Please read I need help

[ELITEGAMING]

So ik this is probably very unusual to see on this forum but I'm a freshman in school and I have a journalism class and what I am writing about is what it is like to build a computer. I have built my own computer but I can't include myself so I need ur help. I need anyone that has built a computer to comment on this post and either tell me 

1. What was the best thing about building the computer 

2. What was the hardest part 

Or

3.what drove you to build your computer 

 

I will appreciate any response thanks to everyone who will respond

 

If yall dont mind either can yall put ur name on ur response too 

 

[Jurrunio]

1. Tailored to your own needs/style

 

2. building in small cases

 

3. fed up on "new games dont support your console, get a new one" ads

[dizmo]

1. Better value for the money.
2. Cooler installation because of CryOrig's shitty design.
3. Porn. Games.

[ELITEGAMING]

8 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

1. Tailored to your own needs/style

 

2. building in small cases

 

3. fed up on "new games dont support your console, get a new one" ads

Can u tell me ur name please 

 

[LauriHimself]

26 minutes ago, ELITEGAMING said:

1. What was the best thing about building the computer

several things:

1. parting out the system, especially as i was using mostly used parts (excluding cpu, ram and ssd) so i was looking for offers online every free minute. drove 45 minutes in the middle of the night one time b/c someone just put an offering for a 2070 online that was 200€ less than new, and 1 1/2 hours once for my originally sealed AIO that was 120€ less than new... it was truly feeling like a hunt, and as soon as i had everyting i already missed it.
2. the "modding" of the case i did as i wanted to have something a bit custom.
3. and of course the first boot. loved that feeling of acomplishment.

26 minutes ago, ELITEGAMING said:

2. What was the hardest part

honestly? after having watched hundreds, maybe thousands, of videos from Linus, Jay, Paul, Kyle, Steve... you name them, there wasn't really any bigger issue to the build. 

the "hardest" parts probably were aplying the thermal compound and cablemanagement. not really hard, but i made sure to do them properly and carefully.

 

26 minutes ago, ELITEGAMING said:

3.what drove you to build your computer

i honestly do not know ^^ i have a quite capable laptop, so it clearly wasn't a need to do. i think, having built several systems for friends, but never having done so for myself, i just wanted to build myself a new shiny toy that was unique, mostly just for the sake of building one, and what can i say? i had a blast doing so and i really feel the urge to do it again ever since i finished.

 

 

i appologize if i misswrote anything or something along those lines, not a native speaker.

i hope i have been of some help and wish you all the best

 

 have a wonderful day

 

 

edit: after seeing multiple comments being posted while i wrote i wondered how they were typing that fast..... well i guess i just went a little off the rails with my writing XD

 

my appologies =P

[Palden]

1) Learning and understanding the basics of how everything works and interacts in the system

2) problems arising from bad BIOSes, faulty RAM and PSU troubleshooting

3) Had a crappy computer and wanted to be able to play Prototype 2

[NineEyeRon]

Cable management is fun, hardest bit is balancing the build with budget, so one part is too OP for the rest.

 

I needed a new PC to play my 2009-2016 era games as the liquid cooler broke during annual maintenance and took out my motherboard.

[lewdicrous]

1 hour ago, ELITEGAMING said:

Can u tell me ur name please

Should this be anonymized?

[ImNotGayBut5BuckIs5Bucks]

1 much cheaper ( saving up 5 bucks at a time it hard )

2 chosing team red or team blue

3 wanted to play fallout 76 ( no i dont play fallout 76 )

[ELITEGAMING]

5 hours ago, lewdicrous said:

Should this be anonymized?

Yes but I was asking for a name because I need a name for the article 

[Fnige]

1 hour ago, ELITEGAMING said:

Yes but I was asking for a name because I need a name for the article 

just use username like, X from the linus tech tips forum answered

[Sohamiam]

10 hours ago, ELITEGAMING said:

So ik this is probably very unusual to see on this forum but I'm a freshman in school and I have a journalism class and what I am writing about is what it is like to build a computer. I have built my own computer but I can't include myself so I need ur help. I need anyone that has built a computer to comment on this post and either tell me 

1. What was the best thing about building the computer 

2. What was the hardest part 

Or

3.what drove you to build your computer 

 

I will appreciate any response thanks to everyone who will respond

 

If yall dont mind either can yall put ur name on ur response too 

 

1 . Best part is to find parts from different sites, & a very good feeling after a post screan

2. cable manegment 

3. I have a ultrabook and my ultrabook is not suffecient to edit my videos, photos . So I have to build a pc

[Gegger]

i haven't built a pc yet, but i've repaired and upgraded a friend's desktop

 

1. First time successful post/boot

2. trying to pull out the CMOS on an OEM mobo

3. uh no...but my friend asked and i answered

[voiha]

1.) The feel of building something and it actually to works
2.) Small space for big parts..ugh
3.) I wanted to have a gaming PC as my whole childhood I've watched these stuff from side. I had a crappy laptop that could barely run anything on it so I started working saved some money and bought myself a proper PC

[zassou]

 

1. the high degree of freedom allow you to custonmise the machine for your own need, and the feeling of accomplishment of building the perfect setup that only suits you.

2. diagnosing weird problems

3. i treat computer an organ of my body, like a limb. you can live without, but would you? if so, why not build your own limb?

[Guest]

1. What was the best thing about building the computer 

- Lets be honest, playing games on the computer

 

2. What was the hardest part 

- Learning initially about how to put things together, what cables to use etc. After you learn all that its pretty much LEGO. 

- I guess overclocking on old motherboards too.

 

Or

3.what drove you to build your computer 

- It was cheap. Why would I pay more for the same thing?

[Bananasplit_00]

1: it's a lot of fun and you make it your own.

2: making it as compact as possible, ie full soft tube watercooling in the Define C.

3: got scammed hard on my first gaming system so I decided to get the most out of my money

[wasab]

Mainly I know what goes in my pc. I am itching to build a new PC. My current system is almost 6 years old.