My First Gaming PC Build... (very easy)
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The creator announces the goal of building a gamer PC and jokes about the process as they start selecting components.
PewDiePie narrates his chaotic yet ultimately rewarding first gaming PC build, turning setbacks into lessons and ending with a clean, cool, gamer-ready rig.
Summary
PewDiePie takes viewers through the famously imperfect journey of building a gaming PC from scratch, sharing the mishaps, trial-and-error moments, and small wins along the way. He starts with a chaotic motherboard and storage install, fretting about orientation and static, then pivots to a more methodical approach as he learns which fans actually push air and how to attach a cooler. The build sequence covers mounting the motherboard, RAM, cooling, power supply, and finally the GPU, with detours for misfit parts, busy cables, and the classic “is this going to fit?” moment. A notable interlude features a plug for NordVPN, adding a relatable, sponsored aside in the middle of the chaos. By day two, after wrestling with fan directions, motherboard placement, and a GPU clearance issue, PewDiePie ultimately switches components (even the motherboard) to achieve a clean, stylish result that runs cool on high settings. The video closes on a satisfied note: he now sees the appeal of PC building and proudly declares himself a gamer, having learned and enjoyed the process more than he expected. It’s a candid, real-time diary of a first-time builder, full of practical, if imperfect, tips and a sense of humor that keeps it entertaining from start to finish.
Key Takeaways
- Understanding GPU clearance matters: the initial GPU was too thick for the case/fan setup, prompting a switch to a more compatible option.
- Fans and airflow aren’t obvious: PewDiePie learns to identify air flow direction and correct mounting after several attempts and visual checks.
- Step-by-step hardware basics can be messy: the build covers mounting the motherboard, RAM slots (2 and 4), and CPU orientation, highlighting common beginner jitters.
- Cable management dominates early progress: sleeved cables and tidy routing significantly impact final aesthetics and airflow, especially with a larger GPU and cooler.
Who Is This For?
Essential viewing for first-time PC builders and fans of PewDiePie who want an honest, messy-but-educational account of assembling a gaming rig—plus practical reminders about airflow, mounting, and upgrading when parts don’t fit.
Notable Quotes
"Gamer PC I am going to build a gamer PC how dare I call myself a gamer without doing this before"
—Opening enthusiasm and motivation for starting the build.
"I dropped it but I’m never static mindset always is she could never build a PC she had explode the whole thing"
—Shows the frustration and the learning curve with static precautions.
"The fans are wrong you they need to be on the other side"
—A pivotal moment where airflow understanding changes the build direction.
"I think it looks nice too nice a nice"
—Moment of visual satisfaction as components go together.
"I think it came out super clean not having so much RGB... it fits me better it runs so well now"
—Final assessment of the finished build and its usability.
Questions This Video Answers
- How do you determine GPU clearance in a PC case before buying components?
- What are practical tips for cable management when building a gaming PC?
- What common mistakes happen when mounting a CPU cooler for a first-time build?
- Why do some builders switch motherboards to fix clearance issues, and is it ever necessary?
- How can BIOS tweaking and overclocking improve a brand-new PC's boot and performance?
