Yep ive built my own PC's for the last 5 years odd now. Best way to learn about the insides is to go at them with a screwdriver.
I wouldnt be as good as i am at troubleshooting PC hardware if i had not been fiddling about with it for years.
Butuz
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Yep ive built my own PC's for the last 5 years odd now. Best way to learn about the insides is to go at them with a screwdriver.
I wouldnt be as good as i am at troubleshooting PC hardware if i had not been fiddling about with it for years.
Butuz
Built 4 now but started with an old 486 dx2 66 that was bought for a small fortune back in the day
BrOw
Current 2 in my house I built, would never buy a prebuilt again :)
Just had a thought - there is such a wealth of general (and indeed specialised) computer knowledge on this forum. How on earth are people getting away with charging £x / hr for crappy tech advice and giving people the run around when so much info is available here for free and with a smile!?!
The mind boggles...
Yep i built mine :D with a lot of help from hexus peeps :)
Its nearly a year old actually, though i have been upgrading often :rockon:
I built a 486DX-33 in 1993- then didn't build another computer until 2001. Got a bit overconfident with that one and killed a Tbird 1000:(. Since then I've built another two and have pretty much everything I need for a third apart from memory- although the HD from the 2001 computer is still in service to this day, which is extra impressive seeing as it's an IBM!:eek:
Rich :¬)
Me and a housemate did his, mine, and the downstairs media PC together. I built my brothers, and Im about to start another building a housemates PC. He wants his as a base for his own mini-music recording studio, so it should be an interesting challenge!
once i rounded off the head on a motherboard screw... ended up drilling it through.... to the shock of all watching! :D
Zak built mine :D Does that count?!?!! ;)
Done 3 for my self and continual upgrade work. Even done a few for other people too :)
Can remember fidling with my K6-2 when I had it first :D
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na sorry... vote no now!! :)
Built all 8 from scratch. Its alot easier than one would think.
yeah i was well worried when i first built my first system, but yeah Nemeliza is right it's much easier than it sounds, it's only a pain when you get a duff part and have to work out what it is... good fun, i was very proud of my first computer!
most of the ones i have or have had have been built my meself :)
Ive built all my PC's - i got into it doing my IT degree at uni bout 4 years ago - Bledd (posts on here) got me into building it as i lived with him in first year, ever since them its been home built all the way - he just got me into water cooling so lots of new challenges - im lovin' it!
Yup I build mine :D
I've built every one of my pc's and lots for other people when i had my own pc retail business.
never had a single problem with anything i built but that is down to choice of components.
can't say anything about operating systems though... some of them can be a right beggar...