Looking to build your own computer? If you know how to do it already, it’s probably a process you’ll repeat if for no other reason than the love of it, but if you’ve never built your own computer and you want to get a little more hands-on with how your computer works and to be better able and capable to support it if something happens to it, PC Mag has a great article for you on how you can assemble your own computer from parts in 30 minutes or less!

Admittedly, I’ve never tried to do this – whenever I build my computers, I take my time – go very slowly, and am very careful, but part of that is because I’m generally using expensive materials that I don’t want to damage under any cost, and I’m building what will eventually be my main computer. All in all though, the actual amount of work involved isn’t too much more than an hour or so, stopping for breaks and to dig out screws that I may have misplaced and to correct errors.

If you’re building a supplimental computer though, with parts that you can get just about anywhere or at your local electronics store like Fry’s or Micro Center, you can hit 30 minutes easy! PC Mag gets you started with a barebones kit, so you don’t even need to worry about mounting a motherboard, setting a CPU fan and heatsink, or making sure you have all of your spacers between the mobo and your case chassis. The rest is cake!

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