One of your biggest enemies when building your own PC is the insidious case screw.
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Assembling a PC yourself can be fun and very satisfying – if the box runs smoothly afterwards. If not, the tough troubleshooting begins: Where is the crunching in the gearbox?
So that you can avoid this ordeal as much as possible, Micha and hardware guru Alexander talk about the most important mistakes in PC construction in the podcast.
Some of these aren’t rocket science, but sometimes you don’t think about them until it’s too late. Wait, the CPU cooler has a backplate?!
Serious mistakes can also happen before you start screwing. Because even when planning your future gaming machine, you can set a few wrong points, which Alex can sing a little about.
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And finally, there are a few tips on what you can do if the laboriously planned and screwed-in computer just doesn’t start as promised or crashes happily.
The most important message is always: Don’t lose your nerve. Alex can tell you a thing or two about that too – at least since he bled into his PC:
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