Greg Plays PC Building Simulator! (Part 3)

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[@Priingles]

Legend has it that Greg will pin your comment if you're early enough..

[@adikgaming7544]

Wow

[@BabadoodaIsPOG]

You have started a trend that will never be ended my boy........frick you

[@simonsigvaldsen244]

@@BabadoodaIsPOG ahhahahaha

[@Gojira_Wins]

Greg in normal videos: *Absolute endless wealth of knowledge about PCs* Greg playing this game: *Proceeds to forget pretty much everything and tears down a PC to remove RAM* Oh my lord, that was hilarious.

[@joeschmoe5009]

Its fun to see such a great oc builder/trouble shooter struggle with a game doing that. Pretty crazy but kinda fun

[@petercushing3488]

Never seen greg overclock anything yet

[@Rulle666]

What you mean great?! He can't even do it right in a game, so clearly he's not great with pc!

[@mjwp5447]

You are awesome, I haven't laughed so much that I almost hyperventilated and lost consciousness, especially when you forgot the thermal paste.

[@GregSalazar]

Such a rookie mistake, I know! 😅

[@samstechreview2891]

Yes more pc building simulator love this gaming content 😀

[@GregSalazar]

Figured these kinds of videos would be fun in-between our FoF, PCDC, and GCDC vids 🙂

[@samstechreview2891]

@@GregSalazar yeah they sure are 😁

[@RealThore]

A little tip for you: You don't need to unplug anything or turn the PC off. Just right click it and put it back on the shelf. The USB drive will go back in your inventory

[@briancharamuga2907]

Shhh! 🤪

[@cardsfanbj]

I really like the IT expansion for the game. I like that you have a lot more flexibility in using parts and you don't get the people who specify new parts only. There's an option in the menu that you can check to include the optional tasks in the ticket list, that way you don't have to worry about missing those or making your own notes.

[@cardsfanbj]

Also, you can make your life easier and go to the shop and sort by price.

[@DanielNavas1]

I’m pretty sure steam actually gives you an achievement when you forget the thermal paste for the first time.

[@yourmomsleftcheek1471]

It does😂 cus I got one yesterday

[@benaffleck9437]

It does 💀

[@Swatican]

I LOVE THIS SERIES!! Watching Greg doing the EXACT OPPOSITE from the fix or flop series 🤣😂

[@El-Ritmo]

I've been really enjoying watching you play this (I started myself recently and it's ridiculously easy to just lose hours to), and I'm glad to see you making mistakes - not because it's good to see you fail, but because it's a nice reminder of just how easy it is to make a mistake, overlook something or miss a detail, even when it's something you know extremely well. I imagine this is particularly easy to do if you're also concentrating on making a video. And no-one, even if you think you have a great memory, should be too proud to make notes: use all the tools at your disposal. Thanks for a great video, and I look forward to the next instalment.

[@joeschmoe5009]

You dont have to remove your thumbdrive, when you pick the pc up it auto removes everything

[@GregSalazar]

Yeah I started doing that later in this video.

[@elgigante2001]

One quick tip for this game is this... even if no one mentions it in their ticket to fix their stuff make sure you check that the printer in the office is working fine before you leave for the day. That should help to get the happy face faster.

[@BladePocok]

what does the office printer do with other random ppl's PCs?

[@elgigante2001]

@@BladePocok nothing much, but in the first email from the boss he tells you that you're responsible for keeping an eye on the printer, because everyone shares it, but no one other than you can fix it and make sure that it's working. First couple of jobs will say something about the printer not working, but later on no one says anything and you have to be mister mind reader so your rating doesn't get hit because of it.

[@juanthesecond]

Man.... the doorbell at 11:12 legit had me answering my own front door :D

[@stayic3119]

I'm pretty sure the reason you only got one smile on the one where you upgraded the CPU is because you hit the minimum spec not recommended

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

The list at the bottom the e-mail will tell you if you will need to hit the min or recommended spec, and if you don't hit that then the list in the popup when you look at the machine will show a red warning. So that wasn't the issue. I haven't looked back but it could be late delivery or several other steps missed. I've never actually missed a delivery date so I have no idea what happens then. I've returned a machine once without fixing the main issue which was overclocking a GPU as there was no GPU available that the OC software allowed the slider to even reach the required speed, and that was after leveling two times after I got the machine. I kept hoping a new GPU generation would come online that would solve the issue. Taught me to double check the tickets before accepting them.

