Assembly, how long does it take you?

34erd · 11-16-2005, 04:25 AM

My first build took me 3 days because I had no idea what I was doing and didnt look on the CD for my motherboard manual

NeuromancerWGDD'U · 11-16-2005, 05:38 AM

I'd say about 45 minutes to an hour. Nothing big, but you have to be careful not to rush and forget something (like stand-offs, that's a really bad thing to forget). The single thing that took the most time was the thermal interface material application (it was my first time), which took about 15 minutes to get right.

4W4K3 · 11-16-2005, 05:45 AM

Depends on the hardware.

If you've got alot of harddrives, takes time to get all the wiring hidden. Or if you have alot of case fans, screwing them each in is a pain. Or water cooling, etc.

For a basic computer like mine, about an hour at the most. For a first time builder it can take a day or 2 of course, everyone runs into un-familiar problems mainly with jumper placement, wiring, and trying to find the right plug.

fatal1ty_fan · 11-16-2005, 05:50 AM

45-1 hour for mein but i took me a lot longer to get the software cuz my dad wanted to do it and hes an idiot it took him a couple of weeks (no lie)

davie23223 · 11-16-2005, 08:02 AM

I am going to build my first one, after you put all the parts together you just power up your computer and thats it? How do you install the drivers, I don't get how to install the drivers from the floppy disk drive or cdrom when both the cdrom and floppy drives havent been detected and installed yet.

moneygood · 11-16-2005, 11:45 AM

you just put in the operating systems disk. then you follow the intructions and it will sort it will load it for you.I personally use XP, it was easy enough to load. Once you have got your operating systems working then you just put everything else in the same way. you just put the disk in/floppy then you just follow the intructions. it should detect the cd drive/floppy if it has been connected properly, it should just be a case of putting the disk/floppy in and it will load itself. its so simple. just follow the intructions
good luck

**jancz3rt** · 11-16-2005, 12:08 PM

If you really know what you are doing and just get straight to the job, it should not take longer than 1 hour. What always takes me the most time is making the cabling look nice and making sure that everything is tight in its place.

JAN

gamerman4 · 11-16-2005, 03:55 PM

My first build was a socket A AthlonXP, the retention clip was a bi*ch to get on because it took a lot of force and I was afraid to break my mobo. The entire build on that took about an hour.
My second build was an A64 system(in sig) the retention clip was really easy to put on and that build took about 1 and 1/2 hours due to having to hide my wires and plug in all of the fans and stuff. My previous system had no space to hide anything and had few fans. It took me the longest time to get all the wires nicely tucked away because at the time I didn't have rounded IDE cables so I had to move all the wires around the huge wide cable. Thankfully I have SATA HDD so I only had one IDE cable. I also have no need for floppy disk.

Fuzz · 11-16-2005, 06:44 PM

Took me about 3 hours for everything (software, hardware, and drivers). If you have any comman sense it shouldnt take long.

34erd · 11-16-2005, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Took me about 3 hours for everything (software, hardware, and drivers). If you have any comman sense it shouldnt take long.

Hey I had no manual only a "quick guide" which described the layout of the board so thats not fair

11-16-2005, 04:25 AM	#31 (permalink)
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11-16-2005, 05:38 AM	#32 (permalink)
NeuromancerWGDD'U Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: I miss Oregon... Age: 18 Posts: 477	I'd say about 45 minutes to an hour. Nothing big, but you have to be careful not to rush and forget something (like stand-offs, that's a really bad thing to forget). The single thing that took the most time was the thermal interface material application (it was my first time), which took about 15 minutes to get right. __________________ My little machine: S423 Pentium 4 1.3Ghz, 4x256 16-bit RIMM RAM, 32MB TNT2 video card. I think it may be time to upgrade... The upgrade! My machine will soon be a 939 X2 4000+, 4x512 DDR400, and an 8600GTS.

