How did you got into the PC Master Race?

[Pooherino ツ]

So I'm hoping this isn't already been done. I did some research and didn't see anything like this posted so here I go.

I'm going to share my story.

Edit: Before reading my story, I want you guys to know that my brother is an IT guy, he tinkers with PC since he was little and went to college for Networking something. But he is the IT guy of the family.

So I used to have an Alienware laptop, It bought it from my brother, he had it for less than a year. This was 2-3 years ago, when I wasn't tech savy at all. After I bought it, the battery died, and I didn't think much of it, I just use it with cable plugged in. But what's weird was that it didn't performs as good in games anymore, even tho it has a pretty decent discrete gpu. I would have to turn the graphics all the way down even in games like Dota 2. So one day I decided to fix the "battery". I call up Alienware, and had a horrible customer service experience. I was on the phone with like 5 people, and after 45' of talking on the phone, finally one guy helped me. He told me its not the battery, its the motherboard that died. The warranty was out, only one year warranty. He said that it would cost me around $400-$500 to fix it. I was like WTF!, thats more than half of the price of the laptop. So I was like fuck it, I sold the laptop on kijiji for $700 to this poor guy, who just bought it. $700 is actually pretty cheap for the specs of the laptop btw. Then I bought a PC from my brother again, It has a Pentium G3220 and GTX 750, B85 mobo, 8GB of RAM. OK build but I wasn't happy with it because I can't even game at max settings at 1080p. So I'm done with my brother, I started to do my own reserch. Replacing my old PC, until I have replaced everything. My first PC specs were:

i7 4790k

GTX 970 G1 Gaming

16GB RAM

Asus Z97A

120GB 840 EVO SSD

1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD

EVGA G2 750W

 

I sold it last summer and rebuild it recently, my current system is in the signature.

Share your stories

[Mohenjo]

Uncle had a cool looking pc, i asked him to build me one and my dad payed for it. 

[Aytex]

Parents never bought me a console

(parenting done right)

 

ive been in the master race since day 1

[User1868]

I use the PC because stuff like simulators aren't on console (Microsoft flight sim, euro truck sim, ect.). Before that I had a ps1 slim and a original Xbox

[XTankSlayerX]

Linus showed me how fun building and owning a PC could be.

[Rocko]

I hated the audio quality of Xbox Live party

[Lord_Karango17]

I started playing around with computers when i started high school. My friends and I all had pretty bad laptops/ desktops, and we played games like the OG modern warfare (games that would run on low end hardware)

 

Slowly, we started to upgrade (a samsung gaming laptop in my case), and it took off from there. After a while of having the gaming laptop, I got myself some money and built my first desktop (only difference from the one in the signature was that it had 2 760's originally)

[DarkBlade2117]

Wait.. You sold the rig in the post, and bought the rig kn your sig? Nearly the exact same rig? Huh...

[Muleworx]

^{My uncle used to work for Hewlett Packard and he used to bring home all kinds of machines for me to mess with when I was younger. I now have an associates in computer security and technology.} 

[Cvdasfg]

Wanted to buy one from origin... Parents told me it was to expensive so i found a way to make it cheaper.. Now here i am with a 6k+ computer  and multiple servers.. and a passion for technology <3:)

[Tedster]

I only bought consoles for PS2 exclusives then my PS3 for GTA V before it was released on PC. I've since gotten rid of both of them and I'll probably end up getting another PS2.

I've kinda been on PC forever.

[HumbleMobo]

So I'm hoping this isn't already been done. I did some research and didn't see anything like this posted so here I go.

I'm going to share my story.

Edit: Before reading my story, I want you guys to know that my brother is an IT guy, he tinkers with PC since he was little and went to college for Networking something. But he is the IT guy of the family.

