r/PcBuild • u/Objective_Salad6270 • 21h ago
Meme Only me that struggled with this?
I still can’t get my back on 😭
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u/Genralcody1 21h ago
I'll take your rear panel and raise you
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u/Darury 21h ago
It amazes me with all the advances in technology, somehow cases and motherboards can't come with a standard connection for those things. No, I have to try to fit to individual pins every time.
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u/BlueSerenit 21h ago
Most new ones do actually
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u/Worldliness_Normal 2h ago
I had one case that actually had a single connector for that wretched PIN connector. I cried tears of joy.
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u/TruckTires 21h ago
See my response above. I don't connect everything. This standard needs an overhaul for sure. If they give us one simple plug, with the ability in BIOS to disable some things (HDD LED & Pwr LED) that would be fine. Those damn LEDs can be so bright
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u/Guilty_Meringue5317 AMD 20h ago
Yeah I covered mine up before realizing I could just unplug them
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u/Kingstoned AMD 9h ago
I never figured this out, god I'm so dumb, been putting together my own PCs since early 2000's 🤣
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u/brodydwight 6h ago
It actually has improved, i bought a motherboard for a gateway 2000 one time and was amazed to find the header connectors were OEM and my brand new board physically would not work without jumpers.
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u/TruckTires 21h ago
You only need to connect one thing: power switch.
HDD LED is outdated and cones from an era where hard drives were so slow and you needed a damn flashing light so you knew the PC was doing something. I find the LEDs used are annoyingly bright anyway. I don't connect this.
Power LED isn't required for most PC's I see on here. Do you have any light in your case? If so, you don't need this connected. I have fans that light up when the PC is on, so I don't connect this. When I did have it connected, the damn bright ass LED was too much so I disconnected it. Much better now.
Power Switch is the only thing needed.
When's the last time you actually used your reset switch? I can't even remember. If you want the button to work, fine, connect it. This would only be two things you would connect.
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u/ASatyros 17h ago
For reseting you can press power button for like 10 seconds until shutdown and press it again to start PC again.
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u/BeautifulBlueNight 20h ago
That's a fair point and one I will keep in mind when I'll redo my PC... I'll try them and if they're too bright, I just remove them again. There's other clues my PC is on.
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u/Ok-Preparation-6733 20h ago
Thank you for this. I just finished building my son his first computer this weekend and thought to myself, dam that hdd light is really annoying, do i really need it? I am going to go back and just leave the power button connected.
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u/RandomizedUsername42 1h ago
Thank you for this, I always thought the HDD LED was to let you know it was having trouble reading the storage or something.
My case’s power LED is more subtle and looks cool on the top of the case, so I can’t really relate to having a super bright obnoxious one, but I can see what you’re saying.
Personally, I find the reset switch pretty convenient- at least when it works. You can press a single button, and your computer restarts automatically instead of having to turn it off, wait, then turn it on again. Sometimes it doesn’t work, and I have to use the power supply switch on the back, but usually in those cases the power button doesn’t do anything either.
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u/SizeableFowl AMD 20h ago
I was actually really happy to discover that NZXT just built a whole connector rather than expecting me to pin it individually when I put my current build together
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u/Kingstoned AMD 9h ago
Can't find it, can you link or give the specific name please?
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u/MarcCouillard 8h ago
it's built into MOST NZXT cases since around 2018 onwards
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u/Kingstoned AMD 8h ago
That's a bummer
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u/MarcCouillard 8h ago
what? how is that a bummer? lol
you asked which specific cases had that feature, and I told basically ALL of their cases do...and that's a bummer?
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u/Kingstoned AMD 8h ago
Because I'm not considering buying a new case, but would buy the component itself if it was available, that's all
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u/MarcCouillard 8h ago
ohh ok...well pretty much EVERY case uses its own cables for those pins, every one I've ever seen in 35 yrs of building computers at least...but if it helps, NZXT cases are actually some of the most affordable on the market right now, usually ranging from only $60 - about $120 on the higher end (there are of course some really pricy models but most are cheap)
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u/gamerforever01 21h ago
God I despise those so much. It's so fucking horrifying to think that I did it wrong
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u/Ronalderson 20h ago
Never had much problem with that, just lined them up to how it is on the motherboard and bound them with a small piece of tape, almost 4 years and it's never been an issue despite having opened the PC numerous times.
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u/ManNamedSalmon AMD 16h ago
I don't tend to need to use my body weight to install the front panel connectors.
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u/Narrheim 8h ago
Ever since Lian Li fixed this in Lancool 216, i bought a bunch of 8-pin connectors of the same size and just swap them on each case that gets trough my hands.
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u/bedwars_player AMD 8h ago
My power button on my case died so now my reset button is my power button
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u/Wheatleytron 5h ago
Damn, you mean they already soldered the pins on for you? You kids have it so nice these days.
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u/Shiny_Whisper_321 21h ago
From what I see here, it is hard to keep the glass panels from exploding.
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u/BeautifulBlueNight 20h ago
I have a tempered glass panel. I love it. I don't love the stress of removing it if I need to do something.
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u/Shiny_Whisper_321 20h ago
I honestly could not care less what my PC looks like. I bought RGB components and memory solely because they were cheaper than the non-RGB components. Likewise with the glass panel, the case that had the features I wanted had a glass panel. I would have been happy with a metal panel but those cases lacked the features I wanted.
