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What Got You Into Computers?

Derykey
By Derykey
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My dad was building 3 servers and I helped him build them when I was 7. Built 3 of my own computers since then. Oh, the good times.

CPU: i5 4690k @ 4.5 GHZ CPU COOLER: Hyper 212 EVO GPU: Evga GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 CASE: NZXT H440 SSD: Crucial MX100 128 GB HDD: 1 TB WD Blue MOBO: MSI z97 PC MATE FANS: 6x Corsair SP120, 1x Corsair AF140 Monitor: ASUS VN247 PSU: Corsair CX600M RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance

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Also Linus  :P

CPU: i5 4690k @ 4.5 GHZ CPU COOLER: Hyper 212 EVO GPU: Evga GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 CASE: NZXT H440 SSD: Crucial MX100 128 GB HDD: 1 TB WD Blue MOBO: MSI z97 PC MATE FANS: 6x Corsair SP120, 1x Corsair AF140 Monitor: ASUS VN247 PSU: Corsair CX600M RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance

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Using scripts in games. That got me interested in what you could do with software, but I think building my own computer was what really got me into hardware. Hardware is what interests me most.

PCPartPicker link: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/R6GTGX

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was a console gamer before then a high school friend enlightened me

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Been around computers for over 20 years. The breaking point that got me into computers was around 3 years ago. I was tired of consoles (went through 3 ps3's and 2 360's,) and really wanted to play the Arma II Dayz mod.

CPU i5 3570k MOBO Asus Maximus Gene V GPU Asus DCUII 670 CASE Corsair 350D (windowless) SSD Crucial M550 256GB msata CPU COOLER Noctua NH-D14 RAM Corsair XMS3 8GB 1600mhz PSU Corsair AX750 Display Asus PB287Q 4K (my review on it http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/380533-journey-into-4k-goodness-asus-pb287q-review/) & Asus VH236H 1080P

Keyboard Logitech G710+ MX Brown Mouse Logitech G502 (my review on it http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/299464-logitech-g502/ )

Proud owner of a BlackBerry Q10.

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Minecraft, and the desire for more frames in other games that i played. 

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started from playing flashgames (y8 and shockwave) then went into mmorpg. After then I realized how computers vary when it comes to specifications, that got me into pc builds and how each can perform depending on the parts.

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As long as I can remember I've had a PC at home. The first one we had was a 486.

I didn't really care to much until my dad had his friend install a new hard drive (6GB). I watched the install and was so fascinated it bit me. I knew then I would work in IT. Would have been around 10 or so.

Been hooked ever since and been through a dozen or more computers since

Core i7-2600k @ 4.65Ghz - Asus Maximus IV Gene Z - 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance LP Cerilian Blue - Samsung EVO 840 250GB - Seagate Barracuda 7200 1TB - 2x EVGA Geforce GTX 760 SC - Corsair AX850, custom sleaved and length - Silverstone Sugo heavily modified - Full loop with EK blocks and 360 rad, frozenq res. 

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I'm just starting to get in to computers because I'm trying to build one for myself.

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I had a piece of crap PC that kept dying and I didn't have the money to replace/repair it so I took it 'fixed' it myself and had a play around every time something went wrong.

LGA775 Overclocking Guide - LGA771 to LGA 775 mod - Rigs in spoiler - Subzero Overclocker - HWBOT - Sandybridge-E Frequency WR Holder

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Chanced upon an Alienware ad many years ago that piqued my interest. Did some research and discovered the wonders of building your own rig. 

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had nothing else to do, after watching old linus tech tips vids when they came out (im talking pre livestream, pre garage, pre linustechtips youtube channel.), i got interested more and more every new vid.

Nothing to see here, move along

 

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I have a question for you guys. I am a not a super expert in computer dianostics, but I know most of the stuff that could be problemsolving along the way. But I have a question... what got you into building computers or even interested...

Me? I worked on computers for two years... but never knew most of this stuff till I tought myself (thank you world wide web) and a computer class at my school (Graduate in Two Months! YAY!)

My dad told me everything about computers when i was 8, i couldn't stop talking about it. xD

Please, follow your own posts and mention me in comments, otherwise i won't be able to help you.

Daily OS: OpenBSD -current

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I watched Linus' video long ago about a prebuilt:

The Acer Predator gsomething. It looked awesome and was a steal for only 600$.

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vidya gems

CPU: i7 2600 @ 4.2GHz  COOLING: NZXT Kraken X31 RAM: 4x2GB Corsair XMS3 @ 1600MHz MOBO: Gigabyte Z68-UD3-XP GPU: XFX R9 280X Double Dissipation SSD #1: 120GB OCZ Vertex 2  SSD #2: 240GB Corsair Force 3 HDD #1: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 600W CASE: NZXT H230
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz COOLING: Cooler Master Eclipse RAM: 4x1GB Corsair XMS2 @ 800MHz MOBO: XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLi GPU: 2x ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU in SLi HDD #1: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM PSU: TBA CASE: Antec 300
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Friend told me about gmod and i meet more people and before you know it you have wasted about 1 thousand dollars on games, 2 thousand hours and about 3 years. But did meet very nice people @Unlikelyjoker and this god damn amazing community 

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My uncle shower me computers when I was around 5 and it went all uphill from there :D

My Main PC:

CPU: i5 3570k CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T4 Motherboard: Asus p8z77-v pro  RAM: Crucial Balistic 2x4gb  GPU: Two PNY GTX 680's in SLI Case: Some rando Antec one  PSU: Thermaltake 1000w  Display: HP Elite Display 321i 23''  Storage: Samsung 840 Evo 128gb, Seagate Barracuda 1tb

 

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Minecraft and making shitty YouTube videos

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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I started PC gaming a little along with console. I mostly just bought the games on steam that were super cheap. As I got more into PC gaming, I got more into peripherals, started watching Linus reviews, the rest is history.

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Nothing, I just grew up with computers, I've never really played on a console...

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