MY PC JOURNEY
My PC Journey
Today I will be talking about my
pc. From the beginning when I started getting interested to when I first got a
pc then when I first built my pc.
The beginning
I first found about PC’s when I
was searching through YouTube and found tons of videos about cool pc’s so I
decided to ask my dad about it. He said it was cool but rather laptop as its
more portable around areas. I wanted to see if online shops sold pc’s and found
on Tokopedia first on pcs. I found a lot of them but most of them were very
expensive. They were around 15 million rupiah or more but they look so cool.
For context during this time GPUs were very expensive and PC components too as
well. During this time there were not high-end GPU’s or high-end CPU like
today. At that time, it was when 10th gen just came out and 5000’s
series of AMD GPU came out and the 2000’s series of RTX for Nvidia. So, for 15
million the specs were around a GTX 1660 with some i5 9th gen CPU
specification. During this time was also when I started typing for money but
when I calculated how much I was making and how much a pc cost it was way out
of my boundaries. So, I decided to just pretend to build pcs in games or
pretend to build a pc online like putting parts together. It was pretty fun for
me but I would do it for like hours a day. I was trying to find the best value
pc parts and found out about used parts and that’s when I realized if I wanted
to make a pc used parts were the way to go. I just used websites which was able
to tell if the parts were compatible and just watch videos about pc’s and I
soon started getting bored of it which I started to just forget about pcs in
general and found other games to play rather than building pcs online. On
Roblox there are a lot of games to play but during that time I found a fun game
to play and it was a game where you can play with your friends. I found a game
called Blockate.
Getting Bored of PC’s
In 2021 I found Blockate which is
a game where you can build blocks together with friends and I found that to be
very fun and to build things with your friends. I made a lot of friends in
Roblox and started to build giant projects and did a lot of stuff. Soon later
the game started getting more popular because it started to die before but now
it’s starting to rise. I realized I already played this game over 3 years ago
during mid 2018 in England. I was pretty shock and looked back at my old
progress in my games. They were very bad and very funny to look at. I look at
new games and the game are much better nowadays. I still play Blockate even 2
years later today with new friends in the game. Even though I started getting
bored of PC’s I still talked about it to my dad and he was very supportive but
insisted I get a laptop which I also agreed but laptop at that time were even
more expensive than pc’s but then I found something amazing.
Mini ITX PC’s
I found the world of Mini ITX
PC’s Which are PC’s but are way smaller and can fit inside your bag. Although
they were expensive only some of the parts were expensive. Usually it’s the
Casing, Cooler for the CPU, and the Motherboard the most expensive part. But I
checked the market and it was decent. I would still be saving around 3 – 4
million than buying a laptop with the monitor and with a mouse and keyboard. I
showed my dad still insisted getting a laptop but agreed more than buying an
actual PC. It was nice to see an actual portable PC until later on when I found
something smaller but that’s for the future.
Going to Timika
When I went to Timika and leaving
Jogjakarta everything was much more different. There were a lot of less fun
stuff to do and much slower internet. But there was so much more snacks and a
much more cleaner area to play. Everywhere was so clean and fun to play. There
was playground, Giant stores, small stores, football areas, masjids, etc… It
was very cool to do stuff over there and we also made a new friend that my dad
made while we were in Timika too. Found out that they also play Roblox too and
then we brought our laptops then we played with them in their house and it was
a lot of fun but then soon later I had to go do my exams so I went to
Jogjakarta on plane with my dad to go do my exams then I got a surprise later
on which would change my whole perspective on laptops and not just PC’s.
Getting a Gaming Laptop
When we went to
Timika then after a few months I had to do my exam. Then when I did my exam my
dad said that I could spent 15 million for a gaming pc but then soon my dad
said we can save money by him giving his pc to me. Soon later that was a great
decision as soon later I found out the IPASON brand was pretty bad in the power
supply as the power supply was really bad tier and in the danger zone. On top
of that I realized after that the prices dropped a ton and it was much more
cheaper now. Either way I still got a really powerful laptop way better than my
previous laptop. I was really happy still and ready to play games I like on
high FPS. I was playing every game I can but soon got bored of those games so
those were kind off a waste of space in the future so I deleted them later. I
also had so much space. I had 1 terabyte of space for my games and
applications. It was very good and until it started to glitch a lot. It started
freezing every like 30 seconds and it got really bad. I tried fixing it a lot but
didn’t work. Also, that when I played Roblox I kept getting disconnected then
when I played with my brother I got disconnected while he didn’t multiple
different times. So, I started to think the laptop was against me XD. It was
very fun playing with the laptop for like a year I think or 2. Then soon I went
to Timika to find something new.
