►TIMESTAMPS 😉 0:42 What You'll Need (Apart from the PC) 2:49 Making a Windows 10 USB Installer + Wifi/LAN Drivers 6:01 Getting into the UEFI / BIOS, Updating + hardware check 8:54 Enable Memory XMP Settings 10:45 Booting From USB Installer + Installing Windows 10 12:48 Windows 10 First-Time Setup 14:38 Paul's Windows UI Tweaks 16:32 Run Windows Update 17:28 Installing Chrome + Firefox 18:40 Installing Motherboard + GPU Drivers 20:48 Games - Installing Steam, Origin 21:40 Adding + Setting Up a Storage Drive (Hard Drive or SSD) 23:56 Software Setup Continued - OBS, Steam, Origin 24:40 Copying Games You Already Have (instead of re-downloading them) 27:48 Streaming Setup - Installing OBS, Webcam 31:02 Gaming + Streaming Apex Legends
Do you cover imaging? I did this for the first time with clonezilla but I'm wondering if I did this "right." Used parted magic which is great by the way.
I’m a 61 yr old sim racer , sim pilot who used to build computers years ago for fun as well as teach design and communications in high school. With your help I have updated my skills and built my own rig from scratch. It’s the best I have built to date. It is so much more enjoyable building now . Your channel is the very best I have ever seen in any field! You sir are the best of the best. Without all of your help, tips, tricks, advice etc etc I would probably be lost. Thanks a million man and keep up all the good work.
I just built my first rig and am downloading the Windows install now. Fingers crossed when I boot this puppy up in the next few minutes everything runs smoothly
And don't forget some of the first things to do is change the default settings that microsoft sets and to use their Microsoft Edge, the #1 internet browser for downloading other internet browsers, to download firefox and/or chrome.
can you do an overclocking guide for this series as well? I think it will be really helpful for people that aren't sure how to overclock or are afraid to overclock their pc
@@jackdaniels3127 when you improve the performance of your computer whether it's the GPU or CPU by increasing the manufacturers base clock values and compensating for it by dialing up the base voltages. In simple terms you just increase the speed by going out of the manufacturers "safe/recommended" threshold.
@@2k0201 these days not really but in the old days you could kill the chip but applying too much voltage etc. Just use the manufacturers provided overclocking software or guidelines if using the bios settings and you get a free performance boost. Obviously there would be more heat generated which would need to be compensated for by using a better cooler.
Good luck to all noobs. I just finished mine today and now I'm a certified veteran even though I spent 3 hours to realize that my pc wouldn't turn on because I didn't turn on the power switch 😁😁
that was the only problem i had slept on it got up the next morning used the jumper plug with my egve ps worked as advertised then i remembered no on and off switch . built out of the case to check that every thing works my wife just laugh then said i was worried you were going to spend more money
I went through your 3-part series and finally built mine today. With it being my first self-built PC I was expecting at least three things to explode, but everything worked on the first try. I'm shocked nothing went wrong, but it was a pleasant surprise that I was able to do it with my own two hands and your guidance. Thank you for your help!
With my setup, I bought the TP-Link Archer T9E and downloaded the drivers through my laptop. I put those drivers on a USB drive and then transferred them to the new PC so that I could install them. If you wanted to do it with something cheaper, there are good quality Wi-Fi adapters for $30.00 or less. The process would be about the same, you would need an external computer to get the drivers from.
Sophi23 ... he does a good job explaining. I've built my own too last year from his previous video. We girls can do it...and having smaller hands definitely helps!! lol
It's been almost 10 years since I built the PC I'm watching this on with a lot of help from a friend. I was pretty sure I was going to buy a pre-built to avoid the aggravation of figuring all this stuff out, but after watching this series I'm feeling confident to tackle it solo. More than that, I'm actually excited to get started. Thanks for the great tutorial!
This series could not have come at a better time. Currently sitting at home waiting for the last parts of what will be my first build to be delivered. This was the only stage i was worried about so this video will help immensely. Thanks a lot, keep pumping out the great content and congrats on the 1 million subs👏🏾
Built my first build on Monday. I5-9600K ASUS RTX 2070. I went from a potato that couldn’t run AAA titles. To a beast that can run AAA titles at 60+ FPS on MAX. Thanks for all the videos you and all the other tech channels have made to help me have 100s of hours of video knowledge.
i’m building a computer for the first time and a friend pointed me towards this series, helped me a lot! rest of the parts are arriving in a few days so i’m super excited :)
Something I recommend for all PC builders is downloading your drivers/apps you wanna install onto a USB about a week in advance, like I did. This makes the installation of drivers a lot less hectic as everything is already downloaded. Also I highly recommend Ninite, allows you to install many apps at once.
I just finished building my first computer by using these three videos as a guide. I had a few minor hiccups while working on the build and setting it up, but other than that it was a breeze thanks to Paul. From picking out my parts, to putting them together, to booting it up and installing Windows; these videos showed me how to do it all.
I'm making my first gaming PC and I can't tell you how thankful I am for this series of videos. I am far more confident that I won't terribly destroy something after watching this series multiple times.
Thanks, Paul for a great build series. I followed it and have just built my first PC today from scratch since a humble AMD K5 many years ago. I've now got a lovely Ryzen 5 2600/MSI B450 Tomahawk based PC that was really fun to build. Thanks again Paul. Keep up the good work.
Man, i wish other people were as thoughtful as you are, being aware that many (the most) user outhere are not nearly as experienced as you are and sharing basic knowledge is critical. For me, the key pieces were the Boot menu hot key and how to initialize a new SDD. Thanks a lot! System is up and running!
Finished my 1st PC build, and bumbled my way through enough to be functional, but this is so helpful for tweaking it all. And I appreciate the other lesson in this series: If you see something being done poorly or wrong, you can jump on the hate wagon, or you can offer something better.
Thank you for making this 3 part series. During my first build, this series served as an excellent step by step reference. I am up and running thanks to you!
Dude, as someone who was going in knowing nothing about actually building a pc. I’ve actually learned so much in this 3 part series. You’re the best for doing so. Thank you and hope I can make a pc just as good based on the information you have provided. Just amazing stuff man.
