I’ve wondered why he does that.

@@brykit1972 let me guess, better on camera?! I BET

YES, thank you!

@@TehObLiVioUs Their sets have overhead cameras.

But then you can drop stuff and do 'hilarious' thumbnails for vids

Bump

Wow, that happened to me but I found the screw beforehand. Talk about dodging a bullet

Easier finding the screw if you go for burnmarks or flashing condensators tho.

@@GreakFTW but not easier for your wallet

just grab a big& strong magnet to recover it!

Aye, a smart builder learns from her mistakes, but a wise builder learns from the mistakes of others.

this applys to literally everything ALWAYS DO RESEARCH

@@G1rby we oft succumb to pleas of "Do SOMETHING even if it's wrong!"

FACTS I did so much research before buying parts and I still had to wait for 1 more thing since i fucked up. def do research

That’s what I’m doing lmao

A Question if you dont mind: Wouldn't it be better to match how many intake vs. exhaust fans you have or have 1-2 more intake vs exhaust? My thinking: More intake then exhaust: slightly higher pressure inside the case -> air will get out whatever way provides least resistance More exhaust then intake: slightly lower pressure inside the case -> air will try to get in from places other then the installed fans which might result in higher dust buildup.

@@pix_p you want the airflow to follow a specific path so the idea of having airflow following whatever way out is not efficient for cooling. Pc casing got a often intake grills far from components so it's better to suck fresh air from these locations and drive it to the hot spots with extracting fans so you're sure that hot air is going out quickly without flowing around other hot areas which could contribute to additional heating.

@@Senseimatty81 Sorry I should have been more clear with my Question. Yes you are right, making the Air follow a nice Path is optimal (for Example front in and back out), but what I am trying to figure out is that wouldn't it be better to have let's say 3 intake Fans at the front and only 2 exhaust at the rear? That way you can be sure that all Air sucked into the Case will ONLY be coming from the front Fans which optimally would have a Filter of some sort in front of them. When using 2 Intake Fans and 3 Exhaust Fans, the Case might have a slightly lower pressure inside which would result in Air entering the Case from other (non-Filtered) Openings.

@@pix_p For heat exchange is better more air out because the extraction fans are located close to the components so you are sure that the hot air will not stay inside but it will leave asap. More air in might become hot (or not contributing to heat exchange) and remains inside longer. Dust will enter in the case anyway, the filters are not so effective as they say, otherwise you would need much more powerful fans to blow through them. I suggest to clean the inside of the pc with a small vacuum cleaner or blowing with a compressor time to time.

​@@Senseimatty81 Ok thanks for clearing that up! (and also for taking the time to answer random Strangers Questions on the Internet :D)

Yea, my first build I set a $1500 budget but by the end the system ended up costing $2100 , I went with 32 GB Ram instead of 16 & so forth, but I like the system I now have.

Mines was also 1500. Ended up around $1700,

Same I had a $1500 I think I spent well over $2400. My first ever build so I had to get all the other non negotiables that I didn't account for. Keyboard, mouse... MONITOR!! LOL. Plus I couldn't get a 3080 so I've been spending my money on RGB. I'm well past $2700 now.... I need my 3080 already 😭😭😭😭

LOL Isn't it always though?

Before the rampant censorship and my move to Linux I was the same way lol.

Lmao yes

it happened to me TWICE

Yeah I had a friend return the PC he asked me to build cause he didn't turn the PSU on lmao

Mood

That’s an everyone thing

And what about that beautiful custom cables which are made by third-party companies? They're kinda universal or what?

​@Pavel BadSlime Only use them if they're rated to handle the current.

@@pavelsoloway3675 Custom extension cables are 99% of the time universal since they just "extend" the existing cable and don't do anything themselves. Although the current they can handle can vary, so be cautious which brand you're buying (cheap chinese extenders may not be the smartest choice) Custom PSU cables on the other hand are not universal. CableMod for example has different cables for different PSU's and you have to select your PSU to ensure you get the right cables.

@@Teddy_Bear312 thanks for clarifying this!

Molex plugs have norms as far as I know, thus the pinning will not differ, if you buy or reuse cables for the same intention.

Ty much appreciated

4 months later but I appreciate this comment

best comment. over a year after the fact but still best

@@3Black.1Red Please tell me I have a motherboard Dual Channel on MSI Pro z590 and I started from inside near the cpu i mean the second slot ...and for the second Dimm I enter it to the outer slot is this correct? Thank you very much in advance.

@@ORTHODOX-PATH He’s saying if you have 4 slots and 2 ram sticks, stick it in 1 and 3 or 2 and 4

To add to that, make sure none of the ports are blocked by the little metal tabs around some of the ports. Have had to pull a mobo more than once because a USB port was partially blocked by a little tab from the io shield.

had to remove the mobo after fully building to do this. good call

For regular tower case, orientation, it is always the Audio towards the bottom of the IO plate, or audio closest to the PCI slots

been there done that lol

You mean the brace?

or per Jay's immediately previous video from this.. dont forget to plug in the power cable to an outlet.