Getting a PC
When I went back
to Timika after I did my exams in Jogjakarta and got a new gaming laptop. My
dad sister husband had a PC that was willing to give it to me. My dad drove to
their house which is also in Timika too then came back with a pc. I was really
excited when I found out I can do anything with it. So, then the first thing I
did was open up the PC and look around it. Soon my dad said that we could sell
the GPU for some money and he would so something with that money. Then soon
later when I sent him the pictures, he bought a GPU during the PEAK of prices
and that was a really bad mistake because a few months later the price would
drop double down. He bought the GPU at an insane 6 million rupiah then it
dropped to 3 million later on. But besides that when I sent him the pictures
for the GPU which was a Gt 620 I think, he was able to sell it on Facebook
marketplace in Timika for 750k rupiah which is a lot of money for me at that
time and soon my dad said he needed the laptop back for a bit of time which I
agreed and for the time waiting I can use the black HP laptop which is my
previous laptop I used before the gaming laptop or I can use the PC with the
new GPU installed inside of it which I agreed to the PC with the GPU installed
inside because it just performed better than my laptop. Then soon I used my dad
monitor and I just started playing games like usually and playing with my
brothers and having a lot of fun like I had with the gaming laptop and regular
laptop. I was still wondering though when I would get the gaming laptop back
because I soon found out that the pc was not portable at all and was really
hard to bring around and would cost a lot of money which is when I really
decided to get a mini ITX PC in the future then instead of a full-size pc like
that one my dad gave me. Still though I decided to keep doing my PC stuff like
I did before and pretended to build PC’s and play games pretending to build
PC’s as I intended to build a PC when I started typing more and getting more
money. Then soon I started investing too and saving my money more until I found
about some stuff and started to spend a lot sadly. Then soon later after a few
months of waiting my dad got his new laptop back from fixing and gave me back
the gaming laptop so I can use. This went on a for a few times when his new
laptop broke down and I had to give my gaming laptop to him so he can still
work while he waits and I can use the black HP laptop or the big office gaming
pc that my dad got. I was getting a bit annoyed but it was fully fine for me as
it was still way better than my previous laptop that I ever got.
Many delays
I was actually
thinking to build a pc many times and even agreed with my dad but then soon
later my dad would say actually get this or do that and it resulted in many
different delays and it kept going on for months and months. It was fine at
least because I was saving money lol. I kept finding so many good deals which
soon went out of stock and it got really tiring to me so I decided to take a
break on finding deals and instead look for new parts so I don’t have to keep
doing this. I found many cool cases and my dad helped me pick out which looks
the best for its price and found one which had only a little bit of RGB than
the other cases which my dad didn’t like and soon I picked out the best price
CPU, the best price Motherboard, best price RAM, best price SSD, and the fans
too which doesn’t have too much RGB than the much cheaper ones. I also though I
should get a portable monitor but realized that why would I have a portable monitor
with a not portable PC so that was a really bad decision but I didn’t buy any
of these because my dad would soon say that its better of not getting these but
something else I think and soon later I just kept it for the future and if I
wanted to buy it or not and if my dad mind would change if I should get it or
not because remember it was the best deals at that time but now its probably
much better deals now and would saved much more money than that time. We could
have also just went for a laptop too instead of a PC but I still was really
fascinated about PC instead of laptops.
Buying my first part for my future PC
So, while I was
in Timika I found a case which was really good but I forgot to look at the
dimensions without knowing that it would be too big. I thought it wasn’t that
big due to the pictures. So then I ordered it to my grandma Bandung house so
then when I go back to Bandung I would able to look at it already and all the
other options were like 2 million rupiah for the case. After when I went back
to Bandung I realized it was really big and it would not fit inside my bag so
then I had to go find other options of cases. Besides from that I also have to
find other parts too for a really good deal. I have to find a good deal for a
new case, for a motherboard, for a CPU, also RAM too, I may also get more
storage so I will also try to find a good deal for a used SSD or brand new. I
also realized that my brother has a 512 GB SSD NVME that he has which he
doesn’t use so I may use that for my PC. After a few weeks I finally found some
more good deals to buy for my PC.