Ok so bottom line folks. It looks like a proper build guide that is targeted towards the first time / novice builder is about 90 minutes long. If you look at other tech tubers within Paul's network, Jayz2Cents, Linus, BitWit, it would seem that that is the case as well. For those folks, imho, it's about the same just that you have to poke around to find the other videos as well. Honestly I think that a shorter video, or series of videos, just won't be as thorough. Great work Paul. So much more to learn. Lots of details.
I cannot thank you enough! You just helped me build my first pc ever... I did it in one night minus the game installs. And I'm not the brightest. If I can, I believe anyone can with this level of help.
One thing that I have recently become very appreciative of, is a physical dual BOIS switch. Last year I built my nephew a PC using the Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5 mobo, and just like many people have found, one day, it just started power cycling. The BIOS had bricked itself. I flicked the switch to position two, got a POST into the BIOS, flicked the switch back and overwrote the BIOS with a fresh copy. If it had not got the switch this would have been so much harder and maybe even prohibitively expensive. A useful feature to consider on future mobo selection.
@@Serkong I moved the switch to the second position and got into the BIOS as that was factory original and unaffected. I then went to the flash BIOS option in the menu. I then moved the BIOS selection switch back to position one. Using a thumb drive with the latest BIOS version I flashed the BIOS. The board now boots just fine in position one. If you get no joy from position two, remove the CMOS battery and keep hitting the End key whilst it power cycles. You should be able to force it into the Q-Flash facility.
Hey Paul, just wanted to THANK YOU SO MUCH for this series! I was a contest winner of an ASUS GeForce GTX 1660Ti graphics card, and my existing system (7 yrs old) was totally incompatible with it. I am retired from a 30-yr career in larger systems IT with some PC programming experience (VB and scripting), and had never done a computer build. Your videos in this series got me confident enough to give it a go. Got my parts to support the 1660Ti, based largely on your suggestions from the second video here - Ryzen 5 2600, MSI B450 Tomahawk motherboard, Cooler Master air-pipe cooler, Corsair SPEC06 ATX case, Corsair CX550 non-component power supply, a 480GB SSD, a 4TB HDD, some fans + splitters where needed to try to equalize incoming and outgoing airspeed and volume (thank God for the CPU fan controls!). To be fair, PC Part Picker was also a godsend in helping me find compatible and right-priced components, some with rebates that lowered my overall costs about $60. Finished the build in 4 hrs yesterday after the motherboard and processor arrived - case was here and had some fans added beforehand. Fired it up the first time and IT LIVES! Loaded Win10 and LoL, fired up a game and my usual 30fps framerate jumped 6-8X! Ping rate was about half what it was before in terms of milleseconds. Color this gamer deliriously happy! And it is 100% due to the excellent instructions in your videos. This former hardware N00b (I was a master coder before retirement) feels like he could take on the world and build whatever he chooses. Watch out, man, you have created a monster! THANKS AGAIN!!
Thanks for this video! There are a ton of build guides across youtube, but few people tackle what to do after you put the pieces together. As other comments have mentioned, would be interested in an overclocking guide as well. Congrats on 1M!
Thank you Paul, this is an awesome three-part series! Just finished my first build (AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro AC, Gigabyte RX 5700 XT, Gigabyte 16GB 3600mHz memory, WD Blue 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, all housed in a Deepcool Matrexx 55 with a SilverStone 650W PSU and four Deepcool RF120B fans). Everything works as it should and looks fantastic. I'm now happily gaming after making few tweaks in the BIOS and GPU software and can't thank you enough for giving me the confidence and ability to tackle this build. Love the videos, keep up the great work!
Getting ready to do my first build ever. I've found this series of videos extremely helpful/informative, they've taken away a large portion of the anxiety I had over the whole process.
I’ve been a Network Administrator for Essilor of North America for an extended period of time and am very familiar with not only network management and system building as well. My go to TH-cam system building tutorials as Corey Holzman. Since viewing your tutorials I’m blown away by your knowledge and step by step tutorials. Thank you.
Paul - just wanted to say a big thank you for these videos. I just finished building my first PC today (took me 8 or 9 hours... I was being super careful) and I’m already downloading some games in Steam. Pure joy. I would have struggled without this comprehensive guide. Thanks again
Paul, bought all the parts to my build last week and just waiting on mobo and gpu. I have spam watched your channel to know what I'm doing since this is my first build ever. I love ya! Congrats again!!
I'd like to thank you for helping me pick parts, build, and install / update OS /Drivers. I've never built a PC before and with your new 3 part 2019 videos it was such a breeze. I'm not tech savvy at all and when the parts all came in I was nervous, but everything was so smooth and I just took my time. It took me a long time maybe 5 hours with my OCD to make sure things were right. Lo and behold when I went to post I was so happy nothing was wrong. My worst fear was getting a DOA part and not knowing how to troubleshoot what it was.
As an instructional designer, I can tell you that you do a phenomenal job of clearly spelling out exactly how to build a gaming PC from scratch. I just completed a Ryzen 5 / Asus ROG Strix X370-F build following your video step-by-step and it booted up and ran perfectly. Great video!
My first build went without a hitch. Not simple either, fan controllers, rgb hubs, water coolers and all!! Thanks to videos like this I was able to go from zero knowledge to doing a relatively complicated build as my first. Thanks Paul!!
First time builder. Followed Paul's amazing guide. Diverted and installed a WiFi card and it worked. Encountered one problem. The motherboard has a button cell battery which needed charging and I didn't want to turn on the power outlet before I was ready to turn on the PC. The result was that the monitor said there was no connection. The fix was turning on power without turning on the PC for 10 minutes. Great guide. Thanks Paul. 👍
I would like to see something like an optimization video, where you show what kind of software you use, what do you turn off and how do you set up your windows for best usability. I think everyone here who follows you knows how to install drivers :D Nice video nevertheless!
