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Insoluble
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by pushing buttons until they did something

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My dad is a networkings engineer and my mom is an industry programmer, so I pretty much grew up around computers and technology.

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They just kind of came into existence. My dad had a Packard Bell with AOL. Boy, we've come a long way.

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When I was about 11 or so my dad decided to build himself a gaming rig for BF1942 after being told that he could save a ton compared to buying a premade. I had no ambition or interests so he borderline forced me to build it. Bored the crap outa me and I took very little interest in it whatsoever (probably because he pretty much forced me to build it, not because of actual lack of interest.) Then a couple years later I built my own for the same reason. Decided that I actually did enjoy it. Took a few classes. Learned about parts. Been learning however I can ever since.

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this ^

 

things i learnt early electro stactic discharge brings much sadness , you dont need a hammer to work on a computer

Did you manage to burn something with static discharge?

Any unknown button should be pressed even number of times.

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i was effing windows up

i had to learn how to fix it

 

games were slow

had to learn to upgrade

 

all self taught

no one taught me nor did i waste people times with stupid questions

few people like me

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Read a book... followed by more books... followed by wikipedia when i learnt that it had computer related stuff. also, a bit of trial and error.

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That was pretty much my first PC, it ran Windows 95 and I remember playing games like snake and that cat and mouse game. Iol

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Want to find parts in your budget? Logical Increments is the guide you need. | In the market for a headset? Read this thread. | If you're looking for headphones, please refer to this thread. | Stop being backhanded when offering advice.

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careyholzman, i only subbed linus by accident, about a year after subbing linus i actually watched one his videos, i think it was a comparing video between the 550ti and the 8800gt on crysis.

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Tech family. My grandfather gave his old pc to me when I was 7-8 years old and then I got another one and then I needed a new one again so I started research and built this rig that I'm typing from 6years ago. Now I desperately need a new one again.  :lol:

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My mates originally, but this forum and youtube helped heaps!

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I always knew gaming computers were better than consoles, but since I am still very young I couldn't really afford one. I had an Acer notebook and a couple of months after I moved to Australia and found myself a job, my notebook broke. So then I decided to buy myself a gaming pc, I bought a pre built one and got ripped off, by paying $1000 for an A8 mid tower. After many MANY mistakes, now I'm here with my little beast. I learned everything I know by wasting money and making mistakes :lol: 

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The Internet, Experimenting, Linus and my Programming Tutor

Main PC: CPU: i7-4770k RAM: 16GB Kingston HyperX Blu SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 256GB HDD: 1TB WD Blue GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 2GB PSU: Corsair CX600M Case: Bitfenix Shinobi OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit

 

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