Wow, nice way to waste 1000 bucks.

[OneWithFire]

So yeah, i thought that i might try to build my own computer, because this one is getting pretty old...

But now, i order all the crap online, case MB, all that good stuff, and now it all comes seperately, so i try to put it together, and, woo hoo, i can't.

I bring it to the nearest tech place (Which is about 200 miles south of my town)

And, surprise surprise, i ended up breaking the motherboard, and now the guy says that if i want HIm to put it together, and throw in a new Motherboard, it'll cost $536.96

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[Muzzles56]

This is why i would never try to build my own computer

[Ryuu]

Nice one, dude.

[Messes]

If your broke it, nice job. You should really learn how to handle computer components. Don't just order parts and expect it to be like a lego set, with instructions and click-in parts.

If it broke while shipping, tell them (which It didn't)

Where do you live in the Nevada Desert? The nearest place that can fix a computer is 200 miles away? >.>

You should really be over the age of 13 to build something like a computer worth $1000. I personally think you got what you deserve. From what you told us, you were trying to put it together. You must not know where the parts go because you broke the motherboard (probably with too much force applied to it or rough handling) So really there was no one by you that could help?

[Otis Da HousKat]

Don't just order parts and expect it to be like a lego set, with instructions and click-in parts.

That's exactly how it is though, you're a real idiot to screw up a PC build.

[Messes]

you're a real idiot to screw up a PC build.

Yes

That's exactly how it is though

I couldn't think of another phrase that made it sound like you could just.. I don't know, you can't just build it with 69 IQ and it isn't as simple and half-ass as a small lego kit. Yet again it doesn't take a rocket scientist to do it.

[Cody574]

This is why i would never try to build my own computer

Exactly.

I just buy a Dell or whatever, and in the rare occasion I get a part, I install it.

[Miga]

How the hell do you break the motherboard?! I mean, the motherboard I have is partially broken, if pressure's applied to one spot, the whole thing shuts down, but it came that way, and I never bothered to RMA it because it never was really a big issue.

Did you force DDR ram into a DDR2 socket, or force a socket 1366 intel processor into an AM2 AMD socket..?
Honestly, you NEED to do research on this sort of stuff.

I just buy a Dell or whatever, and in the rare occasion I get a part, I install it.

You realize how much Dell charges you, and how proprietary their parts are? I've owned one before, an Optiplex 320. I couldn't even put my current motherboard into the case because the power button and lights were proprietary. Oh, and they make their BIOS forget up on you if you try to switch from a Pentium 4 to a Core 2 Duo processor.

[Messes]

How the hell do you break the motherboard?! I mean, the motherboard I have is partially broken, if pressure's applied to one spot, the whole thing shuts down, but it came that way, and I never bothered to RMA it because it never was really a big issue.

Did you force DDR ram into a DDR2 socket, or force a socket 1366 intel processor into an AM2 AMD socket..?
Honestly, you NEED to do research on this sort of stuff.
You realize how much Dell charges you, and how proprietary their parts are? I've owned one before, an Optiplex 320. I couldn't even put my current motherboard into the case because the power button and lights were proprietary.

This again. Okay the parts aren't like love. No need to ram them into one another so viciously hard, OneWithFire, if that's what you did.

[Zenthos]

I built mine... but I actually made sure I knew what I was doing.

[Miga]

I built mine... but I actually made sure I knew what I was doing.

Yeah, it's not that hard...
I'm not gonna buy a prebuilt PC again.
I wish you could build laptops, though. That'd be pretty sweet.

[Moybus]

I don't know, you can't just build it with 69 IQ

Dude, if you're IQ is under 80 you're handicapped (Quite literally, not figuratively).
Somebody with 69 IQ can't even dream of using a damned computer.

[Healbadbad]

I built mine without knowing what i was doing
and moybus, its under 70 not 80 to be legally handicapped

[Zenthos]

Yeah, it's not that hard...
I'm not gonna buy a prebuilt PC again.
I wish you could build laptops, though. That'd be pretty sweet.

Yea, then you would know exactly what went into making it and you wouldn't have all of this crap on it.

[Cody574]

You realize how much Dell charges you, and how proprietary their parts are?

They're cheaper than a lot of other computer parts I've seen.

I've owned one before, an Optiplex 320.

I've used Dells almost since I first used a computer. (We had a Creative something before that, but it was pure stuff and didn't last us very long)

Oh, and they make their BIOS forget up on you if you try to switch from a Pentium 4 to a Core 2 Duo processor.

Buy a Dell with a god damn Core 2 Duo processor already in it, like I did.