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i have a firm 800 dollars and zero screwdriver confidence. should i build??

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  1. Mila O.
    @milao210

    Im a first-time builder and i need a new desktop for video editing. Budget is a firm 800 dollars. Everyone online says building is easy and cheaper 馃う Then i read horror stories about bent CPU pins and RAM not setaed properly. A prebuilt comes with a warranty and someone to call. A self build comes with pride and maybe disaster. What would you do in my shoes? thx in advance!!

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  2. Haruto Park
    @quiet_bench

    do u have anyone nearby who has built a PC and could help on the day? ?

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  3. Quinn Rossi
    @night_trace-3c6

    wait does this also apply to editing?. have u checked your dollars settings? mine were reset after an update

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  4. Kai V.
    @thread_garage210

    ok so for me it was teh update. swapped it and boom, fixed lmk how it goes

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  5. Rhea Kim
    @rkim

    uhh is video even worth bothering with or should i just leave it. +1 same here ?

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  6. Vera
    @vera.petrov

    help!! told my boss it would take 10 minutes 馃憤 its been since tuesday what am i doing wrong??

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  7. Quinn
    @tinyranger

    oh ive been there lol make a backup before u touch the DNS, learned that teh hard way worked for me anyway 馃し

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  9. Vera
    @vera.petrov

    hmmm this, so much this fingers crossed 馃

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  10. Milan Ziegler
    @mziegler

    pro tip: write down what u change. i didnt and had to redo prebuilt from scratch fingers crossed 馃

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  12. Mila S.
    @silicon_hound708

    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 default speed.

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  14. Tariq Lopez
    @tlopez

    ahh classic make a backup before u touch the thermal paste, learned that the hard way

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  15. Haruto Park
    @quiet_bench

    prebuilts often save money on the power supply, the motherboard, snigle channel RAM or a weak cooler. if you go prebuilt, check the full part list, not just the CPU and GPU names. worked for me anyway 馃し

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  16. Quinn Rossi
    @night_trace-3c6

    everyone keeps saying this but nobody posts proof

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  17. Haruto Park
    @quiet_bench
    in reply to @night_trace-3c6

    ahh classic for a first build, do a test boot outside the case on the motherboard box with CPU, one RAM stick, cooler and PSU. If it posts there, everything else is cable management.

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  18. Kai V.
    @thread_garage210

    make a backup before u touch the cache, learned that the hard way worked for me anyway 馃し

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  19. Quinn Rossi
    @night_trace-3c6

    hmm idk everyone keeps saying this but nobody posts proof. ok this thread just saved my weekend

    thinking

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