theonlyBuster

I get a call at the IT help desk at a high school one day, the teacher is frantic...
 
Teacher: I need an IT guy here now. I caught an email and I don't want it to send
Me: Umm can you elaborate?
Teacher: Just get here quickly.
 
[i roam across campus to the classroom.  When I get there the teacher is kneeling behind the computer]
Teacher: I caught it! Quick come here!
Me: ...umm I don't quite follow.
Teacher: I was sending an email and I didn't mean to hit "send" so I ran around and grabbed the internet cord.
[i walk over towards him to see him holding a RJ-45 with a crimp in it as if it were a water hose]
Teacher: Quick help, I can feel it trying to squeeze through.
 
He literally thought cables worked like water hoses.  Thinking that if he were to crimp  or put a sharp bed, it would impede the flow of data. 
I swear I cannot make this stuff up.

Years ago I was an IT guy for a local school.  This was roughly the time where wifi was becoming popular. 
The school just got a supply of the television looking Mac desktops,  believe it was the eMac.
 
 
I get a call.
Teacher: I just got my new computer and the "wee-fee" (wifi) isn't working
Me: Alright let's troubleshoot your wifi problem....  Is your computer turned on at the moment?
Teacher: No I took it out the box and it won't turn on.
Me: Have you checked the wires to make sure nothing is loose and everything is properly plugged in?
Teacher: Plugged in? I said the problem was a wee-fee issue. 
Me: Sir, wifi only works with the internet, not power.
Teacher: Ugh you people are never any kind of help *hangs up*
 
I'll post a few more later.

The end result of this video only leads me to wonder if any actual research or thought was given to this idea?  It truly seems like someone had an idea and never once stopped to really think it through.  The ending explanation of the video makes this painfully clear. 
It's as if someone saw an ad for Black 2.0 and said "I wonder if it's dark enough to black out RGB", which was a great idea.  But while buying the paint, waiting for it to arrive, unboxing the paint, deciding on what rig to paint, and actually painting the rig, no thought was given regarding execution. 
 
Interesting idea, but it's obvious that no additional thought was given aside from "let's black out an RGB rig". 

The end result of this video only leads me to wonder if any actual research or thought was given to this idea?  It truly seems like someone had an idea and never once stopped to really think it through.  The ending explanation of the video makes this painfully clear. 
It's as if someone saw an ad for Black 2.0 and said "I wonder if it's dark enough to black out RGB", which was a great idea.  But while buying the paint, waiting for it to arrive, unboxing the paint, deciding on what rig to paint, and actually painting the rig, no thought was given regarding execution. 
 
Interesting idea, but it's obvious that no additional thought was given aside from "let's black out an RGB rig". 

The end result of this video only leads me to wonder if any actual research or thought was given to this idea?  It truly seems like someone had an idea and never once stopped to really think it through.  The ending explanation of the video makes this painfully clear. 
It's as if someone saw an ad for Black 2.0 and said "I wonder if it's dark enough to black out RGB", which was a great idea.  But while buying the paint, waiting for it to arrive, unboxing the paint, deciding on what rig to paint, and actually painting the rig, no thought was given regarding execution. 
 
Interesting idea, but it's obvious that no additional thought was given aside from "let's black out an RGB rig". 

To piggyback on Boink's post...
 
I wouldn't believe it unless I saw it with my own eyes...
Walking through the mall yesterday, I passed the Apple store.  Of course there's a line of people all waiting to be serviced.  I over-hear a conversation between a customer and one of the sales associates.  Apparently the customer purchased the iPhone 6, and happened to come across one of the ol' Reddit 4Chan fake advertisements for the iPhone 6... Yepp you guessed it, the advertisement proclaiming that you can stick your phone in the microwave, and turn it on for a few seconds and power-charge it. 
Well as one would have guessed, the phone did not survive. 
 
The guy was in the store arguing that the ad was legit and that his phone was defective and that he wanted to take advantage of the microwave charging. 
The conversation continued, but I had to keep walking as I didn't want to literally die of laughter over this poor guy's misfortune.  I think it's safe to assume he's not getting a replacement. 

I get a call at the IT help desk at a high school one day, the teacher is frantic...
 
Teacher: I need an IT guy here now. I caught an email and I don't want it to send
Me: Umm can you elaborate?
Teacher: Just get here quickly.
 
[i roam across campus to the classroom.  When I get there the teacher is kneeling behind the computer]
Teacher: I caught it! Quick come here!
Me: ...umm I don't quite follow.
Teacher: I was sending an email and I didn't mean to hit "send" so I ran around and grabbed the internet cord.
[i walk over towards him to see him holding a RJ-45 with a crimp in it as if it were a water hose]
Teacher: Quick help, I can feel it trying to squeeze through.
 
He literally thought cables worked like water hoses.  Thinking that if he were to crimp  or put a sharp bed, it would impede the flow of data. 
I swear I cannot make this stuff up.

Years ago I was an IT guy for a local school.  This was roughly the time where wifi was becoming popular. 
The school just got a supply of the television looking Mac desktops,  believe it was the eMac.
 
