Cotroneo

Hey guys. My dad is a big supplier for one of Canada's theme parks gift shops, and unfortunately one of the employees working there put tape on one of the TV screens (the thing where you roll it and then attach a sign to it) that are used to advertise product. The TV's aren't easily replaceable, and I'm pretty damn sure that you shouldn't be using goo gone on LCD/LED screens.

Any idea on how we could safely remove the residue? 

Thanks.

According to the manual, you go to "Advanced > Network > DHCP Server" and change the primary and secondary DNS there. You will need to do a lease renew on the end device for it to take effect. Disabling and re-enabling Wifi might be enough!

That's good you got it changed, its a pretty common attack method really!

Yup, I got it to stay changed, and I've tested it on multiple devices as of now. I think what may have happened was it was a one time attack that just changed my primary DNS, which had subtle redirects. Basically a Trojan phishing hijack, if that makes sense. 

Nevermind, I just got it to change! Thanks for the help.

Yeah that would be pretty fair seeing as thats a 700$ GPU so one would be paying 5-600$ for the parts in that computer.   I sold a similar generation PC with 16GB DDR3, i5, gigabyte mobo, etc etc for around 350 so considering its an i7 with overclockable parts you shouldnt have a problem getting 12-1300 CAD/

800$US...i would say.
In CAD you could put an ad for it at 1200$ and end up selling it for 1100$ i guess.

That is a very capable machine you got there I would think someone would pay 1100-1300 CAD for that its not really up-gradable in the hardware department as everything is slightly dated DDR3 ETC but you could also think about taking out the 2070 selling that separate and trying to source a cheap 1080 capable gpu like a RX 570/580 GTX 1060 and re sell it with a used gpu in there.

Elite 371

The graphics card is generally more sensitive to temps than the cpu so I'd recommend using the 140mm's at front intake and the rad as top exhaust to prioritize graphics card cooling. 

Yes, youd be better off sticking with the 660 and getting a better CPU Motherboard and ram 

What's the Motherboard you're using?
If you have something decent like an ASUS Sabertooth or the last generation 970 Boards that were released like a Year or two ago for example, it might make sense to replace it with an FX8350 or 8370.
If you can find it cheap, FX9590 is also an option.
 
If you have a 50-70€ Board, don't bother and replace it. Even the Athlon 200GE should be a bit better. But with Prices how they are right now, it makes the most sense to get a Ryzen 5 x600 or Ryzen 7 for ~150-175€, a Board for like 75-100€ and a pair of good Memory - wich is around a hundred €uronen right now for 16GiB...

would probably get LESS bottleneck with a faster FX CPU with the RX 580 but still wouldn't be optimal. 

Might want to swap the bottom corsair and noctua fans for your gpu to get more air!

Glad to hear you had a good experience here!
 
It's true that some members might be more "blunt", so if you ever have a problem with a reply, simply report it and don't reply

Should i be reporting your comment then? I found it offensive.

Awesome!
 Always happy to see positive feedback on the community.
 
 
Ya we have to watch him sometimes ... but its ok we have "ways" to keep him in line. 

So I guess here's the reason why I'm thanking you guys.
Ever since the end of 2016, I had always bought my gaming computers from iBuyPower. I'm 24, and I know that building your own computer is cheaper; my knowledge of computer components was limited — I knew that in gaming, more GHz in your processor was better, but I didn't know about cores bottlenecking gaming, and just the basics "what makes something better", instead of didn't know "why it makes it better".

Here's the story about why I decided it'd be time to learn about computers:
At the end of 2016, I had ordered a computer from iBuyPower, and it was probably the most nightmarish experience I had ever had. It was so bad that the only way that we could have things resolved was to take things to court. These were the issues from windows not being activated (it was a dummy version of windows for installing) and them not having any windows key on record, the customer sales rep completely ignoring me throughout the 3 months (it was supposed to arrive in 1 month) it took to get here, the computer arriving with a smashed up side panel, disconnected and broken lighting, cpu fan not functioning, 2/4 case fans not working, as well as not receiving $500 of extras we ordered, hung up on by customer support manager  (without being given a chance to speak) after waiting 40 minutes to be transferred, and a plethora of other things that happened. Basically, we did not get the things that we had an invoice for, and they refused to take responsibility. 

