*UPDATED* How To Set Up a New PC video: ua-cam.com/video/MfwjISmkEJM/v-deo.html ► TIMESTAMPS (for this video) ◄ Test Everything 2:44 BIOS/UEFI Setup 7:57 Make a Windows 10 USB 13:09 Install Windows 15:07 Install Drivers Etc. 21:28
My pc won't boot from the USB. When pressing F11, I can see uefi: usb and usb:usb ... If I select usb:usb it says "reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot media"... The uefi option does nothing...HELP!!!
Building your own computer is not just something to do to save money, but it is also an experience. It sounds weird when I say it, but it somehow connects you to your computer in a good way. You ordered the parts, you put them in, you did the cable management and in the end you look proudly at your work. My Ryzen system stands on my desk with a window on its side and from time to time I just enjoy looking at it.
I sure hope so some guys on reddit made a prebuilt I saw that look horrendous but was 1200 with some alright specs. But I was overpaying around 300$ and I got myself a better case and a really nice monitor.
That would be a rush. My first home build computer was a 386. I've built about a dozen of them over time and usually screw something up in a Homer Simpson moment "DOH!". The key is to never panic, have a second computer connected to the internet for help, and if all else fails walk away to break out of your endless loop thinking. Attack it later with a fresh perspective. One of my first rookie mistakes was a small switch on the power supply that was set to 220 instead of 110 volts. I couldn't figure out why the damn thing didn't turn on. lmao
Point of advice to all that was not mentioned in the video: When booting from USB to install Windows, DO NOT put your flash drive in a USB 3.0 slot or you'll get the Windows Installer asking you for a driver and not being able to proceed with the install. The reason for this, is that you have not installed your USB 3.0 drivers yet needed by your board for them to function properly! So, to be on the safe side, make sure to do your initial install from a 2.0 port. Hope that saves someone frustration and a headache. =)
@@salierisneighbor9736 Yes, either on the ports on the back of the motherboard. Or the ones that connected to your case io. Typically 3.0 ports will be blue and 2.0 ports will be black.
This was released a year after my first build. Wish I could have traveled to the future and asked my future self how I did it or watched this video. I actually learned a few new things by watching this. Cool stuff.
Is it difficult to build and instal all the neccessary drivers. Im working my arse off to build my first pc and building it and setting it up looks stressful and difficult.
You not only made an informative video for the beginners, noticing and apologizing for this issue most others have ignored, you also added time stamps! You just earned yourself a sub!
Thanks Paul for showing this. Many well known PC builders totally forget about the BIOS setup and all the nuances that goes into setting up the PC for it to recognize it's peripherals.
1. Test everything 2:44 2. Bios/uefi settings 7:57 3. Make a windows 10 usb installer 13:09 4. Install windows 15:07 5. Install drivers & configure extra drives 21:28
Thanks so much! That really helped as a first time builder, I was worrying a bit about what to do once I had assembled my computer, but this blew away all my worries!
A great detailed tutorial Paul. Most other videos on UA-cam teaching PC builds just say install Windows 10, hit next for everything, and update your drivers. With your video I know what to exactly do now. Thanks! 👍
20:00 DON'T do this. If you do this, you still didn't change the boot order. So if your friend or customer will insert a flash drive later and reboot their PC, it will try to boot from that USB, obviously failing. I had hundreds of problems because of this.
Hey, this is my first time building a gaming pc so I have a question about this. I'm suppose to have the ssd that I'm installing windows 10 to at the top of the boot list?
@@dug1963 you would need a bootable USB, watch a video how to install windows 10 using bootable usb. Basically, since your SSD is empty currently, you download windows 10 on the usb and boot from there, when you get into windows then you can transfer the files to the SSD an use the SSD. Hope this helps Oh and yes I forgot to answer the original question, get into the bios by clicking delete repeatedly, then Change the boot order so your usb is first, which will allow what I said above to happen :)
Just getting ready to build , built a game computer some 15 yrs ago the difference in technology is daunting. Your video helped spur me on with confidence thanks. 79 years old and still love challenges
Hi Paul, usb3 I do not recomended, because when Windows 10 creates the flash install drive eliminates format of usb 3 and then after you want to use, system doesn't recognice as USB 3, not even usb 2 in USB 3 ports and has to be formated at low level, and sometimes still not function at USB 3 velocities.
You know what's annoying? You can uninstall all of the preinstalled "games" but if you create another account on the machine such as for your kids or someone else in the house who uses the computer all that bullshit shows up again.
"Hide extensions of known files" , seriously why does Windows **still** default to this on? It is without a doubt in my mind the single number one reason that inexperienced computer users get virii on their machines. The classic "the_kids.jpg.exe" which by default Windows shows as the_kids.jpg
Windows makes me sad. If I am paying money for a software license THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY ADDS OR SPYWARE ON IT. *installs Linux mint* *Re-installs Windows because of games*
I did a long time ago, back in the days of WoW Burning Crusade it ran better under Linux than under Windows (I had low ram, and Windows would just suck it, like a lady of negotiable affection suffering discontinuation syndrome from crack cocaine)
Wine doesnt work for everything. What it does work for isn't always stable. And when it is, it almost always has lower performance than on native windows. Unfortunately, there just isn't enough install base for people to support linux properly, either through wine or through native support.
I mean, you don't HAVE to use Windows to game, there are tons of games with native Linux versions, a lot of games that work just fine with wine and all the emulators you could ask for. Especially for older games there is a good chance that they will run better under Linux than they do under newer versions of Windows. For my gaming needs, Linux is totally fine. Like, I have a ton of games in my Library with native Linux support that I have never touched, because I just don't have the time to play all of them. That said, if you are the kind of gamer who is all about the newest AAA gaming titles, you probably want to have a Windows installation. Although it is totally possible for that Windows installation to run as a guest virtual machine on a Linux host, with hardware pass through. That way you can just run Windows alongside Linux without having to dual boot and with pretty much no loss in performance. Do all your browsing and everyday computing in Linux, fire up Windows when you feel like gaming (or keep it running in the background), best of both worlds. Does require some extra attention when purchasing hardware though (has to support virtualization) and you are going some Linux wizardry to pull it off, it's definitely not beginner friendly. But it can be done.
A capture card? what does it look like? how does it work? so, basically I need another PC/laptop to do the recording job? Is that what you mean? Hmmm....I see.
I had some problems with my ram and cpu cooler, and I was going super slow to not screw it up since I'm clumsy. It was like 9 hours maybe? Including installing windows and drivers. In reality, you should be able to get it done in like 3-4
Well it worked, it was just that I didn't seat the ram correctly. If you have any problems, that's the first place to start. Also, the 212 evo is just a pain to install on your own. I just replaced it with a h110i gtx and that was much easier to install, so it just depends on what you get. If you have someone to help with your cooler, it's a lot easier.
3-4 HOURS? the longest it ever took me was my first build coming from a pre-built office PC and it was only 2 hours including windows install and all software 5 years ago :P
I am a music teacher and am getting round to specing an £800 ish PC build for video editing for my UA-cam channel and music production. Not sure what to include other than basing it around some kind of Ryzen CPU. Last PC I built was about 15 years ago. The process seems a little simpler now bat hasn't changed much. There just seems to be much more in terms of component options. I think it will take a while to put my spec together... Any spec suggestions welcome...
BoyMeows I decided that I wanted to build my own pc about a week ago and I have all the parts coming in now anyways, I’ll be building it sometime over the weekend or next week.
