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Da OG Fish

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    Da OG Fish reacted to PorkiThePig in Experiences with non-techies   
    i find it funny when folks cant handle tech my mom keeps on freaking out when her internet seed lowers for some reason, and she screams at me to chceck if someone is hacking it, i just wait like a minute or so and scream back that is good
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    Da OG Fish reacted to JacobFW in How is a PC effected in freezing cold?   
    Do NOT put any mechanical hard drives out there.  The cold will warp the metal and almost certainly kill it.  SSD's are kinda ok, but you should try to insulate them if possible.  The controller can that cold, but the NAND cells themselves will last longer if they're warmer (but not too warm).
     
    As for the condensation non-issue.  This is NOT the same thing as a subzero cooler.  1)  The surface has to be cooler than the ambient air for condensation to occur.  2)  If it's below freezing, then there is no liquid/water vapor.  One of the driest places on earth are the polar regions, since, even though it's surrounded by snow and ice, all the H20 there is solid.  
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    Da OG Fish got a reaction from Sin Stalker in First-time PC Build under $600   
    What are you going to use the computer for?
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    Da OG Fish got a reaction from Ace McPlane in I wish LTT would experiment with this:   
    Linus should water cool the USB expansion cards and the sensors for "speed".
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    Da OG Fish got a reaction from Zando_ in I wish LTT would experiment with this:   
    Linus should water cool the USB expansion cards and the sensors for "speed".
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    Da OG Fish reacted to Salmiakbal in Experiences with non-techies   
    I actually do have a story now I'm thinking about it.. Let me sum it up
    A coworker of mine (I work at a supermarket) sees himself as a tech fanatic. Once he was talking about a build he wanted to do.
    He started talking about getting all top tier Asus ROG stuff, 7970's, H100 (at the time).. All massively overpriced stuff. And.. four 250GB harddrives in a Raid 0.
    So I asked him why would you do that? Raid 0 is a stupid raid, just get one big fast drive and a SSD for boot and stuff, much more reliable that way. But he didn't move one bit.
    Some time after that we we're having a break and we started talking computer again. I asked him why he wants to go AMD in stead if Nvidia for a GPU. He replied: ''No, Nvidia cards are made by Intel, and I dislike Intel!''. I told him Intel only makes integrated graphics and not discrete ones and that Nvidia and Intel are in no way affiliated, but he wouldn't change his mind.
    After that he started talking about coolers. He said he had a H100 once before. ''Yeah, that thing is so nice the temps of my CPU we're lower than the temperature of my room!''
    I tried to teach him a small lesson in physics on why that would be entirely impossible, but he kept yammering about.
    One time after that he started talking about thermal compound and how he always spreads it over the entire CPU instead of a single blob in the mid. I tried to tell him why that method is shit, to which he replied ''I always do that and I have the lowest temps of all my friends!'' (Obviously made up).
    Usually I don't care if people believe things that aren't optimal/true/good in any way, but this guy was so immensely dense it was unbelievable, and a complete tool too. Every word you tried to throw at him just bounced off.
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    Da OG Fish reacted to Frizx97 in Experiences with non-techies   
    To my good friends, I am God of computing.
    My friend's mom actually paid me 50 bucks to fix their loose cable, thrice.
    Many don't believe me when I told them I built a PC.
    I should never have mentioned the term 'hardware porn' among them.
    Some think I have no life and no future.
    To most adults, I am a spoilt brat.
  8. Funny
    Da OG Fish reacted to Oradian in Experiences with non-techies   
    Dad: Why doesn't my keyboard work anymore?
    Me: Because you constantly spill water on it
    Dad: Oh is that bad for the keyboard?
    Me: ........
  9. Funny
    Da OG Fish reacted to Paperchase in Experiences with non-techies   
    Back in the 9th grade 2 other buddies of mine and myself started our own school project. Our project was to dismantle a computer, make our own case, and assemble the computer inside the case we built ourselves. For the longest time a friend of mine had been saying that he knows pretty much everything about computers. Turns out he didn't know anything, but i'll get back to that.
    I went to a very cheap-ass school, so there were always trouble with the infrastructure there, so as you probably guessed the computers at the school crashed all the time. Also note that all of the computers were "hooked up" for lack of a better term to ONE Server. This was a big school with around 200+ computers all hooked up to this one server. (Recipe for disaster). Since all of the computers were connected to the same server that would mean that if there was one single error on the server, then all of the 200+ computers at my school would simply not work.
    These computers all went down the drain atleast twice a week making them completely and utter useless. And everytime the system went down the teachers always asked this friend of mine that thought he knew everything about computers. Let's call him Bob to make it easier to follow. Anyways, The teachers would always have Bob look at the computers, and tell them what was wrong. Ofcourse he didn't know what he was talking about, so he said the following: "Yeah, mhm, okay. Yes it seems that you have gotten a network system error inside the processor, it will be back up in an hour". Yes, that is ACTUALLY what he said, let that sink in for a moment. Oh, I totally forgot; The time he said that it was a "Network system error inside the processor". the teachers were trying to figure out why there was no sound from the speakers. Turns out the audiojack was not plugged in.
    Anyways I got really off-track here. My friends and I were assembling the computer into the case that we had built ourselves. When suddenly Bob came by. My friends and I were kind of annoyed at Bob, so we asked him "which one of these components is the motherboard"? I bet anyone here on the forum would be able to point out which component in a computer was the motherboard, right? Bob pointed at the HDD, of course we all laughed, because this was proof that he knows nothing about computers, and was just spewing bullshit all the time. After we all calmed ourselves down, I said: "well surely you know this is the graphics card, right? (I pointed at the CPU). Bob said: "Yes ofcourse, how dumb do you think I am? That's when I almost broke out in tears laughing.