Sure, those of us who are subscribed and do lots of builds know this stuff, but this is an excellent resource for you and me to hand off to the less tech-savvy. I just helped build a couple systems for family cross-country, and I wish I had this video three months ago! Thanks a ton, Paul, I'm going to share the hell out of this.
@@d00dEEE I just built a pc for my friend and had him go to this video to get everything setup and in working order. Like you said, not only subscribers who "know what they're doing" are going to watch this.
I haven't touched a Windows operating machine in 15 years, and I'm not sure if I still know how to install a driver. I will though, build my first gaming PC in the coming weeks.
Its been over a year since you made this video. I was worried there would be many changes and differences. But you covered the subject so thoroughly that I was able to assemble my build with little stress and great efficiency. Thank you so much.
congrats on 1M and great guide. I'm pretty seasoned at building PCs but it was fun going through watching this series. few new things but mostly the same. My builds get more interesting because I'm one of those seemingly rare Linux users. Only need Windows for 10% of my games at this point thanks to Steam Play!
You taught me to build my first PC many years ago when you were on NEWEGG. I've loved this latest build series! You've come a long way and built up an awesome channel. Congrats on the 1-Million mark. Well deserved!
Built my second computer ever this past week, this build guide series explaining everything and going through step by step has been a huge, integral part of doing it right, as my first build was done with help and this time I built the rig solo. Ryzen 5 2400g, Power Color RX570 4gb GDDR5, Aorus Ultra Gaming x470, EVGA 650w gold, firecuda 1tb SSHD and Team Group Night Hawk 16gb DDR4 ram, all packed into the beautiful Phanteks P350X case. Thanks for the great videos!
Does anyone know of a good video for using a Mac to download Win10? Most sources say to use BootCamp but I've had a bit of trouble with that and it never gives me the option to create a USB installer
after purchasing a so called mid range gaming PC for my daughter, then upon closer inspection other than the graphics card all other items were just the lowest spec that would make do. After finding your tutorials I decided to build a PC for the living room. researched a lot and purchased what I would deem mid range components and I now have a decent/not over priced pc which would not have been possible without your build tutorials as I would have worried about messing it up. So thankyou very much for spending the time to making these fab how to's without getting to techy.
Thanks to your videos as well as a few other channels I have now successfully built my first PC! I can't thank you and other content creators enough to help me through the process!
This was an awesome tutorial that really help me with my build, I am getting outstanding results and was a lot of fun building along with these videos, Thank you very much!
I just have to say that your videos in this series really took some stress off what I have ahead of me and Im sure I will be watching them again as I look to upgrade my current system. Thanks so much and keep up the good work.
Thank you sooooo much for being the ONE PERSON I FOUND that actually SHOWED where to put all the cables. So many people just ramble on about a bunch of things I don't actually understand. For ONCE I learned something from a pc building guide!
I have built a few rigs now and I always come back to have you verify my steps as I go through the build! And actually I almost built yesterdays on your last $900.00 build, though I changed a few things and it cost about $1050-$1100. Thanks again man for all your content. The system setup was invaluable!
Hi Paul, I just completed a build and was able to buy an inexpensive Windows 10 key through Amazon because you mentioned that it worked for you in one of your videos. I had zero problems and am up and running. Thank you! Your advice in the video saved me $100. Cheers
I followed this build exactly but when I turn the tower on, nothing pops up on my monitor. Just black screen. Tower is lit up and everything. Any suggestions?
Just want to say thanks paul. These guides have me the confidence to build my very first p.c. from scratch. Currently updating windows and about to use edge for its purpose.
I've been installing and setting up PCs and networks for years. But I am humble enough to watch anyway to see if I can learn something new. And you did not disappoint. Thanks Paul.
Finally built my first rig using your videos and I’m beyond happy right now! I’m running a rig with a Ryzen 5 5600x, RTX 3060 XC Black, 16 GB 3200 RAM, 512 GB SSD, and 2 TB Hardrive!
Great video series. I just built my first computer! One problem: My MSI Click screen is black/white. It was red the first time and now b/w. How do I fix?
I think I'm watching his videos from time when he was in newegg. he is like that one teacher/professor who teaches you patiently no matter how many times you asked. 1000 likes!
I just want to throw this out there... you inspired me and helped me tremendously through your videos to build my first PC completely solo. And the results were... exactly what I wanted. My PC is kick ass and I can say that I put a part of myself into it!
LowkiiTho Watching a nice guide like this one is helpful, but if you know someone who build a pc before, reach out to them and ask them to look over your shoulder. Experience is always good :) Have fun with the pc and May the 4th be with ;)
Thanks for this series, Paul. I switched to Mac around 15 yrs ago, and just bought to parts to build an AMD rig. Your series reminded me of the knowledge that I once had, and updated my brains about how easy building PCs has gotten over time. Nice channel. Keep up the good work!
I Been on console all my life I been binge watching Your videos for days now I feel like I can build a pc now 🤣. On a serious note thanks for all of your knowledge i learned so much from your channel. I hope to get my first PC by September. 😎
This is the best series ever! Couldn't have better timing too. Just got my 9900k in today and I'm ready to start my build tomorrow! I've spent sooooo much time making sure I know exactly what to do with the hardware but I'm now 100% confident I can get my system up and running windows installed and software figured out. Not that I was too worried to begin with but I have over 3k invested in my first system and setup so it's pretty cool to know I have a good guideline to follow 👍
I have a tab open now on my phone with a 9900K and gigabyte Mobo with 32 gigs for $1400. I don't have the balls to click purchase as my older 4770K oced to 4.2 GHz still works but damn. Lucky you
I just wanted to point out that your videos are very well lit and the colours look very soft and nice to the eye. Maybe nobody noticed, but I do ! Thanks for all you wonderful job.
@Paul's Hardware This is the second time using this video in a year! First on my first build, and now on my Wife's first build! Thank you for making this painless! Keep up the good videos!
Paul this was perfect timing for this video. I have always owned PC/Laptops to game with. Always buy them out of the box ready to play. I finally decided to build my own with 2019 tax money. My biggest fear was system set up and drivers, and windows. Well not so much now! This is truly helping through that fear. Thanks for helping the new guy!
