Home-Builts and Pre-Builts : Othor Games

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:50 am

All these threads popping up recently about building your own PC have made me wonder just how many people here actually have built a PC and how many have pre-builts.

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:56 pm

I just built a new PC about 2 1/2 weeks ago. This was the first one that I've ever built by myself, and it was super easy. My last desktop I picked out all of the parts, but payed a little extra to have the people at Micro Center build it for me.

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:30 pm

Home built...because I can't fit 16 hard drives in a cheap prebuilt case.

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:05 am

Mine's custom. I guess you could say it's the first one I've built, but I've replaced all the original parts at least once in its lifetime (just not all at once).

I thought it was easy to built my first PC... but then again I've been upgrading and tinkering on my various computers for as long as I can remember, so I already knew most of the build process.

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:19 am

I haven't owned a pre-built PC since a '386 at 33MHz was considered blazing fast.

http://leon2ky.com/leon/turbo_button.jpg FTW!

Anyway, yeah, I lost count of the number I've built a long time ago. :nerd:

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:41 am

Built it with the help of my Dad, for when I got lost in the cables.

I'm pretty good at it now though.

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:57 am

My first PC was a Dell, custom builds ever since. I've swapped hardware too much to keep track of separate builds.

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:48 am

Built mine with a friend.

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:43 am

I post on this forum using a toaster...

so what in the name of hell's bells does a toaster have to do with bein' pc?

I'm always politically correct, dammit!

edit:
home build. Don't think I'm gonna let some egghead touch my hard drive?? Hell no! There's ~~porm~~ ..err, sensitive readin' materials I don't want.. uhh, misplaced.

Shoot fly, you're south, you know what I mean..

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:51 am

I tend to build my own. I always tell myself I'm going to make the wiring nice and neat this time, but invariably get frustrated halfway through so it still looks quite messy. I also seem to be the nemesis of case fans, all of which are noisy, rattly or seize up. Or all three.

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:55 am

Home built...because I can't fit 16 hard drives in a cheap prebuilt case.

Where did you find a case that could fit all that?

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:06 pm

home build. Don't think I'm gonna let some egghead touch my hard drive?? Hell no! There's ~~porm~~ ..err, sensitive readin' materials I don't want.. uhh, misplaced.

Shoot fly, you're south, you know what I mean..

Actually I'm not sure if I do. Do I want to know?

Also, I just built my first PC a few months back, petter then any PC I've ever had, as I've always had to deal with other people's leftovers.

Where did you find a case that could fit all that?

My case can fit at least 6, but 16???

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:05 am

Where did you find a case that could fit all that?

the one I have can actually fit http://www.mountainmods.com/

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:22 am

First computer I got when a little kid was pre-built, second was a custom job but not built by me, same with third, and my fourth and latest PC was built by myself. I would never ever go pre-built ever if I could somehow help it, and from now on I'll build my own PC's. Granted I did have some help from this very forum at points, and it all worked out well.

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:48 am

the one I have can actually fit http://www.mountainmods.com/

Sweet Jesus. :blink:

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:23 am

the one I have can actually fit http://www.mountainmods.com/

You built a PC...out of a DeLorean?!?!

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:38 am

Sweet Jesus. :blink:

The Lian Li version couldn't cut it due to the parts for it being scarce.

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:03 am

Home-built... I, uh, had some help with it. Okay, mostly I just sat and watched and helped with the cable ties.

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:01 am

Where did you find a case that could fit all that?

It's just a small http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_array :shrug: Hell, with that small of a number it could just be a large bay

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:22 pm

What? Not a single person that visits this forum uses a pre-built PC?

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:59 am

What? Not a single person that visits this forum uses a pre-built PC?

seems I'm a special case

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:58 am

What? Not a single person that visits this forum uses a pre-built PC?

well, someone voted that they have a pre-built.

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:50 pm

What? Not a single person that visits this forum uses a pre-built PC?

I think I still have an old Philips thing with a 386 in it sitting at the back of the garage somewhere.

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:20 pm

well, someone voted that they have a pre-built.

yeah, Due to my medical condition (Cerebral Palsy) I lack the coordination to build a rig

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:23 pm

My PC was prebuilt, but I bought a cheap one and just replaced the components with better ones to change it into a decent gaming machine. It was something of a compromise between spending huge amounts on a prebuilt one and buolding one myself. In the end it worked out at half what it would have cost to buy the components already installed.