    Since that event he stopped claiming he knew everything about computers and was an "IT-Guru". Anyways, my buddies and I delivered in our assignment, and got ourselves an A.
    Cheers! ;)
  10. Funny
    Da OG Fish reacted to ShaTR in Experiences with non-techies   
    Some guy called my office, trying to sell me computers. I just said "oh you mean those little box's with the tv on top? Yeah, our accountant has some". He promptly gave up and hung up the phone lol
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    Da OG Fish reacted to Mira Yurizaki in 100mhz worth it   
    You're going to get, at best, a 2.5% improvement.
     
    You tell me if that's worth it.
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    Da OG Fish got a reaction from EunSoo in What is so wrong about getting your PC money from parents?   
    I got my $1500 pc from hard work and an A average in school.
  13. Funny
    Da OG Fish reacted to Zusafek in Is this site friendlier to newcomers than places like...   
    I'm new...ish.  Bah!!!! You got me this time but I'll be back!!  *hops on bigwheel and pedals off*
  14. Funny
    Da OG Fish reacted to crysilis in You're the doctor. My computer is the patient.   
    thought you were asking for some pc roleplay
    *insert lenny here*
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    Da OG Fish reacted to captain cactus in Can I run these together?   
    You can't run them in CrossFire, if that's what you mean. As separate devices, sure, but there's really no reason to do that. 
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    Da OG Fish got a reaction from wagaloo123 in Underclock RAM   
    It is automatically set to 2133. You have to change to RAM setting to XMP to bring it up to 2400.
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    Da OG Fish got a reaction from wagaloo123 in Underclock RAM   
    Can you link the product page?
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    Da OG Fish got a reaction from wagaloo123 in Underclock RAM   
    That means their slowest RAM speeds are at 2400. This is only obtainable when you go into the BIOS and change the RAM profile to XMP. This is safe and isn't a marketing scheme.
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    Da OG Fish reacted to BuckGup in Clock speed on EVGA 1070 FTW   
    Ungine is notorious for spewing out wrong clock speeds.
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