Arne’s guide to PC building happiness

[Arne Saknussemm]

We do egg each other on sometimes...ineggscusable really.

When I read eggonomic I instantly imagined

[HiVizMan]

Just to get back on track, folks do go read the first post in this thread it is funny as fook, and informative at the same time. Eggspecially if you are building your system from scratch.

[Arne Saknussemm]

Cheers Viz!

[grassy]

Nice work Arne. Some nice spiritual healing in there too mate. Some of my biggest mistakes are mentioned in there mate and after a while them mistakes can cost you in the pocket and once that happens then you learn quickly. Hopefully a lot of newbies read it and benefit from it. Some of the best help i have ever had , have been on this forum. I will never forget the awesome help i received here, my rig is a dream and so reliable. Yourself and Nate and a few others should pat yourselves on the back as you have done a fantastic job with your direction and advise and it wont be forgotten. Cheers to you guys.

[Arne Saknussemm]

Darn grassy!
a) nice to see you about man! hope all is well with you!
b) cheers for the comment

[HiVizMan]

@grassy goodness me another blast from the past. Hello matey hope things have been good for you and yours. Pleased to hear how well your system is working for you. Don't be a stranger mate.

[kkn]

wb down under, hows the movies going? enny upgrade in the man cave?

[LUPAIN99]

[QUOTE=Arne Saknussemm;702126]“But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the PC he builds?”
Albert Camus

“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own PC. If a man can build a PC he can find the way to Enlightenment and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.”
Buddha

So what is happiness?

“Well, Arne it’s all relative…” yadda yadda yadda… Yes, I know.

I’ll tell you the kind of happiness we are aiming for here. For this guide we are going to concentrate on three states of happiness.
Two are, of course, the binary states: Happiness and unhappiness. The latter is what we absolutely want to avoid. But there are other guides about, that can do this well enough. They may be horribly written and punctuated like commas cost money; or they may be so dry a read, you’ll need a tall glass of lemonade to get through them but they will do the job.

What we really need to do though, is differentiate between those relative levels of happiness you were jabbering on about before. We need to differentiate between the “guide” and the Guide.

We need to recognise (and we can all see it) that happiness can be:
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“My PC is amazing. I’m really happy with it! Of course I could have….and occasionally it….and maybe if I’d...but no, it’s great!”

Or it can be:
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“My PC is good man!”

It’s this lasting kind of happiness that this guide is aimed at.

What this guide is not: This guide is not a guide to building your mother’s PC. Unless your mother is tearing up FPS gaming and breaking records at HWBot. If you want a PC for spreadsheets and web browsing go away. If you want a reliable workstation with huge quantities of ECC ram…go someplace else.
This guide is aimed at a PC for Gaming and Overclocking. ROG type stuff.

BEFORE THE BUILD

Read.
Read a lot.
Read this Guide.

Read other “guides”. Watch reviews! TTL (Tiny Tom Logan) is still a favourite of mine. Good, in depth, no horse puckey. Look him up.
Then come back to this guide.

Remember when doing your research, not all opinions are exactly as genuine as they sound. Remember there are a whole lot of bought and paid for opinions out there. Sponsored opinions. I may mention brands I have personal good experience with. None of them have ever given me a thing.

Look out for affiliate links below videos and featured brands. Think, if they are there, is the person recommending them because they are the best or because they yield percentages. Caveat emptor!

Save money!

Your budget is your budget…but whatever your budget…save some more! You still get what you pay for, in many ways and that top tier happiness often comes from top tier gear.



I did almost cry at the beginning. nice one

[Arne Saknussemm]

I did almost cry at the beginning. nice one

Cheers LUPAIN99

[rjbarker]

Hey Arne...went back and looked at that old Firestrike Leader Board....saw my name still on there with yours and FireX and our old systems.....back then 3930K on a RIVE and SLi 780Tis trying like heck to crack 20K .....Doorules as well....