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Same except it's several dozen since once friends/family see what I got for what I paid the next request is "Can you build one for me?". I do it for beer/nice
by noir_lord 10y ago
Same except it's several dozen since once friends/family see what I got for what I paid the next request is "Can you build one for me?".
I do it for beer/nice bottle of scotch and to keep my hand-in for when I build my work machines (I have Ryzen parts on order at the moment just waiting for them to turn up, for the new jobs desktop).
If you take your time, read the manuals (heresy I know) there isn't very much that can go wrong.
It's also gotten remarkably easier over the years, connectors have improved etc.
- paulmd 10y agoThere's really only a handful of things that I dread doing during a computer build. One is attaching the CPU power connector, since in many cases it's absolutely JAMMED against the top of the case/a fan/etc. Getting it off is even more of a nightmare, if you ever need to change the PSU. I changed a PSU last week and spent a half hour trying to open the latch with a screwdriver while tugging on the wires (and hoping I didn't rip them out). I tried needlenose pliers, couldn't get a grip on that stupid smooth plastic connector body. The worst, though, is attaching those stupid 1-pin jumper sockets for the power switch/the LEDs/etc. HOW IN THE WORLD has nobody standardized that connector block and turned it into a single pluggable unit like the AC97/HD Audio connector?
- noir_lord 10y agoWith you on the 1-pin's so fiddly and often impossible to make out once you have the board in and your hands are in there, I've started taking a sharp picture of them and then having that on my phone so I can can count in and down. Also yes why the hell is that that not a standard.