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9 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Also Amazon ones. Those are beyond silly sometimes.

 

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10 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Also Amazon ones. Those are beyond silly sometimes.

Very true.  There's a person on Amazon who gives 1 star reviews to video games that sound like the person writing them is either an attention whore or an idiot or both.  This person especially seems to like targeting JRPGs that we're probably very lucky got localized at all.

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2 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Very true.  There's a person on Amazon who gives 1 star reviews to video games that sound like the person writing them is either an attention whore or an idiot or both.  This person especially seems to like targeting JRPGs that we're probably very lucky got localized at all.

I think there was someone who managed to break a SeaSonic Platinum PSU within a few days. Not sure how he managed ti.

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My Grandmother still uses an old old Dell Laptop from  2005 ( I don't remember the Model number ) with Windows Vista on it . And 4 Monts back we ask her if She wonts to Upgrade to the Asus CN 60 Chromebox . And She Said: No Idont wont to Upgrade to this brand new pc because I don't a wont a desk top and I have no space ( She has a Table that is bigger  then my one and I have a Big Ikea Table but the Funny thing is She has like nothing on her Table .That means She has enough space to put like two Chromebox Setups on her Table :D ). And Shes still uses this shiti old Laptop . And now I have this Cool Asus CN 60 Chromebox . also my Grandmother is 73 years-old .

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3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

I think there was someone who managed to break a SeaSonic Platinum PSU within a few days. Not sure how he managed ti.

Isn't seasonic one of the best PSU brands?  Unless it was a very rare bad unit I'd be very surprised that it happened at all for a brand new PSU.

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2 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Isn't seasonic one of the best PSU brands?  Unless it was a very rare bad unit I'd be very surprised that it happened at all for a brand new PSU.

Those are not only extremely high quality but also individually tested before they are shipped. Chances of a bad unit are less than 1%

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5 minutes ago, Pascal... said:

My Grandmother still uses an old old Dell Laptop from  2005 ( I don't remember the Model number ) with Windows Vista on it . And 4 Monts back we ask her if She wonts to Upgrade to the Asus CN 60 Chromebox . And She Said: No Idont wont to Upgrade to this brand new pc because I don't a wont a desk top and I have no space ( She has a Table that is bigger  then my one and I have a Big Ikea Table but the Funny thing is She has like nothing on her Table .That means She has enough space to put like two Chromebox Setups on her Table :D ). And Shes still uses this shiti old Laptop . And now I have this Cool Asus CN 60 Chromebox . also my Grandmother is 73 years-old .

People who didn't grow up with awesome tech have far less appreciation for than younger generations.  It took years after DVDs were a thing for my grandparents to get a DVD player and even then I'm pretty sure my grandfather still thinks DVDs are semi worthless.  lol

 

Side question: what's a chromebox?

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2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Those are not only extremely high quality but also individually tested before they are shipped. Chances of a bad unit are less than 1%

Very nice.  I'll have to keep that brand in mind next time I buy a PSU.  Does Amazon or Newegg sell Seasonic PSUs?

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2 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

People who didn't grow up with awesome tech have far less appreciation for than younger generations.  It took years after DVDs were a thing for my grandparents to get a DVD player and even then I'm pretty sure my grandfather still thinks DVDs are semi worthless.  lol

 

Side question: what's a chromebox?

Like a chromebook but a desktop.

 

EDIT: Like a NUC but a chromebook.

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3 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Very nice.  I'll have to keep that brand in mind next time I buy a PSU.  Does Amazon or Newegg sell Seasonic PSUs?

They should. Basically, it goes like this

S12II - budget
M12II EVO - budget modular
S12G - mid-range
G-series - mid-range modular
X-series - high end
Platinum series - enthusiast
Snow Silent - enthusiast

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So a Chromebox is a PC With Chrome OS On . And you can Just Google it for all the details about Chrome OS and the whole LInux World !!!

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6 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Very nice.  I'll have to keep that brand in mind next time I buy a PSU.  Does Amazon or Newegg sell Seasonic PSUs?

To clarify - the M12II may be a budget PSU but it's still a good quality one unlike the EVGA B1 or Corsair CXv3

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PS: I'm a PC Entusiast and I have this Chromebox and of course My Windows 10 PC

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17 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

To clarify - the M12II may be a budget PSU but it's still a good quality one unlike the EVGA B1 or Corsair CXv3

Is "grey label" CXv4?

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3 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

To clarify - the M12II may be a budget PSU but it's still a good quality one unlike the EVGA B1 or Corsair CXv3

Good to know.  Thank you for the info.  I've got an EVGA B2 currently in my main desktop.  