But before you do any of this, get a new surge protector power bar to protect everything plugged in from power surges, lightning, spikes etc. Power bars do wear out and need to be replaced.
+1000 on this. It amazes me how folks will spend thousands of $ on a new PC and not spend another $25 or so on a new surge protected power strip to protect it....it boggles the mind really...
Lightning is a risk, there are two times when I've experienced this. A couple of years ago lightning struck nearby, it fried our phones. Last year, a similar thing happened, fried the router. It might not be a big risk, but it can happen. However, I've heard that the surge protection doesn't do much in such cases for some reason.
Zed1967 Wouldn’t I just be fine connecting my pc to an outlet that’s in my wall? And also another quick question. I lived in the US but moved to Europe to go to college and I purchased my power supply in the US because it was cheaper. Would I be fine by just connecting the US plug into a connector that transforms from a US outlet into a European outlet? The max wattage on the one I have is about 3000 Watts. I haven’t used it yet I’m building my pc pretty soon. I also purchased just a random European power supply cable on eBay for a few bucks but I’m not sure if that would be 100 percent safe either compared to the power cable that came with my Corsair power supply. Sorry if it’s a lot I just need the question answered. Thank you.
Man you deserve a medal, you saved me I finished building up my PC but didn't know shit about bios at all. The steps are nicely cut from the start to the end and easy to follow great work for real. I thank you with my heart.
I tried to use the Windows media creation tool but it wouldn't recognize my USB. Luckily a friend of mine had an ISO image of Windows 10 on his PC and used Rufus to put it on a USB for me. He said it happens a lot with Windows 10. (He works in IT for a major media group.) When I put it in my PC it booted right off the USB without me doing anything. (Gigabyte Z97x Gaming 7) Just wanted to share that in case anyone is having that problem with the download tool too.
After new build prepare to embark journey to mordor you vs 148 updates 10 different drivers when you finally updated all firmwares and drivers you finally can use pc
pro tip: if you have your steam library on a secondary drive you can simply plug that drive into your new system and copy the archive or just transfer it via ethernet if that's not possible, still obviously faster than downloading this should work with other game launcher libraries as well
Thanks man, watching this for like the 4th time on my new PC. Without the help of you tech guys I would have never had the balls to do it. Now I can userbenchmark without feeling embarrassed the PC moves faster than my brain.
Thank you so much for your videos! I have Mac now but out of curiosity, pride, knowledge, fixing a PC, gaming, and building a new pc from scratch, I am really interested and thinking of building a PC for myself. These videos have already been helpful!
Build my pc on Xmas day and been running into a bunch of issues and this video have helped me so much, I thought my hdd was broken until I watched the end of the video 👌🏼
This is a grade 1 five star walkthrough IMHO. My last build was nearly four years ago on W7. Some things have changed, some things I've just forgotten (as you do if don't do something all the time). Cracking vid.
Just wanna come back and say thank you for the videos on building and what do to when you first boot your pc. Rather than say it on all the different videos I will just say it all on this one. Your information was crucial to getting it done, especially since this was my first time and I had next no idea what I was doing. Needless to say, painstaking care was taken along with your instructions and my first build was a complete success. Thank you for your thorough information as well as your screen prompts for quick reference when scrolling back through a video. I will definitely keep you in mind when I need any future information.
What was that link to download all apps in one go? I remember hearing about it a while back but never looked into it. Since I'm building another pc again it will help tons.
The first thing I learnt after building my updated PC last year was as follows. Test your brand new EVGA G2 1000w PSU outside of the case with the bridge connector. Or any PSU. Because the PSU blew on first switch on and took out an SSD in the system. I was very lucky not to have more damage. It tooks weeks to get it RMA'd and was not especially cheap to return. I bought the PSU because my EVGA 980Ti came with a 50% off deal on a PSU. So I went overboard and bought a much higher spec PSU than I had ever before. And it failed.
Pretty much the worst thing was it was the first PC I had built in about 8 years. Going from a 775 based system to an X99. So, while a lot was familiar, a lot had changed. Complete rebuild with Predator 360 cooler (which had to be replaced as I had the V1.0) etc etc. Spent a good afternoon building it all into the Enthoo Primo case, tying everything off and making it tidy. Put it in place, had my face at the back of the case when I flipped the psu switch. It flashed in my face. Blew the fuse in the plug and tripped my mains fuse box. The smell of burnt electronics filled my room. I just sat down in a daze for about 30 seconds. I had no compatible parts to test and I was not about to risk the working 700w psu from the old PC. In case it was a different component that failed. I have to totally dismantle the PC and return the parts I bought from the retailer in person. To be checked. Luckily none of those parts were faulty. Only an SSD that was carried over from the old system. It worked fine previously. Realising it was the PSU and all the new parts otherwise had been tested as working. I bought an EVGA EQ 650W cheap PSU as a run till RMA. At the store. Built it when home and it all worked. RMA the G2 and it was replaced. Annoyingly, when I had the G2 back, I found out that the cables with the EQ and G series are not compatible. So I had to redo all the modular cables. Then in the timeline I had the recall notice about the EKWB 360 Pred... Then to make matters worse, I bought a couple of Sandisk 480 Ultra 2 SSDs and they failed 5 months later completely. Within a week of each other. Seems there was a faulty batch. I've had some very very bad luck with PCs this last year.
nah, a lot of people don't test their hardware before installing it, but this guy's story is a good example why you should. the bridge connection he's referring to is a connection bridging the green wire to a black wire on your 24pin connection of your psu. that will jump start your psu and get the fan to spin. I also like hooking up a case fan or lights to the psu to make sure they come on.
Hello Paul an everyone else I just built my 1st pc an I having problems with creating the media tool, it will not pick up any flash drive to put the ISO on please help someone!
search "win32diskimager" . This is a software program that everyone uses to write ISO and Image files to USB and SD cards. This will allow you to boot from the USB. You may have to go into BIOS to make sure the computer checks the USBs for a bootable device. Sometimes your computer is set to just look at the hard drives.
Michael Smith thank I actually used another program that forced the ISO on to it. For some reason it wouldn't let me use any memory drive through the normal tool creator, topical windows troubles lol
Also unfucking windows 10 opsec and disabling various meta data collection not mentioned here. Scipt and ad blocking should be added before browsing the net for stuff too.
Cory R don't encourage adblock. the key is to get everyone else to use it while we dont. same with pirating. tell everyone else to go buy it but keep these things to yourself. that way things stay free for us.
Fertho Support the smaller devs with what you can. I never pirate small games as long as it's possible to buy them easily. It's the things like skyrim that I might pirate because devs have made loads of money off it already and I'd rather give what I do have to the smaller devs.
Thanks for all the help paul I used your most recent build guide as well as this to get my pc up and running. Keep up the great content and good luck on the renovations at home your doing right now.
First 5 things to do with a new build. 1. Pray it posts. I mean really call upon what ever higher power you believe in that the silicon gods show you favor and the thing starts up. With all new components the odds are something could be bad out of the box and it can be a nightmare tracking it down on a new build. 2. Look at the Bios. Don't go crazy with the bios at first. Start with default settings as much as you can. There will be plenty of time later after you know everything is stable to OC and go crazy. 3. Install OS of choice. For most it will be Windows X or whatever latest version is at the time of build. Be sure to do all updates. 4 Install Anti virus of choice, and all drivers, especially video drivers. Flash Bios if there is an update. 5 Install software *Games and test the machine under load. Up to this point it's had it easy but now it's time to see how it does under some pressure. If you pass all 5 then you can go crazy.
