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what's up guys welcome back to the channel since I've been feeling a bit under the weather lately we're gonna keep today's video on the short side while I load up on fluids for a speedy recovery the amount of vitamin C in the citrus ale is simply amazing so when talking to non-techies I often compare the task of building a PC to assembling a box of Legos or building a set of IKEA furniture and while it's not as intimidating as everyone thinks most PC builds do share a number of special challenges that I'm sure we seasoned builders can all agree suck major cojones so here are the top 5 most annoying things about building a PC in no particular order number 1 on our list is those blasted front panel connectors getting your cases power reset and LEDs wired properly is an important part of the build process but trying to plug those tiny wires into their tinier pins on the motherboard is like jumping from an airplane and landing inside a pair of skinny jeans to save yourself the agony some motherboards include FPC adaptors for easier installation but they're not always compatible with the unique pin layouts of other boards which adds a whole other layer of hatred I have for these little assholes while we're on the riveting topic of wires next up we have the less common but ever just as aggravating molex connector these wretched bastards don't come around as much as they used to thankfully but seeing them on the occasional budget case fan or motherboard it's like running into an old acquaintance you never hope to see again do we really have to interact right now and you look worse every time I see you our thoughts that come to mind on both accounts plugging to mullux connectors together is such an awkward and fidgety experience you'd swear was their first time and pulling out is just as ungraceful to top things off there's few things worse than forking out the extra dough on a modular power supply only to find that you still need to use a molex cable because one of your devices has special needs for now we can only hope that one day SATA or a similar standard will be the final nail in this connectors coffin truth be told I have a soft spot for this next grievance on our list but in the right or wrong environment cable management can be a nuisance whether you're building in a small case or you simply have a lot of internally connected devices grouping cables of varying length and size takes time and patience and for builders who find the task too heavy there's vomit in their chassis already mom's spaghetti well you could take the coward's way out by Savage shoving cables behind the motherboard tray and forcing the side panel shut you'll still need to find ways to neatly route your fan cables to the motherboard headers if you want a clean-looking frontside the cabling from your CPU cooler in particular is a bane because it can't always hide behind the motherboard tray leaving it more exposed than Bill Cosby feel free to check out my cable management video which I assure you has more substance than the one you're watching another annoyance and PC building that's often overlooked is the order of operations for installing components certain cases are more exacting about this than others but having to uninstall a part in order to mount another is worse than aids I mean all they do is sit in the classroom and stare at their phones anyway honestly though having to control-z your build process is precious time and energy that could have been wasted on sitting at your fully built desktop let this be a lesson to all of you to read the user's manual as you go about your built despite user manuals being the sixth most annoying thing from this list that brings us to our fifth and final curse of the PC build which is the aftermarket CPU cooler and some of you might argue this caveat is being worse than all the others combined different mounting mechanisms for every cooler and socket type having to sort between AMD and Intel accessories and needing to reapply thermal paste to your CPU if you mess up can drive a man to do unimaginable things okay maybe I wouldn't go that far granted some coolers are super easy to install but I've also had my fair share of ragequit moments when trying to mount a heatsink on to $1,000 a core CPU with a fisher-price toolkit not to mention the awkward sprawl your fingers need to make when holding a backplate in place while you screw it down from the other side it's like playing twister with yourself except the CPU cooler is the only button your face that being said building a PC is one of the most pleasant and rewarding things you can do for yourself or a loved one guys if I left anything out be sure to blow up the comments section below with all the beef you have a PC building and don't forget to toss me a like on this video if you enjoyed it as always I'm Cowell awesomesauce Network thank you guys for watching subscribe to the channel if you haven't already and I'll see you all in the next video