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 full part list, not just teh CPU and GPU names. lmk how it goes

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.

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 🤷

some people raise TdrDelay in the registry to hide this :D I wouldnt start there: it just gives the GPU longer to hang and doesnt fix anything. use it as a diagnostic at most, and remove it afterwards.