Poll: Can you build a PC?
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Haven't had the money recently.. last was 5 years ago.. hopefully will build a quardo for 3d later this year
I'm sure, without reading that this sentiment has been repeated, again and again...
It's NOT HARD. Anyone can do this. It's only add component to compatible compnent. Not like you have to design your own chips.
It's NOT HARD. Anyone can do this. It's only add component to compatible compnent. Not like you have to design your own chips.
Yeah a couple. My current is running on a Core 2 Quad Q6600 with an XFX GeForce 8800 GTX. Can't remember the rest off-hand. Can't decide when to upgrade/start again at the moment. Whether to go for an i5 setup now or wait for the new round of processors to get cheaper. To be honest, my rig runs everything at the moment with the exception of dx10/11 exclusives as I still use XP. Until I start missing out on games I really want I'll probably wait.
Hell i learnt how to in school.
It came in handy too, i worked in a city learning centre for a few months and had to disassemble and replace hardware in over 200 computers.
The amount of cuts i got on my fingers due to sharpe edges off the tower case and circuit boards was horrible..
It came in handy too, i worked in a city learning centre for a few months and had to disassemble and replace hardware in over 200 computers.
The amount of cuts i got on my fingers due to sharpe edges off the tower case and circuit boards was horrible..
Yup. I made the computer I'm using now with my dad when I was eight. I've replaced a lot of the shit myself since then buy damn, 'twas a good time.
I used to have a laptop, it was crappy from day one, and as soon as one piece of hardware was broken from poor design, the whole thing was useless. I took it to be repaired and they couldn't because it was welded together... and they wouldn't give me a refund because I had tried to have it fixed >_> sound logic.
Now I didn't directly build mine from scratch myself, however since the local pc store has very little business, they allowed me to stick around for a day and observe them making computers and talking about components and stuff with the staff.
So when I built mine I was stuck to a budget, (We modified a new computer my mum had had built by them because the only real thing it was missing was a graphics card because she had looked up one of their pre made gaming pc's and asked them to remove it, against their advice, to save on costs).
So I have a gaming PC, that had been modified to be a well performing work PC, that we then remodified to make back into a decent gaming PC.
Also I changed to a larger clear perspecs case, to allow the installation of a secondary fan, and a new battery. My mum freaked when I showed her lol.
Now I didn't directly build mine from scratch myself, however since the local pc store has very little business, they allowed me to stick around for a day and observe them making computers and talking about components and stuff with the staff.
So when I built mine I was stuck to a budget, (We modified a new computer my mum had had built by them because the only real thing it was missing was a graphics card because she had looked up one of their pre made gaming pc's and asked them to remove it, against their advice, to save on costs).
So I have a gaming PC, that had been modified to be a well performing work PC, that we then remodified to make back into a decent gaming PC.
Also I changed to a larger clear perspecs case, to allow the installation of a secondary fan, and a new battery. My mum freaked when I showed her lol.
I know how to, and I've disassembled and reassembled dozens. I took a computer repair class at the career center in high school, it was very hands on; all the old PCs that the county schools got went through us. We had to make sure they worked then clean them, format them, and image them. We had a literal 8 foot high pile of PCs that we had to get through.
I didn't assemble my own PC, I've had it since just before I started the computer repair class.
Next PC I get I will assemble myself.
I didn't assemble my own PC, I've had it since just before I started the computer repair class.
Next PC I get I will assemble myself.
Well I did work experiences in a computer shop where I was instructed on how to build a PC. It was the only part of the experiences I really enjoyed since I gained a lot of knowlege about how PC's are put together. I don't really know about others but it reminded me a lot of lego 
In terms of misadventures, I sliced the side of my hand open while prepping a case. Basically there is a piece of plastic which some cases have to block off the CD drive areas. I just shunted it as hard as I could and felt a pinch, pulled my hand out and saw a mighty wound. It was more horrific looking than painful, and I got to go home early for lunch, so yeah... Was awesome XD
Funniest thing I saw while I was there: A guy brought his computer in to have his power supply replaced, very simple thing to do, so it got jump forward in the repair queue. What should have been a 3 minute job was turned into an ordeal lasting more than half an hour, just becuase the guy who had brought it in had glued all of his wires into place.
In terms of misadventures, I sliced the side of my hand open while prepping a case. Basically there is a piece of plastic which some cases have to block off the CD drive areas. I just shunted it as hard as I could and felt a pinch, pulled my hand out and saw a mighty wound. It was more horrific looking than painful, and I got to go home early for lunch, so yeah... Was awesome XD
Funniest thing I saw while I was there: A guy brought his computer in to have his power supply replaced, very simple thing to do, so it got jump forward in the repair queue. What should have been a 3 minute job was turned into an ordeal lasting more than half an hour, just becuase the guy who had brought it in had glued all of his wires into place.