Buying other parts for my PC
After a few
weeks of hunting good used deals on Tokopedia I found a good deal for the power
supply for only 750k rupiah while SFX PSU were going for around 1.35M Brand new
or 1M used on another SFX PSU so I wanted to order it immediately and that was
a good idea because soon later the other one he had for sale instantly sold
out. So I save myself a lot of money until I bought another case for my PC due
to the other one being too big and not able to fit inside my PC but that’s for
later… After a few days I got my Power supply so now I have to find a
motherboard, CPU, RAM, and a SSD SATA due to I already have a NVME due to my
brother. After that I spent the next few days trying to find new deals. I found
a motherboard that went on sale for 1.45M. Although there were many CONS and
PROS. The PROS were that it was cheaper than all the other options and I could
save 300k rupiah than others. I realized I could also try to negotiate the
price down. I said to them 1.1M for it but they didn’t respond back for a few
hours. After I woke up the next day they said they wouldn’t be able to do that
price due to it being too low so then countered it and said they can do 1.25M
which still we save another 200k and the total we save 500k for the motherboard
so that is crazy deal. We bought it few hours later. Soon later I made a new
list on what I’ll do if I find certain prices. If there is a deal where I save
200k I will try negotiating some more. If there is a deal with 400k+ then I
will take my time or try to negotiate. If there is a deal where I save over
600k+ like the Power Supply I will make sure it works and instantly buy it.
That’s how my deals work. Soon later I would buy my CPU which would be the
Ryzen 5 3600 since my motherboard I bought was the Gigabyte AB350N which
already had installed WIFI and Bluetooth which I wanted but realized they might
be outdated so they might be bad enough but I didn’t think of that right now
which would result in s ome problems in the future. I tried finding deals for
the Ryzen 5 3600 but I couldn’t find any as they kept getting sold out. The
Ryzen 5 3600 comes with 6 cores and 12 threads which is enough for gaming
itself with possibly streaming too but it will be a bit laggy and lose a lot of
performance but with my GPU that won’t be a problem if I do so. Soon later I
found good deals for 1.2M rupiah for the CPU which would only save me 150k so I
left it on the side until it sold out immediately which was pretty sad. I found
one for 1.3M and so I got it down to 1.25M. The problem was that it didn’t come
with a CPU cooler so I had to go buy one after that for 50k Rupiah. Soon later
it arrived and it looked perfect and I also bought some Thermal Paste for the
Cooler until I realized the CPU cooler was brand new and didn’t need any
thermal paste so I kind of just waste 75k Rupiah on some Thermal Paste I won’t
use but that’s fine because if I want to change it in the future, I can do
that. After that I also bought the RAM for my PC. I bought around 24gb of ram
because I don’t want any problems with running and programs in the background.
I also bought the best speed for my PC. The CPU is best paired with DDR4 RAM
which is 3200Mhz for the max performance you want to get out of it. Also,
because I bought a lot of RAM so may as well get the best speed for it. I
bought the ram for a total of 615k Rupiah. The 16gb 3200Mhz Single RAM costed
395k Rupiah while the 8gb 3200mhz costed 220k Rupiah. So, the reason why I
bought 24gb also is because it was a better deal for the 16gb too and I only
have 2 ram slots instead of 4 ram slots so I wanted to get the most out of it.
I am glad I did it because it is so smooth to run anything and no problem to
run anything. After that I also bought the SSD. I wanted to buy a lot of SSD so
I can download as much games as I want so I have no problem to. I Decided 1
Terabyte of Storage for my SSD would be good enough. I searched for good deals
in Tokopedia for so long. For brand new it is around 600k Rupiah and used is
around 550k Rupiah but I knew I could get better than that so I kept searching
on all sites. For about a few days I searched for a long time. I am not sure
when I found it or how much it cost but I think it was around 450k Rupiah I
found a brand new SSD from Eyota which had 1TB of SSD storage. It was a SSD
SATA so the speeds weren’t that fast as a NVME but it didn’t matter. It was
still fast though at 150 MBPS data transfer speed both write and read too.
(Here is an update and I realized I wrote it wrong. It is actually 500 MBPS
transfer speed both write and read on the SSD 1TB EYOTA not 150 MBPS like it
said. Sorry). And finally after buying a Motherboard, CPU, RAM, SSD, a Cooler,
a PSU, it was down to the final part I had to find and that was the PC case
itself. After by all this stuff I wouldn’t be able to build if I don’t even
have the PC Case.
