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Buying 4 sticks of vengeance pro rgb ram and found out that the tubing on x52 would block my first dimm slot on my msi z370 gaming pro carbon mobo

 

And also wasting my money on an antec p8 case, finally swapped it out for corsair obsidian 500d within 8 months 

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Buying a $500 motherboard (Z270-WS) for a $400 CPU (6700K)

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  • 2 months later...
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Destroyed a motherboard because I didn´t use the standoffs. This was pre youtube

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Bought a DIY-PC Case. Check my PC part picker URL to see

https://linustechtips.com/main/index.php?app=core&module=system&controller=redirect&url=https://pcpartpicker.com/list/g8C2D2&key=a75746f39d5590c53a3b5da49ef5081baf65df6a8803cfa3798ce4493e6c3cc5&resource=

I'm gonna go find my own tech support...

with BLACKJACK and HOOKERS!

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Just now, LukeTheCoder05 said:

Bought a DIY-PC Case. Check my PC part picker URL to see

https://linustechtips.com/main/index.php?app=core&module=system&controller=redirect&url=https://pcpartpicker.com/list/g8C2D2&key=a75746f39d5590c53a3b5da49ef5081baf65df6a8803cfa3798ce4493e6c3cc5&resource=

*WARNING* Tab will open in this current tab.

I'm gonna go find my own tech support...

with BLACKJACK and HOOKERS!

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Just now, LukeTheCoder05 said:

*WARNING* Tab will open in this current tab.

you know we can right-click the link

 

THIS IS MY SIGNATURE

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Uninstalled GarageBand when I was pretty young. Was running Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Couldn't just redownload it so I was stuck without it (I actually liked it.) I ended up smashing the screen on purpose and blaming my little brother.

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Zip tied a HSF to my AthlonXP 2500+ and without TIM, and was wondering why it wouldn't go beyond POST screen. 

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1 minute ago, Srijan Verma said:

you know we can right-click the link

 

Or just Ctrl+Click.

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1 minute ago, Srijan Verma said:

you know we can right-click the link

 

ShUt Up! I hAd A lOnG dAy!

 

 

 

 

jk. although did have a long day.

I'm gonna go find my own tech support...

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I killed a delidded, unglued 4790K by accidentally letting the IHS make contact with the SMDs on the chip.

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Dropped an x99 CPU from eye height onto the pins of the motherboard  (accidentally)  Good news though Amazon shipped me a new one  at no cost. 

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1 minute ago, TheSLSAMG said:

I killed a delidded, unglued 4790K by accidentally letting the IHS make contact with the SMDs on the chip.

got a refund?

THIS IS MY SIGNATURE

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5 minutes ago, Teddy07 said:

Destroyed a motherboard because I didn´t use the standoffs. This was pre youtube

Haha, I did the same thing about 20 years ago.  Luckily I was able to return the board claiming it was DOA and did it right the second time.

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4 minutes ago, Srijan Verma said:

you know we can right-click the link

Middle clicking your scroll wheel automatically opens a new tab ;) 

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Friend and I found a broken CRT. We smashed it with a giant rock, didn't expect it to implode as loudly as it did so we took off. Turns out police showed up in the area to investigate possible gunfire lol.

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5 minutes ago, Srijan Verma said:

you know we can right-click the link

 

middle click masterrace!

"And I'll be damned if I let myself trip from a lesser man's ledge"

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Just now, TVwazhere said:

Middle clicking your scroll wheel automatically opens a new tab ;) 

Why is there 3 ways to do this.

 

Right click

Ctrl + Click

Middle scroll wheel

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Just now, TVwazhere said:

Middle clicking your scroll wheel automatically opens a new tab ;) 

my scroll wheel is broken ?

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2 minutes ago, Srijan Verma said:

got a refund?

Your warranty is voided if you delid

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what did i start? 

I'm gonna go find my own tech support...

with BLACKJACK and HOOKERS!

(Welcome to LTT Forums)

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