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forum thread Posted by Dr.Wajahat • Last Monday
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forum thread Posted by Dr.Wajahat • Last Monday
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Is there value here? I guess. If you don't overclock. If you don't build your own stuff. If you just want to take something out of a box and turn it on.
Is there value here? I guess. If you don't overclock. If you don't build your own stuff. If you just want to take something out of a box and turn it on.
Also not like it's a recurring task, once every 2-3yrs if you live near a MC and buy combos regularly (I do, selling prior components nets very minimal upgrade costs.)
I work a full time+ job, married, have a 17yr old, and care for 70 animals on a daily basis… still find time for extended family, hobbies, my aging parents, movies/TV. Some folks just need to try harder.
If you don't want to build a PC, that's fine… but don't try to sell it like this minimal amount of free time has some measurable value. Just be lazy and be happy brah…
If anything, building a PC is kinda fun watching it all come together, and even with my limited time, I like to take my time when building a new PC. But really, if I had to, I could assemble a new PC in less than an hour, maybe even less 30 minutes if I started to push it
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Yes, people just jump in here and start rambling. I've pcs since the 90s and while I enjoy tedious task. Most don't. It's not as hard as it used to be. Scsi, slave/master switches, jumpers) its still not something most would enjoy. Not sure why "build it yourself" is the sentiment in gaming nowadays. Lots of people love fast cars….. doesn't mean we have any desire to build one.
you've got one hell of a simple life.
They're not wrong. It takes me 20 - 30 mins to build a pc (I only do SFF now) but with Amazon and Newegg there's always something that tends to not work or be the wrong part. So yes for the majority it'll all go flawlessly. But I've have many builds where you go to power on and…. Nothing. Bad ram, bad psu cable extension, bad pin on mobo header, bad cpu socket, etc. hell nowadays you finished your building and BAM!! Windows can't see your nvme drive….it only sees the thumb drive you're using to boot windows. ….again.. to me it's nothing, but for someone who just wants to game. They could lose an entire day. I've seen people remove parts to find an issue and in the process broke something. There's a reason why prebuilt sell.
Absolutely, when I was younger I always loved doing it. After about 100 builds now I want nothing to do with the complex ones, it's a huge time sink to do it perfect.
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