Quick question about building

[solomon Hunter]

So if I'll be spending a lot of money on components then what is the possibility of me failing? (I'll do my best to follow instructions but how often does a first timer mess up?)

 

[herrwizo]

Several decades ago, there was a considerable chance for builders to mess things up. Nowadays, it is noob-proof, and hardware-wise you can mess things up only if you use brute force (say, use a sledgehammer to fit DDR3 memory into DDR4 sockets). The most usual problems are loose connections, unconnected cables and/or cards/modules, incorrectly seated CPU cooler, and so on, all of which are not critical and can be resolved quite quickly and painlessly. As long as you can use at least some common sense, you cannot seriously mess things up. You cannot even plug the wrong wire into wrong port, as it was once possible.

 

[Finstar]

Pc components are more durable than most people think, the most likely parts where a beginner would fail is bending cpu contact pins, which isn't gonna happen if you hold the cpu from the sides and make sure to line the corner markers.
Honestly, the most likely part where a beginner would fail is picking the right components.

 

[solomon Hunter]

Several decades ago, there was a considerable chance for builders to mess things up. Nowadays, it is noob-proof, and hardware-wise you can mess things up only if you use brute force (say, use a sledgehammer to fit DDR3 memory into DDR4 sockets). The most usual problems are loose connections, unconnected cables and/or cards/modules, incorrectly seated CPU cooler, and so on, all of which are not critical and can be resolved quite quickly and painlessly. As long as you can use at least some common sense, you cannot seriously mess things up. You cannot even plug the wrong wire into wrong port, as it was once possible.

I often hear about BIOS problems and components not working, will that apply to me even if I do everything right?

 

[herrwizo]

It is possible, but in most cases easily resolvable (BIOS can be updated to the latest version). As for the components not working - that is unfortunately something noone can be sure of until the rig is finally built. Rule of thumb is that the PSU should be high quality and no.1 priority in your build list when assembling the rig. As for the other components, make sure you a quality mobo and RAM. This will lower the chance of something not functioning considerably.