I built my PC about 3yrs ago though I regularly rebuild it, last major upgrade resulted in this:
Coolermaster Cosmos Full Tower Case
60 GB OCZ Solid State HDD (just for windows 7 and startup/background stuff)
Asus GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 Dual DVI PCI-E Graphics Card
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz Processor
ASUS P6T SE Motherboard
8GB DDR3 1600MHz Intel Exteme XMP
Coolermaster Silent Pro Gold 1000W Modular PSU
Coolermaster V8 Socket Processor Cooler
Seagate 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm
Seagate 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm
One Day I'll finally get around to replacing the 2 HDD's with a 2TB HDD...one day.
Logitech G19 Keyboard
Logitech G9 Mouse
Logitech G35 Headset
Edit, The only story I had was with this computer, for some reason it would only read 1 stick of Ram, swap them around some to see if one was dead, managed to get them all working, no idea why it didnt work that way to start with.
IMO most people could easily build there own PC but they arent willing to risk the money if they screw it up. I also wish I could make money off of this.
Coolermaster Cosmos Full Tower Case
60 GB OCZ Solid State HDD (just for windows 7 and startup/background stuff)
Asus GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 Dual DVI PCI-E Graphics Card
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz Processor
ASUS P6T SE Motherboard
8GB DDR3 1600MHz Intel Exteme XMP
Coolermaster Silent Pro Gold 1000W Modular PSU
Coolermaster V8 Socket Processor Cooler
Seagate 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm
Seagate 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm
One Day I'll finally get around to replacing the 2 HDD's with a 2TB HDD...one day.
Logitech G19 Keyboard
Logitech G9 Mouse
Logitech G35 Headset
Edit, The only story I had was with this computer, for some reason it would only read 1 stick of Ram, swap them around some to see if one was dead, managed to get them all working, no idea why it didnt work that way to start with.
IMO most people could easily build there own PC but they arent willing to risk the money if they screw it up. I also wish I could make money off of this.
I went for the wouldn't have a clue optuon.
I think that I could maybe do it if I spent a lot of time looking it up first and researching, I have quite a few friends who have built several PCs so i would be more likely to ask them for help though. They say it is pretty easy but it doesn't really interest me.
I think that I could maybe do it if I spent a lot of time looking it up first and researching, I have quite a few friends who have built several PCs so i would be more likely to ask them for help though. They say it is pretty easy but it doesn't really interest me.
i have yet to assemble a computer solo, but I've seen it done a few times and well know how.
i would have assembled my most recent rig, but my computer mentor was there and i prefer not to work with delicate expensive equipment for liability purposes.
nevertheless, time for my specs.
CPU: Intel core i7-950 3.06Ghz
Motherboard: MSI X58-PRO-E
Ram: G.Skill-NQ 6GB Kit(2Gx3) DDR3 1600
Memory: 2x Seagate 3.5" SATA 500GB HDD (in RAID 0)
Graphics: 2x Gigabyte 1GB GTX460 (in SLI)
PSU: Corsair TX-850 ATX
Case: Termaltake Armor A90
Optical Drive: LG Blu-Ray SATA Writer
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
erm, not bothering to post keyboard/mouse specs out of a combination of both not really knowing what they are, and not caring.
screen is embarrassingly small... that is all.
i would have assembled my most recent rig, but my computer mentor was there and i prefer not to work with delicate expensive equipment for liability purposes.
nevertheless, time for my specs.
CPU: Intel core i7-950 3.06Ghz
Motherboard: MSI X58-PRO-E
Ram: G.Skill-NQ 6GB Kit(2Gx3) DDR3 1600
Memory: 2x Seagate 3.5" SATA 500GB HDD (in RAID 0)
Graphics: 2x Gigabyte 1GB GTX460 (in SLI)
PSU: Corsair TX-850 ATX
Case: Termaltake Armor A90
Optical Drive: LG Blu-Ray SATA Writer
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
erm, not bothering to post keyboard/mouse specs out of a combination of both not really knowing what they are, and not caring.
screen is embarrassingly small... that is all.
Gonna rebuild mine in a new case soon, waiting on the replacement power supply to arrive. As for the details, I honestly forgot, I know it's a 2.6Ghz quad core AMD processor with 4GB of RAM and a 1GB ATI saphire card. Only upgrade I made to it was when it came to hard drives, had a 160Gb and an 80Gb. Replaced the 80Gb with a 1.5Tb. Got a new case for my 21st birthday (which is Feb 13th) but since I won't be sober on the 13th I got the case now.
Similar spec, similar conundrum. I want to get one of the new i5 2xxxs, but it's such an expensive upgrade, with the new mobo and all, and I'd want new ram to get the most from the new chip - plus my graphics card's the crapper 8800GT, so I'd want to upgrade that too XDTriangulon said:
I've been wanting to do animation and stuff, so the chip's prioritised, but, man, my graphics card is getting beyond its best before...
Yes and it's my dream to do it professionally someday. First thing though, must enroll in "Computer Assembly and Repair" at TAFE.