Hey i have a very important question and you could really help me with this. Im stuck in my bios, i dont know how. The question is do i first have to update my bios with the usb stick. Or doesnt it matter. Already thanks for the answer.
My son and I got everything powering up, lights on, fans running, but no signal to the monitor. We've gone through everything, hdmi from monitor to GPU, and then from monitor to motherboard, nothing. We tried the monitor with his nintendo switch and verified it works and that the issue is most likely that the motherboard needs the updated BIOS version, which would be just fine except I don't have access to a 2nd gen CPU to get the system to boot up and on to update the drivers. I don't know if this is making any sense. I just want to know if you got your issue resolved and if so, what was the fix? Thanks in advance!
PAUL!!!! I just want to thank you for this! 2 months ago I decided to build a computer and this video was the first one I saw! Followed all of your steps and now I have my first build! Thank you!!!
I'm about to build my first pc and have around an £850 budget. I was thinking of a ryzen 2600x and a gigabyte 1660ti, b450 tomahawk,3000mhz corsair vengeance16 gb, corsair cx550w ext.. Any thoughts or suggestions Will only be doing light gaming and maybe some video editing or cad in the future but mainly gaming Love the content btw
EthanP 123 You need some older system first, Just buy a good GPU card for that, you never need less then old GTX 1080 cards! If the old PC is too slow, replace parts! Gamer's never need the Old 6800k system, use that as a base! $600 RTX2080, rest for upgrades! If you are able to upgrade old 6600k PC's, next thing is build a new system!
Perhaps a vega 56 would be better instead of 1660ti. It's cheap (not on amazon tho) on alot of websites and has more powerful than a 1660ti. Hope this helps.
Hands-down the best three part series of how to build a PC on the Internet. Thank you thank you thank you for putting this together. This will easily push you over 2 million subscribers 🤓😉
Personally, I think that the falling ram prices and the overstock of GPUs will lead to a better buying experience for the end user. Let me know what you think!
Paul, just up and assembled my first gaming PC, and my main source of information and even encouragement was your channel! Great work you're doing, Thanks so much and keep up! It worked first try, and I am somewhat proud of myself for it! Have a great one!
Great videos on various pc builds and system set up. This video especially is so helpful regarding setting up pc for first use. This is the best one I could find, clear and concise with just the right amount of details. You're a legend Paul
►TIMESTAMPS 😉
0:42 What You'll Need (Apart from the PC)
2:49 Making a Windows 10 USB Installer + Wifi/LAN Drivers
6:01 Getting into the UEFI / BIOS, Updating + hardware check
8:54 Enable Memory XMP Settings
10:45 Booting From USB Installer + Installing Windows 10
12:48 Windows 10 First-Time Setup
14:38 Paul's Windows UI Tweaks
16:32 Run Windows Update
17:28 Installing Chrome + Firefox
18:40 Installing Motherboard + GPU Drivers
20:48 Games - Installing Steam, Origin
21:40 Adding + Setting Up a Storage Drive (Hard Drive or SSD)
23:56 Software Setup Continued - OBS, Steam, Origin
24:40 Copying Games You Already Have (instead of re-downloading them)
27:48 Streaming Setup - Installing OBS, Webcam
31:02 Gaming + Streaming Apex Legends
I just did this Sunday.....and it was horrible. Had some authentic windows issues....all good now though.
congrats on a million
thank you
Do you cover imaging? I did this for the first time with clonezilla but I'm wondering if I did this "right." Used parted magic which is great by the way.
You forgot to install GNU+Linux.
I trust this man because he plugged in the usb on the first try.
I always eyeball it first. It's the only way to be sure.
why would you trust him for doing that? i fear him
I don’t know. Can you trust a pc builder that doesn’t use a Swiss Army knife?
@@kellenklein9293 also needs that very important thermal paste spreader
All of this is irrelevant if he didn’t...
S C R E W W I T H C O N F I D E N C E
I’m a 61 yr old sim racer , sim pilot who used to build computers years ago for fun as well as teach design and communications in high school. With your help I have updated my skills and built my own rig from scratch. It’s the best I have built to date. It is so much more enjoyable building now . Your channel is the very best I have ever seen in any field! You sir are the best of the best. Without all of your help, tips, tricks, advice etc etc I would probably be lost. Thanks a million man and keep up all the good work.
what is your job?
Microsoft edge: I help downloading chrome and firefox
hahahaha
Edge is actually pretty good. Still use Chrome and Firefox but i do use it from time to time.
very First thing I do after a new install :D
Paul's one of the very very few that does a complete pc build start to finish! Thanks Paul
I just finished my New PC, absolutely Nothing went wrong, which that itself just feels wrong.
It’s perfect... too perfect...
Has the problem that had previously gone unnoticed become noticed ? 😂😂
I second the last comment,?
Shame On You. I’m guessing with no response it didn’t work out
I just built my first rig and am downloading the Windows install now. Fingers crossed when I boot this puppy up in the next few minutes everything runs smoothly
"Next up it'll ask you if you want to use Cortana. No, no you do not." 😂
And don't forget some of the first things to do is change the default settings that microsoft sets and to use their Microsoft Edge, the #1 internet browser for downloading other internet browsers, to download firefox and/or chrome.
can you do an overclocking guide for this series as well? I think it will be really helpful for people that aren't sure how to overclock or are afraid to overclock their pc
Yeah i agree
Agreed
Whats overclock
@@jackdaniels3127 when you improve the performance of your computer whether it's the GPU or CPU by increasing the manufacturers base clock values and compensating for it by dialing up the base voltages. In simple terms you just increase the speed by going out of the manufacturers "safe/recommended" threshold.
@@2k0201 these days not really but in the old days you could kill the chip but applying too much voltage etc. Just use the manufacturers provided overclocking software or guidelines if using the bios settings and you get a free performance boost. Obviously there would be more heat generated which would need to be compensated for by using a better cooler.
Good luck to all noobs. I just finished mine today and now I'm a certified veteran even though I spent 3 hours to realize that my pc wouldn't turn on because I didn't turn on the power switch 😁😁
I did the exact same thing yesterday lol!
