No, that was four years ago.That Guy Who Phails said:
EDIT: I Live in Australia BTW. The average price for one of those things in 2007 was at least $120AU.
Poll: Can you build a PC?
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EDIT: I Live in Australia BTW. The average price for one of those things in 2007 was at least $120AU.
true, and amd still has am2 and am2+ mobos out there, but those are mostly out of date and if your looking for a machine with power, that is not where to go, im not sure if new procs are being made that are better than the current best LG775 CPUs or how exactly the 'am2+' socket is supposed to work (or if new better procs are being released on the am2)Isaac The Grape said:
also, it is not that uncommon to find a 'am2/am2+/amd3' motherboard, meaning you could by a very low end amd proc, and than later upgrade to their best out there
the 1156 is the most common intel proc, im not sure if they plan to release many more better procs for it, i though they were gona stick with the 1366 as their next socket, than they released the 1155 with their sandy bridge line, i guess the 1365 is next?
the reason i had ubuntu was just to play around with it, iv played with red had 4.8 (yea, i know, thats old, its what my work uses) mint, Suse 11.1 (i think thats right), puppy (several versions) and fedora
i dont mind unix operating systems for word processing and the web, but anything more and it can get quite complicated, although, some server software is only avaiable for unix
I put my last 3 gaming rigs together by myself... and all of them have functioned beautifully. I do have one funny story... on my second build, I put the RAM in the wrong order, so the computer wouldn't start up.... 3 hours later, I'm still confused as hell and checking all my wiring, my friend comes over, looks at it for 2 seconds and then says "are you sure you put the RAM in the right order" needless to say facepalm ensued.
My main fear is the CPU/thermal paste bit, apart from that I'm more than happy slotting together bits to make a PC, and I've done enough upgrades and rebuilds for myself and others.
Really, most of it's like a big Meccano/Knex kid's set, only even easier as most stuff is either colour coded or only fits one way around.
I had a friend in America, who'd never so much as popped the lid on her desktop, and I had her upgrade her memory over skype, using her laptop as a webcam to guide her into what to do...within 10 minutes she had a faster booting and running PC, and a sense of satisfaction that she'd done it herself and not paid someone $60 or so to fit it.
Really, most of it's like a big Meccano/Knex kid's set, only even easier as most stuff is either colour coded or only fits one way around.
I had a friend in America, who'd never so much as popped the lid on her desktop, and I had her upgrade her memory over skype, using her laptop as a webcam to guide her into what to do...within 10 minutes she had a faster booting and running PC, and a sense of satisfaction that she'd done it herself and not paid someone $60 or so to fit it.
Man, I've seen some strange shit at this computer place I volunteer at. For example: Someone once managed to melt SD RAM. How did they do that? By putting the RAM in backwards. How the fuck did they manage to do that? I have no idea, probably by using brute force. Anyway, the RAM overloaded, the computer short-circuited, and there was a melted lump of green and black plastic in the RAM slot.Fragged_Templar said:
Good times...
dude i didnt build my computer, because i don't know how but can if i tried, but i swear that spec is near identical to the computer i bought from IBUYPOWER. only difference is the HDD and it has some kind of liquid cooling system. lolSpAc3man said:
Currently im just useing a prebuilt PC with a better graphics card, it gets the job done, but i have looked into makeing a custom PC but i dont have the money to actualy go through with it right now
I did it with my brothers, and i overclocked my CPU and GPU recently:
AMD Athlon X64 3.0GHz Overclocked to the max
Nvidia 7800GT all latest Driver overclocked to 612MB
AMD 1TB hardrive, and 4 GB hardive
ABIT motherboard(forgot the model)
well, i forgot a lot of stuff, but this is the basics
AMD Athlon X64 3.0GHz Overclocked to the max
Nvidia 7800GT all latest Driver overclocked to 612MB
AMD 1TB hardrive, and 4 GB hardive
ABIT motherboard(forgot the model)
well, i forgot a lot of stuff, but this is the basics
Easy to easy to build.
