Did you build your current computer?

Did you build your current computer? Or did you buy it off of one of the many providers? (ex. Gateway, Dell, Hewlitt Packard)

I only ask because I just went out last night and bought all of the pieces to build a computer and it's my first one. I've put in sound cards, memory, ethernet cards, and a rewriteable DVD drive before, so I thought putting together a whole PC wouldn't be extremely difficult. I have run into a few speed bumps, but all together, I'm doing pretty well for myself.

Also I created this thread in case I get stuck later today when I'm putting it together...hopefully someone will be able to help me out a bit.

My dad put together the comp i'm using now. It seems to be working fine. Faster than our pre-built one.

same here

i help put mine together but my friend did most of the work 🤓he enjoyed it what a nerd

I think building a computer would put you more on the intellect side...

if you know what happened in episode 123 of Star Trek...then you are officially a nerd.

what happened in 123 episode?

i think i watched one or two....

i built my computer from scrap , i named it windows 3000, i put in cd rewriter's, dvd players and recorders andit puts broadband to shame

what are the specs on yours? I coulda spent more on mine but right now i'm only about $1100 in the hole.

well...i spent $500 on a base system (Atlon XP 2000+ w/a cd-rw n a 17" monitor n a 40 GB hd) n i dropped in, lets see a 128 mb graphics card, a dvd-rom, a 160 gb hd, i spent $30 cutting a window n putting in internal lighting and another fan...i have grill lighting...uh..yeah...so its resale value is around $1500 now...but im not gonna sell it anyway...
im gonna buy a new motherboard, CPU and case, and transfer all the rest over into it, n have a kick @$$ supercomputer.

i bought mine, well actually my parents did

I didn't build mine myself, it was built buy a mate of my brothers ✅

i got my comp from ebay. its an amd athlon 3200.

great comp but i gotta get a new hardrive.

I built mine and the one before it... this new one took me about half an hour. 😎 It cost ne $1500 - Radeon 9800 Pro, 17" LCD Sony Monitor, 100 GB Harddrive, 1GB RAM, Powerful Speakers and Subwoofer, CDRW Ultra Speed, and 3.06 GHz! 😱

Me? Build something?

I used to botch Lego jobs back in the day 😂

i had to build this computer from leaves, some mud, and a used-up toothpaste holder

😄 works just fine though

I bought it. LOL i remember this thread on another forum on how to build a computer lol.
http://www.blizzforums.com/showthread.php?t=38548&highlight=build+computer+LOL

man i'm sooo stuck. I got the 4 pin and 20 pin connectors going to the mother board...i'm pretty sure i have everything connected correctly except i have these controls to adjust the speed of the cooling fans that i can't understand how to hook up, and when i plug it in, no power is running throught the system...it sucks!

Not good.

u sure the power supply is plugged in? as for the fan controllers, use a four pin connector from the power supply to power that, n then plug the fans into it...

recheck the connections on EVERYTHING if u dont have power...cuz u might, n not jsu have one thing plugged in preventing the circuit to be incomplete.

yeah i know that much....i don't think the 12 pronged plug has any practical use for normal computer usage.

It'd be a lot nicer if the Comp Case came with decent instructions for all of the connections but instead it says to refer to the mother boards instructions. 🙁

I have 6 of those 4 pinned power supply cords. i need one for the cd-rom, 1 for the hard drive, and one for the floppy. oh and one for the graphics card.

That leaves me with 2 for 6...maybe...7 fans, but i have connectors on each fan. So will one 4 pinned power cord be able to route the power to all 6/7 fans?