 
I get a call.
Teacher: I just got my new computer and the "wee-fee" (wifi) isn't working
Me: Alright let's troubleshoot your wifi problem....  Is your computer turned on at the moment?
Teacher: No I took it out the box and it won't turn on.
Me: Have you checked the wires to make sure nothing is loose and everything is properly plugged in?
Teacher: Plugged in? I said the problem was a wee-fee issue. 
Me: Sir, wifi only works with the internet, not power.
Teacher: Ugh you people are never any kind of help *hangs up*
 
I'll post a few more later.

It's a debt card that uses the balance off your wallet acct. Which can draw money from multiple sources such as your bank or credit card. Idealy this would allow you to keep your other cards somewhere safe and only carry your wallet card, which could be deactivated by your phone instantly if lost or stolen.

well, Mercedes's prototype ran over a journalist at its first tech demo....
 
i think google got this...

Years ago I was an IT guy for a local school.  This was roughly the time where wifi was becoming popular. 
The school just got a supply of the television looking Mac desktops,  believe it was the eMac.
 
 
I get a call.
Teacher: I just got my new computer and the "wee-fee" (wifi) isn't working
Me: Alright let's troubleshoot your wifi problem....  Is your computer turned on at the moment?
Teacher: No I took it out the box and it won't turn on.
Me: Have you checked the wires to make sure nothing is loose and everything is properly plugged in?
Teacher: Plugged in? I said the problem was a wee-fee issue. 
Me: Sir, wifi only works with the internet, not power.
Teacher: Ugh you people are never any kind of help *hangs up*
 
I'll post a few more later.

Years ago I was an IT guy for a local school.  This was roughly the time where wifi was becoming popular. 
The school just got a supply of the television looking Mac desktops,  believe it was the eMac.
 
 
I get a call.
Teacher: I just got my new computer and the "wee-fee" (wifi) isn't working
Me: Alright let's troubleshoot your wifi problem....  Is your computer turned on at the moment?
Teacher: No I took it out the box and it won't turn on.
Me: Have you checked the wires to make sure nothing is loose and everything is properly plugged in?
Teacher: Plugged in? I said the problem was a wee-fee issue. 
Me: Sir, wifi only works with the internet, not power.
Teacher: Ugh you people are never any kind of help *hangs up*
 
I'll post a few more later.

If you are going to use multiple programs you want more cores/threads, so go for at least an i3 with hyperthreading something like a  i3-4160 if you want to go cheap and already have the motherboard. Otherwise go AMD if you want cheap and alot of cores. 

While walking down the hallway one of the teachers grabbed my attention
 
 
Teacher: So let me ask you a question.
Me: Yes
Teacher: I saved a file on My Computer, as in I opened the C-drive, made a folder and saved it in the folder yesterday afternoon.
Me: Ok... alright.....
Teacher: When I came back to open the file this morning the folder and file were both gone.
Me: That's a bit strange.
Teacher: Exactly, and I know I saved it there. 
Me: And you're totally sure it was your C-Drive? Maybe you save it on a Floppy or something (this was over a decade ago).
Teacher: Yeah, I got home, sat in front of my computer and saved the file in "My Computer".  Got to campus, logged in, went to "My Computer" and it's not there.
 
I spent the next hour explaining to him that "My Computer" wasn't really his computer in a global aspect, but more a less a central hub for that specific computer.  I further went on to explain that "My Computer" was never really the best name for the physical computer, but more or less JUST "Computer". 
 
So now whenever I'm explaining to someone how to navigate their computer, When I said "Click on 'My Computer'" I pause and chuckle to myself, especially now since they've renamed it to simply "Computer"

I get a call at the IT help desk at a high school one day, the teacher is frantic...
 
Teacher: I need an IT guy here now. I caught an email and I don't want it to send
Me: Umm can you elaborate?
Teacher: Just get here quickly.
 
[i roam across campus to the classroom.  When I get there the teacher is kneeling behind the computer]
Teacher: I caught it! Quick come here!
Me: ...umm I don't quite follow.
Teacher: I was sending an email and I didn't mean to hit "send" so I ran around and grabbed the internet cord.
[i walk over towards him to see him holding a RJ-45 with a crimp in it as if it were a water hose]
Teacher: Quick help, I can feel it trying to squeeze through.
 
He literally thought cables worked like water hoses.  Thinking that if he were to crimp  or put a sharp bed, it would impede the flow of data. 
I swear I cannot make this stuff up.

That's an OEM key, these don't work with that. You can get the official ISO from https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0W9PBigPy94aVJWSndyTFNFMzg/preview?pli=1
I have used it, and it worked.

Well, look for something with 4GB of ram (definitely reachable for the budget), avoid touchscreen (just adds too much to the price tag) and not HP.
 
Here's something i found, about as good as it gets for under 500 dollars:
http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-15-6-Inch-Laptop-80E3005NUS-Black/dp/B00K6ZID58/ref=sr_1_10?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1412692738&sr=1-10&keywords=lenovo+laptop
 
Also if you want only 200GB of storage, you could buy a 256GB SSD for around 100 dollars and turn the HDD into an external drive with an enclosure. The faster performance SSD's have over HDD's is one you'll definetely enjoy. Can also be something you could do later on.

