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I'd like to also bring up, I built maybe 8 of around 36 computers for two different classrooms at my highschool :P (like 5 were for one class, the rest for another)

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First would probably be a Pentium 3, the first ever 1ghz processor in early 2000. Maxed that baby out with 512mb of ram. Believe I had a Geforce 256 in it and had a Geforce2  Ultra late that year

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I'd like to also bring up, I built maybe 8 of around 36 computers for two different classrooms at my highschool :P (like 5 were for one class, the rest for another)

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security professional :P

 

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The three are sorta like equivalents to A+, Network+, and Security+ from CompTIA.

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I built an AMD PC, nuff said...

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The one im using right now is MY first built PC i did build them before for other people tho to make money to buy my own.

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lol my 2012 system. Many regrets regarding case and GPU's but I got  everything else right. Solid cpu, cooler, mobo, ram, ssd, psu, cable management. 

 

But before then I've upgraded the hell outta Dell Inspiron 580. More RAM. Upgraded CPU cooler. Upgraded graphics card. Upgraded PSU. Upgraded SSD. Custom lighting etc etc.

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lol my 2012 system. Many regrets regarding case and GPU's but I got  everything else right. Solid cpu, cooler, mobo, ram, ssd, psu, cable management. 

 

But before then I've upgraded the hell outta Dell Inspiron 580. More RAM. Upgraded CPU cooler. Upgraded graphics card. Upgraded PSU. Upgraded SSD. Custom lighting etc etc.

What case and GPU's did you go for?

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What case and GPU's did you go for?

Rosewill Challenger. It wasn't half bad until I had to start diagnosing things and pulling graphics cards out routinely. Then I started hating it.

 

GPU's Two R7 260X's in Crossfire. Yup bought them both @ same time. Basically wasted $350 when I could have gotten an GTX 970 for that. But hey, you gotta make mistakes to learn right? :)

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Rosewill Challenger. It wasn't half bad until I had to start diagnosing things and pulling graphics cards out routinely. Then I started hating it.

 

GPU's Two R7 260X's in Crossfire. Yup bought them both @ same time. Basically wasted $350 when I could have gotten an GTX 970 for that. But hey, you gotta make mistakes to learn right? :)

When I first built my PC I had a odd mix of components but I knew I would end up upgrading. I had a G3258, Z97 Motherboard, GTX 750Ti, 1TB WD Blue, a CX500M, and a Corsair 350D. The only things that are still there from the beginning are the case, power supply. and hard drive. However soon the power supply will be replaced by a RM650i.

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Apple II Plus. More modified than build but I did so to run an AI program I designed that guessed the animal you were thinking of. This was back when the II plus was the shit LOL.

We have an Apple II E in my class room :)

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All the parts for my first computer are going to be here soon, and I'm so excited to finally build it!

 

This got me wondering, what are some of your guys' most favorite memories from building your first system?

 

I know to a lot of people, though it may not be the most powerful system they've ever built, their first build usually ends up being their favorite build.

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Well my first build (for myself... important distinction) is my favorite by far, but that's because I actually got to choose my color scheme and design, with a slick black look.

 

I do remember however my horror after having issues with 4 consecutive motherboards before finally getting one that worked... 5 motherboards total...

 

The horror... The horror.

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It not booting the first time.

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My favorite?

Bricking the motherboard due to a careless BIOS update... yes my first build is my sig.

No actually my favorite was booting it up the first time and experiencing my first custom made pc.

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my first build failed miserably... i couldnt get it to install windows, i knew almost nothing about computers and had no way of trouble shooting so ended up returning all the components and buying a dell.... took me 3 years before i was brave enough to try again

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I was building a friends rig with another friend over that is VERY ignorant about tech and tried doing it all himself... First he screwed the mobo in without standoffs and was bitching about nothing lining up.. I was like, "did you put stand offs on?" Him, "What are stand offs?"

 

Then he plugged the speaker into a cpu fan header.. And plugged the cpu power in backwards... He was about to install the FX 6300 backwards... Then I slapped his hand with the cpu so he'd drop it... His response, "Why the fuck did you do that?" Me: "You have a gold triangle to line up with a triangle on the socket." Him: "Pretty sure you don't have to."

 

Best of all, that friend installed 32bit win 7 on it assuming it would be fine... Thank god I was there or that rig would be fucked.

 

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... And plugged the cpu power in backwards...

I thought that was impossible?

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Slicing my finger open on the i/o shield.  But at least it posted on the first try.

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I thought that was impossible?

I've messed around with them, it is possible to put them in backwards as they're keyed identically...

 

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