ilovefishsticks
New Member
my first build took me about 2-3 hours to build, my bros took me only an hour. takes little time at all once you know what your doing
Assembly, how long does it take you?
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Geoff
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Praetor said:For sure a couple hours ... factoring in experience i wouldnt be surprised if people could through together a system in about 10 minutes .. depends mostly on how finicky the case is
exactly! The cases i've gotten have all had the usb headers single connectors, and there labeled differently then what the motherboard says, so it takes a while to figure it out. And also getting all the wires together and out of the way for improved airflow, all this stuff adds up. So it takes me about 1-2 hours, if i only work on that for that time.
reciprokal
New Member
my first build(my current sys) took me 2 months to finish it. There was several RMAs in between.
I just recently did my first built computer. (the one i have now). Was on an old Pentium 3 machine.. yikes.. was even playing most modern games with it. There was some lag.. but with all settings low.. i managed to get pretty smooth graphics. How did I manage to handle that? I don't know.
Anyway... this computer took me around 3 hours to build.. and I was sweating like crazy since it was so hot in my room. Had a few troubles but now the system is great! Sure is a huge change from what I had before.
Anyway... this computer took me around 3 hours to build.. and I was sweating like crazy since it was so hot in my room. Had a few troubles but now the system is great! Sure is a huge change from what I had before.
diduknowthat
formerly liuliuboy
I would love to handpick all my parts but I can't drive to a manufactuer, they're all too far away.
If its a good case (ie few screw or all snap in, and u can open up the side really good and a good fit for all) then aslong as everything works, it don't take more then 30 min to get it all put together, a lil more time installing windows XP, but still, shouldn't take more then 3 hours altogether unless u are trying to get everything perfect and make sure nothing will go wrong and stuff, but chances are, if u just go kinda normal speed and check it out, nothing should go wrong, and if it does, just open up the case and look check everything out quick
Ctcoyote16
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Building Time?
I'm just wondering, how long did it take you guys to build your rigs (after you gathered all your parts)?
I'm just wondering, how long did it take you guys to build your rigs (after you gathered all your parts)?
NeuromancerWGDD'U
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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.
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.
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
New Member
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
New Member
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.
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
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
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gamerman4
Active Member
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 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.
