First build worked first time

[masten]

Spent ages putting together my e2180, nforce ultra 650i, geil memory combo (plus all the other bits) and it worked first time.

Straight to BIOS.

I dont know how they do that down the local shop for £30 though. Must have taken me over 10 hours.

Anyway thanks to everybody for the advice and help along the way.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

The next time you do it it'll take one hour.

Pics?

 

[Mr_Orange]

Yeah, you get quicker at it. I've got it down to one morning from scratch to fully updated sp2 with all the various bits of software needed for the office.

Theres a fair bit of hurry up and wait after the "putting bits in case" stage so doing it in bulk at a shop takes even less time overall as you can set one bit going and move to another.

 

[Deleted User 234324]

Took me 3 hours to do a complete system build with custom water kit and install vista with updates.

As others have said you get quicker as time goes buy, been building pc's for over a decade myself so its practically 2nd nature now, could do it blind folded.

 

[ByteJuggler]

Yeah, you get quicker at it. I've got it down to one morning from scratch to fully updated sp2 with all the various bits of software needed for the office.

Theres a fair bit of hurry up and wait after the "putting bits in case" stage so doing it in bulk at a shop takes even less time overall as you can set one bit going and move to another.

It also helps if you pre-create a fully updated/slipstreamed install CD for Windows to avoid time wasted installing updates online.

 

[Mr_Orange]

indeed, i've yet to nlite an up to date xp disk but that would shave a very significant amount of time off an install.