PC BUILDS are second nature to us here at Maximum PC, as you know. We thrive on crafting the finest machines each month, pushing ourselves to the limit to create a build to a specific brief, and challenging ourselves to make a work of art. So, what happens when you put a PC newbie at the helm of a build? Well, you get there slowly. And our journey wasn’t plain sailing. Copious amounts of head-bashing, hairpulling, shouting, and taking parts out and putting them back in took up 99.9 percent of the time spent on this month’s build. Our writer, however, has emerged from the experience with knowledge that will stay with them for the rest of their PC building life. The knowledge of what goes where, how to fit everything together, and the importance of practice and an abundance of patience will stay with them forever.
Our photographer, Olly, should thank his lucky stars that he was even able to see the build, let alone photograph it. This was the one time our courier wasn’t late, and the one time we didn’t want it to be punctual. The build wasn’t quite completed in time for collection, and with a tight next-day photography session booked, there was only one way to make it there. Our unfortunate writer decided to wake up at 5 a.m. and drive 4.5 hours to our studio to hand-deliver it. If he doesn’t make it in this industry, he’d make a cracking delivery driver. With everything done in the nick of time, we can now get into the build and how it all went down.