Gigabyte has those plastic headers in which you plug your case pins (LED/reset/pwr) and then stick that single block in the main board. Really nice and incredible simple system. Would have been nice if manufacturers had those in the '90s when I was building lots of PCs when working in a computer store. Those silly pins are still present in the current cases, but without such a simple plastic header you keep on messing with those tiny pin headers.

Unfortunately been there, done that.

@@TD-er I just upgraded my PC, but kept my Dell XPS 8700 case. Obviously Dell's and MSI's front panel pinout doesn't match so I bought a connector kit, depinned the Dell connector and reoriented them in the new connector to match MSI's pins. Super clean and no need to mess with those tiny, individual connectors anymore. Did the same thing with the audio connector, Dell used a bright yellow connector and I replaced it with a black one. Actually, now that I think about it, I had to do something similar with my AIO's USB connector. My case has USBs on top and a card reader on the front which took up both USB 2.0 headers on the mobo. Luckily the card reader and the AIO only used one row of pins each, so I was able to combine them into one connector.

I plugged the power button on the pins right next to the ones you're supposed to and was freaking out why it wasn't turning on

Boughta 1000 W power supply. Should do it

So I'm still acquiring the parts for a 14th gen PC build (my first build in over 10 years). I have the case (NZXT H7 flow), I have the PSU, RM1000x), I have the hydro-Cooler (NZXT Kraken), I also have a set of "Be Quiet" 140mm Case fans, My question is.. There are 6 fans in the set. 1x 2600 rpm, 2x 1400 rpm & 3x 900 rpm... Where should I be mounting, which fans in my case? I assume the 2600 is for the back. But I'm not certain about the others, bearing in mind the Kraken Hydro-Cooler has a further 2x Fans & the GPU (as yet not purchased will have another 2 or 3 fans). Any advice would be welcome, or even a link to an airflow diagram. Thanks!!

"Powered is drawn, not supplied" is a good way for people to think about how power gets from the supply to the load, but it is actually supplied. That's why it's called a power supply.

You also risk losing your house in worst case scenarios lol. Dont be cheap and spend the extra $50 for higher rated psu

You need at least 1200w for 4090 with any 10th generation+ cpu without undervolting a ton

A non-metal table

Actually the First step is to plan have money to buy it, 😀

@@sarahfuntanilla6542 he said building not buying a pc 😂 👍🏼

Dont forget those tweezers

WE GOT ONE!

Basically what I did. Always wanted a good pc but didn't want a pre-built. Budgeted, bought the parts, watched a few videos on here and did it. Building the pc itself is the easy part, it's actually getting it to run stable once you get the OS installed that's a fucking pain in the ass. Spent two weeks after building it troubleshooting driver problems before figuring out that the auto overclock programs it came with was causing it to BSOD along with the 5700XT that I bought. After replacing the Wraith Prism cooler with a Noctua DH15 same thing, constant BSODs. Had to reseat CPU, RAM, and the GPU along with reapplying thermal paste and resetting the OS. Haven't had an issue since, and that was after panic buying new RAM for it. Only advice I have is get familiar with Event Viewer and Command Prompt

@@danestrenton what does bsod mean?

@@vivvy_0 It means Blue Screen of Death. It's what shows whenever your computer crashes, or at least should show. It's also the most contrarian thing I've ever seen, equal parts valuable and absolutely useless.

You need to watch yourself though. You start out saying to yourself, "I'll just try it this one time." Then your friend is tempting you to try it again with him, and your think, "What could it hurt?" Before you know it, you're hooked and you start dealing PCs on EBay, just to support your habit, all the while thinking, "I can quit anytime I want to." But you can't, you start staying home instead of going out, you lose your girlfriend, you become a hermit churning out gamers over and over until finally you become a UKpostsr. I've seen it before.

A year ago, I rebuilt my Msi laptop into a beast for what it is. Now I'm confident in building my first desktop. I'm well inclined technically, but never before with computers. I learned everything I've done online in forums and YT.

Troubleshooting is the fun part though

Jayztwocents already has an older, but still very helpful video on that titled: "Guide: What to do AFTER building your computer..." Just do a quick UKposts search to find it. Cheers

@@liteknight Yeah I saw that video the very next day after posting this comment.

Just built my new PC and I was getting angry because it wasn't recognizing my GPU. Discovered that the power cable was not connected to the PSU 🤦🏽

@@liteknightfor anyone reading this now, there’s a 2023 edition he uploaded (I’m guessing it was uploaded after you guys commented)

In response to this tip, always tighten your screws in a cross pattern. This means you tighten one screw only a little snug, then go the screw directly opposite that screw and tighten it snug. The repeat for the other two screws. Gently move from screw to screw in the same pattern until you cannot snug it down any further. You are done tightening, the screws are at the optimum tightness and the fan or PS or whatever, is fully flush to your system.

