Is there anything more satisfying?

[Clearcut]

How satisfying to complete a total system build or major upgrade, press the power button and everything works exactly as it should first time. No strange beeps, no video problems, the operating system installs flawlessly......

Over the years, what percentage would you say has worked at the first push of the button?

 

[Jokester]

Probably about 90% If it is a problem it's usually been something simple like RAM not seated right or a power cable not plugged in.

 

[hughtrimble]

0% here

 

[BattFink]

Same here 95+% of the builds i've put together have worked first time.

Either way it's still a nice feeling though when you see the BIOS screen for the first time.

 

[Admiral Huddy]

99% of the time even then I'm struggling to find a problematic build i've had tbh.

 

[ChocolateStarfishRammer]

Yeah I'd join on 90%. Usually its stupid things like me forgetting to flick the switch on the PSU and 10minutes of shouting and swearing just to have the "oh ffs' moment .

 

[dacads]

Same here 95+% of the builds i've put together have worked first time.

Either way it's still a nice feeling though when you see the BIOS screen for the first time.

Depending if it's UEFI or not!

 

[t31os]

95% + ....

I'd not expect anyone to be below 75% unless they either....

1. Mishandle the hardware / Too incompetent to handle PC hardware.
2. Buy a lot of cheap and unreliable hardware.
3. Are seriously unlucky.
4. Make an honest and silly mistake often, like forgetting a cable or not quite connecting it correctly.
5. Buy components with compatibility problems(known or unknown - you won't necessarily know until it happens).

Usually it's something relatively simple though, loose/missing cable, misconfiguration, etc...

 

[Clearcut]

Yeah I'd join on 90%. Usually its stupid things like me forgetting to flick the switch on the PSU and 10minutes of shouting and swearing just to have the "oh ffs' moment .

I've had a few of those.

 

[los]

I must be about 90% to, I only really had problems on the first one I did, which was the memory not seated correctly as I didnt realise how hard you have to push it in.
I'm thinking your first water cooling has to be more satisfying TBH.

 

[Orcvader]

Yeah I'd join on 90%. Usually its stupid things like me forgetting to flick the switch on the PSU and 10minutes of shouting and swearing just to have the "oh ffs' moment .

This happens to me too many times ...

 

[Stas823]

I haven't done many builds but just went from 990fx to z97 and had a lot of problems with ram, it wouldn't boot then it wouldn't detect more than 4gb eventually I just put 1 in and restarted then another and restart till all were in.

 

[hughtrimble]

95% + ....

I'd not expect anyone to be below 75% unless they either....

1. Mishandle the hardware / Too incompetent to handle PC hardware.
2. Buy a lot of cheap and unreliable hardware.
3. Are seriously unlucky.
4. Make an honest and silly mistake often, like forgetting a cable or not quite connecting it correctly.
5. Buy components with compatibility problems(known or unknown - you won't necessarily know until it happens).

Usually it's something relatively simple though, loose/missing cable, misconfiguration, etc...

Mine is 0% as I've only assembled one...and it was down to leaving the DVI cable connected to the mobo output rather than GPU.

Very simple fix indeed, but a mistake nonetheless. I thought it was far more serious until a mate informed me I'd been the definition of a simpleton!

 

[Chesney420]

50%. I've built two, the first one had a dead mobo.

 

[Kidge]

100% because I'm amazing....









(I've only built one, I was very lucky)

 

[cheesyboy]

0%

One build, one fail. Was a simple problem - the PWR cable on my shinobi case was labeled wrong (reset and power connectors reversed), so figured it out ok after shorting the mobo PWR connectors.