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p://phtdBuilding a PC is pretty user friendly these days
Modern components like cases, motherboards, and such, often feature:
* Thumb screws for often accessed parts of the case
* And the screws stay on the panel so you don't lose them
* Toolless installation for drives (if anyone still uses 2.5/3.5" rives)
* Cable management and routing channels
* Modular PSUs to eliminate excess cables
* On the motherboard, one way and gated ports. So that, you cannot insert the wrong thing into the wrong port, and you can't insert the right thing in the wrong orientation
* And generally a lot less open pin ports (case headers are still the last thing like this though)
* PSU oriented on the bottom of the case as opposed to the top, so the cables don't hang downwards and get in the way
* There aren't that much ODDs and HDDs these days so modern cases basically don't need that old front compartment that housed the drive bays
* I don't think you can "blow up" your PC with bad settings like overclocks, there are fail safes and throttling to prevent that
* "ball joint" clips instead of "teethed" clips so you're less likely to break a clip if you just pulled something off the wrong way
* AIOs have made the entry into watercooling a lot less daunting
* (But I'm still firmly Team Air)
* Case edges generally feel a lot less sharp
* No more big cables needing to be screwed in place to stay fixed
* There is an abundance of PC building content creators now. Linus is huge. It really takes the edge off for a first time builder to be able to visually see how the building process comes together, before making that big monetary investment in parts
* There's pcpartpickecpartpicker.com and I like it more than www.logicalincrements.com http://www.logicalincrements.com
#technology #hardware r.cotm
Modern components like cases, motherboards, and such, often feature:
* Thumb screws for often accessed parts of the case
* And the screws stay on the panel so you don't lose them
* Toolless installation for drives (if anyone still uses 2.5/3.5" rives)
* Cable management and routing channels
* Modular PSUs to eliminate excess cables
* On the motherboard, one way and gated ports. So that, you cannot insert the wrong thing into the wrong port, and you can't insert the right thing in the wrong orientation
* And generally a lot less open pin ports (case headers are still the last thing like this though)
* PSU oriented on the bottom of the case as opposed to the top, so the cables don't hang downwards and get in the way
* There aren't that much ODDs and HDDs these days so modern cases basically don't need that old front compartment that housed the drive bays
* I don't think you can "blow up" your PC with bad settings like overclocks, there are fail safes and throttling to prevent that
* "ball joint" clips instead of "teethed" clips so you're less likely to break a clip if you just pulled something off the wrong way
* AIOs have made the entry into watercooling a lot less daunting
* (But I'm still firmly Team Air)
* Case edges generally feel a lot less sharp
* No more big cables needing to be screwed in place to stay fixed
* There is an abundance of PC building content creators now. Linus is huge. It really takes the edge off for a first time builder to be able to visually see how the building process comes together, before making that big monetary investment in parts
* There's pcpartpickecpartpicker.com and I like it more than www.logicalincrements.com http://www.logicalincrements.com
#technology #hardware r.cotm
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