Took me 3hrs, first time building one!! Didn't get bored or tired, was more worried and careful with every part//component.

I do my best work under stress.

good tip buuut tbh i'd scared and worried to be bored lol

@@reposter6434 Took me 6 the first time, 3 to put it together and 3 to "cable manage". 2nd build (just a case and cooling upgrade) took me even longer but it looks MUCH nicer, but definitely tons of times where I got frustrated, especially trying to top mount a push/pull radiator

@@daniellapointe6658 Part I struggled with the most is actually placing the motherboard in, it just didn't seem to fit and I spent at least 30mins trying to fit it into the case. Second most painful part... was trying to get picture on my monitor, nothing was showing on screen and spent a hour or two looking on the internet for hours, wasn't until I asked a friend and he told me what was up... turns out I put the DPI cable into the motherboard slot XD other than that though it all worked out well.

And they come in very handy when you're upgrading the machine. Especially the power supply cables - not all power supply cables are interchangable.

Yes, being a hoarder for cables and adapters has saved me heaps on my current build and on my last. Especially if you’re not working with high end stuff.

@@punkizm I had been collecting parts, cabales, etc. since 1983. About 8 years ago I decided it was time to get rid of that which hasn't been used in 20 years or more. Well about 90% went unnoticed, but that darn 10% came a knocking one day when I needed something for my Pentium Overdrive system I decided to take out of the closet. Live and learn.

Correct i once discover a spare SATA cable from those old PSU

I bought one desktop computer back in the 1980s. Started upgrading it. After a while I looked around and realized that all I needed was a case, monitor, keyboard and mouse and I could have a second computer. Lather, rinse, repeat for the next 30 years. I did buy my wife a desktop computer about 5-10 years ago when she insisted (although she mostly uses her phone and ipad now,) but most of the computers my kids used were upgrades.

Yea, I fried 3 memory slots and 1 memory stick by placing them backwards. I am not sure how I did it, but it did click.

I got a book with the same title, but authored by some "Stefan Etienne" dude. Seems legit. 😜

I got *Upgrading and Repairing PCs by Scott Mueller,* back in 1990 or so. He still seems to update it, it's up to the 23rd edition or something like that.

I enjoyed reading this short story.

And he goes like "do as i say, not as i do" :D

@@mrrpgswe8931 you okay now? Or you lost your house in fire?

Sounds like you handle cutting edge technology. * ba-dum - tshh *

i'll keep this in mind as i handle my new watercooler with my mutliated and burnt chef hands

does the extra blood help cool things more? 🤔

I did this at the start of the month. Thankfully I was going to show a friend where the SSD was located, so I removed the shield and put it aside, it was then I notice the peel.

Wait really. The group I was in told me to leave it off (because it wouldn't fit no matter what). 3-4 months i think now and no issues but that doesn't mean anything.

You also might need to remove or relocate one or more m.2 standoffs, or else they will be pressing into the back of the SSD, making it bend, break or short circuit.

@@timhartherz5652 Yup I had to do this on a MSI Z490 Tomahawk, kinda stupid how they install 2 standoffs on a single m.2 slot

@@jmlinden7 Same on the b550 Tomahawk, probably for really short SSD's i would assume.

expecting the GPU to be at the SRP when it will be doubled once it becomes available in your country...

Or a Ryzen 5000 series CPU for that matter.

and expecting to by a high enough rated PSU

@@FatherManus Bought mine on Amazon at MSRP. Really wasnt difficult to find.. Have you tried looking with your eyes?

But hey, you can buy anything Intel! I’ll see myself out.

Would simply touching a radiator and/or putting on a pair of rubber gloves be sufficient? In the past I got away with grounding myself on a radiator immediately before touching anything in the case during building.

@DGneoseeker1 Rubber gloves are not meant to be a way for preventing static discharge. Depending on the material the gloves could increase the chance of ESD. The best option, on a budget, is to have an ESD wrist strap that is attached to the bare metal chassis or some other metal grounding point.

@@g-wolf9445 The part I don't quite understand about this is that the metal chassis in itself is going to be sitting on a non-conductive table so where is the charge grounding to?

@DGneoseeker1 If you are serious about having a true ESD safe configuration buy ESD matting for the work surface, buy and install an ESD continuous monitoring station to plug your ESD wrist strap into and also have a humidity monitor for the room you are working in. That's a true ESD safe setup. If you have a way to tie the PC chassis into an earth ground and then tie your ESD wrist strap into the chassis that will work too.

