it's time for episode three and no I'm
not going to get all angsty and explain why I think the Jedi are evil it's the
third episode of common PC Building traps you should be looking out for
whether you're a Padawan preparing for your first build or you spend weekends
with your family bragging about all the fully armed and operational Battle
Stations you've put together let's start
with something that you should watch out for before you even begin physically
assembling the computer balancing your
build this means you want to be sure that you're choosing components that
will work with each other as a coordinated sensible hole or computer
for example if you've decided to go with something like a low-end Pentium CPU
don't pair it with a $600 graphics card
as your underpowered processor will likely be a bottleneck in games not
allowing your graphics card to operate at Peak Performance not what you want
after spending all that money in a similar vein doing things like buying a
1200 wat power supply for a single video card setup or buying 64 gigs of RAM for
watching YouTube videos not good ideas
so think about what you want to do with
your system and whether the parts you're buying make sense for each other before
pulling the trigger then after you've picked a logical set set of components
and you're putting it all together don't forget to manage your cables that's
right you should do this even if you're using a case that doesn't have a side
panel window as the benefits aren't purely aesthetic proper cable routing
can not only save you a lot of headaches whenever you have to open up your system
to make an upgrade or repair they can prevent your components from being
choked up with dust as poorly managed cables that cross Every Which Way inside
your case tend to be dust magnets and
can eventually restrict air flow and you
don't have to do some sort of worldclass cable management job to reap the
benefits just use the routing holes in your case plus a few zip ties for a
massive Improvement versus having a cable jungle like some kind of
Barbarian and while we're on the subject of cables when you finish your build and
are getting ready to plug in your monitor for the Love of All that is good
don't plug it into your motherboard if you're rocking a discreet graphics card
although software solutions that allowed you to plug your monitor into either one
and still reap the performance benefits of your GPU once appeared as though they
had a bright future these days a connection to your motherboard will
completely bypass your graphics card leaving you wondering why you're getting
five frames per second in a game where you were were expecting to get
500 moving right along with the plugging things in theme don't assume that all
the RAM slots on your motherboard are the same if you've got multiple sticks
of RAM but not enough to fill every slot
maybe you've got two sticks and a four slot board check your motherboard manual
and follow the manufacturer's recommended configuration typically this
means using every other slot not
following the instructions could result in your RAM not running in a faster
multi-channel mode and while memory speed doesn't have a massive impact on
performance except in very specific applications these days there also isn't
a good reason to miss out on a small boost that properly inserted RAM can
give you so you've got everything plugged in properly and you've been
using your computer for a short while but something seems a miss you find out
that a BIOS update from your motherboard manufacturer might be the cure for your
ills however you need to be very careful
when flashing your ufi BIOS if something
goes wrong during the process like a power outage you could end up
irreversibly bricking your motherboard
so it's a good idea especially if you
haven't invested in a motherboard with a dual BIOS or a BIOS flashback feature
that lets you reflash it even if it is
somewhat bricked it's a good idea to be plugged into a battery backup or a UPS
while you are doing it I mean and at the
very least don't do it during a thunderstorm you don't want to be out
the 200 bucks you spent on your board just because Mother Nature decided to
have a little Tempest tantrum so hopefully this Series has
helped you in your quest to have a mistake-free building experience but
what are some of your go-to tips for PC assembly let us know in the comments and
maybe you'll see your ideas in episode 4
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