[@FQQD]

it's kinda interesting that ur so much better in the fix or flop series 😂

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

I've played this way to much. You are on the right track when you talk about taking notes. There's even a system in the game for it, but I prefer using notepad. When you read the message take note of everything they say and not just what you find in the list at the bottom. Write everything following a formula that allows you to keep track of all the requested actions and keep it looking the same every time so you don't have to hunt for what you should do. My template looks something like this: E-Mail address name and budget What the major issue is, so, D&F for Diagnose and Repair, UPG for upgrade + what to upgrade. Inst for Install and so on. Delineate the operations with a comma and end the list with a dot. On the same line continue with what I call the extras, such as clean the system, replace all cables with colored ones, remove virus (if the customer notes that the machine has stared to run slow or isn't as quick as it used to be) and so on. Do a line feed or two and start listing parts you will need to complete the job. Start each line with a space, I'll come back to that, and a short for the component type. I use Case, MB, CPU, RAM, GPU, HDD, SSD and PSU. For the water cooling components there's RAD, RES, BLK and GPU. Make sure to separate the water cooling stuff from the rest as those are bought from another store. Otherwise it can be hard to keep track of the number of parts you've ordered, more on that a bit later. Add a Tab before entering the part you will need, then a few tabs, at least five after the longest name you can think of, and enter the cost. Do this for every part needed and then go to the next message in the inbox. Once you have everything listed it's time to order the parts. When you add a part but a 'b' at the start of that parts line in your list. That way you can see that you've "bought" the part but it has not been delivered yet. If you happen to have a particular part on the shelve put a S or B or what ever works for you to show that you've already got it. Once you ordered, or not, all the parts for one customer count the number of parts and compare to the tally in the shopping app so you didn't forget something, then continue and do the same for the next work order. Once everything is processed it's time to hit the buy button, but not before you've checked that you have next day delivery. For some reason the game sometimes reset that to the 3 to 5 days delivery which is pretty annoying when you only catch it after the fact... As for checking the components... You don't have to rush back and forth like you did and look at the machine. In the mail there is the option to look at the hardware configuration even before you get the machine delivered, so used that. Also when checking the requirements for a program you can just as well run it on your office machine before you klick the accept button. If the customers machine use a AMD CPU or GPU when the Will It Run? app list Intel of Nvidia you just use the Part Ranking app to compare. This overrides any real world knowledge, so even if you know that IRL a certain processor is better than another for a certain app it's still the numbers in the ranking app that decides if the game think it's right. Also when the machine is up and running install the hardware monitor, 3DMark and the antivirus and run them all. Do the antivirus first, then start the hardware monitor and 3DM. This will make sure you didn't forget something as simple as the heat paste, and one of the most common things to forget is to remove virus. The anti virus takes just about no time to run and you can start work on the next machine while 3DM is running. Finally go through the list at the top of the ticket and check that you've done everything you wrote down and it should be all happy faces. Now you might wonder about the five tabs I suggested between the name of the component and the price? Well that's because some times you may want or need to order multiples of a part like memory sticks, GPU's or HDD's. Then you add two tabs after the name, add the price of one item, add a tab and the quantity, tab and the total. And now you wonder why two tabs after the name, right? Well that's so you can remove one of them in case you are looking at different solutions. Say your customer wants a dual GPU config and you are pricing them out. Add them on two lines but keep the prices "indented" until you've decided which way to go. This is in no way optimal and I really should make a spreadsheet to handle this, but at least it gives the procedure some structure and reduces the risk that you forget something or that you end up spending more than you earn on a customer. I've had tickets come up that couldn't be completed within budget. When that happens either decline or send it to the night team.

[@MarkHyde]

This series is a fun alternative to the irl PC hardware content you do - hilarious stuff. Thanks. :)

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

It's like fix or flop! But in a game!

[@RT-gaming]

There's a notepad on your in-game PC you can make notes on for each project

[@Hansykes94]

Of all the game plays for pc building simulator i enjoy watching yours the most! Hope you post more of your game play!

[@mattyoaks4012]

Should totally be a series. Very fun to watch this!