This is brilliant! Makes total sense too. In almost anything we learn to do, practice really helps. It's an excellent idea to practice building on a computer that you are planning to donate or trash. Would really be a great idea for trying to seat a processor for the first time as that can be one of the hardest things to do given how delicate they are. I took classes at a community college on computer hardware, networking, etc. when I was getting ready to apply for IT jobs at computer stores. They had many systems of all sorts of configurations in the lab for us to practice on. The only thing that gets you over the shakes of 'omg I don't wanna break it' is to practice actually doing it.

this is how i learned to build them as a kid. for some reason there was no end to ancient pcs available to me, and i took them apart and figured out how to make all kinds of frankenstein machines

Best advice. Even more, find your nearest etech recycling place and or family and friends with old computers lying around grab all kind sof bits and pieces.... and build, build build, problem solve and get stuff working... Then build your expensive gaming pc ;)

I've done this with a 3900x and a Be! Quiet dark rock pro 4. It was just my own construction.

My old computer pentium mmx 200 mhz overclocked to 250 mhz with 83 mhz max bus speed which wasn’t in the asus manual. (Had to completely remove jumper to get that speed ) found the magic of thermal paste. Only way to get 50 mhz more out of it haha good old days. Learned a lot with my first computer.

I lost to a Lulu last match 🤫

I had bios that randomly resetted xmp on my X570 gigabyte. Latest bios update fixed that.

And if doing that causes boot loop or crashes, try checking for bios updates

Yeah, I forgot to do that.

I build mine today and I totally forgot. :(

Nice tip, my light wings are marked lol

I have to cut my fans bc my case is small they are held by one small screw...

@@I_will_like_to_keep_my_dad Are you using Slim Fans ? Normal Fan height is 25mm, and there are Slim Fans with 12-15mm. When the Intake of the Fan is Crowded a Slim Fan will improve Performance. The extra 10mm allows the Blades of the Fan to scoop air better. Had a Thermaltake Case which needed Slim Fans for the top, normal fans simply didn't performed. Switched to slims and suddenly performance.

@@Elkarlo77 yeah it was just I had a 10in case and it had no room inside, I bought a new case a few weeks ago and it's much bigger. I can fix exactly what I need now. TNX for trying to help though!

Computer fans spin toward the sharpest point. Think of them as arrows pointing the direction of fan spin. Fan blades are curved. If it looks like an upside-down spoon, the air is blown away from you. If the spoon is upside right, it blow toward you.

Or dont drink beer at all.

@@tikket10 on god

@@tikket10 No

ORRRR maybe just limit yourself to 1-2 beers, and then as many as you want/can handle afterwards.

@@tzxazrael Haha, yes maybe 😜

I made your comment go from 59 likes to 60 likes👍

I went from 59.997 to 60.000 take that

haha... my display properties only has 50, 59, and 60 as options, but 60 was already selected. I have a 9 year old monitor and a 6 year old monitor. Upgrading my PC soon(TM) and I'm eyeing a 34 inch curved widescreen with 100hz, ooo baby.

@@gfox9295 my monitor is 12y old and was a good one back in the day 1080p display. No idea why 59hz to 60hz was an option haha 😆

@@johnjackson2349 Yeah. I'm sure there's a story behind it someone techier than you or I might know. ;)

That's literally the first thing in the video...

@@CRiley-zx1ws The first tip in the video is to build everything you can on the motherboard. They don't even get into PSUs until about 17 minutes in and then he says to not use the same cable for multiple plugs

i just bought a used rog psu and it only comes with one pcie cable. any recommendations? currently using 3060 ti

@@WaWeCris You could try messaging their support and asking for replacement wires of the same model of PSU. Be prepared to pay though

A few years back I literally fried my system by doing this. Lost my HDD, Motherboard, Feed and GPU. It was very costly, so please heed the warning. :)

Yo dawg, I feel ya. I always like to make sure my PC is runnin' at its optimal performance. You did the right thing by adding that extra cable. Ain't nothin' worse than havin' your PC not runnin' at its best. Keep on keepin' on, my man.

Think about undervolting. I got my 3070TI undervolted to pull 220W on max load without any performance hit, and that's pretty conservative undervolt. Igor's lab did an undervolt on a 3070TI if you want to read that article. Though I still avoided the daisy chain :) My baby's getting everything.

You did the right thing. This is something I may have to correct on a quite old build that I did with an RTX 1070. I can't remember if it has only one power connector, or two, however....

Obviously, this is assuming your power supply is modular, but "If" the daisy-chain is a bit of an eye-sore for you then you can flip the cable around so there isn't a cable dangling in your case. You still only plug one cable into each slot of course, but the chain will be close to your power supply instead of right where your GPU is. That way your GPU will look like it has a single cable connection and it's much cleaner/easier to manage. I did have an older PSU where the cables weren't the same but nowadays pretty much every modular PSU I own I just flip them for the nice clean look.

It's worth nothing however that despite the 150W 'spec', many PSU manufacturers allow for more power. Take a look at the Corsair 12VHPWR cable, it uses only 2x PCIe sockets, yet it can provide up to 600W to a 4090.