Anyway,
After this experience I decided that I'd just take the plunge and learn how to build a computer myself. However, I had nowhere to begin, had no idea what to learn, and the whole idea of learning about everything was super daunting. I started off by watching videos on tech quickie and Linus's channel — all the videos were funny, and/or super informative.

Now here's why I'm thanking you guys:
I have nonverbal learning disability. It's in the same family as Aspergers, but less severe in terms of social anxiety; as you get older, the social anxiety goes away. As for the learning disability aspect, NVLD makes it extremely hard for me to processes and retain verbal information, as well as having difficulty picking out key parts of explanations in order to understand things; learning verbally is basically impossible, and when reading, I basically need things explained in point-form, because like I said: I have difficulty picking out key parts of explanations. A good example of what I mean is something like a word problem: Sally was curious about the height to width ratio of a tree that has a height of 21.3' , with a diameter of 3.5' . How would she solve this? I put the points that you only need to pay attention to in italics; I try to process the entire question. Also, it's very, very difficult for me to put my thoughts on to paper, and even harder for me to explain things verbally. You know how there's things that you can't explain but "just know"? Literally everything is like that for me, which makes asking questions and explaining things very, very, very difficult for me without rambling and/or being redundant. Just look at how long this post is. :~{
Good news is that I use proverbs and examples to overcome a lot of it.

Basically,
Learning and explaining is challenging, but once I learn things, they stick.

The reason why I needed to tell you guys about my NVLD is because I already worry about sounding stupid when explaining and asking questions, and I was super worried about the stigma that enthusiast forums have. I thought for sure that since most of you guys are experts on computers, my questions would sound dumb, and the answers I'd get would be condescending like it's basic knowledge. However, I had a lot of questions about cooling, and before I could build my computer, I needed to ask somebody.

The answers I got from you guys were beyond nice, and I was basically treated as a friend because I was interested in computers like you guys. After so many helpful and nice replies despite me asking for things to be explained in point form, and having a ton of followup questions (I perceived it'd be annoying to you guys) I figured that you guys were so eager to help because you all remember what it was like first learning about computers. I'm assuming that at one point, you guys felt the excitement that I had when you guys started off.

But yeah,
11 months later, after tons of questions being asked, I got to the point where I was able to help some people out, with others agreeing with me. This place is the only forum that I've ever posted in, and I'm glad that this was the first one. :~}
 
Thanks. <3

So I guess here's the reason why I'm thanking you guys.
Ever since the end of 2016, I had always bought my gaming computers from iBuyPower. I'm 24, and I know that building your own computer is cheaper; my knowledge of computer components was limited — I knew that in gaming, more GHz in your processor was better, but I didn't know about cores bottlenecking gaming, and just the basics "what makes something better", instead of didn't know "why it makes it better".

Here's the story about why I decided it'd be time to learn about computers:
At the end of 2016, I had ordered a computer from iBuyPower, and it was probably the most nightmarish experience I had ever had. It was so bad that the only way that we could have things resolved was to take things to court. These were the issues from windows not being activated (it was a dummy version of windows for installing) and them not having any windows key on record, the customer sales rep completely ignoring me throughout the 3 months (it was supposed to arrive in 1 month) it took to get here, the computer arriving with a smashed up side panel, disconnected and broken lighting, cpu fan not functioning, 2/4 case fans not working, as well as not receiving $500 of extras we ordered, hung up on by customer support manager  (without being given a chance to speak) after waiting 40 minutes to be transferred, and a plethora of other things that happened. Basically, we did not get the things that we had an invoice for, and they refused to take responsibility. 

