#computer+build

That said, I think completing a full teardown and rebuild in just three hours is pretty dang good. I couldn't have done that any faster.

My new PC: completed and stable.

Self-built.

Specs:

Intel Core i5-10400

RTX 3060

32 GB RAM

Upgrades people, upgrades!

-duct tape was applied to the inside of the case at some point during the building process and I still don't know why

-I'm pretty sure my gpu is from the scp foundation

-Because my old monitor uses a different kind of cable than my gpu, I have to use an old TV set as a monitor. This does come with some advantages, mainly the fact it's funny and has built in speakers, it also has a kinda poor resolution when close up, it genuinely hurts my eyes to use in in the dark, and I need to use a TV remote to turn it on or off (also it retains its ability to search for channels and doing so will result in me needing to unplug the monitor)

-Just before I woke up this morning, the gpu decided to just straight up stop working because it "required further installation" while both the computer was shut down and the power was off so I'm pretty sure it's sentient, but restarting the computer fixed it so it's probably fine

-the wifi antenna that came with one of the parts, either the case or the motherboard iirc, just straight up does not work (that or we couldn't get it to work) but using the shitty tplink USB thing I got like four years ago does.

-speaking of the wifi, I get a better connection if i put my antenna on the ground just outside my closet. I dont even know for this one.

-when we started it up for the first time it just didn't turn on except for the fans on the liquid cooler system. I dont know how this issue got fixed, as far as I understand it basically just started working completely fine after like a day

-it has about nine fans total and yet the only times it made any significant noise are when I boot it up and when I tried running rain world while my gpu was up to funny buisness. (Also this might be completely normal but also the fans in the case need a SATA cable, which I was under the impression was for like hard drives but maybe not)

-the current setup for sound is a device that plugs into a USB then I put my earbuds into the headphone jack on it, as opposed to using the headphone jack on the computer. Probably normal but convoluted.