Great tip. Thank you.

Just a question, but what were those stages for you

good tip.will save me sime mistakes for sure

@@brandonfulater7039 Can't speak for Charlie but the stages I use are: 1. Get it all unpacked and organized 2. populate the motherboard (CPU, RAM, M.2) 3. (optional, only for modular PSU) check which cables you will need and put the rest aside to avoid confusion 4. install the motherboard + CPU cooler 5. Install the GPU and PSU and connect all the cables between components and the PSU 6. Check your manuals to double check you did all the steps correct and check it's all connected (The power button and such can use very tiny cables and may get loose if you were a bit clumsy within the case) 7. Close it and try to boot it and if it does in fact boot, check all the bios settings are as you wish, restart and see if it still boots. and finally 8. if it does in fact boot, great, shut it down, take out the power cable and turn the PSU off, open up the case and cable manage to the best of your ability, this helps airflow, the aesthetics and you really shouldn't do this before you know the pc works. Few things suck more than having to undo a bunch of painstaking cable management because something is wrong. None of these stages should take more than 10 minutes, with 5 minutes breaks in between each phase takes a max of 15 minutes for a total build time of 2 hours, at most. When you get more experienced you can blend phases together (1-3 as 'outside of the case', 4-6 as 'inside the case' and 7+8 as 'finishing up') and do them in 15 minutes with 5 minute breaks that is still only a 1 hour build. Of course if you get even more experienced you can fairly safely do 1-7 in 20 minutes and spend probably no more than 10 minutes on step 8. But it all depends on what you're comfortable with, if you only do it once every few years some parts you remember and can speed through, others you've forgotten. There is no set time in which you should get it done. I personally don't build a lot of them, but enough that I'm most comfortable with the middle level 1 hour method. Hope this helped either you or anybody else that my come across this comment.

@@bararobberbaron859 you’re a lifesaver thank you so much

You're referring to standoffs correct?

even if there are spacers pre-installed, one should double check they are fitting the size factor of the MB that you are about to throw in.

@@mvhdsk1122 thats how i killed my msi x79 xD rip

no wait thats how i killed asrock am3+ msi x79 was because there was loose screw in the cage and i said meh ill get it later xD =

@@mvhdsk1122 yep was looking for this comment. First build long long time ago installed all the standoffs that came with mobo and ended up shorting my mobo because it didn’t line up with all the same standoffs.

I have a motherboard that only uses 6 of the ATX standoffs, and as a result, the case it's in has three exposed standoffs (I had transfer cases at some point, so I didn't think about this at the time, won't surprise me if the old case was the same way).

6:15 I literally had a no post scenario that had me pulling my hair out last night. Every time I set the memory for DOCP it would crash on reboot and send me back to the BIOS. Apparently putting your RAM in A1 B1 and enabling DOCP = crashes. Also you video was a few hours too late as I fixed it this morning by RTFM and putting them in A2 B2

Seriously this has to be up there. Great tip.

happened to me one time and I ruined a motherboard. Cpu was fine though, Great tip thats missing from the video!

Great Tip!!

yes yes! I've done that before...scared the hell out of me lol...luckily everything was ok but still.......deff make sure its warmed up and twist before rocking or pulling!!!

@@opieman82 Yeah I was like, "WTF it came out with my Noctua cooler??" Luckily for me aswell no pins looked bent or broken.

im gonna forget this lowkey

thx haven't tried it so far but good 2 know ^^

Seen a similar comment on another video and it made me go buy replacement cables for one I was missing. Better safe than sorry.

Don't doubt that happened, but how does it jibe with his statement that a device DRAWS the power, the power is not pushed to it?

@@roland1332 What are you saying

@@KurtisQu Displaying my ignorance about circuits. Jay reminded us that it’s the load that draws the power and since the load ( the SSD) doesn’t change just because you change a cable, why should the cable make any difference? Obviously, I gotta rethink that. Ignore my remark.

depens on the quallity of the case, yeah i have to do that most of the time because customers cheap out on a case

I had to remove a mobo once because of this! :D

Well you can add CPU Power cable(s) might be plural dependent on cpu and motherboard.

@@frickzjee Cheaping out on the case seems like a good option to me. Personally I don't give a crap about what the system looks like since I suspend it under my desk so I don't have to see it at all. And I usually only build in it once, I rarely add anything to a system once it is built. So for me it makes perfect sense to not spend a lot of money on a case to fix a five minute inconvenience. Just giving a different viewpoint :)

@@treborrrrr Omfg you're giving a different viewpoint on the internet?? HOW DARE YOU??? 😤😤😤 Jk obviously lol

Oh yes! That took me by surprise too. None of the videos prepared me for that :)

Intel CPU's works best with bent pins

YEah but I've built so many LGA builds never had an issue with that. Next AMD gen is gonna be LGA too (pins on mobo instead of chip).

glad i wasnt the only one. thought I was breaking something for sure

You tube helps a lot. I'm a visual learner, so watching others do it first helps a lot. If you got a question then UKposts has 1000 videos to answer you

morale* , but I get that reference. Lol.