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7 hours ago, Pascal... said:

My Grandmother still uses an old old Dell Laptop from  2005 ( I don't remember the Model number ) with Windows Vista on it . And 4 Monts back we ask her if She wonts to Upgrade to the Asus CN 60 Chromebox . And She Said: No Idont wont to Upgrade to this brand new pc because I don't a wont a desk top and I have no space ( She has a Table that is bigger  then my one and I have a Big Ikea Table but the Funny thing is She has like nothing on her Table .That means She has enough space to put like two Chromebox Setups on her Table :D ). And Shes still uses this shiti old Laptop . And now I have this Cool Asus CN 60 Chromebox . also my Grandmother is 73 years-old .

I have one super duper polite nice comment to make on this.... :) 

 

COULD YOU PLEASE NOT CAPITALIZE THE FIRST LETTER OF SOMEWHAT RANDOM WORDS THROUGHOUT THE PARAGRAPH I THINK I HAVE CATARACTS NOW.

 

Well that's kinda exaggerated :D but you get what I'm saying :P 

 

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1 hour ago, DocSwag said:

I have one super duper polite nice comment to make on this.... :) 

 

COULD YOU PLEASE NOT CAPITALIZE THE FIRST LETTER OF SOMEWHAT RANDOM WORDS THROUGHOUT THE PARAGRAPH I THINK I HAVE CATARACTS NOW.

 

Well that's kinda exaggerated :D but you get what I'm saying :P 

 

It's probably a habit from German; they capitalize nouns... @Pascal... are you german? :P 

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1 hour ago, DocSwag said:

I have one super duper polite nice comment to make on this.... :) 

 

COULD YOU PLEASE NOT CAPITALIZE THE FIRST LETTER OF SOMEWHAT RANDOM WORDS THROUGHOUT THE PARAGRAPH I THINK I HAVE CATARACTS NOW.

 

Well that's kinda exaggerated :D but you get what I'm saying :P 

 

I actually find myself doing that without even realising sometimes.

 

 

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Sorry if anyone finds this OT back and forth annoying, but I think if it helps even just one person it will have been worth it!

With that said ...

 

18 hours ago, Bleedingyamato said:

*snip*

Forgot to answer a few questions, one of them being where to download any of those security softwares, personally, when I have to download anything directly, I always download it from the maker of the software, though some of them use content distributors.

 

I know CNET is still a thing, no idea if it's any good or not, but in the last few years, software "managers" have been popular, 2 that I used successfully are ninite and allmyapps

 

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10 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

It's probably a habit from German; they capitalize nouns... @Pascal... are you german? :P 

No I'm Swiss !!!

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If I could just play Videogames and consume Cool Content all day long for the rest of my life, then that would be sick.

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4 hours ago, wkdpaul said:

Sorry if anyone finds this OT back and forth annoying, but I think if it helps even just one person it will have been worth it!

With that said ...

 

Forgot to answer a few questions, one of them being where to download any of those security softwares, personally, when I have to download anything directly, I always download it from the maker of the software, though some of them use content distributors.

 

I know CNET is still a thing, no idea if it's any good or not, but in the last few years, software "managers" have been popular, 2 that I used successfully are ninite and allmyapps

 

https://ninite.com/

http://allmyapps.com/

 

I use allmyapps, since I often work on lots of PCs, installing multiple applications becomes easier that way!

If need be I could pm you with any further questions. 

 

 

Thank you again for answering my questions.  ?

 

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9 hours ago, wkdpaul said:

Sorry if anyone finds this OT back and forth annoying, but I think if it helps even just one person it will have been worth it!

With that said ...

 

Forgot to answer a few questions, one of them being where to download any of those security softwares, personally, when I have to download anything directly, I always download it from the maker of the software, though some of them use content distributors.

 

I know CNET is still a thing, no idea if it's any good or not, but in the last few years, software "managers" have been popular, 2 that I used successfully are ninite and allmyapps

 

https://ninite.com/

http://allmyapps.com/

 

I use allmyapps, since I often work on lots of PCs, installing multiple applications becomes easier that way!

CNET's not particularly safe. I like to download directly from the manufacturer's website

 

EDIT: Ninite is perfectly fine 

 

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35 minutes ago, BingoFishy said:

CNET's not particularly safe. I like to download directly from the manufacturer's website

 

EDIT: Ninite is perfectly fine 

 

Can you remind me why cnet isn't safe?  I know someone told me in the past but I forget.

 

Do you have any experience with allmyapps?

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24 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Can you remind me why cnet isn't safe?  I know someone told me in the past but I forget.

 

Do you have any experience with allmyapps?

CNET occasionally ends up handing out malware.

 

Never used allmyapps.

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RAM: A-Data XPG V1.0 (1x8GB) (Red)
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Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black)
Speakers and Headphones: Monitor Speakers and Phlips SHP9500s
MoBo: MSI Z97 PC MATE
SSD: SanDisk Ultra II (240GB)
Monitor: LG 29UM68-P
Mouse: Mionix Naos 7000
Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB (2016) (Browns)

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