So I used to have an Alienware laptop, It bought it from my brother, he had it for less than a year. This was 2-3 years ago, when I wasn't tech savy at all. After I bought it, the battery died, and I didn't think much of it, I just use it with cable plugged in. But what's weird was that it didn't performs as good in games anymore, even tho it has a pretty decent discrete gpu. I would have to turn the graphics all the way down even in games like Dota 2. So one day I decided to fix the "battery". I call up Alienware, and had a horrible customer service experience. I was on the phone with like 5 people, and after 45' of talking on the phone, finally one guy helped me. He told me its not the battery, its the motherboard that died. The warranty was out, only one year warranty. He said that it would cost me around $400-$500 to fix it. I was like WTF!, thats more than half of the price of the laptop. So I was like fuck it, I sold the laptop on kijiji for $700 to this poor guy, who just bought it. $700 is actually pretty cheap for the specs of the laptop btw. Then I bought a PC from my brother again, It has a Pentium G3220 and GTX 750, B85 mobo, 8GB of RAM. OK build but I wasn't happy with it because I can't even game at max settings at 1080p. So I'm done with my brother, I started to do my own reserch. Replacing my old PC, until I have replaced everything. My first PC specs were:

i7 4790k

GTX 970 G1 Gaming

16GB RAM

Asus Z97A

120GB 840 EVO SSD

1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD

EVGA G2 750W

 

I sold it last summer and rebuild it recently, my current system is in the signature.

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I've built a total of 8 different PC's and they've had a 590, 680, 780 a 980, 980 Ti and currently my latest has two Titan X's  I reused my 590 and 980

[vanished]

I started on a PC at like 5, using Win 98 and Linux, and by the time I was old enough to know what was really going on hardware wise, I could tell PC was better

[OAcesync]

What if I told that I'm not apart of it

[Shinrin_Cole]

I do have a few consoles for the games that never will have a PC port that I enjoy. But I have more games on PC than I have on PS3 or PS4. It's nice to see some console only games coming to PC like the recent release of Final Fantasy V on steam and the upcoming release of Tales of Zestiria. I just recently upgraded my computer so I could play some upcoming PC games that I may get later on. But I love gaming on both. If I'm not gaming on a console, I'm gaming on my PC. But I've been doing computer games before I got in console gaming, if you consider the commodore 64 as a computer and not a game system.

 

AKA I love gaming in general, doesn't matter if it's PC or Console.

 

Edit: I did get FFV PC and already preorder Tales of Zestiria on PC skipping over the PS3 and PS4 release of the game to support the series on PC for it's first outing.

[Enderman]

Uncle built me a PC for "school" and turns out it was a pretty decent gaming PC then my friends got me into gaming when they saw what a PC I had

[mikat]

Parents never bought me a console

(parenting done right)

 

ive been in the master race since day 1

i've never owned a ps or xbox, have bought my own wii back in the day and 6 months ago i joined the pcmasterrace with the money i've been saving for 4 years i think...

[ThinkWithPortals]

Have never been able to use a controller, AT ALL. Just can't get the feel of it right... very uncomfortable and alien-feeling to me. I was only experiencing consoles at, like, my friend's houses, because I never owned one

Started on a PC aged 4-ish, playing typing games and pointing at the things I wanted my mom to click on... PC gaming is in my blood, I guess...

[mikat]

I've built a total of 8 different PC's and they've had a 590, 680, 780 a 980, 980 Ti and currently my latest has two Titan X's  I reused my 590 and 980

[vanished]

What if I told that I'm not apart of it

You sure?  That system looks pretty decent

[Enderman]

What if I told that I'm not apart of it

Well you are...because you know PC is the best gaming option, which is why you have a gaming PC in your signature, right?

[HumbleMobo]

-snip-

Benny is my best friend

[mikat]

Benny is my best friend

is "Benny" your money tree?

[Shinrin_Cole]

Gonna be switching out my 660 ti for a 980 ti later this year when I get the money. Is it wrong for me  part of the PC master race for a nack for some games on consoles because they have no PC version?

[Stardar1]

I HAVE ONE WORD FOR YOU:

 

 

MineCraft

 

 

(please forgive me)