Price match or return and buy again

What's done is done at the end of the day.

I’m guilty of this.. I just spent 3k on parts and after buying I was thinking I could of saved on that $270 motherboard or on that memory

Lol nah I’m returning the product and getting it at that lower price either from that store or a different one

@@southsidesicario5716 yeah almost the same here. spent $3500 on my pc and gpu prices dropped fast after that.

Hahaha! One expense after the other. It ain't cheap! Wonder what cost to own/operate is for us after parts, internet and electricity.

You had the money to get a motherboard? I'm trying an upgrade conversion. On a scissored shoestring budget (

@@jillianangell2570 that is the plan JA. In fact, its the last thing on my list. $$$ is too tight to pull the trigger on it yet.

@@jillianangell2570 thanks for the advice and support. 1650S is my goal. I've done a ton of research and thats the best bang for the buck in my sich. Just refuse to pay full retail plus on used items. I'll wait until they come back in stock.

Championship Racing Network I have a 1650S I’ll sell you for 100 bucks lol

Why?

@@ararix3722 Combo of superstition and common sense. I learned this from a friend/colleague building PCs in the days of white boxes with little to no fans, bare-metal interiors, disk drives, cd-drives, Molex power cables, and ribbon-type data cables. If you screw in the side panel, more likely than not you're going to have to take it off again to fix a cable, re-seat the ram, fix the case wires on the MB, etc.) The superstition part is because you screwed in the side panel, it's not going to work and you'll need to take off the panel to fix something.

That's why I always put it 100% back together and then put away all the supplies/tools in storage. Then I do a christening ritual. That way I can force the looming problems to the forefront.

So you only screw it on after the power works?

@@somebodyelseathome I normally only screw the panel back on once I see the computer is up and running. Only because I've had to take it back off to fix my ram (I didn't get the ram in correctly). It was just a bit of a pain having to take it off again.

What I am confused by is how someone can _not_ know which way a fan blows. Computer fans almost always blow from the front to the back. If you're not sure, just look at which way it spins.

@Rondo James your going to want a cooling mat. Laptops are designed to get hot. If your gaming or doing long hours on your laptop, try plugging in a dedicated keyboard and mouse, and keep your laptop on a cooling mat so you don’t feel the heat.

me who tired putting more then one screw in my fan, figured out that tension was stopping it, so now my cpu fan is held in by one screw and you can hear it tapping. on a 2000dollar pc..... i hate that stupied fan i tired putting it on before i put the rad in, i tired after, i did everything in the end it just has a single screw but i have two fans instead of one. and i wiggled it and it didn;t have too much play so i should be fine....

@@user2C47 if you the one who put the fans in, then quite obviosly you can screw up with the direction

Update drivers is not a good idea with amd.

MVP, thanks! 👌

Awesome, much appreciated friend-o!

Thnx👌🏻

My man u a legend

Awesome, thanks a lot buddy 👍🏻

Underrated comment.

Interestingly enough, a lot of prebuilts in my place use this even though it seems like a decent build I mean they have a good motherboard, gpus and stuff but the psu is suspiciously cheap and for a newbie that don't bother with such stuff could be tricked with it and bought a system that rigged to blow off after some time

One of the most important components of a PC, just never cheap out

Take it from someone who has had 5 psu's blow up that were cheap (and one that wasn't no idea what happened there) when your psu blows it WILL take something with it end of discussion it WILL kill SOMETHING. Now you might be in a situation where after replacing the psu everything works just fine but this is borrowed time...your hard drive your gpu your motherboard SOMETHING is on its way out and it is living on borrowed time. also sadly plus80 cert is no longer a good measure of a "good" psu alot of cheap chinesium psu's pass 80plus and are just as bad as the ones that aren't best stick to corsair thermaltake bequiet! coolermaster and evga (might be 1 or 2 i missed there) generally speaking if it is one of those you have nothing to worry about

Cost shouldn't be the factor. The PSU in my build I'm about to retire after 10 years was cheaper than many others on the market at the time and had lower wattage than the others. It was a Corsair and I'd read a lot of reviews at the time. But bigger wattage and price isn't better and the smart choice of a PSU should take into account reviews, but also what your build will need. People should do their research.

Your pc: *sweats staring back at you*

Nah, we're good 🗿👍

i was gonna like this but the likes are at 69 so ill just comment this

my pc that is sitting on a collectable fallout 4 cookbook that still in its wrapper

If it’s in a case I don’t carr

Jay missed his 8 year anniversary 🤣🤣

​@@SaraMorgan-ym6ue what ? What's the correlation of that with this comment???

Vacuum strat

If you don't need a silent PC then don't buy one that prioritizes running quietly using a visually appealing design. It depends on the build, but the tradeoff can have little to no effect on performance and an acceptable increase in temperature. They also do well in high-dust environments or serve as part of a low-maintenance build. It's not just about aesthetics and judging from where people stick their PCs, airflow isn't at the top of their list when making a purchase. Pre-builts cater to a target market.

