My first PC Build

So on January 3rd I joined a new demographic, the PC Master Race. Now some of you might think “wow you never built your own computer??” Well no I didn’t, I’m good at testing hardware but I was never dedicated to researching how every part effects another. I started this wonderful quest in December of 2014 because I was watching everyone on YouTube build computers. Fast forward to December 2015 and I ordered everything on this pc list after long months of saving, talking, and feigning. Below are the lessons I learned:

1. Read everything

I guess this is a given that I should have learned back in high school but I thought I could by-pass papers. I’m here to tell you fellow newbies out there that YouTube doesn’t supplement the individual manuals to every part.

2. When in doubt take a break

So at one point in my build I put on Snapchat how me and my friend got stuck. Luckily my friend has more patience than me so he made me chill out while he took a stab at figuring out my motherboard problem.

3. Still stuck watch more videos/check Reddit/call a friend

I can’t stress this enough, the internet is your best friend. I follow a PC building sub-Reddit and those people are lifesavers. I also have friends that are PC OGs but I didn’t want to ask them for help, just a little motivation. In the end though it was a good ole YouTube video about the MSI motherboard that was the breakthrough in the project.

4. Celebrate

I’m a bit weird so my celebration was short and it sounded like “Yay! It works!…but I don’t have an OS..or CD drive…but it works!” My point is that every small win deserves some type of victory. If I had actually prepared better I would have been happily playing video games as celebration but oh well.

5. Friends make everything better

Ok so this isn’t really something I learned but I think this is an important last tip. Me and my friends actually spent hours playing games a week after my build and I have to say that was the moment I realized that my friends made this whole process cooler than what it already was. So if you have friends make this a group event, I promise this will be so much better.