[@aserto4058]

You're content amazing. You're Fix and flop serie taught me so much, even tho I don't have a pc, I still love wathing the vids❤

[@brunofernandes84]

Mistakes happen when we try to rush things. The same thing happened to me at the beginning when I started playing but then I focused on the game and started getting always the highest score. :)

[@GoEasyxD]

I hate passive surveys. Happens all too often when you get one back that’s like 7/10 “everything was perfect I just don’t give 10/10. “ I felt that one smiley

[@zJDG]

This Series is Actually so enjoyable to watch bro hope to see another one soon

[@maxtornogood]

Just finished this part, it's amusing seeing how many mistakes Greg actually makes. Note taking is important people!

[@bantcliff]

1st rule of every PC Build Sim, Clean it and Virus scan it no matter what the repair requires.

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

The clean it part is easy to remember as it's very apparent when the machine is dirty, but the virus part is so easy to forget. I've made it a habit to always install the AV software and run it. It's so quick it doesn't make a huge dent in your time management. I would recommend you also install the info software, don't remember the in game name, and 3DMark. Running those in sequence allows 3DM to stress the machine making sure it's stable and you can see the temperatures are under control. It takes a few minutes to run though but you can just start on next machine while that is running, or start looking at the mails for tomorrows work. It's a good sanity check.

[@zed88_]

I think enabling xmp/docp in the bios helps with customer rating but I haven't played in a while so I'm not sure.

[@benjaminrobledo5466]

I'm loving this series. 😋

[@mbob4337]

The only thing this game is missing. Is a Retro repair section. Working on old PC's. Dealing with old parts etc. It make for a cool expansion pack. Like you get the ability to solder, chip removal, eprom changes, even find trace damage.

[@HitMarkersAreFun]

don't need external paper and pen, game includes "could notes" you can put down notes for each customer

[@d.b.8684]

Oh my god Greg, watching you play this, no joke, is like watching and listening to myself when I first started playing 400 hours ago. Great game and great vid keep up the great work and keep playing. I actually went so far as to print up work sheets to keep track of clients, jobs and especially the extras. Not sure if this expansion allows for the building and selling of new and used PCs on pcbay, but that is really fun. The really cool part is just by OC'ing CPU and GPU it nets you more performance and higher profit!!

[@jtenorj]

There is a thing called Riggs Rigs. He will buy PCs from you, up to ten per week each Thursday I think. He pays you half of whatever a PC's 3D Mark score will be. For example, you build a system with two top end GPUs, an R9 5950x, two sticks of the fastest Ram in a mobo supporting an even faster speed ram to which you can easily overclock those sticks. A little tinkering in GPU Tuner and you have a system that can score 36000+ for around $5500. Rigg will pay you $18000+ meaning you profit around $12500. Times 8 PCs is $100000 profit. Times 10 PCs is $125000 profit. Per week. You can find a guide or two on Steam's PCBS community hub with part lists if you want fastest builds, most profitable, etc. Edit: regarding notes, I just use the Cloud Notes app in game to keep track of what I need to know about every job. Name, job type, specifics, extra details, all their current parts and new parts I'm ordering for them, parts total, parts budget, and my labor fee. Maybe my thoughts, too.

[@d.b.8684]

@@jtenorj my 400 hours happened before the cloud notes was introduced to the game. = - D

[@willh7352]

super cool that you happen to be playing this. 🔥🙏🙏🙏

[@kattales2007]

Greg, when you're into the cables and such menu, there's a button in the top left corner clearly marked EXIT you can use if you don't remember the clicks.

[@stelp7617]

This was fun! More please : ) when I first played this game all it did was give me some bad flash backs of my Tech days.

[@shawnpersinger7161]

It's great to watch you play this game. I've tried to play the simple version some great series. Definitely will watch more.

[@irukhan07]

Best episode of Greg Plays PC Building Simulator! so far.

[@jawn_jawn_]

this is actually where i learned building pc aside watching tech videos, i built my own pc last year and now i have a pc business as a 13 year old :)

[@Drathstar]

If you want the best review on jobs where you're checking if the system will run it you need to switch from the minimum requirements tab to the recommended tab to allow them to avoid as many issues as possible.

[@MrBlktstc]

I know I'm late to the game [heh] but something that can help in tight spaces is zooming in with the scroll wheel. It's helped me more than almost anything else.

[@stupidshinji1331]

Some of the customers require you replace the one they have, you can even give them one better and they still get uppity even if it's within their price range. Like in the regular career I built a guy a PC with a ryzen 5 and 1660 super and he broke the CPU, I had a Ryzen 7 I bought as a supply piece so I went ahead and upgraded him and he gave me 2 stars since I used different parts.

