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the nervous beginner dilemma: assemble it, or let someone else worry?

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  1. Bo
    @bo.walsh

    guys pls help im a nervous beginner and i need a new desktop for programming and some games. Budget is around 1000 dollars. Everyone online says building is easy and cheaper. Then i read horror stories about bent CPU pins and RAM not seated properly. A prebuilt comes with a warranty and someone to call 馃う A self build comes with pride and maybe disaster. What would you do in my shoes?

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  2. Nadia Haddad
    @nadia_stack

    ok but is warranty support important to you, or are u comfortable diagnosing problems?

    thinking

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  5. Bo
    @bo.walsh
    in reply to @sara_socket

    Warranty matters a lot, i don't want to figure out which part is broken if something fails. idk what else to say tbh

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  6. Noah Ferreira
    @noah.ferreira52

    @kofir343 what did u end up doing in teh end

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  8. Rowan Celik
    @rowan_vector

    bump. still happening with programming for me. honestly just reset the default config and save yourself teh pain

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  9. Noah Ferreira
    @noah.ferreira52

    wait any update on this?... pro tip: write down what u change... i didnt and had to redo desktop from scratch

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  10. Noah Ferreira
    @noah.ferreira52

    been there man for me it was the antivirus. swapped it and boom, fixed

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  11. Bea Mori
    @bea_cron

    honestly just reset teh antivirus and save yourself teh pain. lol this thread is gold

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  12. Cyrus Becker
    @bytelab

    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 馃槫 most first build problems are RAM in the wrong slots or a missing CPU power cable. lmk how it goes

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  13. Sami Tanaka
    @sami.tanaka

    ok weird one i swear programming is cursed

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  14. Arjun Dalton
    @arjund281

    i come back to this thread every week just for teh drama

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  16. Xavi P.
    @xavip197

    im literally losing my mind here spent all weekend on beginner and im still not done what am i doing wrong??

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  17. Jade Zhang
    @jade.zhang

    been there man make a backup before u touch teh cable, learned that the hard way

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