Not all motherboards have a boot option like that on startup but many do, and the key that's used can vary. Usually you'll see a splash screen right after you power on with the motherboard manufacturer's logo and the boot interrupt keys listed, usually at the bottom of the screen - Del for BIOS/UEFI, F11 for Boot Options etc.
Thanks for the help, Paul! This came in hand with my first build and being out of the pc world for some time, I felt a little "out of touch" on what I was supposed to do.
I bought a Win 10 Pro key from Kinguin, and it doesn't work, says it's already been used on another pc. They won't answer my emails or support ticket either, so that was a waste of $30
Andrew Wukusick I got lucky when I bought a key from Kinguin for my PC in January, but when I bought a key for my friend's first pc, the same unfortunate thing happened to us. We split the loss ($15 each), since it was my idea to use Kinguin, but we will never use that grey market site (or G2A for that matter) again and will recommend others avoid it as well.
Admiral Ackbar I spent $550 on my 1060 in Canada (although it was gtx Strix and if I'd wait could have saved $100) but point is that I know your pain here in the great white north
When you install windows you can click now to pay for it immediately and it'll give you like a trial for around 2 weeks. It's what I'm on currently, but at the due date windows will kick you off of their os until you finally get a product key.
*Question!* _So connecting to your Monitor (or TV via HDMI), Keyboard and Mouse does not need "drivers" even when having a _*_newly custom built PC_*_ right?_ _Because I'll be connecting my PC to my TV via HDMI and I've read about it that drivers are needed etc. and it made me confused... (Maybe drivers are needed only when using Graphics Card?)_ _So will I be able to use a Monitor (or TV via HDMI), Keyboard and Mouse without installing drivers, so that I can use them to navigate through BIOS while having no Operating System?_ _I won't be using Graphics Card by the way and I'll be installing Linux Mint instead of Windows._ *_Newbie here..._*
Thanks Paul, this vid was a big help. I completed my first build recently. When I had completed the build, I initially checked the BIOS as you suggested, before loading W10, and I could only see one stick of RAM, not two. So I swapped them around, and could still only see one (but now in a different slot). I might never have known I had one defective RAM stick if I hadn't done as you suggested. Then when installing W10, the 'clean disk' function you stepped through, was also a lifesaver for me. Thanks again.
*I NEED HELP WITH HDD SETUP 29:02 Hi, Recently I just finished building my first PC build. I configured the settings in the BIOS and got everything setup the way I wanted it to be. I have a 250 GB SSD as my boot device for Windows 10 and a WD 1TB HDD. Everything was working great! I went into disk management. The SSD(Disk 0) is showing up and the HDD(Disk 1) is shown as well, but the HDD wasn't showing up to where I could use it to store anything on it yet. So, I went ahead and did something to mess something up with it. Now, what is shown is only Disk 0(my SSD) and System Reserve(500 MB). How can I fix to make it show again and initialize it?
If you still need help after 4 months.. check your Bios and see if it even recgonizes your HDD as a drive. If Not, then something is wrong with the connection. If it still isnt showing up, and you have made sure it's plugged in, reflash your bios
chin-yen Liang I sold it to a friend and he was able to initialized it on his pc with no problems, and I bought another one and I was able to initialize it too with no problems. I have no clue what I did to make the first one I bought unusable on my PC lol. Thanks for the help, though. I love PC gaming!
I'm building my PC tomorrow, so a response would be wonderful. If I have both my drives plugged in when I go to install windows, will I be given the option to choose where I install the OS? Thanks!
you instal the oem to the better drive you have, if its ssd then for ssd, if they both hdd then check their rpm, install it into the one that has more rpm, most commonly you have ssd + hdd (if this way you install oem&programs&games on the ssd, store videos and music files on the hdd)
Lyralei Windranger I don't know a single hacker that uses Ubuntu lmfao. I hate Ubuntu and Kali, debian was okay. I personally like Arch Linux but most hackers I know use NetBSD, since it's more secure and only a small community of Hackers use it
I’ll have a special place for Paul’s Hardware. The dude makes excellent quality content, and this video in particular is possibly the most important video I’ve ever watched. This is a video I always go back to when I need to wipe a drive, need to reconfigure windows, or need to setup a new drive. Thank you Paul.
Due to the way Windows 10 activates w/digital entitlement, I'd prefer it on Kinguin. I've heard from a few people who purchased older versions and had activation problems.
Wait so what was the point of 5? I understood the point of the internet connection but what about the other stuff? What does that Help with? Sorry this would be my first build.
For some motherboards (although it is becoming less common all the time) even the network adapter needs separate drivers for the network connection. And assuming you do not want overclocking, sometimes the auto settings for memory are incorrect and you need to override them to get what you have paid for.
You need drivers for all your hardware to work, like graphic card, sound card, video card, keyboards, mouse, etc. Windows 10 can provide you with default drivers, which works in most cases. But in some cases, they are outdated or doesn't work at all. For example, Windows 10 can provide you with out-of-date Nvidia graphic card drivers. So, you will need to install your graphic card drivers from Nvidia's website, or install GeForce Experience, which can detect and easily update your graphic card.
10,000 subscribers without any videos!!! You need a chipset driver, sound driver and the Intel management engine to make sure those respective hardware are working because as he describe, windows 10 installer still doesn’t have all the essentials it needs to talk to those external peripherals and stuff
Thanks a lot man. This is my 1st complete build. Have done many upgades but much easier to juat upgrade something. Wasn't completely sure what to do when I complete. Now I do along with some other things. Again thanks for doing the video man.
Whether they think it's better or worse than 7 has nothing to do with it. Microsoft allows you to download and create the installation media for Win 7 / 8 / 10 for free, and they've had this for quite some time now. You will still need a license key in order to activate it.
Step 1: Download Windows 10 ISO From MS Website to your USB Step 2: Connect USB and Install it to your new PC. Step 3: Activate it using KMS. ??? Profit
Could be a problem with either the ports or the stick. Use a know good memory stick then try it in each port. If it isn't showing up in the BIOS/UEFI screens after trying all of your ports then you are out of luck. Either the stick is dead or your ports are.
Hey I just wanted to say thanks for making this video. I watched it after I watched bitwits PC building video and it helped me navigate the UEFI to find out where to install bios updates from a flash drive and I found some of your miscellaneous tips for tweaking windows 10 helpful. This is the first PC I've built and I watched your videos a lot when I was planning my components because I really trust that you're genuine when you give advice. I watched JayzTwoCents afterwords to follow some basic overclocking tips and everything is running really well. I think it's cool that there's such a great community and your guys videos compliment each other so well when people are approaching something like this that can be complicated the first time you do it. Thank you very much, and for what it's worth I think most people are generally good too.
Paul's Hardware can you do a video on how to seperate storage between your drives? So your ssd doesn't very loaded with crap that should be on your hdd.
MDG Gaming - Install paths are your friend. :-) You can change the default path in the RegEdit, but some programs ignore it and install on the C drive no matter what. Plus if you change that part of the registry, Windows can't install updates.
almost all programs you can change the install path while installing, as such you should always check custom install to make sure what is getting installed
It's taking for ever stuck loading in a splash screen after installation was done and restarted ..... Idk if I'm suppose to take out the USB yet or not been 3 hours
As someone who was freaking out as a new PSU fried my SSDs and had to redo my computer, i'm grateful i found this tutorial, straight to the point and thorough.
