On 5/18/2016 at 10:06 AM, OnionRings said:

Was anybody else nervous about their first time? *Giggity* I am a little, soon as the rest of my parts arrive over the next few days I'll be building soon and I'm so nervous. I feel confident in how to do it from watching Linus and other tech people do it but still anything could go wrong, I'm most nervous about installing the cpu. One mistake and I'm 200$ down the drain. 

I was nervous about getting the money to build when I planned. Once that was figured out I was nervous about all the parts arriving without being broken.

[I Am The Stig]

I wasn't nervous as I had purchased most of my parts from microcenter.

 

I just didn't want to drive an hour if something went wrong.

[BrightCandle]

No not on my first one,  but then when I upgraded the memory on my video card and then turned it on and set fire to it I have to say I probably should have been. I was certainly nervous on my second build! But now after what is probably 50 builds its just boring

[ThinkWithPortals]

Erm, no, not really. If you possess common sense and educate yourself well about building a PC I can pretty much guarantee you won't break anything. PC components are a lot more durable than a lot of people give them credit for.

[Kimmers]

I was scared of bending the CPU pins while installing but it turned out to be pretty easy.

[Norseman4]

For the first time, there are typically two styles and both can be nerve wracking. You can either plan the encounter out in intricate detail, including all the tools you may need and plenty of studying ahead of time. The other method, for the first time, is much more spontaneous and usually relies upon remembering what your buddies or acquaintances online have said.

 

In either case getting things just right will have a bit of trial and error to figure out exactly where things fit and figuring out that some tools are just to unwieldy for the job at hand. This is still true for people who have done it several times in the past. My last one had some serious size considerations with most people saying that what I wanted to put in wouldn't fit in such a small subject. It took a lot of trial and error, and moving things around a bit, but it worked out very well.

 

Turning them on the first time can sometimes be an issue; maybe something just wasn't right, a protective cover wasn't applied, or in some cases, a protective cover wasn't removed. Once they are turned on, however, that's when the fun can begin, since once everything comes together, you are ready to play.

 

 

 

 

(or have a cigarette)