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[Real One]

I have a decent gaming PC, but I am thinking of building one soon, and that will be the first time I ever built my own PC. Has anyone here built their own PC? How was the process of getting all of the parts? I know right now it's not going to happen, because covid has caused a shortage of PC parts as of late and I don't know when I'll be able to build a PC.

The cool thing about building PCs, is that you don't need to spend a ton of cash to build a decent enough PC. Especially if you want to do gaming. I was able to get my current gaming PC built by a friend of mine, and it was only for $400.

 

[Lamont]

I have a decent gaming PC, but I am thinking of building one soon, and that will be the first time I ever built my own PC. Has anyone here built their own PC? How was the process of getting all of the parts? I know right now it's not going to happen, because covid has caused a shortage of PC parts as of late and I don't know when I'll be able to build a PC.

The cool thing about building PCs, is that you don't need to spend a ton of cash to build a decent enough PC. Especially if you want to do gaming. I was able to get my current gaming PC built by a friend of mine, and it was only for $400.

When I was in my adolesecence and could not afford a pre-built computer, I used to be a whiz. Over the past 10 years I have lost my aptitude and don't know all the latest doo-dads and such but that should soon change. I'm thinking of building a rig for gaming as $70 console games are of no interest to me.

 

[TheHarmattan]

I'm ready for an upgrade in about another 10 months or so.

In about a year, the price may go down on this 32 core monster

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[Real One]

When I was in my adolesecence and could not afford a pre-built computer, I used to be a whiz. Over the past 10 years I have lost my aptitude and don't know all the latest doo-dads and such but that should soon change. I'm thinking of building a rig for gaming as $70 console games are of no interest to me.

Nice. Let us know how your build goes. I'd love to see it. And for sure, I don't get why they need to charge an extra $10 for newer games these days, when most of them offer lootboxes and microtransactions as it is.

I'm ready for an upgrade in about another 10 months or so.

In about a year, the price may go down on this 32 core monster

Amazon.com

Oh damn, that is going to make a beast of a PC right there. Wish I could afford a processor that good. Could only imagine how good that machine will run once built.

I hope it goes down. It should once everything calms down a bit.

 

[lamandelaghetto]

I sort of did. I traded for one that was almost complete. I had to put an SSD, hard drive, and GPU in it myself. I also need to get a USB adapter for wifi to put in it. I took the hard drive out of an old laptop i bought at a thrift store. The original owner (of the laptop) updated the os to windows 10.

 

[sourgrapes]

I got help with my first few ones I built but now I can pretty much do it myself. I suck at cable management though! I don't know how people do it so clean.

Every time I upgrade something in my PC, looks like one of them damn aliens is trying to be born in there with all the wires hanging out lol

 

[Real One]

I got help with my first few ones I built but now I can pretty much do it myself. I suck at cable management though! I don't know how people do it so clean.

Every time I upgrade something in my PC, looks like one of them damn aliens is trying to be born in there with all the wires hanging out lol

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Cable management is one of my biggest problems. My desk area is wires upon wires. I tried cable management, but I'm so lazy with that stuff. And then having to add more wires for stuff, it's just easier to plug and forget it. :D

 

[Lamont]

I sort of did. I traded for one that was almost complete. I had to put an SSD, hard drive, and GPU in it myself. I also need to get a USB adapter for wifi to put in it. I took the hard drive out of an old laptop i bought at a thrift store. The original owner (of the laptop) updated the os to windows 10.

Which GPU did you put in it? It didn’t have onboard graphics?

 

[lexodyssey]

I've been dying to build one but I haven't yet. Everything is so expensive right now so I'll probably just get some plans together and work on it when everything settles down.

 

[Lamont]

I've been dying to build one but I haven't yet. Everything is so expensive right now so I'll probably just get some plans together and work on it when everything settles down.

Yes! There’s a definite premium on a wide spectrum of parts. 2H 2022 should fare much better for PC builders as price is concerned.

 

[Devin]

Cable management is one of my biggest problems. My desk area is wires upon wires. I tried cable management, but I'm so lazy with that stuff. And then having to add more wires for stuff, it's just easier to plug and forget it. :D

Most newbie to their own PC building face this same challenge and it's unfortunate because getting to deal with all the wires isn't easy as it seems for pros. I have faced the same challenge most of the time but I'm getting better at it of late.