Most laptops have OEM keys which cannot be used more than once so if u have a laptop u need to buy a new key but if u built (if it's prebuilt u cannot it should be built by u) a pc and bought a windows 10 key write down that key in the new pc and it should work unless u bought a OEM key.
Biała Panda Hey dude, it depends. If you bought laptop and it came with windows set up. The answers no, but if you put in the product key yourself, yes you can.
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*UPDATED* How To Set Up a New PC video: ua-cam.com/video/MfwjISmkEJM/v-deo.html
► TIMESTAMPS (for this video) ◄
Test Everything 2:44
BIOS/UEFI Setup 7:57
Make a Windows 10 USB 13:09
Install Windows 15:07
Install Drivers Etc. 21:28
My pc won't boot from the USB. When pressing F11, I can see uefi: usb and usb:usb ... If I select usb:usb it says "reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot media"... The uefi option does nothing...HELP!!!
Robert Jenkinson i think there id different kinds of bios so maybe f11 is not the case
knightnics I created the installer from Mac and I think it is in Mac format. Creating a new one in EXFAT now... Hope it works!
Robert Jenkinson goodluck 😊
knightnics nope. Completely lost now 😟
Building your own computer is not just something to do to save money, but it is also an experience. It sounds weird when I say it, but it somehow connects you to your computer in a good way. You ordered the parts, you put them in, you did the cable management and in the end you look proudly at your work. My Ryzen system stands on my desk with a window on its side and from time to time I just enjoy looking at it.
Fabian Schulz this was a very nice comment to read thank you good sir
I sure hope so some guys on reddit made a prebuilt I saw that look horrendous but was 1200 with some alright specs. But I was overpaying around 300$ and I got myself a better case and a really nice monitor.
It's ur bby
Fabian Schulz I can't wait for that haha I'll be sitting there watching my PC instead of UA-cam
I just build my first pc so happy
The rush u get when you build your PC and everything works on first boot
- Almost forgot to download my ram
Right? I totally didn't expect that, and had like 5 "how to troubleshoot your new PC build" videos on hand. And then it just worked. q(^-^q)
That would be a rush. My first home build computer was a 386. I've built about a dozen of them over time and usually screw something up in a Homer Simpson moment "DOH!". The key is to never panic, have a second computer connected to the internet for help, and if all else fails walk away to break out of your endless loop thinking. Attack it later with a fresh perspective. One of my first rookie mistakes was a small switch on the power supply that was set to 220 instead of 110 volts. I couldn't figure out why the damn thing didn't turn on. lmao
LOKI SAMA that’s a long time away...
That happens?
Point of advice to all that was not mentioned in the video:
When booting from USB to install Windows, DO NOT put your flash drive in a USB 3.0 slot or you'll get the Windows Installer asking you for a driver and not being able to proceed with the install.
The reason for this, is that you have not installed your USB 3.0 drivers yet needed by your board for them to function properly!
So, to be on the safe side, make sure to do your initial install from a 2.0 port.
Hope that saves someone frustration and a headache. =)
was just about to install windows once i got my processor, thanks man!
Dave S. What if you only have usb 3.0
@@salierisneighbor9736
Plug it into a USB 2.0 port and it'll operate as a 2.0 drive.
psedog you mean on the motherboard?
@@salierisneighbor9736
Yes, either on the ports on the back of the motherboard. Or the ones that connected to your case io.
Typically 3.0 ports will be blue and 2.0 ports will be black.
I FINALLY found a video that shows everything that every other youtube "build your own PC" video skips.
Thank you!
You don't even know how helpful this video and your other videos are to me. Thank you so much for making these so informative and easy to follow!
same here this is like the only video i could find that showed these steps and was imperative to me building my pc
Daniel Klingman did you get your computer running? Cus I'm fairly new to pc building and currently Im about to buy parts for my i7-7700k
Keky I did
Agree. Thanks Paul :)
This was released a year after my first build. Wish I could have traveled to the future and asked my future self how I did it or watched this video. I actually learned a few new things by watching this. Cool stuff.
This video has made me go from totally unsure to very confident, in half an hour. So THANK YOU SIR!
just spent 3 weeks!!! lol 3 hours a day!
That's until you start doing stuff, than it's all gone
Is it difficult to build and instal all the neccessary drivers. Im working my arse off to build my first pc and building it and setting it up looks stressful and difficult.
@@evanwood4683 Just keep going and don't give up, it took me like 10 hours but I finally finished my pc
I guess since this video is a year old its telling me my flash drive must be 8 GB instead of 4. All I have is 4GB so I guess I'll have to wait
Jay, Kyle, Paul, and Edgar thank you for all your tutorials, I finally built my own PC.
Who's kyle?
@@Asphxlt2127 Kyle from Bitwit. Don't watch Lyle, Kyle's brother.
Who's Edgar?
@@briansvanvik8891 Probably Edgar Oganesyan from TechSource
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You not only made an informative video for the beginners, noticing and apologizing for this issue most others have ignored, you also added time stamps! You just earned yourself a sub!
My List of 5 things to do with a New Build:
1. Celebrate
2.More Celebration
3. Calm Down
4. Take Selfies
5. Repeat
yes
same
What I do when it start working
5th should be start gaming
Number one should be holding your breath and making sure your parts work lol
Dont forget to download Firefox before anything else.
Remove all shortcuts for Edge/ Internet Explorer as soon as possible.
Thanks Paul for showing this. Many well known PC builders totally forget about the BIOS setup and all the nuances that goes into setting up the PC for it to recognize it's peripherals.
Yesterday I finish my first build. I want to thank you deeply for your help with it, it feels awesome to use something you build.
Watched this video last night and finished setting up my very first PC. I am so excited, and thankful that you were there to help me. Thanks
1. Test everything 2:44
2. Bios/uefi settings 7:57
3. Make a windows 10 usb installer 13:09
4. Install windows 15:07
5. Install drivers & configure extra drives 21:28
"Use usb 2 or usb 3". Dang, i really wanted to use my usb 1.1 drive.
Damn, i want to use a Diskette.
dang, i really wanted to use my floppy disk
It's all about that floppy disk
Dang, I really wanted to use 200 punch cards.
hahaha keep them coming!
Is it just me or do you look exactly like the villain from Alvin and the Chipmunks 1
LOL
YES 😝😂💩🔥
HAHAHAHAH LMAO XDXDXDXD
That's what I thought but I didn't know his name
lmao
Thanks so much! That really helped as a first time builder, I was worrying a bit about what to do once I had assembled my computer, but this blew away all my worries!
When do you download your rams?
mhotl Ok, you don't download RAM. RAM is *hardware*. Whatever you're downloading is *software*, got it?
its a joke jeez
Patrick Neal nono my uncle downloaded ram and he works at nintendo!
but waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
mhotl wtf.. you dont download ram bro.. NOOB,,, you can only download the processor!!
A great detailed tutorial Paul. Most other videos on UA-cam teaching PC builds just say install Windows 10, hit next for everything, and update your drivers. With your video I know what to exactly do now. Thanks! 👍
20:00 DON'T do this. If you do this, you still didn't change the boot order. So if your friend or customer will insert a flash drive later and reboot their PC, it will try to boot from that USB, obviously failing. I had hundreds of problems because of this.
^ This
how should i do it then?