Ikr

fax

If people use common sense these things shouldn't be an issue.

@Good BOI stufo huh

@Good BOI stufo clearly typing is all caps proves you lack common sense!

Who would set their computer on fire!?

@@Googlegivemyoriginalnameback lol

So he didn't say not to set it on fire. Give it a try

@@TheFilminators bet

@@clumsycaden5708 is bigger is better then if my Temps keep going up it must be good

Great advice.

Just finished my first build getting ready to post as completed on pcpartpicker: Highlyregarded LTT’s last pc build guide is 1:30:0 OP. used as a build order template to avoid logical mistakes and cover of alit if errors before you make them. I n my case moments before.

this is absolutely horrifying and reduces my faith in humanity

And I don't tighten the screws down until all of them are started to make sure everything centers up correctly

I do a few turns before moving to another screw. I don’t tighten anything until she’s done moving.

How did it rose up so fast :(

@@manuxx3543 crypto mining and scalpers

Laughs in 799 2080ti bought in November 2019

@FortniteSucks and when you woke up you were all sweaty

@FortniteSucks prove it. Make a video, write on a piece of paper "For Travis" put it next to the 3070 and post it.

it was anniversary of his channel

@Joshua Guenin bruh 💀💀

@@joshuaguenin9507 wow that’s tear shedding shit

Oh I broke rule #1 again...

@@purplekittigaming again

Depends on how the motherboard manufacturer laid-out the traces for the RAM. (Daisy-Chain, etc.)

That "Oh, NO" feeling you get when you realize...😰 😫 😩

What are risers?

@@nehemiahledwidge9131 I believe the correct term is called: "Motherboard Standoffs". They hold the motherboard up, off the case's motherboard tray. They look like they are made of brass.

@@lilblackduc7312 ahh I see. Thank you I’m building my first PC soon I want to make sure I get everything right

@@nehemiahledwidge9131 I used the wrong word I meant standoffs, the little posts that screw into the case and then the motherboard sits on top of them and the screws go into them to mount the board. They keep the contacts on the back of the board from touching the case and grounding/shorting out.

Scrolled too far to find this comment!

What if I don't have a table?

@@Chris-de2qc use your bathtub.

@King James If you can't find a swiss knife try to look for a friend named Phillip he might be able to help you out with some head. Oof that joke was so bad I even aknowledged it myself while typing.

Big fax

The 4 pillar men of pcs.

3 makes a lot of sense XD

5.) Let someone from Microsoft, Google, or Apple install the software for you.

The BEST thing you can do for your PC: 1) Steve from Gamers Nexus

@@redgeoblaze3752 you mean a ton of bloatware? Nope lol

You can't spell OMEN without OVEN.

@@nickv1212 wait.

@@DannyGruesome I wonder what thanksgiving is like at the Gruesome household directed by Tim Burton.

@Vayzid that wasn't stolen but ok

_laughs in built-in dust filter_

@@moofey It's not to do with dust, it's the fact that carpets can have static electricity build up in them, which is obviously not good for your PC if your computer is sitting on a carpet.

😂😂

At least you got a vacuum cleaner for the price of a pc

Also screw them in a little at a time. Do you best to keep the pressure equal. It is very easy to crack any kind of board by not screwing them in properly.

God damn, we're not trying to torque down head bolts on a sbc. Ease up lol.

When I screw anything at all, I do so in the x format.

@@BrianJonopulos And always tighten them, and then their opposite on the other side of the board. Never tighten screws sequentially.

And don't leave extra stand-offs in the case when swapping the motherboard for one with different hole configurations. Did that, was sorry.

You should list all compatible parts you want and buy them at once but its alright. Just saying.

Happened to me on my first build

Why ?

@@johannesvalentino1650 If you put it onto the motherboard you'll either have the very bad integrated graphics which can barely handle a game unless it's old or you'll have a black monitor screen if you have no onboard graphics.

You might have to plug it into your mobo temporarily first until you get your GPU drivers installed first, though.

@@epochseven4197 no you don't most of the time. The GPU can still output video without dedicated drivers. It happened to me for building my new pc. My CPU has no onboard graphics so when building, I plugged hdmi into the GPU. First but no probs

Also, zip ties instead of tweezers.

Hopefully it has a phillips head screwdriver

Make sure to have a table

Oh man the Verge video was a nightmare 😂😂

Number two mistake: not enough thermal paste

are you putting your computer on a pedistal?

When I posted a list of parts I would buy and asked for input, the no-name PSU was the #1 item people pointed out. If the power isn't clean, the motherboard and drives will have to deal with it and while motherboards can certainly do that, they'll age faster. And if you ever have stability issues and ask for help, you'll be hung up forever with people asking you to try a higher quality PSU first.

Whats wrong with cheap power supplys?