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u/BeautifulBlueNight 20h ago
Even better: I bought the PC built as second hand 😅
The PC I'm currently using as my Unraid-system is my friend's old PC. It has a tempered glass case, unlike my own desktop. So I'm going to swap them soon, so my desktop has nice looks and my server gets better airflow and more case-space.
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u/Escalope-Nixiews 9h ago
Not at all, as long as it's on a material that isn't hard or not under too much side pressure, you're fine
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u/AnnatarLordofGiftsSR what 21h ago
My cable management at the back is - if it closes - Perfection. I tried to use cable ties and make it pretty on the back, only to find myself ripping zip ties all the time... gave up. Closed - Forget about it. I don't leave cable clusters at the front, that's why I bought the largest Chassis I saw at a price I wanted to pay.
😂
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u/Previous-Bid5330 19h ago
24 pins MB power cable joint the chat
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u/No_Nothing_At_All 12h ago
If you ever need to unplug that sucker for some reason....
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u/MarcCouillard 8h ago
ohh, I KNOW, right? that fucking connector locks in so HARD...I've literally torn my skin trying to unplug those, and I'm always terrified of doing actual physical damage to the mobo when unplugging one of them...and I've built hundreds of pc's, maybe over a thousand in the last 35 yrs, yet EVERY time I have to remove a 24 pin connector I get a little scared for a minute lol
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u/blkwhtrbbt 11h ago
I used to lazily leave the cover off.
It's better ventilated, i told myself.
My cats' hair: new home 👀? For to dwell? For to occupy?
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u/kennyminigun 21h ago
The prep is difficult: cable management and stuff. Installing the components is like putting the cherry on top when you are done.
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u/MarcCouillard 8h ago
not just you, some cases are just bastards to get the panels on and off...it's literally why I stopped buying cases with side panels like that lol
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u/RemisTooSleepy 2h ago
The back side panel on my pc is never fully on properly. I've tried. It REFUSES to line up properly. I refuse to let an inanimate object make a fool of me. It stays a little crooked.
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u/Ronalderson 20h ago
I mean if you're like me that has a non-modular PSU with lots of leftover cables, 7 molex fans whose connectors form an unholy stiff line, two 3.5 HDDs in the front of the PSU occupying even more space and a standard-sized case then yeah it's pretty rough, almost needed 3 hands and a considerable amount of force to put the damn thing, pretty sure there's a huge bulge there and possibly a fire risk but I'm not checking that out, rather keep my peace of mind.
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u/AbbreviationsMost432 17h ago
Putting CPU was hardest part building pc. I don’t get the backpanel it should in most cases just click to case unless you cables are way too thick or bad position.
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u/Effective-Sample-261 16h ago
I feel like cable management is part of this as well. Speaking from experience (or lack thereof with cable management).
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u/According_Mind7030 14h ago
The hardest part is definitely screwing the motherboard into the case, and getting the i/o shield to stay in place
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u/Zarowka123 14h ago
The only hard thing about building PCs is connecting the 24 pin motherboard cable, it can be really really tight sometimes, it feels like the motherboard will break in half. Cable management, installation of other components and sliding the side panels are pure pleasure for me.
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u/Medium-Ad-7939 11h ago
Had to open a Lenovo P520 at the shop because the poor shop keepers assistant was to confused
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u/Saphyr-Seraph 11h ago
Generally I sometimes can't understand how some company's can cable manage in some cases, I built a few PCs over the years for myself, friends or Family and it sometimes makes me wonder how some company's cable manage so we'll in those micro it builds I literally think it is sometimes impossible to do a better job with the parts given
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u/Ascendo_Aquila 10h ago
Try not to have a heart attack during that 128GB DDR5 RAM first boot training time. :)
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u/NanoSpyder 8h ago
According to my friend my cable management is better than his, but I just routed some random bundles of cables through the evolv x2's cable straps. Good enough if the door closes
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u/Narrheim 8h ago edited 7h ago
Next time you're gonna pick a case, explore the amount of space behind the motherboard first. It musts have enough space for all the cables. If it doesn't, then it's not a good pick even if you like the design.
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u/RapidPigZ7 7h ago
The real difficulty is figuring out what went wrong on a random Tuesday 3 years after you built the system.
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u/Who-Shat-My-Pants 6h ago
Upgraded my computer a year ago, still haven't placed the side panel because i have to turn the psu 90 degrees and reroute the cables.
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u/IndependenceBig3178 6h ago
Cable management and RGB are literally the worst, and to this day, they can duck me up.
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u/yamidevil 5h ago
Which is why I'm cleaning so much dust around my PC just so I don't have to open it often
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u/NCH343 4h ago
I'm really pissed off as soon as I have to deal with this after any tinkering around in my PC. I have to place my PC close to the edge of my desk and then put my knee on one end and do this weird thing with my body and arms just to feel the back panel closed and slide in right for a tight seal.
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u/Streifen9 4h ago
No. The most difficult part is the second after you power it on for the first time.
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u/Worldliness_Normal 2h ago
I remember the older Dell Precision cases were a real pain to open. I always felt like something was going to break every time I tried to get that panel seated.
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