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I did about 3 or 4 months ago and have been obsessed ever since.

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Sony A7R w/ Zeiss 55mm F1.8

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First build.

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First build.

When did you make your first build?

System Specs - CPU: i7 4770K - RAM: 8GB(2x4GB) Vengeance Pro - Motherboard: Maximus VI Gene - Case: Modded PowerMac G5 - CPU Cooler: H100i - PSU: AX860i - SSD: Samsung 840 Series 120GB and Kingston V300 120GB - HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - Graphics Card: 2x GTX 780 - Case Fans: SP120s and Spectre 140s - Headphones: HD700, Alpha Dog, SE215

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when I had a friend with a custom computer, that was about 2-3 years ago.

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About 2 years ago when I started to get bored with console gaming.  I've wanted to build a gaming PC ever since, and now I'm finally getting to! :D

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About 2 years ago when I started to get bored with console gaming.  I've wanted to build a gaming PC ever since, and now I'm finally getting to! :D

I'm building in two weeks :D

System Specs - CPU: i7 4770K - RAM: 8GB(2x4GB) Vengeance Pro - Motherboard: Maximus VI Gene - Case: Modded PowerMac G5 - CPU Cooler: H100i - PSU: AX860i - SSD: Samsung 840 Series 120GB and Kingston V300 120GB - HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - Graphics Card: 2x GTX 780 - Case Fans: SP120s and Spectre 140s - Headphones: HD700, Alpha Dog, SE215

Sony A7R w/ Zeiss 55mm F1.8

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When did you make your first build?

Some time last June? I'm not too sure. I'm not good at keeping track of time nor do I care too much about doing so.

If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/
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I'm building in two weeks :D

I won't be able to start until October.  The wait is killing me!

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Like 1 month ago

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I won't be able to start until October.  The wait is killing me!

What's your build/budget?

System Specs - CPU: i7 4770K - RAM: 8GB(2x4GB) Vengeance Pro - Motherboard: Maximus VI Gene - Case: Modded PowerMac G5 - CPU Cooler: H100i - PSU: AX860i - SSD: Samsung 840 Series 120GB and Kingston V300 120GB - HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - Graphics Card: 2x GTX 780 - Case Fans: SP120s and Spectre 140s - Headphones: HD700, Alpha Dog, SE215

Sony A7R w/ Zeiss 55mm F1.8

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I have no idea, I was into computers since I can remember. I don't know I remember being 7 or 8 years old re-installing Windows at 2am to get rid of bloatware. And even before that, trying to dual boot some weird old distro of Linux and Windows Millennium. I started VERY young as my dad used to be very interested in computers, I think he built one when I was 3 or 4 so... I was always surrounded with parts :P I'm 17 now. 

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umm since I was about 10 years old... 

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In late 2008 (I was 15 years old) an issue of MaximumPC showed up at my house. It was a preview of all the awesome PC tech to come in 2009, including the juicy details about Intel's brand new Nehalem architecture. I was instantly hooked. I actually didn't find Linus until mid-2011 when the Radeon HD 6000 series was new and shiny.

I was into computers before that, but was not very in tune with the world of PC hardware. And I was a total console gamer. :lol:

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In late 2008 (I was 15 years old) an issue of MaximumPC showed up at my house.  It was a preview of all the awesome PC tech to come in 2009, including the juicy details about Intel's brand new Nehalem architecture.  I was instantly hooked.

 

I actually didn't find Linus for another 2.5 years.

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System Specs - CPU: i7 4770K - RAM: 8GB(2x4GB) Vengeance Pro - Motherboard: Maximus VI Gene - Case: Modded PowerMac G5 - CPU Cooler: H100i - PSU: AX860i - SSD: Samsung 840 Series 120GB and Kingston V300 120GB - HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - Graphics Card: 2x GTX 780 - Case Fans: SP120s and Spectre 140s - Headphones: HD700, Alpha Dog, SE215

Sony A7R w/ Zeiss 55mm F1.8

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In late 2008 (I was 15 years old) an issue of MaximumPC showed up at my house. It was a preview of all the awesome PC tech to come in 2009, including the juicy details about Intel's brand new Nehalem architecture. I was instantly hooked. I actually didn't find Linus until mid-2011 when the Radeon HD 6000 series was new and shiny.

I was into computers before that, but was not very in tune with the world of PC hardware. And I was a total console gamer. :lol:

Just picked up a MaximumPC issue a day ago. Definitely subscribing. There is actually a tone of interesting information and news and benchmarks that would probably cater to most of the people on this forum. But to answer the question, I became interested about 2 years ago thanks to Paul from Newegg. Linus definitely helped me out a lot along the way though.

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Around this time of year, last year.

 

I was discussing computers and tech stuff with some guys, then I just became extremely interested in the topic ever since.

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in 2011/08/12

how did i discover linus i was looking for a graphic card for playing battlefield 3 then there it is linustechtips

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Its been about two years now. I got a copy of MW2 for pc (i was a xbox gamer before) and i could barely run it on my Pentium 4 (hand-me-down) desktop. I got curious and then over spring break made a frankenstein monster-type computer out of the three desktops we had in the house (taking the best parts). Right now my pc is crap compared to the standards of this forum, but i have learned the enthusiast spirit through Linus and this forum!

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In the end of 2010 I really wanted an Xbox 360 with cod 5 WAW so I looked it up on youtube and saw all these mods for the zombie mode and I was like this is some sick shit but it was on pc so I was resarching on how to buy and build a beast PC and start watching Linus's videos. By the beginning of 2011 I had gathered up all my PC parts,that was when sandy bridge was just coming and I bought a 2500k by Linus's recommendation from there I started to game on PC. And also became interested in building PC and looking at PC hardware I couldn't afford.

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About 10 months ago.

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For me right around Christmas of last year my cousin started talking about his and it got me hooked and he showed me a video Linus made about mechanical keyboards and that's how I found his videos.

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