Buying the last part for my PC
The PC Case is
one of the most important parts of the PC due to the fact I need it to be
portable and also that I need a case to put it in so I will be able to use it
for daily uses. The case I searched for days and days to find. I tried to find
one which is small enough to fit inside my Backpack so I can bring it around
areas for my daily use. After days of trying to find I decided to go for the
SG13 from Silverstone which is the same brand I bought the SG08 case from which
was too big to fit inside my bag. I actually checked dimensions and yes it
would fit inside my bag. There were many different options but they were around
600k to 800k Rupiah which is a lot of money saying my budget wasn’t that much.
While the SG13 I bought was only around 500k brand new and I also found a used
one for 300k but then I found a used 400k one which also comes in with the fan
and the case. So I decided to go for that one due there was a fan installed it
in already so I would save temperature cooling already and save some money.
Although I could buy the fan itself and buy the 300k used case and save more
money and spent only 340k. I didn’t like not having the box of the case and
also that the case for 300k had rust and tons of dents in the case itself. It
just didn’t seem that promising and I also didn’t have to go threw the hassles
of installing the fan myself which I’m pretty sure it was just a few screws but
still I think it was worth it. Soon later I decided to tell my mom to buy the
last part of the PC which was super exciting meaning that I could also build
the PC. Another thing I realized I needed a keyboard and a mouse and also a
brand new mousepad due to my old one being very broken.
Buying my new mouse and mousepad
While I was
searching through Tokopedia I didn’t find much good deals so then I went to
Shopee where I found so many good deals to get unlike Tokopedia and other
different sides. I decided to keep looking until I found a mouse I liked. I
showed it to my dad and he said it was good too. I found out that there was a
way to make it no RGB or make it slight RGB and tons of RGB. Thought that was
super cool and it was from a really trusted brand which was Fantech and they
are very trusted here in Indonesia because they are everywhere you go you will
find a Fantech either gaming mouse or a gaming keyboard or a Gaming headset
whatever they have. It is also very affordable unlike other brands which make
their prices like 300k or 500k. I found a certain model of mouse I liked which
was only 150k rupiah and it was also wireless so I don’t need to use a wire to
attach it. It was good until I found another store which sell the same mouse
but for 50k cheaper. It was for sale for only 100k Rupiah which is cheaper than
the official store which actually sells it in Shopee which is really crazy. So
now after I put the mouse in the cart I had to go find a mousepad for my mouse
so I can game on it. I wanted to find a gaming mousepad so the mouse can slide
easily and get good grip too. Soon I found this mousepad which is from Rexus
and it was semi big. In the pictures it was very good size but soon to find out
it was a bad decision getting that one. The dimensions were actually much more
bigger than what was shown in the picture itself. It was around 2 or 3 times
bigger than the picture showed when it arrived at my grandma house. So that was
a big shock to me and I didn’t have any space to put the mousepad because it
was so big. So I was thinking to buy a new one but I didn’t want to waste money
so for now I will use it everyday for my PC. It was very cool because the
mousepad was black and grey with some white and it says it is made for gaming
and good shooting accuracy. The price for it was around 65k Rupiah but on
Shopee I found it for only 50k Rupiah so that was also a good find. It feels
very nice to play with it and I will definitely use it more for the future and
for a long time. For the mousepad I will also probably use it for a good amount
of time but not as much time as I will use the mouse for. Now the next thing to
get is the keyboard which I also found for a really good deal too.
Buying the keyboard
So, after I put
the mouse and mousepad in my cart now I have to go find a keyboard for a good
price. I found some for around 500k and 400k but those were way out of my
league of price. I kept searching on Shopee because I found some flash sales
for keyboards and I found one for a really good price and there were tons of
good reviews on it. There were around 8k sold and 2000 5 star reviews so I
decided to get it. The sound for the keyboard isn’t that loud and it is really
good. It is a keyboard from Gamen and it is called the Gamen Titan Elite for a
crazy cheap price. It was regular price at around 300k Rupiah but because of
the Flash sale the keyboard went down to 250k only without any discounts. So, I
decided to put it in the cart while I wait for the flash sale to happen. I was
watching tons of review videos about the Gamen titan elite and they all used
blue key which is the loud key sound and it wasn’t that loud so I wondered if I
picked the red which is made for it to be much more quieter then it would be
very good for its price. I was very excited for this keyboard because it also
came with a numpad which I never had. I never had a numpad and in every game I
played it required some sort of numpad. It was amazing that I found a good
priced keyboard which is the same price as a wireless numpad. When it arrived
to my house same with the mouse and mousepad I decided to try it out.
