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it's 2019 guys and nobody has time for anything anymore I'm surprised you have time to watch this video for instance but because I respect your time I'm going to keep this short and to the point building a computer is fun and rewarding but it takes time that you do not have so how can you enjoy the fruits of DIY PC building and still have some time left in the day to get some gaming in pet your dog and maybe acknowledge the existence of your family follow these five tips to help you build a computer faster I will be listing these in order from most time saved to least time saved so tip number one is skip the RGB lighting for the past couple years PC RGB lighting has grown in popularity as well as complexity and I have thought I was just about done with many a build in that time frame only to find that I needed to spend another hour plus working out how the lighting would plug in with RGB fans motherboards LED strips CPU coolers graphics cards SLI bridges memory and even SSDs and power supplies there are a lot of potential pieces of hardware to plug in and then there's how it plugs in whether it's directly to the motherboard to a standalone controller or to a USB connected hub that needs to be managed with system software add the confusion of addressable and non addressable LED types with very similar looking plugs and multiple methods of software control that can often overlap with each other and you can see why skipping the RGB can save a lot of time and make it a lot easier to sleep next to your PC without a laser light show going on as well tip 2 is to skip the a IO or all-in-one liquid CPU cooler this rule extends to many aftermarket CPU air coolers as well and prior to the advent of RGB this would have been my number one recommendation to save time with a build in fact here's where I get to do something that I almost never do recommend a stock Intel CPU heatsink fan these oft maligned coolers might not actually cool that well and maybe they get loud over time but in my opinion the ease and speed of installation just can't be beat we have pre applied thermal paste we have four push plugs to secure it and you're done AMD's cpu cooler mount would come in second in this race but stock am floor coolers actually require the removal of two brackets in order to install it properly which slows things down and then you have to secure it with a screw driver secure yes but so much wasted time the biggest time sucked beyond RGB lighting though is aftermarket coolers in general with their specialized back plates you need to install and often confusing installation procedures that vary from cooler to cooler and a iOS would definitely come in last because after you mount the CPU block to the motherboard well then you gotta also mount the radiator and the fans to the case just a big waste of time now the next three tips on my list save way less time than those first two so let me know in the comments section if you guys can think of anything better that would save more time than this but tip 3 is a newer feature that you can take advantage of a fixed motherboard IO shield I think this is a great feature that's appearing on more and more motherboards these days and while typical IO shield installation is usually pretty quick it can be fiddly especially with cheaper flimsy metal shields that are prone to cutting you as well also this is often an overlooked part of the build process entirely and if you forgot to install your IO shield fixing the issue requires removing your motherboard you might as well just build your entire computer all over in that case fixed IO shields are read my fourth tip deals with those pesky tiny and easily mismatched front panel connectors for power reset and the corresponding LEDs I have two possible ways to streamline this procedure and the first one is just to skip it completely it's easy to get by without a reset button we've already established that LED lights are an acceptable casualty on the road to PC building efficiency so all you really need is that power button so grab a motherboard with a surface mounted power button you'll often get a reset button alongside it as well and then just leave the side panel off of your case hey that saves even more time in your build you could also go for an open design case like a thermaltake core p1 that lets you just reach inside to push the button if you can't live without your side panel though consider just plugging in that power plug connection that's 75% less pins to plug in than plugging in all of them my final tip involves connecting up your storage drives and here we can save even more time by going with MDOT to SSDs I list this last because there's a little bit of give and take here while MDOT two SSDs simply plug directly into your motherboard skipping the laborious tasks that you have to go through a standard 2.5 inch drives connecting it SATA data cable from the motherboard to the drive and a SATA power cable from the power supply there is the possibility of delay because of the stupidly tiny screws and standoffs that MDOT two drives use just remember that these little guys usually come with the motherboard accessories in a tiny bag and they don't need to be tightened super tight just enough to hold the m-dot to drive securely another thing to consider though is that many motherboard have MDOT to heatsinks which aren't really necessary except for the fastest drives and heavy use case scenarios so for that you're either gonna want to take a moment to mount that heatsink which will take a little bit more time or you can just opt to go without it or just choose a motherboard with an MDOT to slot that doesn't have a heatsink and then you won't have to worry about it at all if you've already got a 2.5 inch SSD and you don't want to upgrade to an MDOT to drive then there's one other thing you can do and that is just not worry about mounting this to your case once you have the data and power plugged in you can really just have an SSD floating anywhere in your case and you don't have to worry about mounting it down there's no moving parts and they don't get warm enough to need active cooling for the most part either so save some time there too so there you have it guys those are my five methods to shave precious seconds off of your PC build that can be reapplied elsewhere in your life I like to use my bank two seconds and minutes to actually play video games on the computers that I build although I probably more often use them to just sleep and that's often involuntary but that's because I game late at night I'm getting sidetracked of course there are many other ways to min/max your time while PC buildings so let me know in the comment section down below if you guys have any other further tips or shortcuts to share with the PC building community thank you guys so much for watching this video and if I've saved you a few seconds you could maybe use it to hit the thumbs up button on your way out thanks again for watching guys and we'll see you next time