Kant as a drill instructor

Gunny had that flag on his desk lol.

@@kasper_429 it works with morals too....

@@Smakheed lol true, but the original line (how I've heard it, at least) is morale.

How do I test those things?

@@poletooke4691 you can easily test 2, and 3 on the motherboard box you use to plug in the essential components before putting it in the case....you may need to reapply thermal paste again if you remove the cooler to put the Mobo into the case so be aware of that, although it shouldn't be that big of a deal with Air Coolers For 1, you might need to see a few case reviews before buying a cabinet....seeing the GPU sizes nowadays I'd suggest going for the largest case you can physically handle on your table for the safest bet....if you're going for ITX builds make sure to do intensive research on the compatible components and build guides to figure out any potential shortfalls

@@snm_dyxtra thanksssss

@@poletooke4691 glad it helped😇

​@@poletooke4691 Don't bother. Just get an extra big case.

I got an all corsair rgb build with mouse pad, mouse, headset holder, keyboard, ram, 6 fans, aio cooler, an asus mother board and lian li 24 pin/ 8 pin rgb cables. All of them are synced with corsair. 😸😸😸😸

@@PANCHO15108 hes referring to different brands that wont sync with specific applications like aura sync, icue, etc

@@zofferz0 never mind *different* brands, I bought a used H700i, realized I need a 2nd exhaust fan, bought an Aer RGB 2, only to find the RGB on that is incompatible with the controller in the case

Oooh yes! The build I had before my current one was from 2013, so the only thing RGB wise was a nzxt hue controller (the OG that fit into the 5.2" bay). So when I build my current setup last October, I was pretty excited about the prospect of having all the rgb things be controllable in the system and even moreso bind them to specific system parameters. At least that was my plan. So you can probably understand my disappointment when I opened RGB Fusion for the first time...

or assuming that your gskill ram will be synced with the other sticks lmaoooo

I wonder if we’ll ever get tired of making fun of that video.

The fact that we still talk about this till now just goes to show how much of a dumpster fire it was.

And the anti static, no, anti cancer wristband

@@timkoken1570 they're collectible right?

Also, the CPU applicator, don't ever forget that.

Jayztwocents has an old video on the channel titled "Case Flow and Pressure Demonstration - How to balance airflow". I believe that video has the answers you're looking for.

Yo, what's good my G? Yeah, that setup with the fans pushin' down low and pullin' up high should work for ya. Just make sure you got a horizontal separator in between 'em so the air hits everything. And don't forget that stock fan in the rear too, that's important for keepin' that case cool. Keep it chill, my G.

My fractal design define r5 is so huge, and it's a mid tower

Generally, if you have four screws in a rectangle to screw in, always do it with a x-pattern. It distributes stress most evenly and thus makes it easier to align the holes for the screws.

@@andreasferenczi7613 I was about to say it, you should always do this with 4 screws

@@Ravio_Lee You should do this with any bolt pattern unless specified otherwise. Like the 5 or 6 lug nuts on your car's wheels. It is also important to remember to not fully tighten on the first go of each fastener, get them snug, then go back and tighten completely following the same pattern.

That, and don't bottom down the screws until all 4 screws are threaded in a bit. Then start tightening in a cross pattern.

@@schwig44 yea i learned that the hard way I broke a stud on a brand new car lol the nut was still loose when I tightened it and air guns are not forgiving on max speed, won't make that mistake again

Highly underrated in my opinion 😂😂

All 8 pins are not created equal... It will go boom and it will cost $$$

Jayz tech tips? xD

Including Q-tip?

@@ChesterAJunus_3xChester_exe Yes, just remember to stop it when there's RESISTANCE!

Lol this is exactly why I just upgraded. Second time swapping anything internal and I ripped my CPU out, and damaged the board. Did give me an excuse to upgrade, though 😂

I like your style.

That's what she said

And always use a big screw driver...

unless you screw to hard and break somthing

But don't overtighten.. and especially with cpu coolers.. screw in a diagonal pattern Spring loaded screws are a god send for helping you not over tighten. You shouldn't need to struggle.. screw until you need to put extra pressure to turn and then leave it.

yeah probably one of the very few people that can teach me a thing or two about this stuff.

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I want to give this all my thumbs up. Organization is KEY. 1st time or 100th time. 1st time organization means you can do it right. 100th time organization makes it faster. I just helped with a PC build and did some steps multiple times because parts were dumped on the table and I would find stuff and go "ooooh that's what we needed" or "what is this screw even for?" Not a good idea when it's your first time.