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Full Transcript
Gamer PC I am going to build a gamer PC how dare I call myself a gamer without doing this before I've never built a gamer PC before because I keep getting them for free I know it's a weird problem to have lers gave me PC companies gave me PC when am I supposed to build a PC that changes today building a PC is super easy even a baby can do it looks all bent I dropped it yeah fill the py Now find one [Music] bite supposed to do this o is it good no more food until the PC is done hello and welcome to a slightly different angle how's the mic we're going to start off with the motherboard got the mag boom boom boom Oh it that's it doesn't actually say boom it says mortar Wi-Fi hey your computer got Wi-Fi my computer got Wi-Fi oh beautiful look at this I like the look of this one that's all I know about it it looks good it looks gamer that's how you know it's good okay I think I'm supposed to remove this to put in this first step install the storage this is supposed to be super easy which way does it go it's got to be upside down that's not a satisfying sound really but why is it upside down it bothers me PE okay looks all bent this can't be right okay good enough building a PC for someone that experienced will take two to three hours I spent a couple hours just trying to understand this first part these days I got to worry about protecting my data I got to worry about protecting my privacy and I got to worry about protecting this guy but thanks to nordvpn that's easy you can let go of the microphone what are you doing come to think of it I could have used nordvpn when I was growing up the internet is full of stuff that you don't want to stumble into let alone your kids but thanks n v upn's thread protection it blocks ads trackers and malicious websites obviously this is very far ahead okay but it's a piece of mind for me and myself what did I just say recently I switched to Linux and nor VPN works just as good there as any other operating system even your phone it connects fast and works amazing without you having to worry about it w w hey he hey that way I can browse the internet safely and securely and privately as it should be nor VPN is seriously so good I've been using them for years and years and years as you guys know I highly recommend it it's affordable and even more so with my special deal you're so it when you use my link in the description you get a special bonus four additional bonus months and a huge discount on a 2-year plan that's nor vpn.com PewDiePie it's risk free 30-day money back guarantee try it out if it doesn't it's not up to you I bad it's fine but use my link for the best deal available on the internet that's nordvpn.com PewDiePie thank you beon next up was CPU where you literally just have to put it in put it in put it in put it in we did it got an Intel AMD version should I read these probably uhhuh okay I lift this I open and just put in okay that's it okay yeah we got the arrow there to indicate then oh oh this comes out nice next up Ram which I don't need I'm just going to download it but in case I'm getting backup Ram uh I love how this one has anime girls on it cuz Japan okay so opening this case has been the hardest part so far I assume these just click in but I actually don't know in which slots so these open I guess like one and two is it this way is it the other way spoilers it absolutely does matter which SL you put it in that's fun I thought this would be the easiest step I'm scared of pressing okay actually there was very little Force to that it doesn't lock though that's not good what the heck what's up and down thank yeah you think you're so funny M have points up and down you little Smurf okay I just use fours I hope that's not an issue two and four I think I should put let me double check this slots two and four counting from the CPU okay I try to put it upside down oh that was a good click okay I see it now okay that looks nice too nice a nice okay so next step is to put what we had built so far actually inside the case and now it gets a lot more fiddly I don't know why it feels dirty to build my new pc right next to the old one crying over there no oh I forgot I was supposed to like do the anti-static thing before you build cuz otherwise you can zap the whole thing I I didn't do that but I'm never static mindset always is she could never build a PC she had explode the whole thing okay so oh that comes off got all this gunk in here so I think these will hold the motherboard so I'm just going to put it in okay yes yes that looks good supposed to be screws here but I don't know where do I get the screws oh ah motherboard PS you I assume these ah I dropped it ah it's not magnetic enough it's magnetic enough no okay cool a lot more screws than I thought okay I think now is a good time hello you're awkwardly behind me to put in these I don't know where they go somewhere how do I know so these are the the buttons from in front of the case like you press on and stuff what is this say it HD audio okay it looks like it goes here does it reach I hope it does okay one one is done one is done this doesn't say what it is I have no clue it looks like it could fit there yeah that's it okay that one's correct pretty sure it goes here yeah done we'll tidy that up later okay next step is cooling time I probably could have fit a bigger cooler in there but I didn't think too much about it and here we are has this been used it's got already has the it it's pre Mama it already has the M the gunk on it is is that what okay ah okay I need to this has like a special bracket to fit over here but my first thing before I do anything it's just to make sure it fits it'll go like this quite beefy beefy boy wish is up and down yeah it