@@carls.6746 change the boot order from the bios
Hey, this is my first time building a gaming pc so I have a question about this. I'm suppose to have the ssd that I'm installing windows 10 to at the top of the boot list?
@@dug1963 you would need a bootable USB, watch a video how to install windows 10 using bootable usb. Basically, since your SSD is empty currently, you download windows 10 on the usb and boot from there, when you get into windows then you can transfer the files to the SSD an use the SSD. Hope this helps
Oh and yes I forgot to answer the original question, get into the bios by clicking delete repeatedly, then Change the boot order so your usb is first, which will allow what I said above to happen :)
Just getting ready to build , built a game computer some 15 yrs ago the difference in technology is daunting. Your video helped spur me on with confidence thanks. 79 years old and still love challenges
Hey Paul man thanks for making these pc vids they've helped me a lot
you're very welcome Will!
Hi Paul, usb3 I do not recomended, because when Windows 10 creates the flash install drive eliminates format of usb 3 and then after you want to use, system doesn't recognice as USB 3, not even usb 2 in USB 3 ports and has to be formated at low level, and sometimes still not function at USB 3 velocities.
your wtf
?
2019 version
1: uninstall candy crush
@Tomcat05“Life, Uh... Finds a Way”
You know what's annoying? You can uninstall all of the preinstalled "games" but if you create another account on the machine such as for your kids or someone else in the house who uses the computer all that bullshit shows up again.
LMBO 😂
@@MinistryOfMagic_DoM HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE is your friend ;)
If you want to decrapify Windows, you gotta do it from inside out.
"Hide extensions of known files" , seriously why does Windows **still** default to this on? It is without a doubt in my mind the single number one reason that inexperienced computer users get virii on their machines. The classic "the_kids.jpg.exe" which by default Windows shows as the_kids.jpg
+John Vanderbeck virii?
lol virii, it's still viruses in English
In latin though, the plural of -us is -i for exampli cacti
pretty sure you mean Wirus ?
CraftingActs There will be multiple bii taking the kids to school.
Just finished building my first solo PC and this was incredibly useful! Thanks! Love your other videos as well!
Windows makes me sad. If I am paying money for a software license THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY ADDS OR SPYWARE ON IT.
*installs Linux mint*
*Re-installs Windows because of games*
have you tried Wine or something similar? i heard it works for a decent amount of windows games but never took the time to personally attempt it
I did a long time ago, back in the days of WoW Burning Crusade it ran better under Linux than under Windows (I had low ram, and Windows would just suck it, like a lady of negotiable affection suffering discontinuation syndrome from crack cocaine)
Wine doesnt work for everything. What it does work for isn't always stable. And when it is, it almost always has lower performance than on native windows. Unfortunately, there just isn't enough install base for people to support linux properly, either through wine or through native support.
That's the sad part. You have to use Windows for games.
I mean, you don't HAVE to use Windows to game, there are tons of games with native Linux versions, a lot of games that work just fine with wine and all the emulators you could ask for. Especially for older games there is a good chance that they will run better under Linux than they do under newer versions of Windows.
For my gaming needs, Linux is totally fine. Like, I have a ton of games in my Library with native Linux support that I have never touched, because I just don't have the time to play all of them.
That said, if you are the kind of gamer who is all about the newest AAA gaming titles, you probably want to have a Windows installation.
Although it is totally possible for that Windows installation to run as a guest virtual machine on a Linux host, with hardware pass through. That way you can just run Windows alongside Linux without having to dual boot and with pretty much no loss in performance. Do all your browsing and everyday computing in Linux, fire up Windows when you feel like gaming (or keep it running in the background), best of both worlds. Does require some extra attention when purchasing hardware though (has to support virtualization) and you are going some Linux wizardry to pull it off, it's definitely not beginner friendly. But it can be done.
With what did you record all the BIOS setting without even have the Windows been installed yet?
a capture card?
a capture card from another system(computer) i guess, just like recording stuff from a ps4/xb1
A capture card? what does it look like? how does it work? so, basically I need another PC/laptop to do the recording job? Is that what you mean? Hmmm....I see.
depends on what capture card, some of them require another PC, some don't
Some of them have recording storage inside? Ok, sounds expensive.
5:04 fan is going at 19640 rpm
Srsly what the fuck was that? Obviously a misreading but what caused it?
dang better watch your fingers
its nuclear powered
jam biggest no my cpu fan reads over 3k and northbridge over 6k so its OVER NINE THOUSAND (if u know dat meme)
Where
This is one of the best start up videos I have ever seem
Using it to teach my kids how to setup.
Great work mate.
Where was this 7 months ago when I built my pc?
Marshmallow M80 how long did it take you to build? I almost have all the parts for my pc build and was just wondering.
I had some problems with my ram and cpu cooler, and I was going super slow to not screw it up since I'm clumsy. It was like 9 hours maybe? Including installing windows and drivers. In reality, you should be able to get it done in like 3-4
Marshmallow M80 alright thanks. Thats what I'm afraid of, that my stuff isn't gonna work but hopefully it all goes decently well.
Well it worked, it was just that I didn't seat the ram correctly. If you have any problems, that's the first place to start. Also, the 212 evo is just a pain to install on your own. I just replaced it with a h110i gtx and that was much easier to install, so it just depends on what you get. If you have someone to help with your cooler, it's a lot easier.
3-4 HOURS? the longest it ever took me was my first build coming from a pre-built office PC and it was only 2 hours including windows install and all software 5 years ago :P
Another crispy vid! Thanks Paul! This series is great!
Thanks Slayerfish! :-D
First thing to do: Install Google Chrome (or any other browser)
MrDanMan
I agree lol
MrDanMan The only time I use internet explorer is to install chrome
Kenneth Nguyen Yup me too hahhahah
Internet Explorer, worlds most used browser
...
... to install anotehr browser!
It's not called Internet Exploder for nothing.
I am a music teacher and am getting round to specing an £800 ish PC build for video editing for my UA-cam channel and music production. Not sure what to include other than basing it around some kind of Ryzen CPU. Last PC I built was about 15 years ago. The process seems a little simpler now bat hasn't changed much. There just seems to be much more in terms of component options. I think it will take a while to put my spec together... Any spec suggestions welcome...
my current pc be like.
me: **plays Roblox with medium graphics**
PC graphics card: *WRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*
I get 17 fps in minecraft
@Aaron Ronning yeah its a dual core processor from 2007 i upgraded and now play all games on ultra at 60+ fps
BoyMeows I decided that I wanted to build my own pc about a week ago and I have all the parts coming in now anyways, I’ll be building it sometime over the weekend or next week.
BoyMeows LOL that wasn’t me man, you replied to the wrong person I didn’t say that I was playing 60fps on ultra
BoyMeows because you were questioning the other guys time frame for getting and building his pc
It's September 2019, and that's the coolest T-shirt I've seen this year
But before you do any of this, get a new surge protector power bar to protect everything plugged in from power surges, lightning, spikes etc. Power bars do wear out and need to be replaced.
+1000 on this. It amazes me how folks will spend thousands of $ on a new PC and not spend another $25 or so on a new surge protected power strip to protect it....it boggles the mind really...
Eryk Grabkowski ur comment x100
Good sir, you saved me money!!!
Lightning is a risk, there are two times when I've experienced this. A couple of years ago lightning struck nearby, it fried our phones. Last year, a similar thing happened, fried the router. It might not be a big risk, but it can happen. However, I've heard that the surge protection doesn't do much in such cases for some reason.