I just started getting into pc and you are 100 percent right. While working on vehicles or your house it's a lot easier and sometimes faster to just clean the mess afterwards. PC is a beast of its own. I didn't stay organized and it cost me like 3-4 hours of build time.

Very good point. I myself have been doing it like this all the time and it helps a lot - both organising the parts during the installation, and keeping the boxes. Especially keeping all the boxes - not just the papers for possible future reference. I just recently assembled a new rig for myself from scratch after two decades of working with laptops only (just building a computer for someone else every now and then), and managed to stack all the boxes inside the one big box from the case, so they all together only take as much space in my basement as a single computer case. Moreover, many components come with surplus parts intended for different types of installation/pairing component so you end up not using them, but it is good to keep them anyway, and here's where the original box comes handy. And, in case of replacing one or two components in the future, the boxes are also useful when selling the original components second hand - every second hand buyer will appreciate the original package with all the paperwork and spare/unused parts included :)

LTT you mean 😂

I find that the anti static bag the MB comes in quite usefull. While actualy building I usualy place the MB on the bag. During a break I will depending on how much extra clearance the bag has either put the MB back in the bag or just cover the MB with the bag.

I built and upgraded many PCs without knowing dual channel was a thing. Over a 20 year span!

Always look into the manual of your motherboard. On my old mobo it was right next to eachother for dual channel (even same color slots, since they were 2 different colors for them) and now the more common arrangemebt like Jay said.

Well, a free upgrade! 😃

@@brykit1972 wow..

@@KanedaSyndrome Yup. I thought I was saving money on single sticks and "leaving a free slot to upgrade". To my credit, I actually did use the free slots sometimes!

While this holds true most of the time, it seems buying a pre-built right now is the way to go.

You can learn from other peoples mistakes and your own, that's why it's best to ask experienced and competent people.

Yeah some parts can be impossible to get rn, and retailers are saving the ones they get for their pre built systems. So sometimes this advice is bad. I had to downgrade my new build to a 5900x and rtx3070 as stores weren't selling the 5950x and rtx3080 separately, and I wasn't about to throw $ at scalpers. I could have bought a pre built with those components though, although it would have cost more. So it really depends on availability, the rigs purpose, and budget, etc.

I bought a system at Costco to play cyberpunk. It was an i7 9th gen + RTX2060. My actual system 5600x + RTX3080 was cheaper.

There's nothing wrong with prebuilts, as long as they're from reputable companies that know what they're doing: MainGear, iBuyPower, etc. Don't buy a Dell.

I re-use the box my case come in to store all the other components boxes. They are usually large enough to fit everyting, and you keep track of everything you put into that specific build in one place.

Great tip. It’s so nice having the original box when I upgrade parts to put the old part back in.

I have all mine chilling in the PC Case boxes and skinnier ones in the monitor boxs. then they go in a corner or under the bed. This is great advice.

@@wargas111 that’s exactly what I do as well.

Also save the packaging just in case you need to RMA something for repair or replacement. Check the manufacturer warranty and at least keep it for that long.

if the wire isn't warm its fine, the manufacturers wouldn't do it if it wasn't safe otherwise they would have lawsuits on their hands

Good to know. Once I got my 3080 later, I used 2 separate cables just to be safe. After watching this, I figured the pigtails must be meant for older, lower powered GPUs that use around 150 watts. Probably would be a bigger deal with a 4090.

It aint coming back to normal as long as covid is around, and that will stick around for years unfortunatly.

1 year later you remember this comment and chuckle at how naive you were back then. Then you eat a rad roach and drink anti-rad afterwards to prevent poisoning.

Nvidia said there’ll be shortages until at least Q.3

Mostly likely these prices will be better than next years.

It's not all because of covid. It's because of many things. Not least of all is good ole fashion greed.

im mean ehh how is anyone new suppose to know what xmp does though, Ram needs to be overclocked like 2400 and 2666 and ^

Jay had a video on this. It helped me solve my problem. Although I did have to update my mobo bios to allow thoes speeds.

Pro tip: Never mess with BIOS settings until you are sure your PC works properly on default settings. XMP or any overclock for that matter can lead to instability, and doing it without testing your system at base settings can save you a lot of unneccesary troubleshooting!

I have been running my Ryzen build for a few years without XMP. Every time I tried it quickly blue screened or rebooted during gameplay. I flashed the latest motherboard Bios and XML still didn't work. However a multiplier of 29.33 fixed it and gained me a massive gaming boost.

Because people are nicking the gpus =)

Lol. They're too used to Dell computers with no gpu in the first place. My dad has a Dell Inspiron that still runs Windows 7 and has no gpu(obviously, it's Dell). He would look at me plug hdmi into gpu and think: *What?*

More importantly have bills and check the serial no on components and on the box also

This is smack-on thanks, the boxes often have the serial numbers, that you will need for warranty registration. Try getting the serial number off a CPU or M.2 after it is mounted under a cooling solution especially a water cooler.