I spent three hours trying to turn my pc on with only the power switch and not the actual button on my case
it happens to the best of us
that was the only problem i had slept on it got up the next morning used the jumper plug with my egve ps worked as advertised then i remembered no on and off switch . built out of the case to check that every thing works my wife just laugh then said i was worried you were going to spend more money
mine wont show anything on the display it turns on and everything but no display on my monitor.Any suggestions?
I went through your 3-part series and finally built mine today. With it being my first self-built PC I was expecting at least three things to explode, but everything worked on the first try. I'm shocked nothing went wrong, but it was a pleasant surprise that I was able to do it with my own two hands and your guidance. Thank you for your help!
Hey, i just built mine as well but I’m having some issues with wifi, how did you do yours? Thank you
With my setup, I bought the TP-Link Archer T9E and downloaded the drivers through my laptop. I put those drivers on a USB drive and then transferred them to the new PC so that I could install them.
If you wanted to do it with something cheaper, there are good quality Wi-Fi adapters for $30.00 or less. The process would be about the same, you would need an external computer to get the drivers from.
Tooltip Tinkerer Thank you this help a lot, I really appreciate it!
No problem, I hope your system works well.
About to order parts for mine and I'm so nervous even though they're basically all parts he recommended. This was encouraging to read!!
I did! I'm using my Windows 10 computer that I build all by myself! I'm so happy! Thank you! Thank you!
Sophi23 ... he does a good job explaining. I've built my own too last year from his previous video. We girls can do it...and having smaller hands definitely helps!! lol
You sound like a kid who just learned how to tie his fucking shoes lmao
DeShaQViews wow hilarious
@@mikeoxhard_695 ... and you sound like a baby boomer that is 87 yrs old that hasn't learned manners. lmao!!
@@biz4twobiz463 wo-wo dude calm down. He's not insulting you, in a way he is rigth.
But if you are a shoe then, I get why u trigger
It's been almost 10 years since I built the PC I'm watching this on with a lot of help from a friend. I was pretty sure I was going to buy a pre-built to avoid the aggravation of figuring all this stuff out, but after watching this series I'm feeling confident to tackle it solo. More than that, I'm actually excited to get started. Thanks for the great tutorial!
Update: I am now revisiting this video on my brand new machine I built from scratch!
This series was invaluable- thank you again.
hey paul, i just succesfully built my pc yesterday, mostly thanks to your tutorial. great job on what youre doing there
This series could not have come at a better time. Currently sitting at home waiting for the last parts of what will be my first build to be delivered. This was the only stage i was worried about so this video will help immensely. Thanks a lot, keep pumping out the great content and congrats on the 1 million subs👏🏾
Built my first build on Monday. I5-9600K ASUS RTX 2070. I went from a potato that couldn’t run AAA titles. To a beast that can run AAA titles at 60+ FPS on MAX. Thanks for all the videos you and all the other tech channels have made to help me have 100s of hours of video knowledge.
I built also with 2070 but instead with a 2600X because fps difference is like less than 10 and I got all of those threads
I'm about to build my first pc, also with an I5-9600K but with a GTX1660. I'm hyped!
How much you pay $$??
i’m building a computer for the first time and a friend pointed me towards this series, helped me a lot! rest of the parts are arriving in a few days so i’m super excited :)
Something I recommend for all PC builders is downloading your drivers/apps you wanna install onto a USB about a week in advance, like I did. This makes the installation of drivers a lot less hectic as everything is already downloaded.
Also I highly recommend Ninite, allows you to install many apps at once.
Vovical unnecessary!
@@ade-d435 yeah better to just download LAN or Wi-Fi driver.
@@ade-d435 Ah yes, because installing basic drivers and programs is unnecessary...
I just finished building my first computer by using these three videos as a guide. I had a few minor hiccups while working on the build and setting it up, but other than that it was a breeze thanks to Paul. From picking out my parts, to putting them together, to booting it up and installing Windows; these videos showed me how to do it all.
congrats on 1 mill paul, well deserved sir 👏🏼
I just finished building my first computer today thanks to you. Still running through windows updates but so far so good. Thank you.
This is pure gold. First build completed.
I'm making my first gaming PC and I can't tell you how thankful I am for this series of videos. I am far more confident that I won't terribly destroy something after watching this series multiple times.
Thanks, Paul for a great build series. I followed it and have just built my first PC today from scratch since a humble AMD K5 many years ago. I've now got a lovely Ryzen 5 2600/MSI B450 Tomahawk based PC that was really fun to build. Thanks again Paul. Keep up the good work.
Man, i wish other people were as thoughtful as you are, being aware that many (the most) user outhere are not nearly as experienced as you are and sharing basic knowledge is critical. For me, the key pieces were the Boot menu hot key and how to initialize a new SDD. Thanks a lot! System is up and running!
Finished my 1st PC build, and bumbled my way through enough to be functional, but this is so helpful for tweaking it all.
And I appreciate the other lesson in this series: If you see something being done poorly or wrong, you can jump on the hate wagon, or you can offer something better.
You're the best dude! I built and setup my first PC just following your videos, it was seamless 👌🏾
Thank you for making this 3 part series. During my first build, this series served as an excellent step by step reference. I am up and running thanks to you!
Dude, as someone who was going in knowing nothing about actually building a pc. I’ve actually learned so much in this 3 part series. You’re the best for doing so. Thank you and hope I can make a pc just as good based on the information you have provided. Just amazing stuff man.
Ok so bottom line folks. It looks like a proper build guide that is targeted towards the first time / novice builder is about 90 minutes long. If you look at other tech tubers within Paul's network, Jayz2Cents, Linus, BitWit, it would seem that that is the case as well. For those folks, imho, it's about the same just that you have to poke around to find the other videos as well. Honestly I think that a shorter video, or series of videos, just won't be as thorough. Great work Paul. So much more to learn. Lots of details.
I cannot thank you enough! You just helped me build my first pc ever... I did it in one night minus the game installs. And I'm not the brightest. If I can, I believe anyone can with this level of help.