Anyway,
After this experience I decided that I'd just take the plunge and learn how to build a computer myself. However, I had nowhere to begin, had no idea what to learn, and the whole idea of learning about everything was super daunting. I started off by watching videos on tech quickie and Linus's channel — all the videos were funny, and/or super informative.

Now here's why I'm thanking you guys:
I have nonverbal learning disability. It's in the same family as Aspergers, but less severe in terms of social anxiety; as you get older, the social anxiety goes away. As for the learning disability aspect, NVLD makes it extremely hard for me to processes and retain verbal information, as well as having difficulty picking out key parts of explanations in order to understand things; learning verbally is basically impossible, and when reading, I basically need things explained in point-form, because like I said: I have difficulty picking out key parts of explanations. A good example of what I mean is something like a word problem: Sally was curious about the height to width ratio of a tree that has a height of 21.3' , with a diameter of 3.5' . How would she solve this? I put the points that you only need to pay attention to in italics; I try to process the entire question. Also, it's very, very difficult for me to put my thoughts on to paper, and even harder for me to explain things verbally. You know how there's things that you can't explain but "just know"? Literally everything is like that for me, which makes asking questions and explaining things very, very, very difficult for me without rambling and/or being redundant. Just look at how long this post is. :~{
Good news is that I use proverbs and examples to overcome a lot of it.

Basically,
Learning and explaining is challenging, but once I learn things, they stick.

The reason why I needed to tell you guys about my NVLD is because I already worry about sounding stupid when explaining and asking questions, and I was super worried about the stigma that enthusiast forums have. I thought for sure that since most of you guys are experts on computers, my questions would sound dumb, and the answers I'd get would be condescending like it's basic knowledge. However, I had a lot of questions about cooling, and before I could build my computer, I needed to ask somebody.

The answers I got from you guys were beyond nice, and I was basically treated as a friend because I was interested in computers like you guys. After so many helpful and nice replies despite me asking for things to be explained in point form, and having a ton of followup questions (I perceived it'd be annoying to you guys) I figured that you guys were so eager to help because you all remember what it was like first learning about computers. I'm assuming that at one point, you guys felt the excitement that I had when you guys started off.

But yeah,
11 months later, after tons of questions being asked, I got to the point where I was able to help some people out, with others agreeing with me. This place is the only forum that I've ever posted in, and I'm glad that this was the first one. :~}
 
Thanks. <3

So I guess here's the reason why I'm thanking you guys.
Ever since the end of 2016, I had always bought my gaming computers from iBuyPower. I'm 24, and I know that building your own computer is cheaper; my knowledge of computer components was limited — I knew that in gaming, more GHz in your processor was better, but I didn't know about cores bottlenecking gaming, and just the basics "what makes something better", instead of didn't know "why it makes it better".

Here's the story about why I decided it'd be time to learn about computers:
At the end of 2016, I had ordered a computer from iBuyPower, and it was probably the most nightmarish experience I had ever had. It was so bad that the only way that we could have things resolved was to take things to court. These were the issues from windows not being activated (it was a dummy version of windows for installing) and them not having any windows key on record, the customer sales rep completely ignoring me throughout the 3 months (it was supposed to arrive in 1 month) it took to get here, the computer arriving with a smashed up side panel, disconnected and broken lighting, cpu fan not functioning, 2/4 case fans not working, as well as not receiving $500 of extras we ordered, hung up on by customer support manager  (without being given a chance to speak) after waiting 40 minutes to be transferred, and a plethora of other things that happened. Basically, we did not get the things that we had an invoice for, and they refused to take responsibility. 

Anyway,
After this experience I decided that I'd just take the plunge and learn how to build a computer myself. However, I had nowhere to begin, had no idea what to learn, and the whole idea of learning about everything was super daunting. I started off by watching videos on tech quickie and Linus's channel — all the videos were funny, and/or super informative.