Zed1967 Wouldn’t I just be fine connecting my pc to an outlet that’s in my wall? And also another quick question. I lived in the US but moved to Europe to go to college and I purchased my power supply in the US because it was cheaper. Would I be fine by just connecting the US plug into a connector that transforms from a US outlet into a European outlet? The max wattage on the one I have is about 3000 Watts. I haven’t used it yet I’m building my pc pretty soon. I also purchased just a random European power supply cable on eBay for a few bucks but I’m not sure if that would be 100 percent safe either compared to the power cable that came with my Corsair power supply. Sorry if it’s a lot I just need the question answered. Thank you.
Man you deserve a medal, you saved me I finished building up my PC but didn't know shit about bios at all. The steps are nicely cut from the start to the end and easy to follow great work for real. I thank you with my heart.
I tried to use the Windows media creation tool but it wouldn't recognize my USB. Luckily a friend of mine had an ISO image of Windows 10 on his PC and used Rufus to put it on a USB for me. He said it happens a lot with Windows 10. (He works in IT for a major media group.) When I put it in my PC it booted right off the USB without me doing anything. (Gigabyte Z97x Gaming 7) Just wanted to share that in case anyone is having that problem with the download tool too.
I nearly used Rufus for this video but decided to stick with the default tool, Rufus is a great piece of software
Just want to say, your shirt inspired my father-in-laws birthday gift! Coolest LotR shirt I've seen in a while!
Omg this is like the most needed video for a starter. Thanks
Thank you for taking some of the fear of my first build away. I can't wait to get to this part. Parts arrive Friday! Here we go! Great video...subbed.
Step 6: Overclock the bawls out of it.
OVERCLOCK EVERYTHING not with that stick Intel heat sink
"Overclocks Usb port"
S My bawls have been oveclocked now :).
as long as its cool enough. i got 4.5 without adjusting my voltage on a 6600k.
I have my 6600 on 1.350vcore and 46x multiplier with 100mhz base. running prime small packs gives 70C with watercooling.
13:27
And then we'll take over the world!
cufboi$
Bobulousbrapton Scromdringle muahshahahahahahhaha
After new build prepare to embark journey to mordor you vs 148 updates 10 different drivers when you finally updated all firmwares and drivers you finally can use pc
Jason Blahautist uhhhhh
@@clack185 he nasty nasty
pro tip: if you have your steam library on a secondary drive you can simply plug that drive into your new system and copy the archive
or just transfer it via ethernet if that's not possible, still obviously faster than downloading
this should work with other game launcher libraries as well
You don't even have to reinstall windows, if ASAP usage is your end goal...
I love you. That tipp with how to wipe partitions with the command tool saved me!! They just didnt wanna go away with just deleting
Thanks man, watching this for like the 4th time on my new PC. Without the help of you tech guys I would have never had the balls to do it. Now I can userbenchmark without feeling embarrassed the PC moves faster than my brain.
Paul can you do a complete guide on how to boost hardware like overclock CPU, GPU and RAM?
Sheena1234ization yes please
Sheena1234ization it's easy just download more ram
I don’t know why this helps me relax before my exams
Hah, NERD !!
for real tho, it really does relax
Thank you so much for your videos! I have Mac now but out of curiosity, pride, knowledge, fixing a PC, gaming, and building a new pc from scratch, I am really interested and thinking of building a PC for myself. These videos have already been helpful!
Build my pc on Xmas day and been running into a bunch of issues and this video have helped me so much, I thought my hdd was broken until I watched the end of the video 👌🏼
what did you do to fix the hdd ?
Well I'm happy. I learned a lot. You are my new go-to guru.
4:48 first chassis fan spinnin fast tho
This is a grade 1 five star walkthrough IMHO. My last build was nearly four years ago on W7. Some things have changed, some things I've just forgotten (as you do if don't do something all the time). Cracking vid.
"It's the exciting part, you never know when it's gonna finish" ...that's what she said.
Somebody had to do it.
not really
Not really that funny..
You are a legend
Captain Knots lol I see what you did there
I mean Paul loved it so...who's the idiot now?!!!
This was so helpful you don't even understand! THANK YOU!
5 Things To Do With A New PC Build
1. Download game
2. Launch game
3. Play game
4. Play for 10 hours
5. Play Roblox at 10000 fps
I thought for you it would be
1. Turn on
2. Log on
3. Open internet
4. Go on JD website
5. Buy some shit
Peak of gaming right here
I spent so much money on my AMD build that I now have no money for games
@@ryzen7262 Roblox is free. Fortnite as well. Destiny 2 is free for a limited time as well.
Ryzen TF2 is free
Just wanna come back and say thank you for the videos on building and what do to when you first boot your pc. Rather than say it on all the different videos I will just say it all on this one. Your information was crucial to getting it done, especially since this was my first time and I had next no idea what I was doing. Needless to say, painstaking care was taken along with your instructions and my first build was a complete success. Thank you for your thorough information as well as your screen prompts for quick reference when scrolling back through a video. I will definitely keep you in mind when I need any future information.
i didnt even know wtf to do after finishing my build.
Thankyou so much.
Wait, so how do I download more RAM and a better processor?
/s
ReleadPlays u cant download ram or a better processor
SpicySriracha _ false! I bought a intel pentium and later down the line I downloaded a i7 7700k and 36 gigs of ram
ReleadPlays Go to brazzers website and type bbc
/s = /Sarcasm
*whispers* that comment was sarcastic. *coughs*
your data file probably have corrupted by asking those ignorant questions.
What was that link to download all apps in one go? I remember hearing about it a while back but never looked into it. Since I'm building another pc again it will help tons.
Chris Fang ninite.com
Thank you
Thanks Paul. I just finished building my new pc and this vid was great so I didn't forget anything. Easy to watch and easy to listen to, thanks. 😊
The first thing I learnt after building my updated PC last year was as follows.
Test your brand new EVGA G2 1000w PSU outside of the case with the bridge connector.
Or any PSU. Because the PSU blew on first switch on and took out an SSD in the system. I was very lucky not to have more damage.
It tooks weeks to get it RMA'd and was not especially cheap to return. I bought the PSU because my EVGA 980Ti came with a 50% off deal on a PSU. So I went overboard and bought a much higher spec PSU than I had ever before. And it failed.
damn that's crazy, but yeah everyone should breadboard before installing in case.
Pretty much the worst thing was it was the first PC I had built in about 8 years. Going from a 775 based system to an X99. So, while a lot was familiar, a lot had changed. Complete rebuild with Predator 360 cooler (which had to be replaced as I had the V1.0) etc etc.
Spent a good afternoon building it all into the Enthoo Primo case, tying everything off and making it tidy.
Put it in place, had my face at the back of the case when I flipped the psu switch. It flashed in my face.
Blew the fuse in the plug and tripped my mains fuse box. The smell of burnt electronics filled my room. I just sat down in a daze for about 30 seconds. I had no compatible parts to test and I was not about to risk the working 700w psu from the old PC. In case it was a different component that failed. I have to totally dismantle the PC and return the parts I bought from the retailer in person. To be checked. Luckily none of those parts were faulty. Only an SSD that was carried over from the old system. It worked fine previously.
Realising it was the PSU and all the new parts otherwise had been tested as working. I bought an EVGA EQ 650W cheap PSU as a run till RMA. At the store. Built it when home and it all worked. RMA the G2 and it was replaced. Annoyingly, when I had the G2 back, I found out that the cables with the EQ and G series are not compatible. So I had to redo all the modular cables.