11-16-2005, 05:45 AM	#33 (permalink)
4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 20 Posts: 6,858	Depends on the hardware. If you've got alot of harddrives, takes time to get all the wiring hidden. Or if you have alot of case fans, screwing them each in is a pain. Or water cooling, etc. For a basic computer like mine, about an hour at the most. For a first time builder it can take a day or 2 of course, everyone runs into un-familiar problems mainly with jumper placement, wiring, and trying to find the right plug. __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe. Can I eat your brain? FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

11-16-2005, 05:50 AM	#34 (permalink)
fatal1ty_fan Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: sin city baby (las vegas) Posts: 810	45-1 hour for mein but i took me a lot longer to get the software cuz my dad wanted to do it and hes an idiot it took him a couple of weeks (no lie) __________________ ASUS M51sn 2.4ghz intel duel core 4gb ram nvidia geforce 9500 512mb

11-16-2005, 08:02 AM	#35 (permalink)
davie23223 Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 20 Posts: 367	I am going to build my first one, after you put all the parts together you just power up your computer and thats it? How do you install the drivers, I don't get how to install the drivers from the floppy disk drive or cdrom when both the cdrom and floppy drives havent been detected and installed yet. __________________ ----------Desktop--------\|--------Gaming Desktop----------\|----------Laptop---------- AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4GHz \| AMD Athlon 64 3800+ \| Toshiba Intel Centrino Duo T2050 1.6GHz 768mb SDram (PC-133) \| 1GB DDR (PC2100) \| 1GB DDR2 (PC2-4300) 40GB 7200RPM HD \| 80GB 7200RPM HD \| 100GB 5400RPM HD ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 128mb \| nVidia XFX 7200 GS 512mb \| Intel GMA 950 128MB (Shared)

11-16-2005, 11:45 AM	#36 (permalink)
moneygood New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 14	drivers you just put in the operating systems disk. then you follow the intructions and it will sort it will load it for you.I personally use XP, it was easy enough to load. Once you have got your operating systems working then you just put everything else in the same way. you just put the disk in/floppy then you just follow the intructions. it should detect the cd drive/floppy if it has been connected properly, it should just be a case of putting the disk/floppy in and it will load itself. its so simple. just follow the intructions good luck __________________ Asrock K8 Upgarde-NF3 Motherboard Amd 64 3000+ Raeon 9600 pro (agp) 2x512 of cheap ram DDR400 pc3200 350 Watts Psu 200gig Barracuda hard drive Crappy wireless network card :( Last edited by moneygood; 11-16-2005 at 11:48 AM.

11-16-2005, 12:08 PM	#37 (permalink)
jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,009	Hey If you really know what you are doing and just get straight to the job, it should not take longer than 1 hour. What always takes me the most time is making the cabling look nice and making sure that everything is tight in its place. JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358

11-16-2005, 03:55 PM	#38 (permalink)
gamerman4 Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkansas Age: 18 Posts: 992	My first build was a socket A AthlonXP, the retention clip was a bi*ch to get on because it took a lot of force and I was afraid to break my mobo. The entire build on that took about an hour. My second build was an A64 system(in sig) the retention clip was really easy to put on and that build took about 1 and 1/2 hours due to having to hide my wires and plug in all of the fans and stuff. My previous system had no space to hide anything and had few fans. It took me the longest time to get all the wires nicely tucked away because at the time I didn't have rounded IDE cables so I had to move all the wires around the huge wide cable. Thankfully I have SATA HDD so I only had one IDE cable. I also have no need for floppy disk. __________________ My Gaming PC: NZXT Nemesis Elite Black Case Intel Q6600 @ 3.20 Ghz COOLER MASTER RL-EUL-GBU1-GP Watercooling Gigabyte DS3R 2 x 80GB HDD 1 x 250GB 1 x 500GB 2 x 1GB Patriot Extreme Perf. DDR2 nVidia 8800GT 512MB Antec Smartpower 2.0 400 Watt

11-16-2005, 06:44 PM	#39 (permalink)
Fuzz Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ohio Age: 20 Posts: 502	Took me about 3 hours for everything (software, hardware, and drivers). If you have any comman sense it shouldnt take long. __________________ AMD 64 3800+ DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI-DR mobo 2 Gb of GEIL PC3200 2 * 36.7Gb 10,000rpm WD raptor 2 * nVidia 6800gt (SLI) Thermaltake Purepower 680 watt PSU w/mirror finish NEC CD/DVD Burner 3dMark '05 = 9003 3dMark '06 = 2178 Google knows all!

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