@@_Cookie_Warrior_ cheap power supplies would just explode or catch on fire. buy trusted brands

@@_Cookie_Warrior_ so it's not that they're potentially inexpensive (cheap). You can do your research and maybe find a good one from a no name brand that makes them in the same factory as the big boys.. but if you're not dedicated to finding out everything about it, you should stick to a good brand that has a valid warranty. Who knows if that cheap company named Zxeii PSU xyz will really be around to honor their 3-5 year "warranty".

@@_Cookie_Warrior_ There's a couple of points to hit on here and some misconceptions. Usually you can trust certian brands, but sometimes even "good" brands they can let you down (one of the most infamous is the Thermaltake TR2 series) and interestingly, around a year or so ago a bunch of last-generation high-end PSUs had major flaws depending on use case (remember, people often buy these for peace of mind). The ones that I can remember off the top of my head is some Seasonic Focus Gold/Focus Plus Gold (and PSUs, like some Antec units based of them), EVGA SuperNova G3 and some other Superflower Leadex based units, as well as some Silverstone SFX units. These require a very certain condition to cause issues, but is still not acceptable considering how much these costed. But to answer your question, there are 3 main reasons why cheap PSUs aren't good. The AC to DC conversion in switching power supplies isn't perfect, which leads to ripple. High ripple can create problems ranging from system instability (especially when overclocking) to shortening the lifespan of your components (lf all you ever ate was Burger King for your entire life, you would be dead sooner then if you stuck to a normal dietary pattern). On some units, another issue can be cooling. Many of these cheaper PSUs rely on a 80mm fan at the back, and even worse, the heatsinks inside these are often very anemic compared to decent units, so there's a good chance that something could catch on fire inside the PSU, Which leeds to another combination of issues. The fact that these cheap units are often rated above the amount of power they can actually deliver. Oftentimes, a 500W PSU may be a rebranded 300W PSU, or even in one case were I have seen a 1600W PSU actually be one of the 550W Thermaltake TR2 power supplies that I touched on earlier. On a decent design, this wouldn't be a monumental issue (it would still be an issue to see your 500W PSU not working when putting a 350W load on it, though) but with these cheap designs, they often do not have any or very rudimentary protective circuitry. A good design would normally shut down when you put too excessive of a load on it, or if the internal components of the PSU run too hot, but this is not the case for some of the cheapo units. Even if a power supply running above it's spec will often send very high levels of ripple to your components (if it wasn't high enough on some units) and then there's the potentiality of something getting too hot, a fire starting, causing capacitors to explode, and ultimately leading to the death of components inside your PC. Sorry for the giant ramble. I'm writing this at 4AM and I really should be getting to bed soon.

Followup is don't upgrade in a prebuilt case with an undersized/cheap PSU.

cough, do your research.. and that goes for prebuilt oem stuff as well because some of them might actually have decent psu's in them, they're just rebranded. years and years ago HP was using the same PSU's as BFG(RIP) just under the branding of the factory that was producing them. some of the OEM builders still do that today and it's easy enough to check it assuming what ever your replacing still uses less then the maximum output of the psu.

Yes. Even if your budget is very tight. Compromise with a weaker CPU, less RAM, or even a flimsy junk case, even go without a case vs use any PSU that isn't specifically highly rated by someone who does that as their profession.

Also, don't go overkill on the PSU. Remember, you don't need a damn 1,000w PSU if you are just running a bare basic setup. My personal R5 build has the same 600w that I was using since bulldozer days.

Right ??? Because Brand name PSU's always use Brand name parts right.. Like Nichicon and Rubicon caps LOL as if . No, i think if you open a brand name / "GAMING" PSU you'll find a Leylon capacitor the same as you would in a generic but i've also found, there is generic and there is SHIT GENERIC Generic , they have Leylon caps Shit Generic, Sanhua and your high end PSU's are going to have the same at the end of the day , Volts x Amps = Watts and the volts or the amps or the Watts ARE NOT BRAND DEPENDANT electricity doesn't give a fuck about your brand it just cares about conductivity and reliability of components Now.. if you can show me that your PSU has Ruby caps and ... on top of that that it's well designed and ALL THE COMPONENTS ARE HIGH QUALITY then... I will stand corrected but.. i've never seen that and i repair SMPS's (Switch Mode Power supplies) all the time i agree with your credo, for the record, ONLY IF WHAT YOU DEEM GOOD IS USING QUALITY COMPONENTS but.. it's not

So get good at golf before you start playing the ProV1 balls which cost several dollars apiece? Lol

That's how I did it. Anything that doesn't match is easy to find and check again.

I agree with this one with one small asterisk. For some Ryzen MoBos, because of multiple gen support, they will appear in Part Picker with a warning that they are not compatible. For example, a B450 with a Ryzen 3000 series. Sometimes the software will be right and you need a BIOS upgrade, sometimes it has a BIOS flash upgrade option, sometimes you need a previous CPU, sometimes it already comes with the up to date BIOS. Always check they supported CPUs on the MoBo support page

@@deloreigames8641 OMFG GOD DUDE literally built a pc last week and did exactly what you said this is literally insane. But yeah it was a pain in the ass cuz it took me a while to figure out the problem

Some of the warnings to do with BIOS are just wrong and dont apply. My friend and I had the same warning, as we have similar parts, and it affected neither of us in any noticeable way.