Then in the timeline I had the recall notice about the EKWB 360 Pred...
Then to make matters worse, I bought a couple of Sandisk 480 Ultra 2 SSDs and they failed 5 months later completely. Within a week of each other. Seems there was a faulty batch.
I've had some very very bad luck with PCs this last year.
yikes! that's a nightmare story. I've done 4 builds and thank God I've never had a problem.
Is it bad that I've done some learning about tech stuff and ordered all my parts for my first build, but don't know what a bridge connector is...?
nah, a lot of people don't test their hardware before installing it, but this guy's story is a good example why you should. the bridge connection he's referring to is a connection bridging the green wire to a black wire on your 24pin connection of your psu. that will jump start your psu and get the fan to spin. I also like hooking up a case fan or lights to the psu to make sure they come on.
Saw that shirt, instantly subbed.
Hello Paul an everyone else I just built my 1st pc an I having problems with creating the media tool, it will not pick up any flash drive to put the ISO on please help someone!
search "win32diskimager" . This is a software program that everyone uses to write ISO and Image files to USB and SD cards. This will allow you to boot from the USB. You may have to go into BIOS to make sure the computer checks the USBs for a bootable device. Sometimes your computer is set to just look at the hard drives.
Did you make sure it allows you to download windows 10? Mine was defaulted to windows 7 so I needed to change it in bios
Michael Smith thank I actually used another program that forced the ISO on to it. For some reason it wouldn't let me use any memory drive through the normal tool creator, topical windows troubles lol
Boomshack got it used a third party program to force the boot file onto the USB
Honestly UA-cam isn't the best place to ask for help lmao
Thanks for putting a list of timestamps and what each thing is. I really like it when channels do that :)
Should add how to use ninite after getting drivers done. Will save newbies alot of time and heartache
Also unfucking windows 10 opsec and disabling various meta data collection not mentioned here. Scipt and ad blocking should be added before browsing the net for stuff too.
Cory R don't encourage adblock. the key is to get everyone else to use it while we dont. same with pirating. tell everyone else to go buy it but keep these things to yourself. that way things stay free for us.
Fertho Support the smaller devs with what you can. I never pirate small games as long as it's possible to buy them easily. It's the things like skyrim that I might pirate because devs have made loads of money off it already and I'd rather give what I do have to the smaller devs.
that is a super shit mentality, people like you suck.
Cory R thank youuu
Got my first pc build ever!
So happy
is this the guy from alvin and the chipmunks???
Mr. Stankers lmao uncle Ian
Lololol
Yea lol!
you just had to ruin it
I thought the same
Thanks for all the help paul I used your most recent build guide as well as this to get my pc up and running. Keep up the great content and good luck on the renovations at home your doing right now.
First 5 things to do with a new build.
1. Pray it posts. I mean really call upon what ever higher power you believe in that the silicon gods show you favor and the thing starts up. With all new components the odds are something could be bad out of the box and it can be a nightmare tracking it down on a new build.
2. Look at the Bios. Don't go crazy with the bios at first. Start with default settings as much as you can. There will be plenty of time later after you know everything is stable to OC and go crazy.
3. Install OS of choice. For most it will be Windows X or whatever latest version is at the time of build. Be sure to do all updates.
4 Install Anti virus of choice, and all drivers, especially video drivers. Flash Bios if there is an update.
5 Install software *Games and test the machine under load. Up to this point it's had it easy but now it's time to see how it does under some pressure.
If you pass all 5 then you can go crazy.
Don't really need to install an antivirus if you have Windows 10 though - Windows Defender
Thankyou so much. That disk clean part saved me so much
is it F11 for every new computers nowadays?
Not all motherboards have a boot option like that on startup but many do, and the key that's used can vary. Usually you'll see a splash screen right after you power on with the motherboard manufacturer's logo and the boot interrupt keys listed, usually at the bottom of the screen - Del for BIOS/UEFI, F11 for Boot Options etc.
ok
Thanks for the help, Paul! This came in hand with my first build and being out of the pc world for some time, I felt a little "out of touch" on what I was supposed to do.
I bought a Win 10 Pro key from Kinguin, and it doesn't work, says it's already been used on another pc. They won't answer my emails or support ticket either, so that was a waste of $30
Andrew Wukusick I got lucky when I bought a key from Kinguin for my PC in January, but when I bought a key for my friend's first pc, the same unfortunate thing happened to us. We split the loss ($15 each), since it was my idea to use Kinguin, but we will never use that grey market site (or G2A for that matter) again and will recommend others avoid it as well.
zealot491 there's nothing wrong with g2a just don't use kenguin
but can you use some third party programs, that can crack windows and disable that activate windows watermark ?
did you use insurance option?
G2A uses stolen credit crad infos to buy keys...
The worst thing is I'm building a i5 6500/gtx 1070 but it costs double the price of this.
A 6700? So not a 6700k?
Admiral Ackbar I spent $550 on my 1060 in Canada (although it was gtx Strix and if I'd wait could have saved $100) but point is that I know your pain here in the great white north
Jason Martens If you live in canada, check how the linusmediagroup get their stuff. You can always order online.
In England things are more expensive iswell! Those lucky Americans!
Norway is even more expensive with 25% tax of everything on pc stuff
How did you install windows without the key, does it mean that you didn't pay for the windows
Im having the same question. Do you not have to pay for windows 10?
When you install windows you can click now to pay for it immediately and it'll give you like a trial for around 2 weeks. It's what I'm on currently, but at the due date windows will kick you off of their os until you finally get a product key.
Don't install Windows, install Linux. UEFI is Linux-based anyway, you may just go all the way. No key needed.
*Question!* _So connecting to your Monitor (or TV via HDMI), Keyboard and Mouse does not need "drivers" even when having a _*_newly custom built PC_*_ right?_
_Because I'll be connecting my PC to my TV via HDMI and I've read about it that drivers are needed etc. and it made me confused... (Maybe drivers are needed only when using Graphics Card?)_
_So will I be able to use a Monitor (or TV via HDMI), Keyboard and Mouse without installing drivers, so that I can use them to navigate through BIOS while having no Operating System?_
_I won't be using Graphics Card by the way and I'll be installing Linux Mint instead of Windows._
*_Newbie here..._*
Deepee Ayadges But .exe files only run as fast as your shit emulator works. Best of getting windows. All the mainstream content there
Thanks Paul, this vid was a big help. I completed my first build recently. When I had completed the build, I initially checked the BIOS as you suggested, before loading W10, and I could only see one stick of RAM, not two. So I swapped them around, and could still only see one (but now in a different slot). I might never have known I had one defective RAM stick if I hadn't done as you suggested. Then when installing W10, the 'clean disk' function you stepped through, was also a lifesaver for me. Thanks again.
One of the fans went WARP SPEED for a second. Said 19000RPM. ●~●
Most motherboard sensors are shitty like that.
*I NEED HELP WITH HDD SETUP 29:02
Hi,
Recently I just finished building my first PC build. I configured the settings in the BIOS and got everything setup the way I wanted it to be. I have a 250 GB SSD as my boot device for Windows 10 and a WD 1TB HDD. Everything was working great! I went into disk management. The SSD(Disk 0) is showing up and the HDD(Disk 1) is shown as well, but the HDD wasn't showing up to where I could use it to store anything on it yet. So, I went ahead and did something to mess something up with it. Now, what is shown is only Disk 0(my SSD) and System Reserve(500 MB). How can I fix to make it show again and initialize it?
