Built new PC from scratch... and it just worked!

[Wej]

Now I'm not a noob as far as building PCs is concerned, as I've always built my own (since my SX back in 95) and have built for other people, but there's always been some irritating little problem. Anyways, just completed building and installing my new 'cheap' PC (low end core duo, cheap mobo, cheap gfx) and by the gods, everything just worked! I was a little dubious since there are no IDE drives at all (HD/DVD both SATA) and it was a cheap little mobo (£30) but it's working perfectly!

Just thought I'd share - it's brought back my self build confidence after 5 years of thinking 'No, I just can't face that again'!

 

[Wej]

And unusual for me... there's always something I've forgotten/not considered/not bought...

I just love the smell of a newly installed PC in the morning. Smells like... victory

 

[Wej]

I think PC components are getting better. Certainly the transition from jumpers to BIOSs has made a lot of difference. And my last build, no IDE drives, no legacy mouse/keyboard, and no floppy drives - and it booted first time (ok, second time, but it didn't like the PS2 keyboard).

Yeah, that's pretty much been my experience. It's 5 years since I did one from scratch and I was dreading it, but 4 hours (ish) and I have everything in, secured and o/s and applications installed.