Is Building A Customised PC Easy for First-PC Builder?

[Tomimimi]

Hello people!

I have a question as to whether building a customised PC doable.

I have no experience in building a PC, all I have done is watching few youtube guides...

Everyone says it is quite easy to build a PC, but I am just a little bit worried because each component like GPU and CPU are really really expensive...

Also, I see lots of people who do very neat cable management. How do they do that? Is that hard to learn?

Your help is appreciated!!

Thanks,

Tom

 

[anti-duck]

Building a PC these days is really really easy, almost every cable from the PSU will only fit into the motherboard, hard drives, graphics card etc... one way, so there's absolutely no way you can get it wrong. Just wear an anti-static wristband or work on an anti-static matt or other surface and whack it all together.

Cable management is the most annoying part lol, it just needs a decent case and time and it'll end up looking really neat, just put time into it (or get an Air 540!).

 

[AdviserKulikov]

Hello people!

I have a question as to whether building a customised PC doable.

I have no experience in building a PC, all I have done is watching few youtube guides...

Everyone says it is quite easy to build a PC, but I am just a little bit worried because each component like GPU and CPU are really really expensive...

Also, I see lots of people who do very neat cable management. How do they do that? Is that hard to learn?

Your help is appreciated!!

Thanks,

Tom

Cable management is an art, if you purchase a decent case, and are supplied with cable ties/ velcroes/ stickies you can do a fairly good job of keeping everything clean if you just take your time and tuck things in reasonable places (Buy a modular PSU for even easier cable management).

Installing parts is about as complex as a legos set, make sure you engage all the locking mechanisms fully (such as when seating memory/GPUs.

 

[iggy684]

As for everything, practice is what makes someone better. They do neat cable management because they practiced over the years and learned from their mistakes. I finished my first pc 3 months ago and it was fairly easy. I cleaned my pc last month just to get a feel of redoing it again and it was a lot easier than the first time. Its fun especially when you first turn it on but can be frustrating when you need to trouble shoot. Everyone on toms is a great contributor in helping diagnosing problems and helping with the solutions. Whatever the case, when you start building, you will not regret it.

 

[senseijtitus]

You will get tonnes of guides on how to assemble a PC on your own. That is easy. But the most difficult part is the selection of the components which should not be incompatible with each other and the right ones for your needs.

First of all, you need to think on what are you going to need this PC for.
Then research online on the best choices for your budget.
Then decide if you want to go with AMD CPU or Intel CPU. (Believe me, if you are new to this whole thing, it will be like entering a hell with fire on one side and devil on the other.)

Then you can move on to selecting the MOBO(Motherboard)
Then the RAM(8 GB would be more than enough but make sure you buy a 8GB kit of two RAM modules to increase RAM performance)

and the Graphic card(depends on how much you can afford and how high of settings do you plan to play in).


Then the Hard Disk/SSD. Better include a 128 or 256 GB SSD along with 1GB or 2GB Hard Disk Drive.(Install the OS and applications in the SSD and your computer will load faster and applications will load faster. All other files can be stored in the HDD)

Then the PSU(Power Supply Unit also called SMPS). this is the most important part of the PC after the CPU since a bad or low quality PSU could ruin the entire rig.

Then finally, the CASE which should be spacious enough for ant future addition or upgrade and has good air flow.


Now you can move on to the building part. Watch tutorials in You Tube of how to build a PC from scratch.

That's it.

 

[HeroMarine]

You will get tonnes of guides on how to assemble a PC on your own. That is easy. But the most difficult part is the selection of the components which should not be incompatible with each other and the right ones for your needs.

First of all, you need to think on what are you going to need this PC for.
Then research online on the best choices for your budget.
Then decide if you want to go with AMD CPU or Intel CPU. (Believe me, if you are new to this whole thing, it will be like entering a hell with fire on one side and devil on the other.)

Then you can move on to selecting the MOBO(Motherboard)
Then the RAM(8 GB would be more than enough but make sure you buy a 8GB kit of two RAM modules to increase RAM performance)

and the Graphic card(depends on how much you can afford and how high of settings do you plan to play in).


Then the Hard Disk/SSD. Better include a 128 or 256 GB SSD along with 1GB or 2GB Hard Disk Drive.(Install the OS and applications in the SSD and your computer will load faster and applications will load faster. All other files can be stored in the HDD)

Then the PSU(Power Supply Unit also called SMPS). this is the most important part of the PC after the CPU since a bad or low quality PSU could ruin the entire rig.

Then finally, the CASE which should be spacious enough for ant future addition or upgrade and has good air flow.


Now you can move on to the building part. Watch tutorials in You Tube of how to build a PC from scratch.

That's it.

He means 1 or 2 TB hard disk drive. 😀