Now here's why I'm thanking you guys:
I have nonverbal learning disability. It's in the same family as Aspergers, but less severe in terms of social anxiety; as you get older, the social anxiety goes away. As for the learning disability aspect, NVLD makes it extremely hard for me to processes and retain verbal information, as well as having difficulty picking out key parts of explanations in order to understand things; learning verbally is basically impossible, and when reading, I basically need things explained in point-form, because like I said: I have difficulty picking out key parts of explanations. A good example of what I mean is something like a word problem: Sally was curious about the height to width ratio of a tree that has a height of 21.3' , with a diameter of 3.5' . How would she solve this? I put the points that you only need to pay attention to in italics; I try to process the entire question. Also, it's very, very difficult for me to put my thoughts on to paper, and even harder for me to explain things verbally. You know how there's things that you can't explain but "just know"? Literally everything is like that for me, which makes asking questions and explaining things very, very, very difficult for me without rambling and/or being redundant. Just look at how long this post is. :~{
Good news is that I use proverbs and examples to overcome a lot of it.

Basically,
Learning and explaining is challenging, but once I learn things, they stick.

The reason why I needed to tell you guys about my NVLD is because I already worry about sounding stupid when explaining and asking questions, and I was super worried about the stigma that enthusiast forums have. I thought for sure that since most of you guys are experts on computers, my questions would sound dumb, and the answers I'd get would be condescending like it's basic knowledge. However, I had a lot of questions about cooling, and before I could build my computer, I needed to ask somebody.

The answers I got from you guys were beyond nice, and I was basically treated as a friend because I was interested in computers like you guys. After so many helpful and nice replies despite me asking for things to be explained in point form, and having a ton of followup questions (I perceived it'd be annoying to you guys) I figured that you guys were so eager to help because you all remember what it was like first learning about computers. I'm assuming that at one point, you guys felt the excitement that I had when you guys started off.

But yeah,
11 months later, after tons of questions being asked, I got to the point where I was able to help some people out, with others agreeing with me. This place is the only forum that I've ever posted in, and I'm glad that this was the first one. :~}
 
Thanks. <3

So I guess here's the reason why I'm thanking you guys.
Ever since the end of 2016, I had always bought my gaming computers from iBuyPower. I'm 24, and I know that building your own computer is cheaper; my knowledge of computer components was limited — I knew that in gaming, more GHz in your processor was better, but I didn't know about cores bottlenecking gaming, and just the basics "what makes something better", instead of didn't know "why it makes it better".

Here's the story about why I decided it'd be time to learn about computers:
At the end of 2016, I had ordered a computer from iBuyPower, and it was probably the most nightmarish experience I had ever had. It was so bad that the only way that we could have things resolved was to take things to court. These were the issues from windows not being activated (it was a dummy version of windows for installing) and them not having any windows key on record, the customer sales rep completely ignoring me throughout the 3 months (it was supposed to arrive in 1 month) it took to get here, the computer arriving with a smashed up side panel, disconnected and broken lighting, cpu fan not functioning, 2/4 case fans not working, as well as not receiving $500 of extras we ordered, hung up on by customer support manager  (without being given a chance to speak) after waiting 40 minutes to be transferred, and a plethora of other things that happened. Basically, we did not get the things that we had an invoice for, and they refused to take responsibility. 

Anyway,
After this experience I decided that I'd just take the plunge and learn how to build a computer myself. However, I had nowhere to begin, had no idea what to learn, and the whole idea of learning about everything was super daunting. I started off by watching videos on tech quickie and Linus's channel — all the videos were funny, and/or super informative.

Now here's why I'm thanking you guys:
I have nonverbal learning disability. It's in the same family as Aspergers, but less severe in terms of social anxiety; as you get older, the social anxiety goes away. As for the learning disability aspect, NVLD makes it extremely hard for me to processes and retain verbal information, as well as having difficulty picking out key parts of explanations in order to understand things; learning verbally is basically impossible, and when reading, I basically need things explained in point-form, because like I said: I have difficulty picking out key parts of explanations. A good example of what I mean is something like a word problem: Sally was curious about the height to width ratio of a tree that has a height of 21.3' , with a diameter of 3.5' . How would she solve this? I put the points that you only need to pay attention to in italics; I try to process the entire question. Also, it's very, very difficult for me to put my thoughts on to paper, and even harder for me to explain things verbally. You know how there's things that you can't explain but "just know"? Literally everything is like that for me, which makes asking questions and explaining things very, very, very difficult for me without rambling and/or being redundant. Just look at how long this post is. :~{
Good news is that I use proverbs and examples to overcome a lot of it.