One thing that I have recently become very appreciative of, is a physical dual BOIS switch.
Last year I built my nephew a PC using the Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5 mobo, and just like many people have found, one day, it just started power cycling. The BIOS had bricked itself. I flicked the switch to position two, got a POST into the BIOS, flicked the switch back and overwrote the BIOS with a fresh copy. If it had not got the switch this would have been so much harder and maybe even prohibitively expensive.
A useful feature to consider on future mobo selection.
how did you fix the original bios?
@@Serkong I moved the switch to the second position and got into the BIOS as that was factory original and unaffected. I then went to the flash BIOS option in the menu. I then moved the BIOS selection switch back to position one. Using a thumb drive with the latest BIOS version I flashed the BIOS. The board now boots just fine in position one.
If you get no joy from position two, remove the CMOS battery and keep hitting the End key whilst it power cycles. You should be able to force it into the Q-Flash facility.
@@smada36 thanks mate
Hey Paul, just wanted to THANK YOU SO MUCH for this series! I was a contest winner of an ASUS GeForce GTX 1660Ti graphics card, and my existing system (7 yrs old) was totally incompatible with it. I am retired from a 30-yr career in larger systems IT with some PC programming experience (VB and scripting), and had never done a computer build. Your videos in this series got me confident enough to give it a go. Got my parts to support the 1660Ti, based largely on your suggestions from the second video here - Ryzen 5 2600, MSI B450 Tomahawk motherboard, Cooler Master air-pipe cooler, Corsair SPEC06 ATX case, Corsair CX550 non-component power supply, a 480GB SSD, a 4TB HDD, some fans + splitters where needed to try to equalize incoming and outgoing airspeed and volume (thank God for the CPU fan controls!). To be fair, PC Part Picker was also a godsend in helping me find compatible and right-priced components, some with rebates that lowered my overall costs about $60. Finished the build in 4 hrs yesterday after the motherboard and processor arrived - case was here and had some fans added beforehand. Fired it up the first time and IT LIVES! Loaded Win10 and LoL, fired up a game and my usual 30fps framerate jumped 6-8X! Ping rate was about half what it was before in terms of milleseconds. Color this gamer deliriously happy!
And it is 100% due to the excellent instructions in your videos. This former hardware N00b (I was a master coder before retirement) feels like he could take on the world and build whatever he chooses. Watch out, man, you have created a monster!
THANKS AGAIN!!
Thanks for this video! There are a ton of build guides across youtube, but few people tackle what to do after you put the pieces together. As other comments have mentioned, would be interested in an overclocking guide as well. Congrats on 1M!
Thank you Paul, this is an awesome three-part series! Just finished my first build (AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro AC, Gigabyte RX 5700 XT, Gigabyte 16GB 3600mHz memory, WD Blue 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, all housed in a Deepcool Matrexx 55 with a SilverStone 650W PSU and four Deepcool RF120B fans). Everything works as it should and looks fantastic. I'm now happily gaming after making few tweaks in the BIOS and GPU software and can't thank you enough for giving me the confidence and ability to tackle this build. Love the videos, keep up the great work!
Getting ready to do my first build ever. I've found this series of videos extremely helpful/informative, they've taken away a large portion of the anxiety I had over the whole process.
I’ve been a
Network Administrator for Essilor of North America for an extended
period of time and am very familiar with not only network management
and system building as well. My go to TH-cam system building
tutorials as Corey Holzman. Since viewing your tutorials I’m blown
away by your knowledge and step by step tutorials. Thank you.
This whole series was amazing. I relied on them heavily. Great job!
Paul - just wanted to say a big thank you for these videos. I just finished building my first PC today (took me 8 or 9 hours... I was being super careful) and I’m already downloading some games in Steam. Pure joy. I would have struggled without this comprehensive guide. Thanks again
Congratz 1M best pc channel ❤️
Paul, bought all the parts to my build last week and just waiting on mobo and gpu. I have spam watched your channel to know what I'm doing since this is my first build ever. I love ya! Congrats again!!
Everytime I watch this I am happy you didnt cram this series into 1 video, thank you! :)
Just completed my first build and there has been no explosions! Thank you for all the knowledge I've got from your channel 👍
A long Paul's Hardware video just means I get to listen to the sultry sounds of Paul's voice for that much longer. This pleases me.
I'd like to thank you for helping me pick parts, build, and install / update OS /Drivers. I've never built a PC before and with your new 3 part 2019 videos it was such a breeze. I'm not tech savvy at all and when the parts all came in I was nervous, but everything was so smooth and I just took my time. It took me a long time maybe 5 hours with my OCD to make sure things were right. Lo and behold when I went to post I was so happy nothing was wrong. My worst fear was getting a DOA part and not knowing how to troubleshoot what it was.
As an instructional designer, I can tell you that you do a phenomenal job of clearly spelling out exactly how to build a gaming PC from scratch. I just completed a Ryzen 5 / Asus ROG Strix X370-F build following your video step-by-step and it booted up and ran perfectly. Great video!
My first build went without a hitch. Not simple either, fan controllers, rgb hubs, water coolers and all!! Thanks to videos like this I was able to go from zero knowledge to doing a relatively complicated build as my first. Thanks Paul!!
Finally finished my first build man, and it worked perfect on the first try all thanks to your videos, thank you so much!
First time builder. Followed Paul's amazing guide. Diverted and installed a WiFi card and it worked.
Encountered one problem.
The motherboard has a button cell battery which needed charging and I didn't want to turn on the power outlet before I was ready to turn on the PC. The result was that the monitor said there was no connection. The fix was turning on power without turning on the PC for 10 minutes.
Great guide. Thanks Paul. 👍
I would like to see something like an optimization video, where you show what kind of software you use, what do you turn off and how do you set up your windows for best usability. I think everyone here who follows you knows how to install drivers :D Nice video nevertheless!
Sure, those of us who are subscribed and do lots of builds know this stuff, but this is an excellent resource for you and me to hand off to the less tech-savvy. I just helped build a couple systems for family cross-country, and I wish I had this video three months ago! Thanks a ton, Paul, I'm going to share the hell out of this.