Oh I recent rebuilt system specs:
I7 970
Rampage Extreme 3
2000 mhz DDR3 6gb
GTX 570 Gainward GLH
9800 gt physx card
Corsair H70
Corsair 1200w gold PSU
Fractal design XL
OCZ 64GB SSD
2X Western digital SATA 6GB/S raid 1
Oh I recent rebuilt system specs:
I7 970
Rampage Extreme 3
2000 mhz DDR3 6gb
GTX 570 Gainward GLH
9800 gt physx card
Corsair H70
Corsair 1200w gold PSU
Fractal design XL
OCZ 64GB SSD
2X Western digital SATA 6GB/S raid 1
Easily, I've made many upgrades to existing PCs, dismantled a number including the occaisonal laptop, and have experience in modifying hardware with overclocking to achieved the highest reliability and performance ratio.
However, due to have always been a student, having no employment and only ever buying laptops as my primary PCs now, I haven't ever built from scratch (unless you count stripping a PC and putting it back together). I do frequently build them theoretically though (every month or so) using the best sources I know to see how the market is going cost to performance wise across the spectrum (from the unlimited budget PCs to mid range gaming rigs, to under £300 and see if I can still get it considered gaming worthy).
I'm in the process of salvaging my last laptop for parts and to see if I can identify the problem myself, run some tests on bits of the hardware and such. Was hoping to salvage the screen but it turned out the cost and time involved in the effort was more than buying a new LCD monitor.
However, due to have always been a student, having no employment and only ever buying laptops as my primary PCs now, I haven't ever built from scratch (unless you count stripping a PC and putting it back together). I do frequently build them theoretically though (every month or so) using the best sources I know to see how the market is going cost to performance wise across the spectrum (from the unlimited budget PCs to mid range gaming rigs, to under £300 and see if I can still get it considered gaming worthy).
I'm in the process of salvaging my last laptop for parts and to see if I can identify the problem myself, run some tests on bits of the hardware and such. Was hoping to salvage the screen but it turned out the cost and time involved in the effort was more than buying a new LCD monitor.
Yes, and I did so professionally for about 4 years.
As long as you get the proper case for the motherboard, hardware assembly is very easy (the part that seems to intimidate people the most is this for some reason. Just don't do anything stupid and it'll be just fine).
Hell, there are some modern mobo-case combinations that are easier to assemble than Legos.
As long as you get the proper case for the motherboard, hardware assembly is very easy (the part that seems to intimidate people the most is this for some reason. Just don't do anything stupid and it'll be just fine).
Hell, there are some modern mobo-case combinations that are easier to assemble than Legos.
Could if I really had/wanted to but I find it too much of a tedious chore to be worth the extra power.
My computer as is fills the minimum requirements for most games (and due to most PC games these days being console ports said requirements are probably here to stay for quite a long time.) and that's good enough for me.
My computer as is fills the minimum requirements for most games (and due to most PC games these days being console ports said requirements are probably here to stay for quite a long time.) and that's good enough for me.
I build all my computers except laptops. Last one I build for myself was about 3 years ago. It's till going strong so I'm getting a new video card. My 8800GTX is showing it's age but sadly the 6870 I got to replace was DOA. Hopefully Newegg will have a quick turn around on the RMA.
Yes I have. An i5 750 build with crossfire 5850s.
I would like to make money off it. I was thinking about making a Kijiji ad about custom building PCs, but thinking about the logistics of it, it's not entirely sound. I don't really have a problem with going to someone's house to put all the parts together and get it running, but my gf seems to think it's very risky. But then she's from China, and who knows what kind of shit has gone down there...
I would like to make money off it. I was thinking about making a Kijiji ad about custom building PCs, but thinking about the logistics of it, it's not entirely sound. I don't really have a problem with going to someone's house to put all the parts together and get it running, but my gf seems to think it's very risky. But then she's from China, and who knows what kind of shit has gone down there...
