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How safe is building a computer yourself?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 20264926 views
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I'm interested in getting a new desktop computer soon, and I'm wondering whether I should build it or buy it. I'm very good with software, but I don't have much experience with hardware (recently, I successfully tore apart my Toshiba laptop to replace the fan and add new thermal grease, so I at lea…

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As long as you take proper ESD precautions and research your parts compatability properly it's safer than it's ever been. Motherboard choice will be dependent on CPU choice. RAM is easy - DDR3 is pretty much the only standard in use ATM (mid 2012), …

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