[@maxtornogood]

Just watched the other 2 parts last night & then I wake up to Part 3, woohoo!

[@TopRacer2002]

I do love this game and I am using it to teach my kids about troubleshooting PC's even though my son wants to custom watercool all of them.

[@icarusbrune]

The inception is real

[@alfiewilson5740]

you can hold shift to sprint

[@nomisukeindustries]

Don't fret, Greg. Just do what I do and draw a smiley on the screen with a Sharpie.

[@tyleyden8695]

Anybody that likes his PC repair series owes it to themselves to get this game... it'll be on sale for $7.99 for the steam Christmas sale. 🍻

[@joeyfortner1158]

Do you know when the sale starts or has it already? Thanks

[@tyleyden8695]

@@joeyfortner1158Dec 22nd - Jan 5th

[@joeyfortner1158]

@@tyleyden8695 thank you!

[@tyleyden8695]

@@joeyfortner1158 no problem buddy

[@LGLoops]

Yes more pc sim, love the reactions of your oopsies.

[@alexanderjwz2124]

this is good game and you learn a lot of this, thanks to this i can build pc's now :D

[@americathefree3708]

The ones you're supposed to diagnose and repair are kicking my butt! That and the OC's that don't work after OCing..there is noway to talk to client.

[@cianide99]

Another thing... the mouse scroll wheel lets you zoom into the build. Better for when you're trying to find the RAM clips.

[@LeucThong]

yeah this game so fun, I have played this game for over 500 hours without getting bored.

[@rangerjedi7322]

Love this series. By the way don't feel bad about mistakes. I do this in gaming a lot 😅

[@pelicangamingmalaka5220]

More of this please!

[@edhuismanster]

Process: Read what they want. Fix whatever is broken. Order parts to replace broken stuff, even if the PC posts unless parts are missing. When PC posts, reread the instructions, did they ask for upgrades, installs or removals? Do those then reread again, did all get done? You're good to go. I still miss something every now and then but most of the time, it's a five star win. Good luck and remember, it's not a race, it's supposed to be fun! SPOILER ALERT!!! Hint, ordering the wrong ram or wrong parts is not a big deal, hang on to them, you can probably use them at some point. Also, order extra drives, case fans and air coolers, these seem to get used at an astonishingly fast rate. I usually have a couple of extra 500 GB and 1 TB SSDs as well as some 500 GB and 1 TB Kingston NVMes (No heat sinks to interfere with MB drive covers.) and the first two Arctic air coolers (Red and yellow) as they seem to fit either AMD or Intel CPUs and fit most cases. If you can't remember using thermal past, it's no biggy to pull the cooler, reapply the paste and move on. It may seem a bit wasteful to have some extra stuff on hand but as in real life, these do go fast. For case fans, maybe six or more Corsair RGB fans or one of the other brands, and a bunch of those Morton 120 plain fans. I have a few 140 mm fans too but they get used at a slower rate. Almost forgot, have a couple of 650 watt PSUs on hand for testing, yeah I've had to do this in game. OMG, sorry about the book but I want to see you win, win win!!!

[@Vokes-gaming]

This is entertaining as hell i don’t even know why but good video👍

[@simlay.]

here at 1k views, keep up the good content greg :)

[@GuidoDePalma]

yeah they should allow you to write notes at each desk

[@chrissouthon7662]

Luv your content Greg you are the most honest IMO in the industry merry XMAS to you and the Family from AUS \m/

[@Fishbait075]

Dont forget that the memory speed always defaults to 2133Mhz unless you adjust the BIOS.

[@Kciroy]

I really enjoy you playing this

[@dillxn_dlr7161]

Good video 👍

[@alderwield9636]

seeing greg forgot everything is amusing idk why

[@cianide99]

Hold SHIFT while walking to sprint instead of walk.

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Nice video. Hopefully you can get your rating up enough to get that "Smiley" face.

[@lurick]

Thermal paste, who needs that junk?!? Thermal glue is what you want!

[@mercylann9844]

Love it

[@AbeelSiddiqui]

The moment I saw this thumbnail, I thought this was an MVG i.e Modern Vintage Gamer's video lol.

[@kilo9er123]

I usually just click T for the tablet to check my email and shop instead of using the computer. Lol

[@biggamer8655]

I low key want to drop my pc off for Greg to fix and just be like hey I need a couple games uninstalled and a new wallpaper.