Basically,
Learning and explaining is challenging, but once I learn things, they stick.

The reason why I needed to tell you guys about my NVLD is because I already worry about sounding stupid when explaining and asking questions, and I was super worried about the stigma that enthusiast forums have. I thought for sure that since most of you guys are experts on computers, my questions would sound dumb, and the answers I'd get would be condescending like it's basic knowledge. However, I had a lot of questions about cooling, and before I could build my computer, I needed to ask somebody.

The answers I got from you guys were beyond nice, and I was basically treated as a friend because I was interested in computers like you guys. After so many helpful and nice replies despite me asking for things to be explained in point form, and having a ton of followup questions (I perceived it'd be annoying to you guys) I figured that you guys were so eager to help because you all remember what it was like first learning about computers. I'm assuming that at one point, you guys felt the excitement that I had when you guys started off.

But yeah,
11 months later, after tons of questions being asked, I got to the point where I was able to help some people out, with others agreeing with me. This place is the only forum that I've ever posted in, and I'm glad that this was the first one. :~}
 
Thanks. <3

So I guess here's the reason why I'm thanking you guys.
Ever since the end of 2016, I had always bought my gaming computers from iBuyPower. I'm 24, and I know that building your own computer is cheaper; my knowledge of computer components was limited — I knew that in gaming, more GHz in your processor was better, but I didn't know about cores bottlenecking gaming, and just the basics "what makes something better", instead of didn't know "why it makes it better".

Here's the story about why I decided it'd be time to learn about computers:
At the end of 2016, I had ordered a computer from iBuyPower, and it was probably the most nightmarish experience I had ever had. It was so bad that the only way that we could have things resolved was to take things to court. These were the issues from windows not being activated (it was a dummy version of windows for installing) and them not having any windows key on record, the customer sales rep completely ignoring me throughout the 3 months (it was supposed to arrive in 1 month) it took to get here, the computer arriving with a smashed up side panel, disconnected and broken lighting, cpu fan not functioning, 2/4 case fans not working, as well as not receiving $500 of extras we ordered, hung up on by customer support manager  (without being given a chance to speak) after waiting 40 minutes to be transferred, and a plethora of other things that happened. Basically, we did not get the things that we had an invoice for, and they refused to take responsibility. 

Anyway,
After this experience I decided that I'd just take the plunge and learn how to build a computer myself. However, I had nowhere to begin, had no idea what to learn, and the whole idea of learning about everything was super daunting. I started off by watching videos on tech quickie and Linus's channel — all the videos were funny, and/or super informative.

Now here's why I'm thanking you guys:
I have nonverbal learning disability. It's in the same family as Aspergers, but less severe in terms of social anxiety; as you get older, the social anxiety goes away. As for the learning disability aspect, NVLD makes it extremely hard for me to processes and retain verbal information, as well as having difficulty picking out key parts of explanations in order to understand things; learning verbally is basically impossible, and when reading, I basically need things explained in point-form, because like I said: I have difficulty picking out key parts of explanations. A good example of what I mean is something like a word problem: Sally was curious about the height to width ratio of a tree that has a height of 21.3' , with a diameter of 3.5' . How would she solve this? I put the points that you only need to pay attention to in italics; I try to process the entire question. Also, it's very, very difficult for me to put my thoughts on to paper, and even harder for me to explain things verbally. You know how there's things that you can't explain but "just know"? Literally everything is like that for me, which makes asking questions and explaining things very, very, very difficult for me without rambling and/or being redundant. Just look at how long this post is. :~{
Good news is that I use proverbs and examples to overcome a lot of it.

