Question to you youngsters, how did you pay for your rig?
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Archangel
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I built a machine and gave it to my parents as an anniversary gift.
But I according to what I have been told by some of the youngin's here I am CF senior citizen..so I guess I buy stuff for the folks now...
Man, I wish I was a teenager still!
yea, you old fart!
On a more serious note, I worked in the hollidays (40 hours a week) and saved up the money to buy a decent computer. through the year I dont buy anything for it, maybe after the next holiday again tough. (as in, the summer holidays ofc
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gamerman4
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I had a summer job filming two commercials for the Arkansas Department of Education. Worked for $8/hr at about 7-9 hours a day (depending on what we were doing). During that summer I made enough money to build most of this rig. Also, I had an old laptop that my dad gave me when he bought a new one, sold it for $300 and bought my quad-core. Everything else was from working during the summer. Now I'm really broke at college, my parents set up a direct deposit to give me $200 a month for food and gas. My scholarship ($5000 per semester) forces me to work 15 hours in our computer lab per week and with my class schedule, I have absolutely no time for a job now.
Respital
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yea, you old fart!
On a more serious note, I worked in the hollidays (40 hours a week) and saved up the money to buy a decent computer. through the year I dont buy anything for it, maybe after the next holiday again tough. (as in, the summer holidays ofc
Hey your an old fart!
You're 21!
Oldy.
Respital
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I work about 10 hours a day, and have no bills (yet). So im doing OK.
Just a tip to the younger people... don't go blowing every dime you make on computer parts, be smart and use that money to make money.. for the ones that dont have a steady job.
+1, if it works then why replace or fix it?
Like you could spend thousands (easy) on computers i only spent maybe 1300$ for my rig all inclusive even down to the cable ties.
But in a year your pc is old and you need a new one, though with that year of college it's forever in your brain.
My rig was built with money I got for birthdays, christmas, and cutting the grass. Now I have a job and my upgrades are bought with my paycheck. The only bill I have to pay is gas for my car.
As for my laptop, I got it for working for the first two weeks at my job.
As for my laptop, I got it for working for the first two weeks at my job.
Tuffie
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Don't talk about sh*t you don't know. Serously, you've really pissed me off by saying that.
I work for a company called atoll civil where, I do 44 hours a week, 5 days a week 4 am-1pm, and then I also work for a Thai restaurant that a friend of my dads owns, who is down two chefs, and I've been helping her out by working there the past 3 months.
Vizy
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I saved up. My rig did not go over the 700$, so it is one of the cheaper ones on the forum. My uncle bought the main parts (mobo,ram,cpu) and he donated to me a 6 year old compaq, which i then went about replacing. I saved up money where i can and bought a new case and other stuff. Almost all of it came from my uncle's donations. Spoiled? no. Humble? No.
Respital
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Tuffie, i honor you man.
You show what a 16 year old should be doing.
Did you say Thai?!
OMG i love thai!
I take it Pad Thai is one of the more popular dishes?
Motoxrdude
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Not sure what your guy's laws are on child labor, but here you can't work more then 20 hours a week if you attend high school. And seeing how you are still 16, i would assume you are in school full time so working one full time job and one part time job seems a little... off. If you really want to prove me wrong, scan and post a time card. You can go ahead and black out the interesting facts about you
/\E
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My parents didn't pay into my rig, they take care of necessities plus more. My parent's philosophy is that my money goes toward entertainment for me. But moving on, I worked for my rigs. I did some web development for some friends, continuing web development for my stepdad's offices because their art-inclined employees cannot do interactive web development, and I answered phones at a friend's business for over a year. It all works out, I am happy, that's all that matters.
Some ppl have a nose for BS... Why don't you leave this to the ppl that actually have nose for it?
Of course, he's not gonna scan a time card... First of all, it's probably none of your business, and second, he could careless whether he convinces you especially with that competitive California attitude.
Not sure what your guy's laws are on child labor, but here you can't work more then 20 hours a week if you attend high school. And seeing how you are still 16, i would assume you are in school full time so working one full time job and one part time job seems a little... off. If you really want to prove me wrong, scan and post a time card. You can go ahead and black out the interesting facts about you
Some ppl have a nose for BS... Why don't you leave this to the ppl that actually have nose for it?
Of course, he's not gonna scan a time card... First of all, it's probably none of your business, and second, he could careless whether he convinces you especially with that competitive California attitude.
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Tuffie
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Not sure what your guy's laws are on child labor, but here you can't work more then 20 hours a week if you attend high school. And seeing how you are still 16, i would assume you are in school full time so working one full time job and one part time job seems a little... off. If you really want to prove me wrong, scan and post a time card. You can go ahead and black out the interesting facts about you
How the hell would I be working fulltime at all and still be at school?
I dropped out, I'm planning on going back next year hopefully, supported by my mum, and savings.
I'm on my gf's hiptop, and I'm at work now (it's smoko), I don't have time cards, I stopped taking my payslip so they stopped printing it. the only thing I do have is a little peice of paper I write my hours on for the week and submit every monday.
Either way I think your just sad cause you probbably don't have a job/ enough hours, and you're jealous.
Motoxrdude
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Some people are good at being a smartass. Why don't you leave it up to the smartasses?
/\E;1099677 Of course said:So being competitive is a bad thing???
My thoughts exactly.
Yuep, because I am totally jealous of a high school drop outhahah