How to test your new PC parts

Building a new PC is scary for new builders... make sure your parts are all working prior to building your next PC by following these steps.



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[NewLondonMarshall]

Your intros are so entertaining, and love the humour between you and Phil! Absolutely the most fun tech youtubers :D

[notinfocus]

Jay: “How to prepare for building a pc”
The Verge: “Well first you need a table”

[crashbandicoot]

Getting a defective motherboard sounds like a nightmare for a first time builder who doesn’t have access to alternative parts.

[テイラーサム]

3:06 lol at how casually he pulled that mobo from its box. I finished my first build last night, and treated all components as if they were made of wrapping paper

[thomasloewen]

My brother bought a 3700x and bent the pins (only five) after trying to take the original wraith cooler off to put a better cooler on and he thought he destroyed his cpu. I laughed and told him to watch a video on how to fix it and yours came up, we bent the pins back after watching and still no boot. He thought his motherboard was fried but his ram was not seated properly >.< Always make sure your ram is seated!!!

[NotTylr]

"not every build I do has to be the top top top"
"so this power supply can run two motherboards at once"

[Miilo]

this is giving me anxiety about whether my new components are gonna work or not . edit: they do! even with a ryzen cpu on a hard drive from an intel machine. just did driver tweaks :)

[SegmentW]

I love how professional he is while still being human and leaving in the speech fumbles. Love the content J, watched the whole video and I already know all of this :)

[Davethreshold]

That's what I like about you and Linus. You both do your builds LIVE with editing to shorten it. Even if you guys make a mistake, you leave it in as a lesson to all of us. That wasn't your fault here, but still!

[MapleLeafAce]

Every PC building YouTuber: we are just gonna throw in a couple 2080 Ti's we had sitting around...

[Braiam]

Troubleshooting switching parts is only possible for someone that has spare parts around... which most first time builders won't.

[SurvivalCitizen]

Having built literally hundreds of PC's back in the 1990's/2000's wild ride, I can attest you always bench test core components!

[pesterenan]

Even though I built my two PCs myself, and watched a TON of build videos, I still watch these, it's so fun to build a new PC! :)

[hquest]

Paul and Kyle do not call the CPU socket Zero Insertion Force for no reason: this (or ZIF, for short) is the actual name of the connector, dated back from the 90s. The CPU pin count and its names changes, but the socket connector itself has been named ZIF since almost forever.

[gordonstewart]

Your videos gave me the confidence to build my first computer, and amazingly everything worked! Thanks for all the help and for making it fun - it really helps when you're installing one piece after another worth hundreds of dollars each.

[menmikimen]

Despite what is shown on the video, most motherboards does not have dedicated "power on" button, yet alone post code display. What you need to do in order to boot is to touch two pins labeled "power switch" or something in front panel io port. You can use screwdriver or anything that conducts electricity. It is also possible to connect temporarily power switch cable from your case if you are having problems.

[Elliott]

Just did my first ever self-build and everything worked perfectly on the first go. No defective components, no troubleshooting required. Very fortunate

[bunnybag]

It must suck for someone with a budget Mobo to have these problems

Why don't we have those beeps anymore?
How am I supposed to know the problem unless I have a spare for everything.

[minkz]

I recently build my first pc, Christmas Day actually, and all went smoothly took a long time but you were so helpful during it as I was watching your videos

[Daxank]

Fun fact about the G.Skill ram : Back when I upgraded my PC, I went with this RAM because I kept seeing tech channels use it. Turns out the first set was DOA, I returned it. Second set was also DOA, I returned it. Third set finally worked but died after a year of use...