Basically,
Learning and explaining is challenging, but once I learn things, they stick.

The reason why I needed to tell you guys about my NVLD is because I already worry about sounding stupid when explaining and asking questions, and I was super worried about the stigma that enthusiast forums have. I thought for sure that since most of you guys are experts on computers, my questions would sound dumb, and the answers I'd get would be condescending like it's basic knowledge. However, I had a lot of questions about cooling, and before I could build my computer, I needed to ask somebody.

The answers I got from you guys were beyond nice, and I was basically treated as a friend because I was interested in computers like you guys. After so many helpful and nice replies despite me asking for things to be explained in point form, and having a ton of followup questions (I perceived it'd be annoying to you guys) I figured that you guys were so eager to help because you all remember what it was like first learning about computers. I'm assuming that at one point, you guys felt the excitement that I had when you guys started off.

But yeah,
11 months later, after tons of questions being asked, I got to the point where I was able to help some people out, with others agreeing with me. This place is the only forum that I've ever posted in, and I'm glad that this was the first one. :~}
 
Thanks. <3

So I guess here's the reason why I'm thanking you guys.
Ever since the end of 2016, I had always bought my gaming computers from iBuyPower. I'm 24, and I know that building your own computer is cheaper; my knowledge of computer components was limited — I knew that in gaming, more GHz in your processor was better, but I didn't know about cores bottlenecking gaming, and just the basics "what makes something better", instead of didn't know "why it makes it better".

Here's the story about why I decided it'd be time to learn about computers:
At the end of 2016, I had ordered a computer from iBuyPower, and it was probably the most nightmarish experience I had ever had. It was so bad that the only way that we could have things resolved was to take things to court. These were the issues from windows not being activated (it was a dummy version of windows for installing) and them not having any windows key on record, the customer sales rep completely ignoring me throughout the 3 months (it was supposed to arrive in 1 month) it took to get here, the computer arriving with a smashed up side panel, disconnected and broken lighting, cpu fan not functioning, 2/4 case fans not working, as well as not receiving $500 of extras we ordered, hung up on by customer support manager  (without being given a chance to speak) after waiting 40 minutes to be transferred, and a plethora of other things that happened. Basically, we did not get the things that we had an invoice for, and they refused to take responsibility. 

Anyway,
After this experience I decided that I'd just take the plunge and learn how to build a computer myself. However, I had nowhere to begin, had no idea what to learn, and the whole idea of learning about everything was super daunting. I started off by watching videos on tech quickie and Linus's channel — all the videos were funny, and/or super informative.

Now here's why I'm thanking you guys:
I have nonverbal learning disability. It's in the same family as Aspergers, but less severe in terms of social anxiety; as you get older, the social anxiety goes away. As for the learning disability aspect, NVLD makes it extremely hard for me to processes and retain verbal information, as well as having difficulty picking out key parts of explanations in order to understand things; learning verbally is basically impossible, and when reading, I basically need things explained in point-form, because like I said: I have difficulty picking out key parts of explanations. A good example of what I mean is something like a word problem: Sally was curious about the height to width ratio of a tree that has a height of 21.3' , with a diameter of 3.5' . How would she solve this? I put the points that you only need to pay attention to in italics; I try to process the entire question. Also, it's very, very difficult for me to put my thoughts on to paper, and even harder for me to explain things verbally. You know how there's things that you can't explain but "just know"? Literally everything is like that for me, which makes asking questions and explaining things very, very, very difficult for me without rambling and/or being redundant. Just look at how long this post is. :~{
Good news is that I use proverbs and examples to overcome a lot of it.

Basically,
Learning and explaining is challenging, but once I learn things, they stick.

The reason why I needed to tell you guys about my NVLD is because I already worry about sounding stupid when explaining and asking questions, and I was super worried about the stigma that enthusiast forums have. I thought for sure that since most of you guys are experts on computers, my questions would sound dumb, and the answers I'd get would be condescending like it's basic knowledge. However, I had a lot of questions about cooling, and before I could build my computer, I needed to ask somebody.

