What is the success rate of building your own PC?
I want to build one of my own soon. I have one friend who has built his own computers, but he always seems to run into random issues with them. From yours and other peoples experiences with building PC's what are the chances of it running for a long time to come with little to no issues? well i mean nothing major. i have bought many prebuilt computers and they all lasted for years....thats all i want.
How did you manage to learn building your own desktop PC?
I learned the same way you learn to do anything else, bit-by-bit (pun intended).In my case it was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. My first WinPC was a Compaq Presario that after awhile I wanted to customize with things like more RAM, a faster modem, an Ethernet card etc. so I began by reading the instructions, going to the library and getting advice from friends and it just all came together. My next pc which turned out to be a real dog I had bought at a local computer show. It had all kinds of great specs for one low low price but it turned out to be built with junk made in China. I got tired of trying to make that work so my next PC was built from the ground up starting with a motherboard from Asus, a cool blue case from CompUSA (remember CompUSA?) and other parts from local stores (remember Radio Shack?) as well as mail order and maybe even some online sites. That was my last desktop PC. It’s been laptops ever since, currently a Macbook Pro.So, now that I just saw your comment I’ll answer more directly. “Do we all have to "ruin" several PC before we fully master this?” Actually that’s not a bad idea. See if you can get a PC that someone’s given up on and start troubleshooting it yourself and you’ll learn a lot. Otherwise it’s as the others have said already, read the instructions and refer to the company’s web site for help and information.
What are the best stores for building/buying a PC?
In order from “best” to “worst”, I would go with:Fry’s Electronics - it’s the ultimate gadget-nerd paradise - great if you want to browse and pick out parts to build your own PC at home.Amazon.com - if you know for sure what you want and you’re prepared to ship back any bad parts, it can be one of the cheapest place to find what you want (always read the item description though!)newegg.com - I’ve bought a few things there before and it seems like a good PC building resource - the above warnings for Amazon apply hereDell, HP, Compaq, Ect website - Get your PC custom built the way you want it with OS included and warranty - just be prepared to pay a premium and wait a couple weeks for your custom PC.BestBuy - Pick up your PC same day and ready to roll as soon as you plug it in an turn it on when you get home. You probably won’t get the best deal here and you can pretty much forget about custom specs - you get what they have in stock. Not much in the way of parts to build your own PC from scratch here unless you’re ordering on the website. Still, if you need a PC immediately, this is probably where you’ll end up going.
When running my build through make in VIM, can I make it notice warnings too?
Personally, I force all warnings into errors with GCC’s -Werror flag, but I get that it’s not for everyone, and may not be possible with other language implementations.Vim uses the content of the errorformat variable to match build messages against a comma-separated list of scanf-style format strings. It should be safe to append to that list in your .vimrc, i.e.:set errorformat+=
Warning cpu fan is low speed or not installed HELP!?
open up you computer case and check the CPU fan for dust,maybe it got some,if thats the case clean it up