nickelodeonn
In Runtime
- Messages
- 285
I'm 13 years old. No luck for me! (legally)
Build Guide for Teens
- Thread starter nickelodeonn
- Start date
I'm 13 years old. No luck for me! (legally)
dude_56013
Fully Optimized
- Messages
- 4,262
Mow lawns and shovel snow. It'll be a lot faster. Figure $20 at a time, it'll only take you a few snow storms to make your money.
nickelodeonn
In Runtime
- Messages
- 285
Haha, true, true. I even live in Michigan! Problem is, everyone in my neighborhood has snowblowers, I don't, and everybody in my neighborhood is my age (and I mean EVERYONE!) and they're all going for that. I need to figure out something I can do that nobody else can...
I think that iPod thing sounds fun (for me). I can learn even more about how things work before I build a computer, and I can even continue that "business" afterward, too!
I heard of people who have very little technology background fixing up iPods they find on eBay, and making serious profit out of it. And, I bought a friend's before and repaired it, sold it, and made about $80 out of it for simply 30 minutes of repair time.
dude_56013
Fully Optimized
- Messages
- 4,262
I don't want to crush all your hopes and dreams, but there are a LOT of people already doing that on eBay, too. And most have a LOT of feedback. It's very hard to start out on eBay when you have no business experience. It's better to keep things at a physical level (i.e. not selling online) until you have some demand in some way. Before you know it, a few mistakes later and you've lost all the money you thought you had to start your business and you're left with nothing.
nickelodeonn
In Runtime
- Messages
- 285
I will have to figure out what CPU works for my needs.... I am still trying to figure out if I should just invest more money, get a really powerful gaming machine, but spend more and risk it and possibly waste all my money because of static or a PSU blowing up! <<these things scare the living crap out of me!
Actually, I was just planning on updating this is often as I could, and to get feedback while I WAS saving my money. I don't care if it's what people consider "settling for such low end parts", when it really isn't that horrible. It will work, and everything is upgradeable! (DDR3 and AM3) So, I don't see a problem there.
The RAM is exactly what I have, except more expensive, diff brand, and 2 sticks instead of one.
Motherboard looks really nice! Might consider that one! Thanks!
I'm going to keep my HDD...
I will consider your suggestions into account for the motherboard and CPUs. Especially if they'll go down in price when I finally have enough money saved up.. (having a hard time doing this!)
Case and PSU, I've got this worked out. However, if I really do make some serious money fixing those iPods, I might invest more in a quality case and PSU. (Even though the one I have will work and is reliable -- the PSU at least --, I might want my case to be better built and look cooler than this)
Thanks for the suggestions! Do you think the 17" monitor will go down in price? Because it's at 60 right now!
Well it's not technically a business! (i put it in quotes!) I didn't mean it like that: it's not a repair service. Instead, it's finding broken iPods on Craigslist from stupid people who are too lazy to buy a $20 new LCD and sell it ignorantly for $80, and make a nice profit until I have enough money for a computer build.
I know! It's stressful, and it makes it seem like I'm doing this for nothing, because it will blow up! I will invest in a better PSU, though. I changed that in one of my recent posts and the very first post.
dude_56013
Fully Optimized
- Messages
- 4,262
That's fine, but people will lose interest fast if you aren't going to order anything. If you've noticed, the attitude in this thread has gone a little sour because some of us (including me) don't think you are taking some of the things we say seriously (I'll address that momentarily.
The build that I put together is a quality build. People are telling you that you are settling for low end parts when you start saying you don't care about what your PSU is. Get something quality. I mean, really, are you going to waste your money by risking all of your components on a cheap PSU? Even if it DOESN'T take out any thing else when it decides to give way/blow, it'd be cheaper in the long run if you buy a quality one to begin with.
There isn't a problem. But you should get something halfway decent so you have some usable time (time to use whatever you buy before it becomes old and slow) to save up some money to upgrade again. It's why I recommended what I did.
I just put it in my friend's build. It went down in price. It's a wonderful, and beautiful motherboard.
That'll be fine.
Unfortunately, my friend, you don't have that worked out until you consider a quality PSU.
No. Prices on monitors have been holding steady for quite some time. You could always just grab a $5-10 CRT somewhere to hold you over til you have money to purchase a flat screen. It's another purchase that I'd suggest saving up for so that you can get a very nice one, instead of wasting $60 and then wishing you didn't buy it 6 months later.
Things don't always go as planned.
nickelodeonn
In Runtime
- Messages
- 285
Yes. I did notice the sourness.
I didn't say it wasn't quality! I liked it. I think I'll stop posting if it's making people angry :-/
I am getting something quality. If you didn't just jump to conclusions you would have seen what I said! I'm selling the one that comes with my case, and buying a new Ultra LPS series one, that I have heard many good things about.
I'll come back in 2 or 3 months, when I have the money I guess.
dude_56013
Fully Optimized
- Messages
- 4,262
No, that's not the message I was trying to send.
Stick around and read other threads while you are waiting. When you have questions, come back to this thread and ask them. There's no such thing as a dumb question. Well, unless it's something you can easily google to find haha. We want you to stick around here at CF, we always enjoy new members!
