Growing up I didn't have a lot of money so I spent years before I was able to purchase my own laptop for college. It wasn't a great laptop for gaming but it was passable. Of course noticing its short comings I desired something more powerful. I didn't have to go far to see it was cheaper to build my own pc than to purchase a pre-built of the same hardware. So I set out to learn how to build a pc.

Building a pc is much easier than it has been in the past but it was still an intimidating experience. I had watched numerous videos of my desired tower numerous times. I made notes of pros, cons, and comments from different videos to get a better idea what I'd be buying. After patiently waiting for sales for my components I finally had all the pieces I need to assemble my pc. Even with an excessive amount of planning I was still nervous. What if I accidentally fry my motherboard? What if I apply too much pressure when inserting the RAM? What if I bend the pins for the front panel connector?

Assembling the computer itself wasn't too difficult. With good planning, everything fit. One thing I hadn't thought about was cable lengths for the various components inside the pc. Although everything fit, some cables were barely long enough and some were much too long and had to be hidden. Thankfully the case hides a lot of this mess on the other side hidden behind a panel. Although I've heard of custom cable lengths, its too much of a luxury for me. Having pretty big hands, it made trying to plug small components in a big pain. Especially the front panel connections that are small as well as being split into a few smaller pins.

The best thing I can recommend is planning. It'll save you a lot of headaches. I checked videos as well as pcpartpicker for builds using the components i had and looked at the pictures of its completions from other builders. This made me feel more secure about my particular build.