Great tip!!!!

This is hard to put tho. I'm started to be bored of putting this. now i buy motherboard w/ it allready on it like include on it if i can. feel ya

Fucked that up.

I don't even know what that is 🤦

YUP! building a FreeBSD server, totally forgot to do that. Also, RAM is bad, put it in as manual instructed, doesn't work. All old parts, project shelved for now. Need DDR3 RAM, don't feel like finding it at this time.

@@LetsGoRoadTrippin If you need DDR3 this days, I think you're doing something wrong

I use an old laptop table.

I still remember when I need to change the startup applications I had to run msconfig

Only got Avast on startup, can't disable it anyways. I did have PowerToys on startup as well but PowerToys Run was giving me issues. I still don't understand how I'm using half of my 8GB of RAM with just Task Manager open.

@@ExperiencersInternational yeah idk 1616gof ram and it uses 50% I should run windows debloater

Why? Im new to PC

@@ExperiencersInternational just get rid of avast, as jay said, windows defender is good enough these days. i had to get rid of avast when windows 10 was still in beta and only missed it for about a week.

...always.

@@Agorger Yeah I've been using Ninite for years!

@Galaxy TS2 Completely agree!

I've seen browser windows with like 2/3 of the height filled with toolbars because of this. Another very important thing is disable the windows explorer setting that hides the file extension - that being default is the main reason for PCs getting infested by viruses in conjunction with a user that doesn't recognize things as executables. It's literally Microsoft's fault.

Yes good advices are given..but i haven't understood why the guys laughed about the " AIO location" i didn't get it im from Europe... this being said there are lots of things we shouldn't do , as blowing compressed air on a video card fan while it's running (you can fry your card ) or using a vacuum cleaner with a plastic nozzle on your mobo (statics)...

with a kraken x72 for a trash CPU. (also have expensive corsair fans)

i don't get it, it sounds like your money was spent on EXACTLY the right parts ;)

I just did an ATX build and wanted to go corsair. I nearly vomited at the price of 7x ql140 fans

oh my god

Wow, suprised you were able to find 2 corsair fans!!

@Esteb5n Caballero people who buy anything really(graphics card, concert tickets, phones, etc) and resell them to the general public at a much higher price(about 2-3x more, depending on the industry you're in)

@Esteb5n Caballero basically; manufacturing needs to outpace demand and it dies out.

@Esteb5n Caballero yup, that's why scalpers make so much bank. They basically become resellers

@Esteb5n Caballero yeah, because there are so many scalpers stuff is always out of stock so people either wait or go to scalpers for stuff

Even of you say that scalping is quite profitable, there's an abundance of brainless rich people in this world.

THANK YOU for mentioning the tip about turning an unplugged p/s on & off again before working in the case. Yes-capacitors hold power, and PCs have lots of capacitors… Who woulda thunk it? 😀👍

@@Suavissimo Glad to help!

In the day, when they still used LCD indicater on a FAX, I sparked two of them to death just because I was standing on a carpet. I practically blew myself off the carpet too, as the shock was more than the usual sparkie.

@@opsvixen Yeah, things were much less protected from static discharge back in the day. I had a friend who was a carpet installer and he would install anti static carpeting in some places. It wasn't common, because it was expensive carpet, but if your place of work had really important expensive computer equipment, then the owners woud spring for it sometimes. The other alternative was to put those anti static mats in front of sensitive equipment or under it.

Apologies for the ignorance, if the power supply is not plugged in, where is the energy going when you hit the button? Isn't the PSU not grounded without being plugged in?

here's your answer, from a fellow european: most of the us has a much higher chance of being hit by a natural disaster than most of europe, stone houses would still break, but be more expensive to rebuild. added bonus: their way of doing framing and drywall on top makes it super easy to retrofit ethernet or rerun the electricity wiring.

They have carpets to cover their old wooden floors while we all have stone or ceramic slabs

I could not imagine having a stone slab/concrete flooring for my house. Holy hell, would it be hard to heat. All that stone just sucking the cold in from outside/the basement, and pumping it into the house...jeez. I also couldn't imagine waking up in the morning, and making my zombie walk to the bathroom on a cold, immovable slab. Wood floors give, and carpet over a wood floor feels nice when you walk on it. Even a wood floor feels pretty nice to walk on barefoot or in socks. It would hurt so bad to walk around in a house with concrete or stone floors. Our kitchens and bathrooms mostly have linoleum flooring, too, especially if you rent...only people with money can afford tiled floors, and even then, only bathrooms and kitchens have tile. Nobody tiles the rest of their house, they use wood and/or carpet for comfort. As for the comments about construction, yes, we use wood because of the cost and ease of construction. You can also build entire walls and most of the structure of the house in a wood shop, and ship the walls to wherever the house is being built. And even if you have to build everything on site, you can be digging on a Wednesday and putting the shingles on the roof on a Wednesday two weeks later. They're extremely easy and fast to build.

