what is the worst thing about building a new pc

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When you put it all into the case after carefully testing it outside to make sure it works.. Only to find that something is shorting so you need to take it all out again!

That or getting DOA hardware.. That always annoys me :mad:
 
The worst as said above has to be DOA hardware. The very first computer I built many years ago now, was all put together tidied and working. Only to find the ethernet port was dead.

That really annoyed me.

;)
 
From my experience, getting my pudgy short fingers to put the power, reset and LED cables in the correct places on the mobo. Very frustrating - and not what I expected to be hardest / worst / most annoying part of the build
 
Getting it all set up and working... Surfing the Web and finding all the hardware is now 10% cheaper than when you ordered it!... :mad:

And DOA or Faulty bits!...
 
Installing MSWare ;)

I dont have the problem with jumpers because my Lian-Li PC60 has a detachable bracket with all of them in, coupled with a removable mobo tray is heaven :D

I've always been frightened when it comes to CPU coolers, pressing down very hard towards your nice new mobo with a screwdriver isn't the most pleasant of feelings! Luckily my A/S Freezer Pro came with a handy clip that was painless and took seconds!
 
as above the cpu heatsink fan assembly installation and then trying to get the power to the cpu fan attached to the header which always seems to be inexactly the worst / most inaccessable part of the mobo

power/ reset /hdd lights and switches always get them the wrong way round

Dont think i have ever suffered doa as yet!!!

( Please dont tell me the new 700w psu i havent yet fitted is faulty!!!)
 
installing windows...cos it the only part you have to wait on.

The last PC I built ...I did it in under an hour...which I thought was farly impressive...allthough I had used the same case two or three times before :)
 
Has to be trying to wire all the header leads like power switch etc, and them old daft cases that were so sharp inside that you couldnt touch anything on the inside of the case when putting the mobo in, cos if you did it would slice your hand off!

And yes DOA has to be the worst ever, especially if you just spent over £350 on a graphics card and are dying to play the latest games!!!
 
Them little header switches drive me loopy, always get one the wrong way around and the 4 pin Mobo power doobrie, always in the wrong place.
 
Luckily for me i have quite thin fingers, always found the front panel pins easy providing the mobo or manual show which is which.

Windows install has only bothered me on older systems, sata drives and a slipstreamed XP takes very little time whatsoever, installing the CPU and the cooler takes longer to do then install windows.

Most annoying thing rcently was of course the buggered x800gto, but was pleasently surprised when i received a nicer card in place that works brilliantly.

Other annoying things, cheap SHARP cases......, cheap PSU's with naff all connectors.
 
If you have a Lian case, this thing is a great help when attaching wires to the motherboard. Don't know why other case makers can't do this.

I find the removable motherboard tray makes life easier as well.

I don't mind fitting heat sinks to newer CPU's with heat-spreader, but the old Socket A coolers on the bare core wasn't so nice.
I never crushed a core tho :) <prolly crush the next one I touch saying that

Apart from DOA stuff, when you get certain PSU's that don't get on with certain motherboards and the system won't boot or cold boot issues in general :(
 
Got a faulty mobo when I was building my first PC, so when the thing didnt' start up the way it should've I was bricking myself, this being a first build and all. Luckily my guess that it was the mobo was right and the thing was bought from a local shop so just picked up a new one the next day after they confirmed it.

Also I was building a new machine for my mate a year ago and when put it all together and fired it up heard a little "electric" sound and then nothing. Turns out the PSU was set to 130v out the box and I was careless enough not to notice that. Luckily it was just the cable that burned out (god bless whoever invented fuses).
 
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