@@d00dEEE I just built a pc for my friend and had him go to this video to get everything setup and in working order. Like you said, not only subscribers who "know what they're doing" are going to watch this.
@@d00dEEE im building my first PC now and these videos are immensely helpful!
I haven't touched a Windows operating machine in 15 years, and I'm not sure if I still know how to install a driver. I will though, build my first gaming PC in the coming weeks.
bruh wasnt going to say anything till you assumed everyone knew how to install drivers like fr the reason this shit exists is to teach people like me.
Its been over a year since you made this video. I was worried there would be many changes and differences. But you covered the subject so thoroughly that I was able to assemble my build with little stress and great efficiency. Thank you so much.
congrats on 1M and great guide. I'm pretty seasoned at building PCs but it was fun going through watching this series. few new things but mostly the same. My builds get more interesting because I'm one of those seemingly rare Linux users. Only need Windows for 10% of my games at this point thanks to Steam Play!
You taught me to build my first PC many years ago when you were on NEWEGG. I've loved this latest build series! You've come a long way and built up an awesome channel. Congrats on the 1-Million mark. Well deserved!
"A second computer... That's right! We got one!"
A B450 Tomahawk. Yeah, we got one!
@@redoxosu4506 Oxygen. Yeah, we got it!
Vovical AIDS. My ex got it!
"A core 2 duo.... That's right!
We got one!"
"A hexa-core CPU, yeah we got one and have no idea how to use it."
Built my second computer ever this past week, this build guide series explaining everything and going through step by step has been a huge, integral part of doing it right, as my first build was done with help and this time I built the rig solo. Ryzen 5 2400g, Power Color RX570 4gb GDDR5, Aorus Ultra Gaming x470, EVGA 650w gold, firecuda 1tb SSHD and Team Group Night Hawk 16gb DDR4 ram, all packed into the beautiful Phanteks P350X case. Thanks for the great videos!
Does anyone know of a good video for using a Mac to download Win10? Most sources say to use BootCamp but I've had a bit of trouble with that and it never gives me the option to create a USB installer
after purchasing a so called mid range gaming PC for my daughter, then upon closer inspection other than the graphics card all other items were just the lowest spec that would make do.
After finding your tutorials I decided to build a PC for the living room. researched a lot and purchased what I would deem mid range components and I now have a decent/not over priced pc which would not have been possible without your build tutorials as I would have worried about messing it up.
So thankyou very much for spending the time to making these fab how to's without getting to techy.
Congratulations on 1 million subscribers!!!
kempiedempie
doing what? consuming.......play a game.....
@@lucasrem What do you mean? I just congratulated him on reaching 1 mil subs
kempiedempie dont worry about him,hes weird..look at all the comments on this vid,if kne has a reply,its this weird guy with an even more weird answer
kempiedempie
Need social communications, that's why you all say weird shit?
again, why are you here????????
@@lucasrem Well, you're chatting with me right now. Guess that makes both of us braindead.
Thanks to your videos as well as a few other channels I have now successfully built my first PC! I can't thank you and other content creators enough to help me through the process!
This was an awesome tutorial that really help me with my build, I am getting outstanding results and was a lot of fun building along with these videos, Thank you very much!
I just have to say that your videos in this series really took some stress off what I have ahead of me and Im sure I will be watching them again as I look to upgrade my current system. Thanks so much and keep up the good work.
At the 15:09 mark, thank you so much! Open File Explorer to This PC!
Thank you sooooo much for being the ONE PERSON I FOUND that actually SHOWED where to put all the cables. So many people just ramble on about a bunch of things I don't actually understand. For ONCE I learned something from a pc building guide!
It's the million follower man!
thanks for your help with that! 😁
I have built a few rigs now and I always come back to have you verify my steps as I go through the build! And actually I almost built yesterdays on your last $900.00 build, though I changed a few things and it cost about $1050-$1100. Thanks again man for all your content. The system setup was invaluable!
Finally, tomorrow I’m gonna build a new pc all by myself for the first time
Good luck man
Good luck! Then you'll want to do it again and again! :-)
Yeah I'm doing it right now 🤩
Done :)
@@itsamiimarco9338
How's it going?
Hi Paul, I just completed a build and was able to buy an inexpensive Windows 10 key through Amazon because you mentioned that it worked for you in one of your videos. I had zero problems and am up and running. Thank you! Your advice in the video saved me $100. Cheers
I followed this build exactly but when I turn the tower on, nothing pops up on my monitor. Just black screen. Tower is lit up and everything. Any suggestions?
turn on the monitor
fitcalz lol
Plug into graphics card
Just want to say thanks paul. These guides have me the confidence to build my very first p.c. from scratch. Currently updating windows and about to use edge for its purpose.
Doesn't the tomahawk motherboard need to be updated before it will work with ryzen 5 CPUs?
I've been installing and setting up PCs and networks for years. But I am humble enough to watch anyway to see if I can learn something new. And you did not disappoint. Thanks Paul.
Microsoft Edge is awesome
...for downloading Chrome and Firefox.
Finally built my first rig using your videos and I’m beyond happy right now! I’m running a rig with a Ryzen 5 5600x, RTX 3060 XC Black, 16 GB 3200 RAM, 512 GB SSD, and 2 TB Hardrive!
Great video series. I just built my first computer!
One problem: My MSI Click screen is black/white. It was red the first time and now b/w. How do I fix?
Just roll with it, I had it red then updated uefi and got the black/white. I just needed to get the booting on usb thing so I ignored it
I think I'm watching his videos from time when he was in newegg. he is like that one teacher/professor who teaches you patiently no matter how many times you asked. 1000 likes!
"Now open microsoft edge"
Edge: :-) Happy to serve you sir
"And download chrome"
Edge: *digs his own grave
I just want to throw this out there... you inspired me and helped me tremendously through your videos to build my first PC completely solo. And the results were... exactly what I wanted. My PC is kick ass and I can say that I put a part of myself into it!