@@nickpickerwi7787 Most people have carpet on their concrete and or wooden flooring over the concrete. Also, if you're rich you can get floor heating. Some places which I visite fairly often have that and its amazing if you're walking on socks/bare feet.

@@lennartjakob I mean. No? I'm from the Caribbean where we build houses out of stone and concrete and it's pretty durable

I hate your profile pick but I appreciate it.

@@TheDecree93 my pleasure

@@FNFleExZ Hehe..I looked at it and...Wtf? Ok you got me.

🤣🤣🤣

When your anti virus IS THE VIRUS.

lmao same

Something I figured out is that synthetic materials tend to have a tendency to accumulate static charges, which I was having a big problem with at work. My roller pad under my chair built up so much charge that conducted into my chair that every time I stood up the discharge would cause my computers audio jacks to react, setting of my theme sounds. Whenever I stood up, the sound of water splashing would occur, completely mystifying me and the engineers I work with. The solution: I put some fabric softener into a spray bottle and treated my plastic roller pad. After that, no more problem. And the whole room had that fresh, spring smell! Which was pretty annoying, but it goes away after a few months. With my new pad, I just treated the bottom of it and that was enough to prevent recurrence.

I have no excuse as I have those Ikea steel feets in box for....6 years maybe? lol. Need to build that platform...

I’m glad I watched this as I was literally about to move my pc onto carpet

idiots going to idiot.

You should watch it only in case you wanna know how to NOT build a PC... Or you had bad day and want something to cheer you up.

oh on the contrary, DO watch it. that's everything you shouldn't ever do. it's almost a comedy show.

it good comedy tho

I watched this and was dissapointed. It isn't a professional video but based on what everyone says about it, I expected blunders such as putting the termal paste on the bottom of the CPU rather than the top - but no, just a few misconceptions and poor thermal paste application.

@@Sebbo1298 what about the psu that was facing the wrong way???? your under selling how bad it was...you work for the verge?

Simple yet effective

I took a drawer out of a dresser and set my PC inside it one time 🤣. It was just a temporary setup obviously, but it definitely looked ridiculous

Thats my plan tbh

if it works it works looks dont matter

@@NightOwlGames ur not wrong, but I’ve cut my foot on it a few times so I might want to get a little sanding

I bought a "width adjustable" stand with wheels. It keeps my case off the ground by about 2-3" for like $10. Its very sturdy and easy to move your computer around.

Me using old wooden chopping boards cuz im in lockdown and cant find anything better 🤣🤣🤣

I feel so seen, I had to keep my PC on the Wii balance board for the entire lockdown!

Mine is literally sitting on top of a piece of the packaging one of my furniture pieces came on. It's 4 planks of wood stapled together lmfao, with cardboard on the bottom (for that whole dust part)

Atleast your pc is lookin fit!

Any advice to test every component? My PC shuts off when I play very heavy games, I’ve ran benchmarks for my cpu and gpu both at the same time, I’ve tested my ram, I’ve used a psu tester, there’s not much more I can do is there?

#2 is bad advice, there is no reason to avoid buying good cooling.

can i run my ryzen 5 3600 on 1.165 volts and lock it at 3.8ghz?

i have the stock cooler and the temps hit 80 sometimes when playing light games like csgo

@H C check your CPU and GPU temps under load. If it is failing during heavy gaming depending on the game it could be a PC part getting so hot it shuts down the system. If its CPU check that the CPU cooler is mounted properly and the thermal paste applied. If GPU overheating then you will want to look at case cooling. Check fans directions so it moves hot air out of the system or add a few more fans. You shouldn't need more then 3-4 decent fans on a case if it is set up properly. Depending on case having the fans or two at the front pushing air over the system whilst the ones at the back or back and top pull out the hot air is generally a pretty safe bet from my experience.

My number one tip is not feel pressured about building one at all. Many just want an computer and you can be saved a lot of headache by just buying a system made already. To the inexperienced there really isn't any advantage to doing it yourself. I'd only tell people they should if they want to.

@Narax pre-built PCs are often poor quality plus building a basic system with aircooling or even AOI doesn't require that much knowledge, some ikea furniture can be harder to build.

@@mohammeded-dahbi7603 No, wrong. They are not often of poor quality, poor quality computers are always of poor quality. You can't use the worst as a reflection of the whole. Just because the cheapest hammers are terrible doesn't make all hammers terrible. It was sound advice a decade or two ago but now a days there are plenty of decent system builders. Also, building a computer is not easy. Sure putting the parts together is easy but it is finding the parts that is rather difficult. To someone that doesn't have the knowledge already it isn't clear or even remotely obvious at all what is worth buying. There are a lot of things you take for granted and presume they are simple just because you understand them but these things are not simple and can take a lot of time to understand. The only advantage to building the computer yourself is that you get the flexibility to choose the parts you want. A person who is ignorant will not be able to make the most if anything out of this advantage and many good PC building services now a days let you pick the parts if you wanted.

