Hardware mega-thread: love it or hate it

[zigzag3143]

Custom Build by a mile

Ken

[Diewas]

I buy pre built PC's. Mainly because I don't have the money or expereice to build my own. However, I cannot say I wouldn't prefer custom building one, as I never have.

[ciphernemo]

I buy pre built PC's. Mainly because I don't have the money or expereice to build my own. However, I cannot say I wouldn't prefer custom building one, as I never have.

If you ever want to save money and get better performing/matched hardware, find a friend to help you or get it done locally.

Who doesn't want to save money?

[DocBrown]

Custom Build by a mile

Ken

Getting my Win_8 box ready

Custom Built

[ciphernemo]

Getting my Win_8 box ready

Custom Built

So when that person wants to do an upgrade, do they cut through the cardboard or make a sticky mess by peeling off the duct-tape?

My custom build:

[Bare Foot Kid]

Building a PC from 'scratch' is not hard at all and the parts I got would've cost me twice as much had it been pre-built by someone else; the only caveat is to do thorough homework (research) before one purchases the first part. Below is the first ever PC I've built, the one I'm using now; definitely not the last, an i7 rig is in the works.

Click this pic to enlarge it.

[ciphernemo]

My previous gaming rig (Core 2 Duo-based) was a completely custom build, starting from this old hunk of junk, 90s full-tower case...



Transformed into this build with a lot of modding, fabricating, painting, etc...

[skunksmash]

So when that person wants to do an upgrade, do they cut through the cardboard or make a sticky mess by peeling off the duct-tape?

My custom build:

that is one SMART rig you have there ciphernemo......

[SquonkSC]

386DX was my only frefab.

Building my own ever since.

Making them powerful but very quiet is my goal.
Can be quite challenging.

I hate noisy computers.