Worst Tech mistake you have ever made?

[CalebTheEternal]

Well I came here only seeing "What is the biggest mistake you have ever bought or done" and I was going to say my ex, but since it says my computer I need to change that...

I would have to say I regret buying my old Alienware x51. Waste of money and was crap... I now built mine and don't regret doing anything, except overclocking my 3770K to 4.8Ghz but that's about it.

[Brandon Cassie]

Probably leaving my PC on for a month while abroad, came back to what was practically a dust filter

[Ky_GG]

I accidentally dropped cola into those air vents on my case and well my motherboard wasn't liken the fizzy cola taste

[NightMiu]

I accidentally dropped cola into those air vents on my case and well my motherboard wasn't liken the fizzy cola taste

Did it survive?

[Dredgy]

on my first pc i built i forgot to put spacers between the case and the mobo... lets just say im a very lucky guy and realised my mistake after the pc sparked and wouldnt turn back on so took the whole system out of the case then realised my insanly stupid mistake thank god the mobo and psu survived

I somehow ran a computer like that for nearly a year.

[Ky_GG]

What do u think

[Olivertheguy]

Getting a H80i for a 5400k, never hits 30c 

[Phorlorn]

Stock cooler on FX-8350, I had it for like 8 months or so...

 

 

Not buying a Coolermaster Haf X when i had the money. I live in a 3rd world country, now Haf X is 4x price it was back then. 

 

I feel your pain, bro... Looks like I am not upgrading my graphics card any time soon :' (

[NightMiu]

What do u think

I'm guessing from that response, it shorted, but sometimes the mobo survives.

[Ky_GG]

Yea ur close but not exact .

The mobo short circuited and had to be replaced as it was still under warranty and surprisingly it got replaced

[grayblizzard]

what mistake did you make when buying or upgrading a pc?

 

mine would be getting an amd cpu

[ImBleu]

My first case I bought --- was mATX (not my current build, my first build). I also bought a H100i which leaked, but at least it meant corsair replaced all my parts . I'm very happy with my current setup though.

[Gikero]

Not getting a case with enough cable routing holes/ cable management features. I have to run my 8-pin CPU connector from the bottom of the case. To keep it from hanging freely, it is going underneath my graphics card, and above the motherboard. It is fine, I just don't like how it looks. Not clean at all.

[TerminalVelocity]

Got the wrong RAM voltage.... didn't directly break anything, but not getting the full value out of it.  

[Aytex]

what mistake did you make when buying or upgrading a pc?

 

mine would be getting an amd cpu

buying it too early when i couldve waited a 3-4 months for prices to go down and get more fps

[Tedster]

I made the mistake of going for a cheap case at first - and then the mistake of going with an FX-6100 a couple years ago. The motherboard I bought was certified to work with the RAM I bought, but it didn't. So I had 16GB ram lying around for 2 years.

[Uwillparish]

I made the mistake of getting a 300r, replaced it a month ago with a h440, no regrets 

[FruitBasketSilex]

My first case I bought --- was mATX (not my current build, my first build). I also bought a H100i which leaked, but at least it meant corsair replaced all my parts . I'm very happy with my current setup though.

They replaced the parts in your pc? Or your cooler?

[FruitBasketSilex]

I made the mistake of getting a 300r, replaced it a month ago with a h440, no regrets 

Fuck you, I like my 300r.

[ImBleu]

They replaced the parts in your pc? Or your cooler?

 

H100i pump failed and caused the coolant to leak all over my computer. Corsair asked me to ship the entire build to them (and paid for it, from Hong Kong to California) and then gave me a cheque for $700 and sent me an Ax760, 16GB Corsair Vengeance Ram & a Corsair H105 Cooler.

[FruitBasketSilex]

H100i pump failed and caused the coolant to leak all over my computer. Corsair asked me to ship the entire build to them (and paid for it, from Hong Kong to California) and then gave me a cheque for $700 and sent me an Ax760, 16GB Corsair Vengeance Ram & a Corsair H105 Cooler.

DAMN! That's nice. Fucking cool, actually. Did you have to bitch at them, or did they just offer?

[Uwillparish]

Fuck you, I like my 300r.

Fuck you, i like watercooling

 

H100i pump failed and caused the coolant to leak all over my computer. Corsair asked me to ship the entire build to them (and paid for it, from Hong Kong to California) and then gave me a cheque for $700 and sent me an Ax760, 16GB Corsair Vengeance Ram & a Corsair H105 Cooler.

I would be worried about sending my data, lol

[FruitBasketSilex]

Fuck you, i like watercooling

Suck a dick.

 

EDIT: Ok, that got out of hand, i'm sorry.

[ImBleu]

DAMN! That's nice. Fucking cool, actually. Did you have to bitch at them, or did they just offer?

 

They were completely cool, They took about 4 days and appologised offering the above offer, or purely money (if I wanted to buy non-corsair items), I took the Corsair stuff. I didn't have corsair stuff before that, but I will never abandon corsair now. 

 

Fuck you, i like watercooling

 

I would be worried about sending my data, lol

 

I kept my data on me

[FruitBasketSilex]

They were completely cool, They took about 4 days and appologised offering the above offer, or purely money (if I wanted to buy non-corsair items), I took the Corsair stuff. I didn't have corsair stuff before that, but I will never abandon corsair now. 

 

 

I kept my data on me

Fucking noice.