Testing out the keyboard and Mouse
and Mousepad
So once after
they arrived to my door I instantly opened them and tried them out. Although I
got electric shocked a few times it was ok. The sound was very good saying its
price and it wasn’t that loud. For the mouse it was much better grip and it
wasn’t oily and didn’t get oily very easily. Like I expected the mousepad was
very smooth to move the mouse on too. The total set up was only around 450k
Rupiah and it was amazing. I think I personally found the best deals for it.
The mouse was also pretty clicky and little loud but that’s ok. The keyboard
again was amazing to use. And it is wired and not wireless so I don’t have to
worry about delays or charging like the mouse has to. The keyboard and mouse
also had different RGB settings but the keyboard had like 5 different RGB
settings to change too. While the mouse only had 2. I was happy with the
results and wrote down a positive review to the sellers. By the way remember I
bought these 3 gears brand new and for that price that is amazing. So make sure
to do high research on your product to be able to get the best value item and
the best experience for the money you spend and what your looking for. It can
be for a loud keyboard or for a quite keyboard or just a keyboard that looks
nice and can be used for daily usage stuff like gaming, writing, working and
more!
Building my PC
After I got all
of my parts ready to build my PC. I first started to pull out the motherboard
which is the Gigabyte AB350N WIFI Gaming and put in the Ryzen 5 3600 CPU which
is installed with 6 cores and 12 thread and amazing for gaming. Slide the CPU
in and close the metal line bracket keeping it in. Once then I pulled out both
of 2 sticks of ram. One which is 8gb and the other 16gb. Click the bracket up
and slide the ram in. It should make a clicking sound to indicate that the RAM
is fully installed in inside of the Motherboard. And after that I got my
brothers 512gb SSD NVME and installed it on the back. Although I should have
done this before I put both of my ram sticks in. I took out the small screw on
the back with my screwdriver and installed the SSD NVME side ways and hold it
down while I screw it back in. Once then after I fully screw back in and flip
back over. Next thing I did was I put the Motherboard inside of the Case
because at this time the Cooler for my CPU hasn’t arrived yet sadly. I opened
up the case with the 4 screws on the back. One by one then after I screwed out
all 4 I pulled the PC Case up part off and it was fascinating what was inside
of the case. I look inside and instantly found where to put my motherboard. It
took another 4 more screws to get the motherboard inside of the motherboard
stand. After I got all 4 screws before I put the motherboard, I got the
motherboard AIO panel and put it there. Once after that I got the motherboard
and actually now put it on the 4 stands and lined it up on the motherboard
ports panel I put before. Then I started screwing back all 4 screws into the
motherboard stands again to keep the motherboard sturdy so it doesn’t keep
moving around inside the case. Once then I installed my SSD. There was this
compartment on top of case where I can put my SSD on which it needed 2 screws
so I took 2 screws from my previous case I bought which was the Silverstone
SG08 onto my Silverstone SG13. Once then I connected my 2.5 GBPS SSD cable
which can also be used with an HDD. I put it in the SSD and put it in the
Motherboard. It didn’t matter which side I put it in but the angle or rotation
I put it in. So, after that I waited for a few days because my CPU Cooler
hasn’t arrived yet.
My CPU Cooler finally arrives
My CPU Cooler
was a very vital part of the PC because I need to install before I install the
PSU. After that I tried installing the CPU Cooler many times but I couldn’t so
I decided to remove the motherboard of the case and try to install the CPU
Cooler outside of the case. So, I took the 4 screws out of the motherboard
stands and took it out and I found out that the CPU cooler bracket behind the
motherboard got out and I was supposed to do it on a flat surface to prevent it
from coming off. So, I tried to put the CPU cooler back on the motherboard but
this time on a flat surface. I also had my dad supporting me now because he
just came back from England and came to Bandung to help us and meet us again
after a while. It was also much easier now to do stuff because now I have some
sort of motivation to do it. Then after a few tries I got the CPU cooler in and
it was really cool and then a problem I realized I have to put the cables
inside of my motherboard again from the case.
