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The extreme basics from my dad well he didnt teach me I just watched from about 3 feet away he installed a soundblaster 16 and matching soundblaster cd drive. first time I did it was when u upgraded my 486 dx after going to a cmputer with my uncle and saying this whatg I got what ya got to upgrade it. Only took me 13 yr to take computer building serious and research what I want and fully understand theres moreto it than just slapping random parts. I think it was after seing a boat load of linus video that changed me from happy at noob level to enthusiast level as 95% his videos were first in search results

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There was this Canadian guy with spiky hair and earrings that did videos with cheesy '80s porn style intro music. I think his name reminded me of Linux. I wonder what he's doing now...

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I taught myself. Back when I started there were no computer forums, pc based communities or youtube. In fact there were very little resources, you had to have at least a basic knowledge of how the parts worked in order to know if they were compatible as very little hardware was "universal".  We built computers to be better than the recommended system requirements you find on the side of game boxes.

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My Father taught me how to build a PC since he never wanted to side with name brand PCs on the Market.

 

I was about 16-17 when I built my first PC for Video editing and started from there as hobby and up to College.

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I figured I could probably give it a shot and just read the manuals.

Took me a full day to learn without external help; had a lot of trouble with things like installing motherboard standoffs and the CPU cooler in my first build. The rest seemed pretty self-explanatory.

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I started by pulling apart computers and putting them back together

I am good at computer

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Came naturally for my first build. Had worked on circuit boards and electrical appliances as a hobby previously. 

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disassembling 2~3 computers and assembling back again.

 

and learned the safety rules on youtube.

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I used the dark force and stuff happened...

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Just doing it, having common sense plus some teaching as far as safety (grounding, how not to be an idiot etc) went.

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I will put these in the order of what helped me the most :) go Youtubers!

Newegg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPIXAtNGGCw

TekSyndicate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Js2A1qdB8

Austin Evans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSNz6VVpWI8

Carry Holzman

Node: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMqJ0XXmBM8

and an honorable mention goes to NCIXcom's build guide that I have not posted up there ^^

I watched a few others from random people that aren't very well known as well.. But I can't remember their names so yeah...

PROFILEYEAH

What do people even put in these things?

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Carey Holzman

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When I was 13 years old, I went to play on a computer shop then noticed that it was veerrry slow and stuttery so i promised myself to have a decent PC build when I grow up... Alas! i5-4670k with GTX 560 (planning to upgrade to GTX 870 in the future)! :D

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I made mine yesterday with the help of Linus videos , tek syndicate and newegg videos , all went well and now I'm running ( apart from my water cooler which I have to put on. )

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Go check out my Build Log for my "Home Made Gaming POD"

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/83872-home-made-gaming-pod-build-log/

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I learned it in my living room. Exactly like I learned how to build Lego. 

This part fits here, and this one here etc...

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When i put my ribbon cable the wrong way round back in the days of I/O boards. I pulled the whole thing apart.

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Watching many, and I mean MANY LTT and Newegg videos on Youtube.

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