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it's time for episode three and no I'm

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not going to get all angsty and explain why I think the Jedi are evil it's the

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third episode of common PC Building traps you should be looking out for

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whether you're a Padawan preparing for your first build or you spend weekends

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with your family bragging about all the fully armed and operational Battle

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Stations you've put together let's start

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with something that you should watch out for before you even begin physically

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assembling the computer balancing your

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build this means you want to be sure that you're choosing components that

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will work with each other as a coordinated sensible hole or computer

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for example if you've decided to go with something like a low-end Pentium CPU

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don't pair it with a $600 graphics card

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as your underpowered processor will likely be a bottleneck in games not

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allowing your graphics card to operate at Peak Performance not what you want

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after spending all that money in a similar vein doing things like buying a

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1200 wat power supply for a single video card setup or buying 64 gigs of RAM for

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watching YouTube videos not good ideas

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so think about what you want to do with

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your system and whether the parts you're buying make sense for each other before

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pulling the trigger then after you've picked a logical set set of components

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and you're putting it all together don't forget to manage your cables that's

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right you should do this even if you're using a case that doesn't have a side

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panel window as the benefits aren't purely aesthetic proper cable routing

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can not only save you a lot of headaches whenever you have to open up your system

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to make an upgrade or repair they can prevent your components from being

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choked up with dust as poorly managed cables that cross Every Which Way inside

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your case tend to be dust magnets and

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can eventually restrict air flow and you

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don't have to do some sort of worldclass cable management job to reap the

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benefits just use the routing holes in your case plus a few zip ties for a

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massive Improvement versus having a cable jungle like some kind of

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Barbarian and while we're on the subject of cables when you finish your build and

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are getting ready to plug in your monitor for the Love of All that is good

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don't plug it into your motherboard if you're rocking a discreet graphics card

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although software solutions that allowed you to plug your monitor into either one

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and still reap the performance benefits of your GPU once appeared as though they

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had a bright future these days a connection to your motherboard will

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completely bypass your graphics card leaving you wondering why you're getting

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five frames per second in a game where you were were expecting to get

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500 moving right along with the plugging things in theme don't assume that all

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the RAM slots on your motherboard are the same if you've got multiple sticks

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of RAM but not enough to fill every slot

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maybe you've got two sticks and a four slot board check your motherboard manual

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and follow the manufacturer's recommended configuration typically this

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means using every other slot not

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following the instructions could result in your RAM not running in a faster

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multi-channel mode and while memory speed doesn't have a massive impact on

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performance except in very specific applications these days there also isn't

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a good reason to miss out on a small boost that properly inserted RAM can

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give you so you've got everything plugged in properly and you've been

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using your computer for a short while but something seems a miss you find out

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that a BIOS update from your motherboard manufacturer might be the cure for your

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ills however you need to be very careful

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when flashing your ufi BIOS if something

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goes wrong during the process like a power outage you could end up

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irreversibly bricking your motherboard

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so it's a good idea especially if you

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haven't invested in a motherboard with a dual BIOS or a BIOS flashback feature

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that lets you reflash it even if it is

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somewhat bricked it's a good idea to be plugged into a battery backup or a UPS

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while you are doing it I mean and at the

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very least don't do it during a thunderstorm you don't want to be out

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the 200 bucks you spent on your board just because Mother Nature decided to

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have a little Tempest tantrum so hopefully this Series has

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helped you in your quest to have a mistake-free building experience but

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what are some of your go-to tips for PC assembly let us know in the comments and

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maybe you'll see your ideas in episode 4

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