Having Trouble putting the PC cables
inside of my PC
I put the
motherboard inside of my case again and put the 4 screws inside of the
motherboard stands then after that I had to go put the case cables inside of my
motherboard because I took it out and had to do it again now. It was really
hard now because the CPU cooler being there took a lot of space and now it was
much harder to do it now. I also got really confused because the pin cables
didn’t say if it was negative or positive and there was 2 different, I had to
put until after like 30 minutes I got them all in. I found out that first 3
says that it is negative or positive so it was much easier for those one but
the other 2 didn’t say if it was negative or positive so then I had to go and
research some more and I couldn’t find anything until I thought about it and
realized that the colored cable means its positive while the white cable means
it is negative. I trusted with my gut and later on I will tell if it worked or
not. After that it felt so cool to see it and then it was the most important
part of the PC which was the GPU.
Installing the GPU into the PC
Now it is the
most important part of the PC which I have to install which is the GPU. The GPU
I will be installing inside of my PC will be the GTX 1660 TI which my dad had
just laying around because he bought it when he put it inside of the Office PC
in Timika as I told before in this text. This GPU is from Nvidia and it comes
with DLSS and it is fairly good for modern games. I can run many games on 1080p
on Medium to High settings and paired with this CPU is a perfect fit but the
CPU can certainly carry more intensive GPU’s and still be a perfect match like
my dream Rx 5700 XT or the RTX 3060 or the Rx 6600. The first I did was carry
the office PC down to the ground and I had to take out the screws on the PC
which was only 2 and I pulled the PC side off. After that I had to screw off 2
extra screws to take out the GPU. The GPU part where the HDMI, and display port
is I had to take a screw off there and then I had to take the PSU connector off
and pull the GPU lock off and pulled it out with ease. While that time I was
also looking at the other PC stuff inside of the PC. For example, like the RAM
and SSD inside of the PC. I found out that the PC that my dad got from his
sister husband had 8gb of ram and 750gb of storage but then I just put them
back. Then after that I finish searching the PC and put the side case back on
and I put the 2 screws back inside of the PC and closed the side case locked
up. Then I went back to my PC and I took out the 2 GPU brackets on the back
with 2 or 3 screws on them. Then after I finished screwing off the GPU brackets
off, I got the GPU and opened up the GPU lock to then I can slide the GPU in.
Then I got my GPU and carefully slide the GPU inside of the bracket and heard
the click and that means I successfully put the GPU inside of the motherboard.
Then after that I took 1 of the screws from the 3 screw I took off and put it
on the case GPU to secure it on the case and motherboard. Then after that it
was the hardest part of the PC now which is the PSU. This was going to be a
challenge after I realized that these cables were not that flexible as I
thought which was a bit disappointing. This was going to be super hard to do with
my father too. I also learned some stuff about the PSU which I will write later
after this one. So, I am sorry if it is going to be hard for you to read the
next part of the paragraph as I am not sure how to explain what I was doing
with PSU as it is super hard to do and jam it all in and try not to get any of
the cables into parts of the PC which it can get chopped off.
Installing the PSU inside of the PC
This was going
to be a really hard challenge because of the limited amount of space I have to
do this in.
Problems arises
After I was finished building my
pc I started trying to test out the PC to see if it was working but while doing
so I got electric shocked A LOT of times. I was trying to turn on the monitor
for my PC but it wasn’t working. The PC was on, the fan was on, the cooler was
on, the PSU was on. Everything was on but yet I didn’t get any display at all.
I soon thought it was a faulty monitor so then I tried it on the TV. Same
results. It turned on but no display at all. Now at this point I thought it was
the GPU but then why would it spin and work. I will get to the real reason why
it wasn’t working in a moment. While I was trying to get the display on for the
TV I put my hand behind the TV and got electrocuted and it was a bit painful.
It just felt like tons of electric going threw my body and like standing there
for 2 seconds. After that I got really scared and I immediately unplugged
everything and said I’ll do the other TV tomorrow. So, then I packed up my PC
back in the box ready for me to try it tomorrow. The next day I woke up,
showered, ate breakfast then I got my PC out then put it in the other TV area.
Plugged in the PC to the TV monitor then plugged in the power. The TV turned on
and there was connection but yet it still said no display signal found. I
started to give up and called it quits. So I told my dad what about we bring it
to a PC area to get it fixed and maybe it won’t be that expensive.
