Quite literally the most embarassing story in the history of the PC Master Race.

[derpkotacasper]

First post, but I have been on the prowl for hardware all day and I'm a huge fan of the channel so I decided someone might get a kick out of this. My step-grandmother (we'll just call her grandma) lives literally right next door. My mom installed a gate in the fence so they could just walk on through and say hi whenever. Well... I recently moved back into town and grandma did what grandmas do to young tech guys. She asked me for help with her computers. She wanted the Windows widget popups to go away, she wanted Chrome to boot on start up (Run shell:startup, add Chrome shortcut.) She could not figure out why her printer would work from her husband's rig, but not scan and why hers just wouldn't work. Now, being that she's a grandma, that's an obvious answer.. Let's find out how old this thing is, and what kind of driver I need to install. Pulled up properties to look at Windows...

her email checking machine has the same FX-6300 processor my gaming rig does. I don't give a damn about the market anymore. It's time for an upgrade. I already bought a board and RAM...

PS. Her husband has a stock market rig set up. It has six screens. I'm not proud to say this, but I may have been aroused at grandma's house today.

[Nillelack]

This is just confusing, what's the point of this post?

[derpkotacasper]

I was humiliated that I'm using the same CPU to game as my grandma does to check her emails and was hoping someone might find it funny...

[NineEyeRon]

3 hours ago, derpkotacasper said:

I was humiliated that I'm using the same CPU to game as my grandma does to check her emails and was hoping someone might find it funny...

Thanks for updating us on your status.

[Fatih19]

4 hours ago, derpkotacasper said:

her email checking machine has the same FX-6300 processor my gaming rig does. I don't give a damn about the market anymore. It's time for an upgrade. I already bought a board and RAM...

At first glance, I thought you're going to upgrade your grandma's computer lmao.

[kelvinhall05]

5 hours ago, derpkotacasper said:

her email checking machine has the same FX-6300 processor my gaming rig does. I don't give a damn about the market anymore. It's time for an upgrade. I already bought a board and RAM...

Yeah, that is extremely embarrasing. You're wasting her money. Instead of fixing her problems you just made her buy new parts. Good one.

[Spotty]

3 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Yeah, that is extremely embarrasing. You're wasting her money. Instead of fixing her problems you just made her buy new parts. Good one.

I don't believe they are upgrading their grandmothers PC. They are upgrading their own PC because it has the same CPU that their grandmothers old low end system has and it made them realise how old and crappy their PC was.

[Fatih19]

6 hours ago, derpkotacasper said:

I may have been aroused at grandma's house today.

This sounds so wrong out of context.

[Arika]

33 minutes ago, Spotty said:

They are upgrading their own PC because it has the same CPU that their grandmothers old low end system has and it made them realise how old and crappy their PC was.

And yet they didn't think they needed an upgrade until seeing the Grandmother's PC, which if that was the trigger, then maybe they don't need an upgrade after all.

[wasab]

What if your grandma has a badass rgb gaming rig and she hacks the world governments with it?

[Fatih19]

3 hours ago, Arika S said:

And yet they didn't think they needed an upgrade until seeing the Grandmother's PC, which if that was the trigger, then maybe they don't need an upgrade after all.

He should've just downgraded his grandma's PC with a cheapo optiplex. 

[IkeaGnome]

3 hours ago, Arika S said:

And yet they didn't think they needed an upgrade until seeing the Grandmother's PC, which if that was the trigger, then maybe they don't need an upgrade after all.

This is what makes this an embarrassing story for the OP

[Zulu-Cheese-Alpha-IV]

Sorry who are PCMR?

[AzzaNezz]

10 hours ago, derpkotacasper said:

First post, but I have been on the prowl for hardware all day and I'm a huge fan of the channel so I decided someone might get a kick out of this. My step-grandmother (we'll just call her grandma) lives literally right next door. My mom installed a gate in the fence so they could just walk on through and say hi whenever. Well... I recently moved back into town and grandma did what grandmas do to young tech guys. She asked me for help with her computers. She wanted the Windows widget popups to go away, she wanted Chrome to boot on start up (Run shell:startup, add Chrome shortcut.) She could not figure out why her printer would work from her husband's rig, but not scan and why hers just wouldn't work. Now, being that she's a grandma, that's an obvious answer.. Let's find out how old this thing is, and what kind of driver I need to install. Pulled up properties to look at Windows...

her email checking machine has the same FX-6300 processor my gaming rig does. I don't give a damn about the market anymore. It's time for an upgrade. I already bought a board and RAM...

PS. Her husband has a stock market rig set up. It has six screens. I'm not proud to say this, but I may have been aroused at grandma's house today.

Wrong move buddy.Break your grandmas pc.Say that she should buy new one,and then as a good grandson you can offer her yours and say you are saving money for a new one anyway,since this one isnt good enough for studying/work,and you will somehow survive next couple of months without computer until you save money.She will refuse but you insist.

Then grandma ask you ''oh my sweet dear grandson,how much does a new computer cost'' then you say some nice amount but keep it realistic since well she is your grandma,aaaand then she gives you money and you buy a new pc.

[Zulu-Cheese-Alpha-IV]

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[akio123008]

10 hours ago, derpkotacasper said:

I don't give a damn about the market anymore. It's time for an upgrade. I already bought a board and RAM...

PC enthusiast mistake no. 1: comparing your own system to that of others and attempting to beat them.

 

I did the same thing for quite some time. Nowadays, I couldn't care less about the specs of my machine so long as it just does what I use it for. Who cares what PC your cousin, grandma, or classmate has, it's about the machine you use, and whether it's good enough for what you need to do. 

 

Now don't try and come up with some BS excuse to justify the upgrade, because it's unlikely you'll find a good one.

[Fatih19]

3 minutes ago, Zulu-Cheese-Alpha-IV said:

Whoever this person is, a shady and untruthful swine who targets others to gain from them, hopefully this person will get educated by people who know how to fight back.

The person above you? Use the reply function to avoid confusion. I thought you meant the OP.

[Zulu-Cheese-Alpha-IV]

Just now, Fatih19 said:

The person above you? Use the reply function to avoid confusion. I thought you meant the OP.

I made a stupid post hence the edit.

[Linus_is_a_Badass]

"Quite literally" sounds a little hyperbolic :^)

 

It's not really embarassing to not be flexing high-end hardware, whether or not you even need it. Sounds like it hasn't been giving you much trouble by the way you came to realize it's a bit dated of a CPU

[derpkotacasper]

This thread has convinced me. I need to do something extra nice for my grandma.

Does anyone want to donate a 5950X and a 3090?

I want for her to be done checking her emails before she realizes she was checking her emails.

[dilpickle]

Quite literally the most pointless story in the history of LTT.

[SansVarnic]

FYI we have a dedicated topic for threads like this...

 

[SeanChronicR]

FX-6300 My First love

[Vishera]

Pointless thread...