Originally Posted by Gorath
Well, if you're studying engineering, playing LEGO with PC parts is a rather trivial task. There isn't much to be afraid of for somebody with that background. All but a few steps are simple.

I'm afraid to break a £200 GPU or Motherboard , I'm not afraid of not being able to do it.

Breaking hardware owned by the university is part of the education
Unfortunately, I never blew more than a few op-amps. I was quite careful with the big capacitors as I didn't want to lose an eye…