@@SirNarax On the other hand, nowadays you also have plenty of services to help you pick the parts(pcpartpicker and newegg among many) and loads of easy to follow tutorials free on youtube, so there's really no reason not to do it at all and plenty of advantages apart from choosing the parts like being able to do maintenance and part replacement by yourself and also by understanding what goes in your pc and how it works in general allows the userto treat it in a way that will increase it's lifespan (a simple example would be not putting the pc on a carpet or in a cabinet).

@@mohammeded-dahbi7603 Just because there are resources to educate you doesn't make it any easier to learn. It is still a massive hurdle and the hurdle to buying a computer yourself is always going to be infinitely lower. And if you are just going to copy someone else's build why not just you know, buy the computer built? Which will save you the time, isn't that much more expensive if at all and you won't have to worry about doing it wrong. Also being able to do maintenance yourself isn't a pro and isn't mutually exclusive. You can maintain a pre-made machine they are made out of the same components if you wanted to maintain it yourself. But many of these companies also provide to you that service. For many, working on a computer is not a pleasurable experience. "Do it yourself" is terrible advice now a days.

@@00O3O1B aint no such thing as too much liquid metal

*The Verge flashbacks*

@@00O3O1B Actually that's not true. While yes, more thermal paste is generally not harmful in any way to your CPU or temps, it is actually possible to apply use waaay too much thermal paste. A friend of mine.... used so much thermal paste one time, that it spewed out the sides (which is generally ok...but) and actually managed to get under the socket and unbelievably onto the pins of the CPU. I'm not shitting you. I'd never seen anything like it. I still don't understand HOW he managed to get it UNDER the socket. But enough of it got under the CPU that it actually covered a couple pins which ended up causing POST to not recognize one of his RAM modules. It took me over an hour to clean up the mess (including socket and CPU pins) and teach him AGAIN how to properly apply thermal paste and reiterate to him, if he's unsure if it's enough paste, there's no problem with adding more, but NO, DO NOT PUT AN ENTIRE TUBE OF PASTE ON ONE CPU! One tube of paste should accommodate multiple CPU installs (At least 5 CPU's, unless you're installing a Threadripper, in which case 2-3 CPU's). Not one CPU. I still have the pictures.

ukposts.info/have/v-deo/fYWIioyLkGxkyZc.html

@@valhallasashes4354 That's very possible lol. If you haven't watched The Verge yet, your friend might have found out it was too much if he used a Thermal Applicator. :P lolol

Hey, congrats man!

Awesome!!! Congrats! :)

I feel you man

I’m currently now just getting into it : ) any tips and tricks are gonna be useful

@@Beautifuldifferencemaker I've been cleaning mine regularly... At least once a month haha

Oh just dive in, try every single plug. Cross things up. No telling what you might discover.

@@yourhandlehere1 that is also good advice. You just gotta learn. The worst thing to do is really just not ever figuring it out one way or another.

@@BubbleS1 I tried putting a clock over my GPU and it didn't make any difference. All I had was a pocket watch though. Does it need to be digital?

@@yourhandlehere1 well first you need to make sure that it's over clockable otherwise it can't read the time on your pocket watch. Also it's a common misconception that you put the clock over top of it but over clocking actually means the gpu or cpu is over top of the clock so they can read it better.

@@BubbleS1 Well dragons! I guess it's not...there's no room to slip the watch in underneath.

spun my chair around which somehow caused a big beer glass filled with water to tip over onto my laptop, i also fell on the same laptop some year earlier while slipping on ice and the screen didn't make it back then so i had to use my old crt screen. I guess it went through a lot.

@@smievil bruh...i once spilled a whole cup of hot tea on my laptop, I can swear my reaction has never been so good...i literally grabbed my laptop and put it upside down in a splitsecond....so it lived...bet then after a few months I fcking puked on it...and closed it afterwards...was a great surprise in the morning, and it still survived :D

Y'all need sippy cups

Strange, my cranberry juice gave me an overclock. What brand did you use?

Tripping over your power cord and pulling your laptop off the desk is bad too.

Or if you live in an area with several power cuts a year, use a full UPS. The surge protector didn't stop my wife's motherboard getting fried a few years ago.

Haha misread that as a surge protector between your pc and wallet.

@@MrTimmy3333 well I suppose in a way you are protecting your wallet if you use a surge protector. So your are correct 😀

My buddy has one of those whole house surge protection systems installed with individual surge protectors protecting his devices. He works from home, so it's a bit essential and piece of mind when you have to deal with pretty intense thunder storms during the summer.

@@adamboise3907 I sell TVs and computers for a living and try get everyone to purchase a surge protector. Personally I don’t see why everyone doesn’t have one. For the cost of them it just doesn’t seem worth the risk of loosing an expensive item.

I carry that over from working on cars, never shut the hood before the first fire up!