Also if you decide to sell a part some time later .. selling it in original packaging can yield you up to 50 $ more.

English pls.

@@Bruh-403 keep the boxes the parts come in. If they’re broke when you receive em or they break on you within warranty, use the original box to send the part back to the manufacturer.

Congrats on a very rewarding experience! I hope you managed to scrape up all the components without paying scalpers prices..

I built my own PC too this year, actually live-streamed it. Took me 5 hours too lol :)

@@jm9371 Yeah, somehow managed to get a 5600x for retail price and other components were regular price too. Just waiting on MSI Ventus 3080 which I pre-ordered at normal price so I'm currently using an old GPU from a prebuild. Budget was £1500 and I went couple pounds over. Super happy with it!

Congrats! Just finished my build also... 5600x was retail, Asus 3070 was $50 over retail but I didn’t have any choice if I wanted to play. Very happy with the results

Welcome to this addictive activity. I hope you had fun. I love building a new PC.

Oh nooo... 0.o

Why is this suspiciously specific

Build it yourself next time

Dude imagine having a job building computers and you miss that.

@@rossfisher8231 A little hard when standalone GPUs are like £3000 and pre-built GPUs are at MSRP.

Someone should have told me this before I build one last month. Almost broke down crying thinking I messed up my build because my monitor won’t display anything. Turns out I plugged in my HDMI to my motherboard. Definitely a rookie mistake.

True

Display port too?

@@Lexion95 yes.. if you have a graphics card.. all monitor cables go INTO the graphics card..

bruh the people who plug display cables into the motherboard when their cpu dont even have intergrated graphics... :(

Yes tnx for the remainder. I have two PSUs in my home and always make sure to keep the unused modular power cables as far away from each other. If they ever mix up, you are fucked up.

Lost a GTX 1080 this way :)

Good thing i dont have the money to choose the modular one.

@@Nolexe sad

@@nofekun1889 what about extension sir, is it safe?

Me too! I mean.. I do wish I had kept some of the packaging lol

Howd you get a gpu?

@@bagel_dev she probably bought it mate

Nice!

@@1ksubsnocontentchallenge they are now always sold out or overpriced like ps5s 😐

Same here!

Great Tip. Had a similar situation on the first generation iMac (the one with exposed power supply). The iMac was not plugged in but the capacitor on the power supply had a charge and it gave me quite a shock.

Just to throw in a funny anecdote, sometimes crazy stuff happens and you're sure you've shorted stuff out and it's somehow perfectly fine! Back when I was much younger, I had a new PC that someone built for me that always overheated. I "solved" this issue by leaving the case side off and sitting a large fan blowing air into the case next to it. One of the situations I had it set up in, I had a fan that was definitely not very general populace friendly, some industrial thing of some sort I imagine. Anyways, its power cord had a little metal tab tab/copper sleeve connection thing; if you work with automotive or industrial electronics you probably know what I'm talking about. Anyways, I managed to pull them off their tabs one day and they contacted the PC case. Turned the PC off instantly, blew the fuse a few seconds later, and welded the metal sleeves on the ends of the wires to the case. lol. I was SURE that computer was done, but it somehow still worked just fine after that.

i think youre supposed to shut down, flip the switch on the psu, hold the power button, then unplug

@@gerard4441 Then twist three times while whistling Dixie? Sure, that's the correct order, but if you don't know that, you probably shouldn't be inside a PC... Lol That said, I have seen people with decent knowledge work in a PC after turning it off without draining the caps, and thats the biggest take-away here.

Very Importetant! if something dies, you might need the original box.

in germany you do NOT need the original box

also make youre you have a dedicated room to store all your pc parts hoarding lol I have 2 whole boxes of psu cables, hard drive cages zip ties case and mobo screws etc

Yes, I always put all the component boxes into the larger case box

@Al 6r I'm not the only one!!!

What's a stand off?

@@jamescpalmer stand offs are what the motherboard sits on when you mount it to the case.

@@rmorse2791 Got it. Yes I had a fucking PC company in the UK called PC Specialist build a system of mine 10 years ago, and I had to RMA that shit 5 times, and in the end workedout that the bloody thing hadn't been mounted properly which meant the graphics card bluescreened all the time (didn't have good contact with PCI). Absolutely enraging and promised I'd never buy from them again.

Right, and make sure it's plugged into the wall socket.

i always make sure it's off when i build one with a friend. Works every time hehe

@@crissto8591 I had a panicked friend call me to tell me the new computer he build was dead and he needed help. I went over, looked at it, plugged it into the wall socket and it worked fine. 😂

@@OlettaLiano hehe, happened to me too. It's part of the first builder experience i like to bring to all

@@OlettaLiano like Jays last video testing the GPU 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Why did I read that as hurricane katana? Someone has been watching too much anime lately

More like hurricane tortilla

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