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    Burz reacted to Anghammarad in I can get this laptop for my birthday, but is it worth it?   
    On a laptop I won't usually go for refurbished in that price range... 
     
    Yes a refurbished one my last still quite some time, or it will melt away quickly. If it was used for gaming, it surely will have run on max temps for most of the time, which isn't really helpful for longlivety. But you can never really say. It then depends on the warranty. 
     
    As for cooling... never put your laptop on a blanket or your bed directly... it will suck in lint and dust and that will clog the cooling inside.
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    Burz got a reaction from Crunchy Dragon in My cousin sent me on a new quest.   
    Hey thanks man. While it's easy to judge them (and maybe even me) from the little story I wrote, my cousin is a good lady. She's been through a lot and getting a boyfriend helped her escape a lot of issues. I ended up acting like an older brother (Though we're the same age) and supporting her on everything I can, so that's why I want to fix it. I agree, they're not in the best situation and sending out someone else to fix it for them is not always right, but I'm doing it because I want to. Thanks for the help though, it was more or less what I was thinking of doing.
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    Burz reacted to GirlFromYonder in My cousin sent me on a new quest.   
    I would first dip this in iso alcohol. Like FULLY. And then wear gloves and clean the rest. Maybe buy a pad lock for the side panel so this dont happen no more?
     
    You can probs get cheap ddr3 for that. 4 gb should be fine. maybe 8. and get a gt 710 or something if no display driver
     
    Is a FM2+ mobo. Now you know what the possible cpus are. Not good anyway.
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    Burz reacted to Eduard the weeb in My cousin sent me on a new quest.   
    First of all OOF and 
     
    F
     
    okay, if you find it possible can you post specs of this " Battle station " lol
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    Burz reacted to Eduard the weeb in My cousin sent me on a new quest.   
    Couldn't you search the Uruguay used market ?
    because I have a feeling that mobo will be dead tbh, and they will blame you
     
    just curious lol
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    Burz reacted to Crunchy Dragon in My cousin sent me on a new quest.   
    I salute and respect you for trying. I personally would've probably done something diabolical like tell them what the problem was and leave it up to them to fix it and keep it in working condition they wanted it that badly.
     
    That said, that is one heck of a job there. I would start by cleaning every inch of every component thoroughly. And then make sure it's all dry before trying to get it to post.
     
    Shop around the used market and see if you can grab 4Gb DDR3 for cheap, and then throw Linux on the HDD.
     
     
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    Burz reacted to NumLock21 in My cousin sent me on a new quest.   
    Man fuck this shit!
     
    What you should have done was
     
    1.
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    2. Take computer and toss into

     
    3. Send them

     
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    Burz reacted to robotsalad in My cousin sent me on a new quest.   
    if you send me 55 USD I will send you an optiplex with a e8500 and AMD HD 5570 or something.
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    Burz got a reaction from GirlFromYonder in My cousin sent me on a new quest.   
    He doesn't have a job Love is blind I guess?
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    Burz reacted to Bcat00 in My cousin sent me on a new quest.   
    My god, i really gotta wonder why your cousin would be into someone like that. 
    No wealth and poor self control on drug.
    I'm guessing he's a rockstar band player? LOL
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    Burz reacted to Himommies in My cousin sent me on a new quest.   
    Even with 40 dollar shipping it's still just a bit more expensive
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    Burz reacted to Ophidio in My cousin sent me on a new quest.   
    this is terrifying.
    like actually terrifying.
    horror movie of the year.
    why is there no RAM? Did you take it out or was there no RAM to begin with? (would explain why it wasn't working)
     
    there is a harddrive, you can barely see it sticking out on the right side of picture and that motherboard uses an AMD apu so it has integrated graphics.
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    Burz reacted to TheGlenlivet in My cousin sent me on a new quest.   
    I.... Um..... you.........
    WOw.
    Wear gloves.
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    Burz reacted to genexis_x in Getting to choose a laptop for my birthday, need options   
    Avoid MSI GL, mediocre build quality and cooling
     
