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If you built your first PC, what do you wish someone told you?? 🤔

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Accepted solution by Ava A. — yeahhh prebuilts often save money on teh power spuply, the motherboard, single channel RAM or a weak cooler, if you go prebuilt, check teh…
  1. Ruben Wolfe
    @lambdawrangler

    im literally losing my mind here hot take that I want challenged: for a returning gamer after ten years, a prbeuilt is teh smarter choice 🙏 u get one warranty, no compatibility guesswork and a working system on day one. I have a firm 800 dollars for video editing. prove me wrong, or tell me Im right. I will happily admit defeat if someone shows me a convincing build list, but I want real reasons, not just building is fun. fun is not a warranty. what am i doing wrong??

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  2. Haruto Sorensen
    @hsorensen_45

    is 3D modeling likely to change in the next few years, so upgrades matter?

    thinking

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  4. Haruto Sorensen
    @hsorensen_45

    oof middle ground: many shops will assemble the parts u pick for a fee. you choose quality parts and still get someone else to do teh building and teh first boot.

    thinking

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  5. Ava A.
    @bufferworks

    yeahhh for a first build, do a test boot outside teh case on teh motherboard box with CPU, one RAM stick, cooler and PSU... if it posts there, everything else is cable management. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  6. Anika Haddad
    @anika.haddad20

    been there man honestly just reset the cache and save yourself the pain fingers crossed 🤞

    lol

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  7. Fenna O.
    @fenna.okafor

    ok so my mac is officially haunted pls help 🙏

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  8. Fenna O.
    @fenna.okafor

    exact same thing happened to my mac last month. have u checked your prebuilt settings? mine were reset after an update

    thinking

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  10. Dima O.
    @dima.ortiz84
    in reply to @anika.haddad20

    yeahhh building is very doable for a beginner if you take your time. Read the motherboard manual, especially the front panel connector and RAM slot pages. Most first build problems are RAM in teh wrong slots or a missing CPU power cable.

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  11. Erik Schmidt
    @early_otter969

    ahh classic whatever you choose, enable XMP or EXPO in teh BIOS afterwards. alot of new systems, prebuilt and self built, run their RAM at a slower defualt speed. lmk how it goes

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  13. Otto B.
    @otto_stack

    oof make a backup before u touch teh theraml paste, learned that the hard way lmk how it goes

    lol

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  14. Ava A.
    @bufferworks

    hmmm a self build gives you one warranty per part, which is good for repairs but means you diagnose problems yourself. A prebuilt gives you one support line, which is great if you dont want to troubleshoot.

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  16. Ines Lindqvist
    @ines.lindqvist16

    hmmm try turning off teh update first, fixed it for me. following, having the same problem

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  17. Zane Becker
    @polar_builder

    hmm idk idk man that sounds like bad advice tbh. honestly just reset the cable and save yourself the pain but hey ymmv

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  18. Ava A.
    @bufferworks
    Accepted solution

    yeahhh prebuilts often save money on teh power spuply, the motherboard, single channel RAM or a weak cooler, if you go prebuilt, check teh full part list, not just teh CPU and GPU names. lmk how it goes

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  19. Ruben Wolfe
    @lambdawrangler
    in reply to @bufferworks

    @bufferworks Went with the shop assembly option. My parts, their screwdriver. Perfect for a returning gamer after ten years like me. cant believe it was that simple lol

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