definitely needs a different Mount and this will go like here okay that will work and then the fans too actually it's looking pretty good so far feel pretty confident feel pretty good you're going to die you're done you're done uh what do I start with the fans or the bracket I maybe the fans look at this industrial pee PE who comes up with the gamer gamer terms okay so do I mount them like this like this I have no idea so instead of the ones that they came with to match my athetic I'm going to install these ones cuz I don't think it matters a maybe it does matter okay we're testing now to see if this fits or not I actually have no idea might be too beefy yeah see that doesn't fit it could fit maybe that could fit it doesn't look bad either huh okay I did a bit of smogling Googling as long as they're uh 25 C M no 2.5 2.5 M 25 mm oh they're not okay what are these then oh okay fine I was doing so well here it all goes to first all uh the fans were too big then I spent like an hour trying to understand which way the fans blow how am I supposed to know this so how do I know which like is up and down I have no idea I know I know they need to shoot down I just don't know do I blow on it oh that it's got to be this I figure it out cuz I'm kind of a genius I figured out fan if you just do this and feel air it blows it blows that way it blows this way well now I'm not so sure It Gos this way so surely I should install it like this now I'm second guessing everything that's it which side do you think the fan blows like do you if I do do you think it blows that way mhm are you sure it wouldn't blow this way yeah it blows like that right I think so too so it comes with these uh screws for the radiator so I wasn't crazy for switching out the stock ones these are slightly different so maybe these are the ones oh that's it and then yeah I got this neat covers for it I really like that small things that make difference very nice okay that's the fans done I'm willing to accept that maybe I put them the wrong way if that's the case I'll have to change it later but for now I think I think I did it right so now we do bracket bracket I think it's going pretty good so far in my head in my little world okay I think I will stand for this one it's going to be tight man it's going to be tight it's all falling apart stop will it fit will it fit yeah kind of it fits it totally smally fits nice that's going to look nice no my computer no no the cables goodness gracious ah I'm going to film I'm going to put the camera here seems like the obvious thing to do are you okay I hope I didn't break you oh get out of here next I just had to mount the cooler it's pretty easy but it's a bit weird if you never done it before because they need like a bracket I didn't know you needed a bracket let's remove the stock oh those are really in there huh okay so they have little arrows on them that's nice I like when they make it for dummies so it goes like that am I supposed to use this it does go let me double check doesn't feel like it goes what it supposed to do why do they give me this oh I need a third hand right now okay I couldn't find the screw I couldn't find the right screws so I'll have to change them later uh but for now I just want something to hold it in place it's not really flush oh cuz the cable is in the way and it is touching it What If This Were oh this is super tight I'm sorry what am I supposed to reach there God damn God damn how am I supposed to it's huge how am I supposed to reach there get out of here what I feel like uh if you're ever building a PC just do it have someone help you I don't know have no friends okay I think I'm going to break there because I spent 2 hours and uh I'm a dad I got other stuff to do but I'm very excited cuz I it's I think it's starting to look uh like a computer and I'm uh feeling confident uh Machi is going to install the rest he's going to right in here but yeah I'll continue tomorrow basically you want to help me Bill it it'ss up you got it right away yes wow so smart you want to build a computer with me oh the fans are all wrong you they need to be on the other side thank you Gane finally I learned how fans work they blow kind of a genius day two feel confident I'm going to finish this today very excited it's going to be a lot of cable management I don't know why I'm standing awkwardly like this camera focus on me I solved my fan mystery I just couldn't understand why like uh I couldn't understand which direction there's an arrow there's an arrow that points there's an arrow that points the airf flow I was like how can everyone just know so that means I did put these wrong I flipped them now so they are correct or maybe I at this point I don't know maybe I'm overthinking it and then I'm just doing it wrong I I think the next can you focus on me I think the next step is uh power supply I went for a little lower I probably should have gone 800 cuz then if I want to upgrade I don't have to change my power supply but at the same time I don't really care that much and here we go comes with cable ties also these cables are sleeved actually that's kind of nice not all of them I watch videos and I think we're about to enter cable Hell because it's going to be a lot of cables now we have to put a cable from the power supply to power every single unit PCI p8 p8 I have no idea what these things are should I know this the big one is the graphics card I know that goes like that right the other one is probably I have I have no idea well that one only fits there so maybe I should install the fan first uh my first computer that I bought was when I was 18 I think I showed it off in a video or I must have been older than 20 maybe the entire summer I had worked and I saved up around 1,200 and I was going to spend it all on