Ideally first boot would be with the motherboard on its box and not in the case. But yes a second test boot after installation wouldn't hurt.

LOL

Obamna

SODA!!! 🤣

Rufus noooooooo!

We had to keep our cockatiels far far away while we were putting ours together- they always wanna chew on the most sensitive items 😞

That's a good point about brands. I have my preferences but they're not locked down. Things change over the years and the best quality at the best price doesn't necessarily stay the same so you have to be open to new things. I used to be a Corsair PSU fanboy but now I'm running 2 EVGAs and they're freakin sweet. Used to prefer Gigabyte mobos but now I'm running 3 different brands. Same with Intel and AMD. Only thing I've stuck with over the years is Gskill RAM, and I now stick to Nvidia gpus (except APUs) because I like their drivers better but that could always change (eventually).

I wanna add something to sticking to one brand. It might not have anything to do with brand loyalty but if you like RGB and you then buy parts with lights in them it could be in your best interest to buy same brand parts that then use the same lighting software so you're not dealing with 3 or 4 different RGB softwares all at once.

it doesn't matter how much time you spend doing proper research if that research is a lie. Whenever a good part comes out, everyone is going to lie about it so it doesn't sell. They will tell you to run memtest86 which is a completely placebo program specifically built to make you think your RAM is working, so they can blame your expensive GPU instead. Then when you replace your RAM and all your issues are fixed, and you prove to everyone that your GPU is fine, they block you. The best way to build a PC is by gut feeling, because your gut feeling will not lie to you or provide you fake benchmark scores, fake 1 star reviews, and fake TDP.

@@milesfarber memtest is a really useful app if you know what you're doing. Most people "researching" aren't reading reviews but looking at specs like supported memory, how the mobo pcie lanes are shared, V core et al. It sounds like you are pretty new to computers so it would be worth learning the vernacular so as you can research a build's potential yourself using the data sheets rather than relying on reviews to tell you how well they perform.

@@supersimon126 I agree with that, but that kind of doesn't apply to my statement, because that's not about brand loyalty, but rather RGB compatibility/consistency. Great point.

Why tho

@@slip9637 Because if you don't use standoffs, the board can crack or break, also, the board can short out (the SMTs, etc. extend out the back of the board) on the case.

Unfortunately, not all cases come with all of the required holes.

@@user2C47 giggity

If you look at the solder around the mounting holes in a motherboard, you may realize: They're Electrically Grounding the Circuits. You can thank me, later...🇺🇸 😎👍☕

Hope the PC life is treating you well my friend Jay helped me get into the technical aspect as well, except i’m only 19, greetings from abroad.

I’m trying to build my own pc for the first time what are some his vids u recommend?

Good for you man. I have the same story. I was 30 and working in a heavy equipment warehouse. I built a gaming pc and a buddy of mine said I should apply for a help desk job at the corporation he worked at. I played on computers as a kid, but hadn't really worked on them in 15 years. Here I am 5 years later, and I'm a sysadmin, and it all started with gaming and watching these kinds of videos

@@grizzlycmmg9578 shii me too, 19 n built a pc, only thing is that it still feels that I’m playin on my ps4 still except with 1440p. Don’t know the reason why my monitor or 3080 ti gpu can’t show the frames on the monitor

@@juaquiqui-kun4333 if you press alt z --> settings --> hud layout --> performace --> then just click fps and decide which corner you would like fps to appear. I prefer using steam (if you play your games on steam) for my fps layout it looks more clean and feels more accurate. Just click settings on the top left corner of steam --> click in-game --> In-game FPS counter, then just decide what corner you would like it on. I also prefer checking the High contrast color box. That's subjective tho haha. Hope that helped

Correction: Let Linus hold anything...

Correction correction: never letting Linus near your computer components EVER!!

@@TheDeadmanTV i bet his wife wouldn't even let him hold his kids as babies

Or just don't go near someone who says rgb give more fps

Alternatively, learn which parts are intended to conduct electricity and which ones are intended to conduct heat, and that, even though there is some overlap in which materials do those two things, they are not the same.

Jesus Christ 😂😂

No fucking way you're serious.

If you don't have thermal paste use Peanut Butter.

Looking at you, Verge PC build

Ok, I'm good, didn't check any box.

I pass the test since 1997, i was doing mods to cool vrm and cooling system.

