RavenholmZombie

1 hour ago, Celli said:

Cable management is an important part of PC maintenance, and don't forget to clean your PC out once a month or so. Make sure it isn't dusty and full of gunk.

Oh yes, I already got the canned air and microfiber cloths on standby

20 hours ago, Sunny Fox said:

A good read... congrats on the new rig and NOT throwing parts at the wall in frustration!

Thanks, I've been having the time of my life with my new rig. It's so amazing to be able to play games at ultra settings and still be pulling well over 60 fps

Just now, Vulon Bii said:

The real pain in the ass is installing the fans onto the radiator. At least I have a case that has removable brackets so they can be mounted outside the case. Then you have to route the cabling from the block out of sight, and then you have to plug in the fans and hope they don't come unplugged when you put the side panel back on.

Either that, or installing a big honkin' air cooler where it's hard to get your hands or a screwdriver in there.

I know how that feels, I have large hands that cramp really easily, especially when trying to hold a small precision screwdriver, so imagine the frustration I had while trying to get my beefy hands inside of the chassis to screw down the cooler. It wasn't fun, but at least I got the cooler on properly, even though I thought I was killing my poor CPU and motherboard during installation.

7 hours ago, Vulon Bii said:

If you think a stock cooler is bad, wait until you try to install an AIO for the first time.

One of my friends recently installed the NZXT Kraken x62 AIO into his PC, he said it was so frustrating that he nearly gave up on it.

That's understandable, every fandom has problems like the ones you listed. But, I wish you the best of luck