Avoiding Common PC Building Traps - Episode 4
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·Techquickie
·2018-05-06
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thinking about building your own pc but worried that it's going to be as tricky
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as luke skywalker's mission down the death star trench well fear not you may
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not have the spirit of obi-wan guiding you as you plug wires into headers not
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much bigger than a womp rat but you do have episode four of avoiding common pc
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building traps which i hope will give you some
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new hope first off while the empire made a huge
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mistake in connecting the thermal exhaust port to the main reactor in your
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case you want waste heat to exit your computer as directly as possible which
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is why you should pay close attention to fan orientation
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specifically if you're using more than two fans it's a good idea to create
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positive air pressure inside your case by using slightly more fans as intakes
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rather than exhaust this will force air out of your case
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more effectively reducing dust buildup as long as your case is filtered and it
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also potentially allows you to run your fans at lower speeds for a quieter
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computing experience otherwise having the same number of
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intakes and exhausts preferably with the ladder more towards the top rear of the
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case since heat rises is a good safe bet
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you can learn more about fan configuration and air pressure up here
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and while we're on the topic of thermals are you using a tower style air cooler
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for your CPU if so watch your hands while you're installing
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it or working anywhere near it such as if you're trying to insert a graphics
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card below it these air coolers use a lot of little fins to maximize the
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surface area that's available to cool down your processor but to achieve this
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the fins are often super thin meaning they can also be super sharp and you do
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not want monochromatic blood harshing your
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RGB vibes but let's say you've decided not to bother with that and you go
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straight to water cooling specifically a custom loop you can learn much more
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about custom water loops in this video one common trap for folks who are just
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beginning with liquid cooling though is that they might buy components made of
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different kinds of metal you see if you buy for example a copper
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CPU block but an aluminum radiator and
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put them in the same loop they'll eventually corrode due to chemical
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reactions that occur when you mix metals
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not only destroying your loop but also possibly your expensive electronics if
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water leaks out yikes leading us to a boring but incredibly
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important tip it seems like every other day we see a build with big money spent
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on expensive components of questionable utility
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and unlike our advice from the last episode to
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balance the build by avoiding doing things like pairing a 50 CPU with a 500
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graphics card some things are just colossal wastes of
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money regardless of how high-end the rest of your rig is like
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hard drive water blocks 300 sound cards
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at that point you should really just be getting an external dac and amp and
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gaming network cards which are little more than snake oil unless of course you
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really just want the thing for aesthetics finally no matter what kinds of exotic
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components you are or aren't using consider initially building your system
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outside of the case not only does this save you from the hassle of taking
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everything out if you have to troubleshoot a bad component it also
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allows you to more quickly isolate the defective part if your system won't boot
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so do you have any sage advice for new or veteran pc builders leave it in the
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comments below and also let us know if you'd like us to continue the avoiding
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common pc building traps series
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