[LUAU] How long should it take to put a system together?

[jim at jimroby.com]

I have been buying these barebones systems from Asus and Shuttle.All the 
panel connections have already been made and you just install the 
CPU,Ram,and drives.Big time saver.
Matt Darnell writes: 

>> I'd say 2 hours, 2.5 with OS installation for Linux, 3 for Windows. 
>>
> 
> I would give a bit more time for the software install.  You don't have
> to be there the whole time but it takes a while for 'yum update' or
> windows update to run.  You can walk away but need to keep looking at
> it to click OK every now and then.  After that you need to install all
> the apps, browser, antivirus, pdf reader etc. 
> 
> The hardest part of building a PC for me is plugging in all the
> connectors for reset, speaker, power light etc.  I don't know why
> there isn't a standard so there can be one plug from the case with all
> the individual connections in the right place and a single socket on
> the motherboard. 
> 
> -Matt
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