14 - Lucas V: The Day My PC was Built

 

    In months prior to December of 2020, I decided to get a pc and a whole new setup because at the time my desk was very tiny, and also the laptop that I used for school was way too slow to do Zoom and also run school work at the same time. During those few months before I built the pc, I had watched all the tutorials and also asked my uncle what parts I should get for my build. Then the weeks ahead the parts game one by one. Most of the parts were cheap because I bought them during Black Friday on Thanksgiving. I ordered everything needed like a motherboard, cpu, gpu(graphics card), etc. When I bought my gpu, there wasn't a shortage of chips and there weren’t as many scalpers back then as now.

   Now to the building part. Before I built the computer, I had to schedule a time to Skype my uncle because he knows how to build a computer since my parents and I didn’t know how to do it. The first Saturday of December was when I actually built the computer. It was after lunch around like 2 pm and I was ready to do it. I remembered that my hands were sweaty since these parts were expensive and because I haven’t done this before. We started with the motherboard and the cpu and it was sort of hard. I had some help from my parents to make sure I didn’t break it. After that, it was smooth sailing. Got the case and opened both of the panels so that I could put the motherboard into it and then put all the other stuff like ram and also the gpu. I had some problems with the cables on the powersupply but after some fondling with it, I got the cable into the slot and the computer turned on.

    Now it was the first time to boot the actual system like connecting it to the monitor and configuring the bios. When it first booted I was happy because it actually worked. I was proud of what I made and I basically know what and how to fix or upgrade something for the computer. After a year of getting use to the computer, I decided to cable manage everything so that there weren’t any wires just hanging out where I can see it. Let me tell you, it was pretty nice after. Instead of having wires in front of the rgb it was clearly showing all the colors. Just recently I put in a new Nvme ssd and that thing is really fast. I mainly use that storage to play my games instead of a hard drive.

Specs(not included in word count): AMD Ryzen 7 3700x(cpu), Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB(ram), Msi Radeon Rx 5500xt mech 8 GB OC edition(graphics card), Asus X570-Plus Wi-Fi(motherboard), NZXT H510(case)

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