What I've learned from my first build

[DenVu]

So what i have learned and wont do in the future

 

 - buying at release (gpu)

   that 770 was to expensive now that i look back at it even though nvidia has some nice features,going back in time i would probably have bought either a 760 or a 7950 bc i only      play cs:go (which i didnt expect when i first thought off pc gaming)

 

 - Watercoolng and overclocking

   In the end i didnt even bother overclocking i would have been better off with a 4770

 

 - not getting a ssd

   T.T I dont think ill have to explain this one

 

What have you learned?

[Volbet]

My first build taught me that I would have been better off buying a ATI Rage 128 rather then a 3Dfx Voodoo 3 3500. 

 

And if it is your first build, I would say overclock that sucker. You will learn a lot about the computer (and computers in general) by doing so.

[Kirihuna]

Probably wouldn't even needed a 4770 tbh.

 

I learned: Raptor Drives are dumb marketing. 10K RPM 1TB HDD didn't do anything for my games tbh. Should have gotten a bigger SSD than 120GB (or 256GB in terms of my Macbook). I probably could have waited and bought a 780 instead of a 680 about 2 months before they came out.

 

I really didn't need my G19s (I like it, but I don't use the screen often except to monitor temperatures and speed).

 

Oh, and I regret buying a 21:9 monitor.

[thibauldz]

dont push to hard when plugging the 24 pin in broke the motherboard

[Guest]

would have really thought out what form factor i really NEEDED and would have done ITX in the first place instead of struggling  to sell off my ATX board and case later. Turns out i never got a soundcard and therefore only used 1 pci slot

[DenVu]

Probably wouldn't even needed a 4770 tbh.

 

I learned: Raptor Drives are dumb marketing. 10K RPM 1TB HDD didn't do anything for my games tbh. Should have gotten a bigger SSD than 120GB (or 256GB in terms of my Macbook). I probably could have waited and bought a 780 instead of a 680 about 2 months before they came out.

 

I really didn't need my G19s (I like it, but I don't use the screen often except to monitor temperatures and speed).

 

Oh, and I regret buying a 21:9 monitor.

well i do use autocad and such i dont regret buying the i7

[Hirad123]

I learned not to shit your pants in fear when putting the cpu in the socket. It's really not that scary.

[NohbdyKnows]

My first build taught me to save up more money.

[Lil Chillbil]

I could of really used a good ssd as aposed to raid 0 hdd's. Should of put more money in the psu and got a mobo capable of 2 way sli so I could of got a 660 this black friday and sli'ed them 

[TheRuke]

I should have gotten an SSD and a better possessor.