Have you ever built your own computer?

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August 7, 2016, 4:39 am

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Have you ever built your own computer?

I had a friend build me a PC once. It was awesome. I really enjoyed that. It was fun to come up with my list of specific needs and see him create it from scratch. He was a heavy gamer. It seems like most or all of my friends who've built their own PCs are also serious gamers. Interesting..

How many of you have built your own computers? Why did you choose to do that?

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procoder

I've worked as computer technician and i can't remember how many computers are built from my hands. Maybe 20..30 or let's make it 50..i'm not sure about the exact number, but i know that creating computers from scratch is something that i loved to do, and i'm still doing it. Also the computer from where i'm writing this is builded from scratch, and i can say that i love to create anything from scratch not only computers.

10 years ago

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Lynne

No, never and it will never happen. I just don't have the ability or the interest!

10 years ago

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EliteWriter

No, I could never have done such a complicated thing myself, I am no good. However my very first computer was built by one of my cousins. It was relatively good

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idealmike

Yeah many years ago I did. Well I bought all the parts separately and pieced them together if that counts? I started with the tower at first. I wanted one with clear sides and LED lights in it that kind of thing. But I wanted one that was functional as well. Then I took my time to choose the MOBO I'd be using and what CPU I'd have with it depending on what it was capable of running. And of course the same with the RAM and all of that as well. The reason was to to learn about computing as I went as I was going off of PC magazines mostly and got stuck into some guide on how to build your own computer. With the premise being that it would be more powerful than off-the-shelf PC's and could even work out cheaper as well. However, it took me about 6 months or more to actually put everything in and get it all set up properly. And I had to take it to a PC repair shop who basically done the rest of it for me which I had to pay out for as well. So in the end, I got it working and I had it for a long time. But I really paid through the nose for and it's not something I'll ever get back into doing again. I prefer them prebuilt Lol

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hitmeasap

Yeah, I've done it several times. The most recent time was in January this year. I bought all the parts separately.

Here's the parts I bought:

Antec GX500 Black
Fractal Design Integra M 750W
HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 2133MHz Fury
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Gaming
Samsung 850-Series EVO 250GB
MSI Z170A GAMING PRO
Deepcool Gamer Storm Maelstrom 240T
Intel Core i7 6700K 4.0 GHz 8MB

And a BenQ 24" XL2411Z monitor.

I paid 16.289,00 kr for all of it.. Which is about 1900 USD.

And yeah, I believe I fit in the category of a "serious gamer"

Best Regards,
hitmeasap

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Cristian

Did that a long time ago. Used to search for weeks about what parts are compatible with each other and how expensive everything will be.
Now, I just prefer a pre-developed configuration. I also switched from desktops PC to laptops and I don't think I will switch back any time soon.

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Sino989

No, I have sadly never built my own computer. I had always wanted to, I remember I had all the parts I wanted to put into it but I was talked out of it by my father who said I should just get a laptop and that's what I did and I don't regret it.

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Corzhens

I know of users who have the patience to tinker with computers even if they are not technically capable. Their common reason is that the computer can be studied and learned if you do it yourself. I don’t have the penchant to tinker with the computer so I just buy a ready-made computer, so to speak. Assembling your own computer with different brands for the parts may experience compatibility issues and I wouldn’t like that.

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