Troubleshooting my PC
While my dad was trying to find a
PC service area to troubleshoot my PC I decided to try to fix it. I opened it
and tried to find out what was wrong and also tried installing windows but
couldn’t do that due to no display being found. My dad soon found a place to
fix my PC and said we can go there tomorrow. I went to sleep and the next day I
woke up and did my daily routine and got in the car at 9 with my dad. We also
went to get my dad phone and watch too. When we finally got there after like an
hour doing my dad phone and watch stuff and arriving to the area I gave my PC,
and the person was writing down stuff what was wrong, and it felt very
professional, so I believed in them. They said it would take a few days for
them to be able to troubleshoot the PC.
Getting my PC back
While guiding my dad back to the
shuttle to go to the airport he told me about the PC, and it would be finished.
At this time, it had only been 2 days, so it was pretty quick. Until he told me
the price of an insane 1.2 Million Rupiah which is a lot of money for me. I was
upset at the price and the service that they did. They soon told me all they
did was just update the BIOS for the motherboard which only took a few minutes.
They also installed windows on it which was generous. It took me a while to get
over it but at the end of the day at least the PC works now, and I can use it
for my daily use. It can also fit in my backpack, so it is also a portable PC.
I am thinking to sell this PC in England to be able to buy a laptop or a mini
gaming PC. So, I am very grateful for all of this and hopefully I the future I
can be able to do more stuff about PC’s and possibly flip PC for profit. I hope
to start up a shop and sell stuff.
Playing with my new PC
When I got my PC back I wanted to
play with it. The first thing I tried to use was the TV inside of the bedroom
that my dad suggested that I should try out with the PC before I gave it to the
PC service to fix it. First try I tried it, it instantly booted up and I could
start playing games. The TV was a 1080p TV clocked at 60 hertz which means I
can play games up to 60 fps if my PC even gets 60 fps but that’s not a question
because my PC gets 100+ FPS on games that I play on it and it’s very good for
my daily use on the PC. There was some problems too with the TV. The TV was
located up so for me to see the TV I had to bend my neck looking up which could
lead to pain problems on my neck from looking up for too long at the TV. My dad
suggested getting a monitor which he would find soon in a future upon text that
I will be writing about. The TV was very good still. I had a very good
experience playing with it. It was also pretty big so I can see a lot of the TV
and it wasn’t a small TV, so I had to look very closely at it to read stuff. As
for the audio. The audio on the TV is ok. It wasn’t good but at least it had an
audio while other ones didn’t have audio so I couldn’t hear anything. So then I
got some headphones that I will be writing about after this one. Overall rating
of the TV. The TV placing isn’t good for my head and it is used for to watch TV
series or movies on the TV while you are sitting or sleeping on the bed which I
understand. The TV was good enough for me to see things even when I am sitting
down on my chair below it. It is a pretty big TV like 25 inches so I can see a
good amount. When I am watching YouTube I like to lay down on the bed while
watching YouTube on the TV. The audio on the TV is good enough for me to hear
down below on the chair and also when I am sitting down on the bed watching
some videos. So, I give the Tv a solid rating of 7.5/10
Getting Headphones from my dad
When I was using the TV my dad
said to me that he had some headphones laying around that he wasn’t using
because he bought new ones in England so he could give me his old headphones
that he had before. The headphones were really nice I think sony brand
headphone. It was around a million rupiah when he bought it but I am not sure
since I haven’t told him in a long time. I think the last time I told him about
how much his headphones cost was like over a year ago. Anyways his new
headphones costed him 130 Pounds which is around 2 million rupiah or more since
the price of GDP to Indonesia rupiah always keep changing. It is also about 140
dollars in American dollars. The sony headphones that my dad gave me sound
quality was very good. I liked it very much and it was pretty comfy. It wasn’t
as comfy as it was the last time I tried it due to the cushions on the speakers
on the headphones are now pretty messed up and pretty dirty now. I did clean it
though with some tissues. The headphones when I wear them for over an hour my
ears will start to hurt which is acceptable because your ears starts getting
tired from the headphones pressure on your ears also from the audio coming from
the headphones which could also be an indication that the video you are
listening is too loud or your volume you set the headphones on are too loud for
your ears which could also permanently damage your ears so make sure to be safe
with that stuff. The headphones quality were very good for me for also
listening to music while playing games. The headphone ratings are going to be a
bit high since I don’t actually have any other headphones besides from another
headphone I just realised. This is me from the future editing this text. I had
a wired headphones which were pretty uncomfortable because from its low quality
cushions at the speakers and also it was pretty tight so it was putting a lot
of pressure on my ears. The sony headphones I got from my dad are much better
than the previous wired headphones, so I am going to have to give it a pretty
high rating since I have only really tried only 2 headphones which is the sony
headphone and the uncomfortable wired headphones. The wired headphones rating
would probably be a 5.5/10 its not good for using but it has ok audio which is
all you need for headphones. The main thing is just to be able to hear stuff
pretty good which the wired headphones that aren’t comfortable does. The sony headphones
that my dad gave me has better audio with also better cushions to help your
ears not hurt more like the other headphones. It is also wireless through
Bluetooth instead of u need wires to plug in the PC. The rating for it is going
to be pretty high at 9/10 as I haven’t tried much headphones as those 2 are the
only one I have really tried out and used for a good amount of time instead of
just wearing it and hearing a few seconds of it and rating it as if I already
know a lot about the headphones that I just wore and used for a few seconds.