Jeffrey Croft u gotta install windows on that hdd also
If you still need help after 4 months.. check your Bios and see if it even recgonizes your HDD as a drive. If Not, then something is wrong with the connection. If it still isnt showing up, and you have made sure it's plugged in, reflash your bios
chin-yen Liang I sold it to a friend and he was able to initialized it on his pc with no problems, and I bought another one and I was able to initialize it too with no problems. I have no clue what I did to make the first one I bought unusable on my PC lol. Thanks for the help, though. I love PC gaming!
Jeffrey Croft it was the unallocated space I am certain of that
Thats the only time We use *Internet Explorer* LOLZ
RAJ KHAN Microsoft: IT'S MICROSOFT EDGE!!!!!!!
Hoj32 Everyone else: LOL No, it's not
RAJ KHAN I download chrome before drivers
Yeah I’m sad ;(
daggern15 it is you plum
Lurest Chrome sucks, get Opera
I went through so many videos on bios walkthrough and first setup, and yours has been the best so far! Thanks boss
I'm building my PC tomorrow, so a response would be wonderful. If I have both my drives plugged in when I go to install windows, will I be given the option to choose where I install the OS? Thanks!
Yeh
you instal the oem to the better drive you have, if its ssd then for ssd, if they both hdd then check their rpm, install it into the one that has more rpm, most commonly you have ssd + hdd (if this way you install oem&programs&games on the ssd, store videos and music files on the hdd)
Do I use GPT if my drive is exactly 2TB or do I use MBR??
Casey Bunter No , You should use GPT , MBR is for less than 2 Terabytes
The 200+ people who disliked this video are mac users
John Baptist lol
John Baptist or linux
Bingo
Why would you need Linux? What is Linux? Who are you? Who am I?
Lyralei Windranger I don't know a single hacker that uses Ubuntu lmfao. I hate Ubuntu and Kali, debian was okay. I personally like Arch Linux but most hackers I know use NetBSD, since it's more secure and only a small community of Hackers use it
I’ll have a special place for Paul’s Hardware. The dude makes excellent quality content, and this video in particular is possibly the most important video I’ve ever watched. This is a video I always go back to when I need to wipe a drive, need to reconfigure windows, or need to setup a new drive. Thank you Paul.
Has anyone had any luck with windows 7 key on kinguin ? Thinking about using it for my upgrade.
Due to the way Windows 10 activates w/digital entitlement, I'd prefer it on Kinguin. I've heard from a few people who purchased older versions and had activation problems.
So my best bet for getting a key for windows 7, would be to get a brand new disc with full activation key? or go with windows 10 on kinguin?
Brian Boyette No, don't by a brand new one. Just torrent for free.
Generic Username yea. but there's a risk of having a very sneaky bot in Windows
Kevin M True, but that is if you get one from the wrong source. There a trusted ones out there.
Wait so what was the point of 5? I understood the point of the internet connection but what about the other stuff? What does that Help with? Sorry this would be my first build.
You need to install drivers to make sure your hardware works efficiently,in some cases to make sure that it just works
im subbed lets see this happen
For some motherboards (although it is becoming less common all the time) even the network adapter needs separate drivers for the network connection. And assuming you do not want overclocking, sometimes the auto settings for memory are incorrect and you need to override them to get what you have paid for.
You need drivers for all your hardware to work, like graphic card, sound card, video card, keyboards, mouse, etc. Windows 10 can provide you with default drivers, which works in most cases. But in some cases, they are outdated or doesn't work at all. For example, Windows 10 can provide you with out-of-date Nvidia graphic card drivers. So, you will need to install your graphic card drivers from Nvidia's website, or install GeForce Experience, which can detect and easily update your graphic card.
10,000 subscribers without any videos!!! You need a chipset driver, sound driver and the Intel management engine to make sure those respective hardware are working because as he describe, windows 10 installer still doesn’t have all the essentials it needs to talk to those external peripherals and stuff
I felt that apology hit home for a lot of beginners lol
Thanks a lot man. This is my 1st complete build. Have done many upgades but much easier to juat upgrade something. Wasn't completely sure what to do when I complete. Now I do along with some other things. Again thanks for doing the video man.
Hold on!? Was windows 10 there free?!
it is free because they know its not better than 7
Whether they think it's better or worse than 7 has nothing to do with it. Microsoft allows you to download and create the installation media for Win 7 / 8 / 10 for free, and they've had this for quite some time now. You will still need a license key in order to activate it.
SHOTS FIRED!!!
Step 1: Download Windows 10 ISO From MS Website to your USB
Step 2: Connect USB and Install it to your new PC.
Step 3: Activate it using KMS.
???
Profit
It's been free for a long time. I've been using the Windows 10 trial version for a year.
14:34 My usb key don’t show up :c help
I have that same problem..
Could be a problem with either the ports or the stick. Use a know good memory stick then try it in each port. If it isn't showing up in the BIOS/UEFI screens after trying all of your ports then you are out of luck.
Either the stick is dead or your ports are.
Make sure it’s in FAT32
Download and update the BIOS version BEFORE starting windows install.
Why
Hey I just wanted to say thanks for making this video. I watched it after I watched bitwits PC building video and it helped me navigate the UEFI to find out where to install bios updates from a flash drive and I found some of your miscellaneous tips for tweaking windows 10 helpful. This is the first PC I've built and I watched your videos a lot when I was planning my components because I really trust that you're genuine when you give advice. I watched JayzTwoCents afterwords to follow some basic overclocking tips and everything is running really well. I think it's cool that there's such a great community and your guys videos compliment each other so well when people are approaching something like this that can be complicated the first time you do it. Thank you very much, and for what it's worth I think most people are generally good too.
Scumbag paul... says windows link in description and there is none link i cri everytiem
fixed!
mah man
Paul's Hardware can you do a video on how to seperate storage between your drives? So your ssd doesn't very loaded with crap that should be on your hdd.
MDG Gaming - Install paths are your friend. :-) You can change the default path in the RegEdit, but some programs ignore it and install on the C drive no matter what. Plus if you change that part of the registry, Windows can't install updates.
almost all programs you can change the install path while installing, as such you should always check custom install to make sure what is getting installed
Good Video
Just finished my first build today, tool me 12 hours...
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Same
It's taking for ever stuck loading in a splash screen after installation was done and restarted ..... Idk if I'm suppose to take out the USB yet or not been 3 hours
As someone who was freaking out as a new PSU fried my SSDs and had to redo my computer, i'm grateful i found this tutorial, straight to the point and thorough.
Potato
Yeap, it is one of my favorite vegetables.
Did AMD finally change name?
agreed
ye
Potato ye
I wish I've seen this over a month ago
Justin sénéchal I believe you'll be limited to what you can and can't do
can i use my old win 10 product key from my laptop or i need to get brand new key???
id also love to know
Most laptops have OEM keys which cannot be used more than once so if u have a laptop u need to buy a new key but if u built (if it's prebuilt u cannot it should be built by u) a pc and bought a windows 10 key write down that key in the new pc and it should work unless u bought a OEM key.
Biała Panda Hey dude, it depends. If you bought laptop and it came with windows set up. The answers no, but if you put in the product key yourself, yes you can.
not really because my friend got a key from his friend and he gave me the same key and it works too so we are using the same key on 3 pcs.
Biała Panda could try it and see as long as it is not OEM.