I’m building my first ever pc in a couple days (May 4th is my birthday) I’m turning 14 and I’m excited but terrified at the same time lol
LowkiiTho
Watching a nice guide like this one is helpful, but if you know someone who build a pc before, reach out to them and ask them to look over your shoulder. Experience is always good :)
Have fun with the pc and May the 4th be with ;)
Thanks for this series, Paul. I switched to Mac around 15 yrs ago, and just bought to parts to build an AMD rig. Your series reminded me of the knowledge that I once had, and updated my brains about how easy building PCs has gotten over time.
Nice channel. Keep up the good work!
I Been on console all my life I been binge watching Your videos for days now I feel like I can build a pc now 🤣. On a serious note thanks for all of your knowledge i learned so much from your channel. I hope to get my first PC by September. 😎
Jay Blaze I’m also a console peasant. Currently in the middle of my first build as we speak!
Been a console peasant my whole life. A mix of PS and Xbox. Now I have an £800 part list for my PC build next April!
Hey that's my goal too!
This is the best series ever! Couldn't have better timing too. Just got my 9900k in today and I'm ready to start my build tomorrow! I've spent sooooo much time making sure I know exactly what to do with the hardware but I'm now 100% confident I can get my system up and running windows installed and software figured out. Not that I was too worried to begin with but I have over 3k invested in my first system and setup so it's pretty cool to know I have a good guideline to follow 👍
I have a tab open now on my phone with a 9900K and gigabyte Mobo with 32 gigs for $1400. I don't have the balls to click purchase as my older 4770K oced to 4.2 GHz still works but damn. Lucky you
try not to fuck up a 9900k
my cousin bought a used/refurb mobo from amazon, came with Windows 10 product key on it, ez yoinked
Hey Paul. A pro tip for you: Depending on the Motherboard Manufacturer, you can hold down a specific key on a keyboard to get into UEFI or BIOS.
Thank you sir. Just built my 1st rig. Thanks also. Linus, jayztwocentz and bitwit. Haha
I just wanted to point out that your videos are very well lit and the colours look very soft and nice to the eye. Maybe nobody noticed, but I do ! Thanks for all you wonderful job.
So the WiFi drivers for my x570 need to be downloaded onto the usb drive or...on the pc I’m building ..lol
@Paul's Hardware This is the second time using this video in a year! First on my first build, and now on my Wife's first build! Thank you for making this painless! Keep up the good videos!
So essentially you're saying "hey Verge, this is how it's done" lolz
Paul this was perfect timing for this video. I have always owned PC/Laptops to game with. Always buy them out of the box ready to play. I finally decided to build my own with 2019 tax money. My biggest fear was system set up and drivers, and windows. Well not so much now! This is truly helping through that fear. Thanks for helping the new guy!
Thanks to your video I was able to build and setup my first build, almost without a problem, thank you Paul!
best regards, Paul
Woo for 1 million! You deserve it Paul. Been watching you since the Newegg days, happy to see your success.
Hey i have a very important question and you could really help me with this. Im stuck in my bios, i dont know how. The question is do i first have to update my bios with the usb stick. Or doesnt it matter. Already thanks for the answer.
My son and I got everything powering up, lights on, fans running, but no signal to the monitor. We've gone through everything, hdmi from monitor to GPU, and then from monitor to motherboard, nothing. We tried the monitor with his nintendo switch and verified it works and that the issue is most likely that the motherboard needs the updated BIOS version, which would be just fine except I don't have access to a 2nd gen CPU to get the system to boot up and on to update the drivers. I don't know if this is making any sense. I just want to know if you got your issue resolved and if so, what was the fix? Thanks in advance!
Are you able to get in your bios? or not at all just no signal?
PAUL!!!! I just want to thank you for this! 2 months ago I decided to build a computer and this video was the first one I saw! Followed all of your steps and now I have my first build! Thank you!!!
I'm about to build my first pc and have around an £850 budget. I was thinking of a ryzen 2600x and a gigabyte 1660ti, b450 tomahawk,3000mhz corsair vengeance16 gb, corsair cx550w ext..
Any thoughts or suggestions
Will only be doing light gaming and maybe some video editing or cad in the future but mainly gaming
Love the content btw
Seems good, 3000 mhz will work gr8 for ryzen, but you may want to go for a gold semi modular to save on power bills. Your choice tho
Just a better PSU, everything else is 👌👌👌
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You need some older system first, Just buy a good GPU card for that, you never need less then old GTX 1080 cards!
If the old PC is too slow, replace parts! Gamer's never need the Old 6800k system, use that as a base!
$600 RTX2080, rest for upgrades!
If you are able to upgrade old 6600k PC's, next thing is build a new system!
@@LuisC7 ok
Perhaps a vega 56 would be better instead of 1660ti. It's cheap (not on amazon tho) on alot of websites and has more powerful than a 1660ti.
Hope this helps.
Just wanted to thank Paul's Hardware for your 3 part series of videos. I just built my first computer and these were a big help. I'm very happy.
should of showed Ninite, always handy for fresh installs
what is it?
@@Serkong mass app installer
Hands-down the best three part series of how to build a PC on the Internet. Thank you thank you thank you for putting this together. This will easily push you over 2 million subscribers 🤓😉
Personally, I think that the falling ram prices and the overstock of GPUs will lead to a better buying experience for the end user. Let me know what you think!
I agree!
Definitely!
yep yep I'm saving up for the new ryzen cpu thats coming out soon and I'm glad the ram prices have fallen like a rock. :)
@@QwanGG do some more research kid
@@QwanGG shouldn't of bought that to upgrade.
Paul, just up and assembled my first gaming PC, and my main source of information and even encouragement was your channel! Great work you're doing, Thanks so much and keep up! It worked first try, and I am somewhat proud of myself for it! Have a great one!
I dont like seeing ads that are trying to impeach my president when I'm watching tech videos
Great videos on various pc builds and system set up. This video especially is so helpful regarding setting up pc for first use. This is the best one I could find, clear and concise with just the right amount of details.
You're a legend Paul