    N850HK1 is a decent choice. Also consider W650KK1, desktop CPU in a laptop without paying a premium
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    Burz reacted to ricksteendam1 in Getting to choose a laptop for my birthday, need options   
    yes i thought that you could easily buy ram and storage were you live as it does not matter what brand it is and that it would be cheaper then buying it from the us and pay lots of import tax 
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    Burz reacted to ricksteendam1 in Getting to choose a laptop for my birthday, need options   
    https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154733&Tpk=34-154-733
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    Burz got a reaction from 3 Lions in Twitter merchant scam?   
    That was my guess. I sent them a message asking how they were getting the stuff. Maybe they'd be honest or have an obvious lie. I'll flag them now haha, they didn't respond to my message yet.
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    Burz reacted to 3 Lions in Twitter merchant scam?   
    Anyone selling high value gaming hardware on a social media site is a scam, I suggest you flag the account. 
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    Burz reacted to Creed1 in BT speaker draining battery while it's off   
    With the price point of the speaker, that is going to be normal. Temperature Conditions can also affect it. 
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    Burz reacted to Jurrunio in BT speaker draining battery while it's off   
    Battery do lose power when sitting still. Maybe the battery in this thing just sucks.
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    Burz got a reaction from Zando_ in $350 budget PC for a friend in the US   
    That doesn't sound bad. I'll relay the information to her. I'm still looking for more suggestions though, just in case.
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    Burz reacted to Daniel Z. in $350 budget PC for a friend in the US   
    The Athlon is quite old and is basically an A10 without iGPU, the Pentium far outshines it in gaming. DDR4 is just newer and a small generational increase in performance, and all four cores are really weak on the Athlon. The AMD has no upgrade path while the Pentium can go up to an i7.
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    Burz reacted to soundlogic in $350 budget PC for a friend in the US   
    Mad that nobody tagged me here despite having a regularly updated $350 build in my signature since 2015.
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    Burz reacted to aisle9 in $350 budget PC for a friend in the US   
    The best option at that price point, especially if she isn't comfortable with Linux and wants activated Windows, really is to grab an Optiplex tower with a Sandy or Ivy i5, 8GB of RAM and a 500GB+ (ideally 1TB) hard drive, then install Windows 7 using the license stuck to the side of the PC and install 10 with that. Failing that, try something like this on for size:
     
    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
    CPU: AMD - Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
    Motherboard: Asus - A68HM-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($40.89 @ OutletPC) 
    Memory: Patriot - Signature 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
    Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.49 @ Amazon) 
    Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Video Card  ($93.98 @ Newegg) 
    Case: Rosewill - R363-M-BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case w/400W Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
    Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($30.00) 
    Total: $347.33
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-27 20:54 EDT-0400
     
    Obvious downsides: it's an old platform with no upgrade path, it's slow RAM and it's an iffy PSU included with a case (although I've have good luck with Rosewill's included PSUs over the years). Upside: it's a $350 gaming PC that would perform on par with a lower-end G4560 system if I dare venture a guess myself.
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    Burz reacted to Zando_ in $350 budget PC for a friend in the US   
    Here's @Being Delirious' Super Duper Budget PC for starters:
     
    PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DrFDsJ
    Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DrFDsJ/by_merchant/
    CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($74.89 @ B&H) 
    Motherboard: ASRock - B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($62.89 @ OutletPC) 
    Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($54.88 @ Amazon) 
    Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.44 @ OutletPC) 
    Video Card: MSI - GeForce GT 1030 2GB LP OC Video Card  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
    Case: BitFenix - Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 
    Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
    Total: $391.07
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-27 20:51 EDT-0400
     
    I'd recommend dropping the GT 1030 to keep it under budget, then she can get a 1050 or 1050 Ti later, and you can coach her on how to install it. Since it feeds off the PCIe slot, there won't be any cable management stuff to complicate it. 
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