[@crazi7144]

When upgrading RAM - don't forget to go into BIOS and turn on XMP.

[@infi2723]

i would love if he did this and fix or flop as his main content!!

[@RedBeardedJoe]

by the way i didnt see you put the Side Panel back on in the Video for the second off site repair

[@candidosilva7755]

I have this game on epic but i didnt tried this one. But i need to take him for a spin seems fun.

[@chris_hertford]

Also you're wasting time removing the usb drive if goes back to inventory when you pick up the pc!

[@gavinxm]

If you keep parts in stock you will save a lot of money on shipping over time.

[@jimrello7878]

ty fun show

[@Hylianer04]

16:10 that customer really had broke his fricking passive cooler? How xD a normal cooler yea maybe the fan, but what did the customer do there, cutting of the fins or breaking of the mounting slots on the cooler? XD

[@jamesvozar1]

I doubt that even a beast rig built in this sim could run Crysis.

[@whiffingherbs]

i cant belive irregular coorporations got a hold of over 200 companies to use their stuff in the game😆

[@jeremyphillips3087]

GREG I LIKE YOUR GLASSES!!! ALSO HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED GETTING LASER EYE SURGERY? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

[@ACE112ACE112]

13:26 maybe it's cuz you only met the minimum specs the the unify4d? not sure

[@GameOverAus]

started playing this again the last few weeks but got a bug with 3dMark not running. Otherwise very fun

[@Duck_31]

You can run by pressing shift

[@Sir_Dabicles_gaming]

I found your videos the other day, I don’t even have a pc but I have been thinking about getting one for a while now and think I’m gonna bite the proverbial bullet and buy one. I was wondering if you had any tips about how to prepare for the pc. Like what needs to be installed what doesn’t need to be on the system if I buy pre built?

[@MarinosMysteries]

I can't even start to play that thing, my computer can't handle it.

[@YashSagar0]

Video games are not only becoming realistic in graphics.

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

Well now all we need are customers trying to scam you, lie to you and all that crap. Well that and scalpers hiking up the prices on all graphics cards... And suddenly I'm perfectly happy that the game isn't totally realistic. Oh and I just remember a favorite customer interaction. She called the BBB, the Better Business Bureau and complained about us scamming her. Well it wasn't actually the BBB as we were not US based but our local equivalent. It all started when she bought a bare PC from us. When asked if she wanted an OS or anything else she declined. The day after delivery of her new PC she came back and complained that the machine didn't run and we explained that she'd bought it bare and had declined the OS option. So she grumbling payed for the OS, MS DOS 3.0 I think it was, and we installed it for her. Then she called back and complained that Word Perfect didn't run so we took it back and tested it. The machine was fine but there were no sign of Word Perfect ever being installed, which we told her. Then we learned that "Everyone knows that all PC's come with WP. Anything else is unthinkable. Selling a PC without WP installed is a scam and I will call the BBB and leave a complaint! Good bye and enjoy being blacklisted. Never contact me again you bottom feeders." We got a call from some one at the BBB who asked what was going on and that was the end of that. I still chuckle at it today. At the same time I feel sorry for that woman. It has to be hard going through life that ignorant. I mean we gave her the option to order both the OS and WP when she first contacted us and she declined, so she can't have been totally unaware that WP came at a cost. I think it was about $400 at the time for just Word Perfect.

[@Bloody_crow]

i ain't reading all that i'm happy for u tho or sorry that happened

[@hotchoclateguy]

use parts ranking app

[@liviubita4238]

It's not a game, it's not a job, it's a way of life. #gopcgeeks

[@j.p.h.8126]

This game is harder then it looks. :)

[@davidjohn3710]

I wish they added shadows to the pc parts

[@arsenijsaleksejevs2587]

we need more

[@austin9644]

Would be nice to see a live stream of this for an hour or so

[@johnzome788]

Greg is reminding me of geek squad on this one.

[@leandroperalta]

The software Greg, remember the software... 😆

[@beastrace81]

heyyy that was fun.

[@fras2506]

Mistakes 🤨

[@GregSalazar]

Yeh, I'm embarrassed! 😅

[@RGMUFC1]

13:20 you didn't install CapItAll and Unify 4D, lol

[@luffy7042]

Yes more gaming content 🥰

[@HawkEye9323]

More please :)