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#1 adv_tr00per
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....built your first computer?

I'm 16, and I wanna build a better computer but I don't have any moneyz, and my parents aren't gonna buy any parts because they think the computer we have right now is just fine :(

i need a job....

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#2 RossRichard
Member since 2007 • 3738 Posts

Think I was 19. That was back when computer parts were still pretty high.

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#3 i-like-pie
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I build my first computer when I was 16. My boss got left over parts so he asked me if I could build one.
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#4 JDV28
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Mine when i was 14.

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#5 Hellsing2o2
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17.

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#6 dennis_chu
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12 or 13. I don't exactly remember. My first actual gaming rig was probably more like 16.
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#7 duderino_23
Member since 2008 • 337 Posts

26 was my first build

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#8 powerwolff
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I was 15 when I built my first computer, only problem I ran into was a faulty motherboard which took me some time to find out about...besides that it went great and I built another one late last year without any problems at all

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#9 o0squishy0o
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if i get into university then it will be my first time doing it this summer :oops:

cus im spending £1500+ by the looks of it LMAO

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#10 broken_bass_bin
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it was only about 6 months ago, when I was 23.

I've known my way around the innards of a computer since I was about 17 or 18, but my current PC is the first one I've ever actually built from scratch.

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#11 MCSIRLOIN
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Back in 2005 I was 18, I built my first gaming rig which consisted of a Amd 3000+ Athlon 64,2gb and a 6800gs, it even fired up on the first try.

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#12 boostud
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14. Good ol Cyrix 200Mhz system :P

I betmost of you here never even heard of Cyrix processors, lol. I feel old now.

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#13 broken_bass_bin
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14. Good ol Cyrix 200Mhz system :P

I betmost of you here never even heard of Cyrix processors, lol. I feel old now.

boostud

Ahh, I remember Cyrix! I never owned one though.

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#14 Masterdj1992
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I was 16
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#15 afmsquid
Member since 2006 • 1623 Posts
About 15 years old. Here are the specs of my first build: Intel 486DX33 Tseng ET4000 video card Generic ISA motherboard 128Megabytes of RAM 150 Megabyte Hard Drive Mediavision Spectrum 16 sound card Dos 5.0 Windows 3.0 3.5 inch floppy drive
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#16 JigglyWiggly_
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Eleven or twelve, can't remember.
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#17 deactivated-60a3c754d0a16
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Sheesh, I suppose I was 28. I built my 2nd at 31. Presently 32.

But hey, how many of you can remember your first Commodor 64, Apple II(c) orIBM 286 :) My 286 had a turbo button that made it go from 16MHz to 33Mhz!!! Crazy Fast!!!

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#18 ChaltierX
Member since 2009 • 1128 Posts

Built mines a few months ago... (16)

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#19 Combaqkid
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11.

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#20 DieselCat18
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The gaming rig in my system specs below was my very first build just about a year ago at age 55.

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#21 JPops121
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16. Possibly the most rewarding experience of my life.

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#22 General_X
Member since 2003 • 9137 Posts
18 was mine, wanted a gaming rig for downtime at college.
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#23 johnny27
Member since 2006 • 4400 Posts
i built mine a several months ago so 16 its the one in my sig
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#24 GTR12
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Mine was at 7, and yes my parents supervised, they didn't trust me with a $2500 PC.

Looking back at it, I'm scared now that they even let me. I sometimes think what would have happened if something went wrong or I broke something. I spent a good chunk of my day building it, 6 hrs or so, lol.

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#25 jakarai
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26 just built the rig in my sig a few months ago it was my first build.
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#26 markop2003
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14, all worked perfectly first time
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#27 k0r3aN_pR1d3
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When I was about 7 or 8, I disassembled and reassembed the old iMac. But from ground up, 9 years old.

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#28 Slig0
Member since 2009 • 2072 Posts

13 (with a little dad's help on coolers and other stuff).

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#29 marcthpro
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16 went on and build my first own build how ever not as experimanted as my second build in taking part : looking review : and asking lot of people to other advice it sure good to make ur own but there other people who know lot and can come out with suggestion that are wise ;)

If you ever need help or Question or advise on building PC i may help you :D

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#30 Syaz1
Member since 2008 • 554 Posts

just recently. i'm 18 btw. it was a good feeling getting to assemble a pc myself.:)

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#31 deactivated-5f0340ca5ecca
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I built my first rig when i was 13 :)
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#32 Sparticus247
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17, and I had to manually apply the thermal paste on the CPU. Those were the good ole days...

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#33 evilklownx2
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I had workedon pc's since i was about 12,but i didnt build my first ibm combatible form the ground up until i was like 21,and yes it was a cyrix chip,and for those who don't understand ibm combtible,it used to be a very significat thing,lol