my computer I think this will be mounted like this or should the fan be phasing out that makes sense to me okay power supply screws I feel like I need the big guns that's right this baby ain't going nowhere nice I should probably plug everything in in before I mount it but I don't know what the cables are okay motherboard MB got it CPU is labeled EPS no it's not but it's a 4 plus 4 pin I don't have that graphics card is a six + 2 pin or a 12 + 4 what I have five what I have prettier cables I think I'll use those yeah that'll look good psle e 5.1 God forbid the name the thing what the thing is these might be too short God the cable Madness that this is about to become and I mounted it the wrong way I'm a schmuck alone excuse me camera okay could actually be higher yeah not convinced about these cables cuz they're quite beefy can't really hide them actually no that works from long these need to go all the way over here no okay it's lunch time be right back finally was time to put in the big boy the GPU but as a dad sometimes the only free time I have it's when the baby's asleep so I built while the baby was asleep therefore I didn't speak so we will just do a montage p is sleeping so I'm just going to work on the computer in silence I think it looks okay so I'm going to install the GPU there's the GPU PewDiePie PC Building ASMR I bet you guys didn't expect that this year so bit of a problem the GPU is too thick for the not the GPU necessarily the fans are too thick so I can't really use them but then I realized I have these ones that was left over from the the liquid cooler and I'm like I might as well use them right same potato tomato you're not going to see them anyway we'll see how that goes okay new fans are in will it fit please fit oh it fits barely okay it fites it fites nice the only problem I had now is that these don't fit in my how is everything incompatible I thought I'd check that okay I found a cable unfortunately it's an ugly cable so beggers can't be choosers at this point I just want to get this done you don't want to go in do you come on watch me break the GPU snap it enough goodness gracious how fly this is you should go in just go in just go in there we go more cables to organize cool that's actually what I was looking forward to was that it was that the last thing I need to plug in maybe I think that was the last thing to plug in I'm starting to feel like there's just no way this is going to boost there's too many points of failure that I've created we'll do some quick uh Cable Management I need to make sure the GPU is actually screwed in properly till this little sticker off no I got to screw in the GPU I keep thinking I'm ready but I'm not H maybe it's too tight because I'm thinking maybe the fans of the GPU can't spin I just realized that it's sa too tight I think well I don't know for sure but seems like a risky thing no they're okay ah it fell it fell in the magnetic thing fell in oh it's deep as no no oh I can fish it out all right looks like I'm not finishing today cuz the graphics card is too beefy it's not going to fit in there it's a shame cuz I I thought that one would be really good but I check compatibility that's how it go sometimes so uh I'm going to upt for another one uh but I probably won't I'll do that tomorrow no big deal yeah otherwise I think everything is looking good it's looking clean and I'm looking forward to finally test this tomorrow all right I ran into such a big problem here the GPU sits too low and it touches the fans underneath it so the fans don't spin they not supposed to do this they're supposed to this I spent so much time trying to understand why and Googling it online apparently my motherboard the GPU sits a little lower which makes no sense I kept debating do I switch out the GPU for something else what's the easiest way to fix this in reality I could just skip the fans underneath the gpus has fans it doesn't need fans underneath it necessarily at least I've seen a ton of people online they didn't put the fans underneath but I think it's okay right well anyway as a normal person I switched out the entire motherboard sometimes I wonder there's nothing wrong with me I could have been finished I don't know I just wanted this build to be clean okay I wanted it to be nice I didn't want a Dilly that I didn't want to just skip ahead so it came with a lot of extra effort only to run into more issues now all of the sudden the fans on top are too big for some reason building PC it's not that big in Japan so to order new fans would take a couple days which is so annoying because like I just wanted to finish I also decided to switch out the cooler because I knew I could fit what is it called like a 360 or something instead of a 240 the case could fit it I thought why not that meant that I had to swat swap out the power supply so at this point I have pretty much the godamn son can I just record can I just record there we go this became like a whole ship of thesis meme I pretty much changed out everything except the GPU and the CPU it became a bit silly but I actually really enjoyed it I enjoyed trying to make the most out of this and I think the result was actually worth it I think it came out super clean not having so much RGB made it look more stylish and I think it fits me better it runs so well now it runs really cool even playing games on high setting I don't even play games that much anymore so I don't even need it I think that I really enjoyed as well was messing with the settings and trying to improve the computer with bios overclocking it tweaking to make it boot faster this is really fun I enjoy doing that I totally see why people enjoy building PCS I love doing it now I can finally call myself a gamer
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