how long did it took u to build ur 1st pc?

[kof2000]

took me 2 hours i think, actually i had to wait a day cuz the cpu and ram didnt came till the next day right after the case arrived.

 

[Praetor]

40 minutes to assemble
20 hours to fold the wires and do the wiremanagement
2 hours to install the OS and applications
2 weeks to tweak it down

 

[kof2000]

the wires are a mess, not sure how i'll hide those or something theyarent long enough lol u use extension or something?

 

[Lorand]

1 hour to assemble, 1 month to troubleshoot it...

 

[Praetor]

the wires are a mess, not sure how i'll hide those or something theyarent long enough lol u use extension or something?

A lot of people like shrink and looms etc. Im poor so i just fold.... very carefully. As for length, my wires ARE long enough (36" and 48" mostly)

 

[grimloch]

ive seen it done in about 30 minutes to get the thing built and a while sorting other things out, the longest thing was the cpu fan ''clipping'' it on was quite the hassle

 

[shaidi]

After i get all the components down. i start to assemble would take me about 20-30min. Partitioning + Formating + full OS + service packs 1 & 2 for XP would take 2hrs.

total or 3Hrs i would get a fully loaded system plus installed programs (Office 2003, MSN 6.2, Yahoo MSGER, and others)

 

[4W4K3]

i think 3 hrs to build/install all fans/wire management (not too good)/place lights/all that crap.
about 2 days to get the Os installed/hook up to the network/configure all the network settings and create me a new account/and get the necessary benchmarking/temp monitoring apps installed
then probably about 2-3 weeks to get it overclocked, fine tuned, and benched and tested. so basically a month on average to get the PC exactly as i want it, but i change it over everyday so its never really done lol. i always overclock it just to see if i can get an extra 1mhz or 2 outta it.