A motherboard manual, or PC manual as you called it, is found either inside the box your motherboard came in or on the box itself (usually accessible through a link or QR code scan). Alternatively, you can always search for it on the motherboard manufacturer's own website.

i second this. i bought a 144hz 1440p monitor. now i have to spend a shitload to get good frames in 1440p. but ya know. it is what it is. Still love the monitor though

Yeah I'm definitely experiencing this right now. Bought a pc second hand and not knowing the psu I upgraded the gpu and doubled my ram and constantly have to lower settings so I don't blow everything up. Gonna get a 650w gold psu here soon

For new PC builders they a common thing they try and correlate is PSU rating = Quality Which of course leads to them thinking low priced ones are “bombs”

I think I personally have a perfectly balanced system. I bought a 144hz 1080p monitor to display my i5-9600k paired with my OC 1660ti

Nightey3s I concur with Jay as well about researching the build as by doing so you can avoid pitfalls were the motherboard i/o placements doesn't work with the case you've bought. Admittedly that's less of an issue now due to standardisation and cable management being a required feature as opposed to a luxury. However many cheap cases don't have such basic features. Not to mention, they may have very short front i/o cables too. The best places to find information is the motherboard manuals and case manuals. The latter is hard to find for cheap cases that get re-branded and sold.

I wish people felt that way about cars, too.

@@tylerdean980 yeah bro that explosion that came from my subaru isn't anything wrong 😂

@@tylerdean980 “just turn the music up”

So if my computer suddenly starts revving up when it's typically quite is a bad thing?

@@zerohunterx5 Not necessarily. If the computer is overheating it has fail safes, like throttling performance to cool the chipset and CPU. What load was your computer experiencing? If you where doing demanding tasks, or many tasks, this is to be expected. What was the temperature in the room that your computer was located in? In the summertime, my computer always runs a little louder, because of the higher temperatures. If it only happens every now and again, I wouldn't worry about it. If you want to keep your computer running cool, make sure you clean the interior monthly of dust with compressed air, and make sure there are no major airflow obstructions.

You can plug it into a switched power strip and turn it off as well. You should be grounded that way

Thermal paste bit was stretching, you would have to be completely incompetent in PC building to not apply a thermal compound.

I like to live on the edge and top off my water reservoir while benchmarking.

Also secure your fans when you are blowing dust out of them so they don't generate a charge while everything is off

@@pottingsoil723 that's actually a good advice which I haven't thought about, thanks!

I fried a $300 sound card doing just that. Whoopsy!

@@pottingsoil723 what do you mean by "secure" them? I'm asking cuz I'm legit about to build my pc this week😳😂

I actually built my whole pc on my bed and somehow everything except the motherboard worked I fried 2 motherboards before i found out about static I was also wearing socks on carpet Everything was rubbed on the bed too

fan-mic I build mine on my bed and it works perfectly fine

Lol i built three computers on our carpet and my main one is sitting on a carpet with rubber feet. All if them worked just fine. If your parts die to sub 1-watt static it was already a bad part.

I just shoved a piece of cardboard under my pc. Seems to work just fine. As for static if you are worried, just get one of those anti static wristbands. Even the good ones are pretty cheap.

@@finder1138 My pc has been sitting on my carpet for over a year now and its still fine, but I'll try this just in case thank you.

facts

I somehow got an evga 80+ bronze 600W for about $55 last year and I’m pretty happy with that price. Known brand and 80+ rating to boot.

Going to give a bit of pushback. I have had a "questionable" PSU brand: Rosewill. I had it for 5 years, pushed two liquid Vega 64 in crossfire, 2080S and 6700k to 3700x. It is 80+ rated.

@@user-lk7cv8vg7r I honestly have no knowledge with Rosewill's products. the name/brand is indeed familiar, but I've never had/used any of their products, so I can't really agree nor disagree if Rosewill is indeed a questionable brand or not. but thank you for the input/feedback :)

@@user-lk7cv8vg7r Rosewill isn't questionable. You probably haven't used a questionable brand.

Realmente kkkkkk

That’s cause it’s a hot shit stain lmao

Thats because living in Brazil is like the purge 24/7, ain't got time for carpets

Come to brazil

Obrigadoooo

I did that when I was something like 8yo but when I realized the issue (since nothing booted of course) I just placed them back around and everything was fine afterwards

My pc had 2 rams. One malfunctioned so a friend debugged and removed the ram. System started running. As soon as he went home I inserted the other ram again in running system. It burned the motherboard.

imagine forcing the 24pin connector the wrong way :( I literally jumped when my friend tried that one

@@bobobobo3142 meijer?

That's not what she said. 😅

I've always said: "If there were an anti virus software that's worth more than a crap, first thing it would do is quarantine windows itself. and install linux over it" ;)

FunkyMonkeyJedi and like I said I quarantine Linux and install ms dos

@@stanleybowman-hood6194 Not gonna happen. People love the convenience of GUIs.

U should download cinerbench from the Microsoft store my recommendation better then downloading it from the net and while your at it crystal disk mark it's better you have a proper installation of those programs instead of the zip file that's not installed

Well some of us like the Xbox exclusives on PC. Hate the Windows Store and the garbage connection means downloading a new game takes an eternity. But I can't get them on Steam sadly.

I really wish micro center near me. The closest one for me is in another state.

@@GXShade Could be worse, closest one to me is probably on the other side of the world.

@@Acid1_ literally

@@Acid1_ oh, that is a really crappy situation too.

I have a couple micro centers near me, but honestly you can find better deals on pc part picker

I agree it really feels much funnier ☺️