I get a call at the IT help desk at a high school one day, the teacher is frantic...
 
Teacher: I need an IT guy here now. I caught an email and I don't want it to send
Me: Umm can you elaborate?
Teacher: Just get here quickly.
 
[i roam across campus to the classroom.  When I get there the teacher is kneeling behind the computer]
Teacher: I caught it! Quick come here!
Me: ...umm I don't quite follow.
Teacher: I was sending an email and I didn't mean to hit "send" so I ran around and grabbed the internet cord.
[i walk over towards him to see him holding a RJ-45 with a crimp in it as if it were a water hose]
Teacher: Quick help, I can feel it trying to squeeze through.
 
He literally thought cables worked like water hoses.  Thinking that if he were to crimp  or put a sharp bed, it would impede the flow of data. 
I swear I cannot make this stuff up.

Front Intake: 200mm (80%)
Bottom Intake: 140mm (80%)
Side Intake: 200mm (90%)
Top: (2) 200mm (40%)
Exhaust: 140mm (40%)
GPU additional fan: 120mm
CPU cooler: (2) 140mm
HDD fan: 140mm
 
TOTAL: 10

doesn't youtube only go to 16khz anyway

I personally don't think it would be a big deal to go with the watercooling method with the 2 additional fans. 
You're cooling your CPU via water, and the GPU has a fan on it keeping itself pretty cool (varying depending on the GPU of course).  And the case fans ensure that air is circulating through the case so the GPU isn't floating in its own warm air. 
Generally speaking with most cases, I'd think this is a decent general set up. Just ensure you at least attempt some decent cable managing to assist with air flow.

To piggyback on Boink's post...
 
I wouldn't believe it unless I saw it with my own eyes...
Walking through the mall yesterday, I passed the Apple store.  Of course there's a line of people all waiting to be serviced.  I over-hear a conversation between a customer and one of the sales associates.  Apparently the customer purchased the iPhone 6, and happened to come across one of the ol' Reddit 4Chan fake advertisements for the iPhone 6... Yepp you guessed it, the advertisement proclaiming that you can stick your phone in the microwave, and turn it on for a few seconds and power-charge it. 
Well as one would have guessed, the phone did not survive. 
 
The guy was in the store arguing that the ad was legit and that his phone was defective and that he wanted to take advantage of the microwave charging. 
The conversation continued, but I had to keep walking as I didn't want to literally die of laughter over this poor guy's misfortune.  I think it's safe to assume he's not getting a replacement. 

To piggyback on Boink's post...
 
I wouldn't believe it unless I saw it with my own eyes...
Walking through the mall yesterday, I passed the Apple store.  Of course there's a line of people all waiting to be serviced.  I over-hear a conversation between a customer and one of the sales associates.  Apparently the customer purchased the iPhone 6, and happened to come across one of the ol' Reddit 4Chan fake advertisements for the iPhone 6... Yepp you guessed it, the advertisement proclaiming that you can stick your phone in the microwave, and turn it on for a few seconds and power-charge it. 
Well as one would have guessed, the phone did not survive. 
 
The guy was in the store arguing that the ad was legit and that his phone was defective and that he wanted to take advantage of the microwave charging. 
The conversation continued, but I had to keep walking as I didn't want to literally die of laughter over this poor guy's misfortune.  I think it's safe to assume he's not getting a replacement. 

I get a call at the IT help desk at a high school one day, the teacher is frantic...
 
Teacher: I need an IT guy here now. I caught an email and I don't want it to send
Me: Umm can you elaborate?
Teacher: Just get here quickly.
 
[i roam across campus to the classroom.  When I get there the teacher is kneeling behind the computer]
Teacher: I caught it! Quick come here!
Me: ...umm I don't quite follow.
Teacher: I was sending an email and I didn't mean to hit "send" so I ran around and grabbed the internet cord.
[i walk over towards him to see him holding a RJ-45 with a crimp in it as if it were a water hose]
Teacher: Quick help, I can feel it trying to squeeze through.
 
He literally thought cables worked like water hoses.  Thinking that if he were to crimp  or put a sharp bed, it would impede the flow of data. 
I swear I cannot make this stuff up.

Years ago I was an IT guy for a local school.  This was roughly the time where wifi was becoming popular. 
The school just got a supply of the television looking Mac desktops,  believe it was the eMac.
 
 
I get a call.
Teacher: I just got my new computer and the "wee-fee" (wifi) isn't working
Me: Alright let's troubleshoot your wifi problem....  Is your computer turned on at the moment?
Teacher: No I took it out the box and it won't turn on.
Me: Have you checked the wires to make sure nothing is loose and everything is properly plugged in?
Teacher: Plugged in? I said the problem was a wee-fee issue. 
Me: Sir, wifi only works with the internet, not power.
Teacher: Ugh you people are never any kind of help *hangs up*
 
I'll post a few more later.