The answers I got from you guys were beyond nice, and I was basically treated as a friend because I was interested in computers like you guys. After so many helpful and nice replies despite me asking for things to be explained in point form, and having a ton of followup questions (I perceived it'd be annoying to you guys) I figured that you guys were so eager to help because you all remember what it was like first learning about computers. I'm assuming that at one point, you guys felt the excitement that I had when you guys started off.

But yeah,
11 months later, after tons of questions being asked, I got to the point where I was able to help some people out, with others agreeing with me. This place is the only forum that I've ever posted in, and I'm glad that this was the first one. :~}
 
Thanks. <3

So I guess here's the reason why I'm thanking you guys.
Ever since the end of 2016, I had always bought my gaming computers from iBuyPower. I'm 24, and I know that building your own computer is cheaper; my knowledge of computer components was limited — I knew that in gaming, more GHz in your processor was better, but I didn't know about cores bottlenecking gaming, and just the basics "what makes something better", instead of didn't know "why it makes it better".

Here's the story about why I decided it'd be time to learn about computers:
At the end of 2016, I had ordered a computer from iBuyPower, and it was probably the most nightmarish experience I had ever had. It was so bad that the only way that we could have things resolved was to take things to court. These were the issues from windows not being activated (it was a dummy version of windows for installing) and them not having any windows key on record, the customer sales rep completely ignoring me throughout the 3 months (it was supposed to arrive in 1 month) it took to get here, the computer arriving with a smashed up side panel, disconnected and broken lighting, cpu fan not functioning, 2/4 case fans not working, as well as not receiving $500 of extras we ordered, hung up on by customer support manager  (without being given a chance to speak) after waiting 40 minutes to be transferred, and a plethora of other things that happened. Basically, we did not get the things that we had an invoice for, and they refused to take responsibility. 

Anyway,
After this experience I decided that I'd just take the plunge and learn how to build a computer myself. However, I had nowhere to begin, had no idea what to learn, and the whole idea of learning about everything was super daunting. I started off by watching videos on tech quickie and Linus's channel — all the videos were funny, and/or super informative.

Now here's why I'm thanking you guys:
I have nonverbal learning disability. It's in the same family as Aspergers, but less severe in terms of social anxiety; as you get older, the social anxiety goes away. As for the learning disability aspect, NVLD makes it extremely hard for me to processes and retain verbal information, as well as having difficulty picking out key parts of explanations in order to understand things; learning verbally is basically impossible, and when reading, I basically need things explained in point-form, because like I said: I have difficulty picking out key parts of explanations. A good example of what I mean is something like a word problem: Sally was curious about the height to width ratio of a tree that has a height of 21.3' , with a diameter of 3.5' . How would she solve this? I put the points that you only need to pay attention to in italics; I try to process the entire question. Also, it's very, very difficult for me to put my thoughts on to paper, and even harder for me to explain things verbally. You know how there's things that you can't explain but "just know"? Literally everything is like that for me, which makes asking questions and explaining things very, very, very difficult for me without rambling and/or being redundant. Just look at how long this post is. :~{
Good news is that I use proverbs and examples to overcome a lot of it.

Basically,
Learning and explaining is challenging, but once I learn things, they stick.

The reason why I needed to tell you guys about my NVLD is because I already worry about sounding stupid when explaining and asking questions, and I was super worried about the stigma that enthusiast forums have. I thought for sure that since most of you guys are experts on computers, my questions would sound dumb, and the answers I'd get would be condescending like it's basic knowledge. However, I had a lot of questions about cooling, and before I could build my computer, I needed to ask somebody.

The answers I got from you guys were beyond nice, and I was basically treated as a friend because I was interested in computers like you guys. After so many helpful and nice replies despite me asking for things to be explained in point form, and having a ton of followup questions (I perceived it'd be annoying to you guys) I figured that you guys were so eager to help because you all remember what it was like first learning about computers. I'm assuming that at one point, you guys felt the excitement that I had when you guys started off.

