Also if you have built your own computer what are you favorite places to buy hardware?

I think Fry's is the best and I would say you can find almost about anything at Newegg.com.

Oh yea! What are the specs on your computer? This is for everyone, not just those who built thier own computer.

Specs:
AMD Sempron 2600+
512 MB DDR RAM
80 GB Hard Drive
DVD-Rom 16x
CD-RW 52x24x52
ECS Mobo
Nvidia Geforce 6800

No I havn't built one, but I could if I wanted to.

Gateway 500GR.

XP Home Edition
512 mb ddr ram
200 gig hd
intel mobo
dual layer dvd +/- rw
cd-rom
15" sharp tv moniter

I think that just about sums it up...

umm no, I could never have the patience to do something that complicated.

Nope. I'm only 14.
But I don't plan to build one in the future, either. XD

too complicated for my mind.

Amd 3000+ 64 bit
512 ddr pc3200 ram
2 120 gig hard drives and a 40 gig hard drive
solteck mobo
cd-rw
15" monitor
gforce 5200 256 bit
520 wat psu


i bulid like my own computers every week
i always open my computer up and do random stuff in my computer :)

no, but my dad built my old one.

AMD athlon 2400+
512 PC3200
80 gig Western Gig ATA133
ASUS a7v8x (yes the crappy one)
radeon 9000pro

I don't game much so all I've ever done to it is add a cathode light, a window, replaced the power supply, and added a cathod fan.

when i build computers, i usually buy stuff cheap of like wherehouse stores where u have to have a company to buy stuff from.. my friend owns a company so he buys things for me.. alot of specials on places likes that.

I want to learn how.

its not that hard to make a pc.. all u do is get a case and motherboard and power supply and a million other things that u carefully make sure fit ur pc and all its things to make it work. gotto make sure everything is the right "size" and stuff and yeah....

its not that hard if u got a good basic knowledge.

i'm lucky i can barely turn on my computer

My dad has....

ohhh yeahhh my newest creation my computer

oo i cant tell but, are u using a liquid cooler on it? i dont build computers... i basically go buy the parts then put it in.... i have a vaio.... i dont feel like putting out everything, oh and i hope u dont mind if i put the image url of ur pic as a real image, if u want me to ill edit and take off (up to u)


Baku's new HomeMad Computer^^^^

no i dont have water coolent yet :) but im working on it its about $200 for a starter kit.. i was close to buying it but i bought other crap, it took me about 2 hours to get all the crap from one case to the other (and two cold cathodes later >.> and about 100 zip ties) to get everything together :) i <3 computers

I have that... Sony RA series... or whatever it's called

3.20GHz P4 HT (Clocked at 3.19GHz... why? Not sure)
1.00GB Ram
1x200GB HD 1x 120GB HD (Both 7200RPM)
Supposid liquid cooling... but my CPU always runs around 55C... -_- stupid sony

mines at 40 ish at full speed and about 38 at idle speed

my amd 64 3000+ is a 1.8 ghz and is clocked at 1.7 but i dont care :D

hey i'm 14 too but i built one. and there has been many topics on this.

I do it and I'm only 13 1/2.

Microsoft Windows XP Professional.
Slackbox Linux.

AMD Athlon 748 MHz
384 MB of Ram
50 GB Hardrive
DVD-RW ?x (I don't know where to figure out)
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400

My computer is pretty average.

No, I'm not...that advanced in computer building technology.

Seems complex.

its eazy if you know what you doing... like me i spend hours apon hours doing this stuff

i have the same GFX card as you on my other comp

noooooo my gosh, my head would explode if i did haha

Just built one!

AMD Sempron 3100+ @ 1.8GHz
1 GB DDR PC3200 RAM
160 GB hard drive (IDE master) + 80 GB hard drive (IDE slave)
Asus K8N-E Deluxe motherboard
10/100/1000 Ethernet
DVD+/-RW
10 USB ports + 2 Firewire ports
ATI Radeon X300 128MB PCI-Express graphics card
Fedora Core 3 (Linux) / Windows XP Pro SP2