Getting a monitor from my dad
While I was using the TV for my
PC my neck started to hurt a lot due to me having to look up to see the screen
while if I used a monitor I would only have to look straight which could reduce
the pain of my neck. My dad said that he would buy a cheap monitor for me and
so he found one and he sent to me, but I didn’t see it until the next day. The
next day when I saw it the monitor was selling for 800k Rupiah which equals
around to 56$ after shipping. The monitor was a asus monitor which was pretty old,
but it still had 60 hertz and the resolution of the monitor wasn’t 1080p but
still it was 720p which was still very good. I couldn’t tell the different
between 1080p and 720p. But the main thing about the monitor that it wasn’t 45%
NTSC, but it was 70% NTSC / 100% SRGB which allows me to see more colors than a
regular monitor with the side effects that it was a lower resolution and only
at 60 hertz while games I play get over 120 FPS. For its price I don’t think it
was the best deal, but it was semi good deal as later on my dad found a near
identical monitor with the same specifications for just 500k rupiah which is
about 35$ and he could have saved a good amount of money, but it was alright
because all my dad wants is me able to play on the monitor and for it to be
good enough for me. My dad also said if I am able to sell the monitor then I
can use the money that I sold the monitor for like a new monitor or upgrade a
part. My final review on the monitor is
very good because I play very smooth in many games I play on it. There’s
no defects on the monitor and runs super
smooth without any black screen or dead pixels. I rate it a 7.5/10 as the
monitor itself but for its price a solid 6.5/10.
My Final Review about my PC
Here is my
final review about my PC. The PC is a great machine to use. The CPU is good
enough for a GPU up to an RTX 3060 TI and with a GTX 1660 Ti it is still a
great match together with the CPU and GPU which is perfect for gaming. I can
play any game on 1080p either on medium up to high settings. I also have a lot
of storage that I can use. I have a whole terabyte of storage that I can use
for games itself and around 500gb of storage for my applications and
recordings. Maybe in the future I will be able to upgrade the PC if I can and
buy an actual portable monitor because right now I am using a monitor which is
not portable, so I have to leave it at home for now which is pretty bad and
ruins the whole point for my “Portable” PC. I’m hoping I can save up more money
by typing and also reading books so I can buy new stuff. Besides that the PC is
really good for my daily use and I hope everything will go well in the future
with my PC.
INFO about
my PC Setup
I will shortly
talking about my PC Setup. My PC total cost including shipping and the 1.2
million rupiah repair equals to around 6 Million rupiah and with my keyboard
and mouse and mousepad it adds additional 350k Rupiah. After all expenses I
spent around 6.5 Million Rupiah. The most expensive thing I bought the CPU at a
whopping 1.3M rupiah. After that the 2nd most expensive thing was
the motherboard which came at 1.25M rupiah. The repair which was 1.2M is the 3rd
most expensive thing that I bought. Then it was the PSU, RAM, SSD, and then the
PC case. Here is a list of the total pricing of everything that I bought for my
PC setup:
GPU:
Free from my dad
CPU:
1.3M Rupiah
CPU
COOLER: 50k Rupiah
Motherboard:
1.25M Rupiah
RAM: 620k Rupiah
PSU: 750k Rupiah
CASE:
400k Rupiah
512GB
SSD NVME: Free from my brother
1TB
SSD SATA: 500k Rupiah
Keyboard:
250k Rupiah
Mouse:
120k Rupiah
Mousepad:
60k Rupiah
Repair
Cost: 1.2M Rupiah
Total:
6.5 Million Rupiah
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