But yeah,
11 months later, after tons of questions being asked, I got to the point where I was able to help some people out, with others agreeing with me. This place is the only forum that I've ever posted in, and I'm glad that this was the first one. :~}
 
Thanks. <3

So I guess here's the reason why I'm thanking you guys.
Ever since the end of 2016, I had always bought my gaming computers from iBuyPower. I'm 24, and I know that building your own computer is cheaper; my knowledge of computer components was limited — I knew that in gaming, more GHz in your processor was better, but I didn't know about cores bottlenecking gaming, and just the basics "what makes something better", instead of didn't know "why it makes it better".

Here's the story about why I decided it'd be time to learn about computers:
At the end of 2016, I had ordered a computer from iBuyPower, and it was probably the most nightmarish experience I had ever had. It was so bad that the only way that we could have things resolved was to take things to court. These were the issues from windows not being activated (it was a dummy version of windows for installing) and them not having any windows key on record, the customer sales rep completely ignoring me throughout the 3 months (it was supposed to arrive in 1 month) it took to get here, the computer arriving with a smashed up side panel, disconnected and broken lighting, cpu fan not functioning, 2/4 case fans not working, as well as not receiving $500 of extras we ordered, hung up on by customer support manager  (without being given a chance to speak) after waiting 40 minutes to be transferred, and a plethora of other things that happened. Basically, we did not get the things that we had an invoice for, and they refused to take responsibility. 

Anyway,
After this experience I decided that I'd just take the plunge and learn how to build a computer myself. However, I had nowhere to begin, had no idea what to learn, and the whole idea of learning about everything was super daunting. I started off by watching videos on tech quickie and Linus's channel — all the videos were funny, and/or super informative.

Now here's why I'm thanking you guys:
I have nonverbal learning disability. It's in the same family as Aspergers, but less severe in terms of social anxiety; as you get older, the social anxiety goes away. As for the learning disability aspect, NVLD makes it extremely hard for me to processes and retain verbal information, as well as having difficulty picking out key parts of explanations in order to understand things; learning verbally is basically impossible, and when reading, I basically need things explained in point-form, because like I said: I have difficulty picking out key parts of explanations. A good example of what I mean is something like a word problem: Sally was curious about the height to width ratio of a tree that has a height of 21.3' , with a diameter of 3.5' . How would she solve this? I put the points that you only need to pay attention to in italics; I try to process the entire question. Also, it's very, very difficult for me to put my thoughts on to paper, and even harder for me to explain things verbally. You know how there's things that you can't explain but "just know"? Literally everything is like that for me, which makes asking questions and explaining things very, very, very difficult for me without rambling and/or being redundant. Just look at how long this post is. :~{
Good news is that I use proverbs and examples to overcome a lot of it.

Basically,
Learning and explaining is challenging, but once I learn things, they stick.

The reason why I needed to tell you guys about my NVLD is because I already worry about sounding stupid when explaining and asking questions, and I was super worried about the stigma that enthusiast forums have. I thought for sure that since most of you guys are experts on computers, my questions would sound dumb, and the answers I'd get would be condescending like it's basic knowledge. However, I had a lot of questions about cooling, and before I could build my computer, I needed to ask somebody.

The answers I got from you guys were beyond nice, and I was basically treated as a friend because I was interested in computers like you guys. After so many helpful and nice replies despite me asking for things to be explained in point form, and having a ton of followup questions (I perceived it'd be annoying to you guys) I figured that you guys were so eager to help because you all remember what it was like first learning about computers. I'm assuming that at one point, you guys felt the excitement that I had when you guys started off.

But yeah,
11 months later, after tons of questions being asked, I got to the point where I was able to help some people out, with others agreeing with me. This place is the only forum that I've ever posted in, and I'm glad that this was the first one. :~}
 
Thanks. <3