You know you're a techie when. . .

[BiscuitMassacre]

When you are a master hacker that works for NASA when you restart the family router to get the internet back up.

[Princess Luna]

Honestly I have no issue whatsoever using computers without SSD on them, sure the difference is there but come on now a good 7200rpm HDD can still be up to the fight.

[BiscuitMassacre]

Just now, Princess Cadence said:

Honestly I have no issue whatsoever using computers without SSD on them, sure the difference is that but come on now a good 7200rpm HDD can still be up to the fight.

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, BiscuitMassacre said:

I'm not "wrong" for not being as sensitive as others when it comes to loading times
If I had to pick anything that does bother is having to use a desktop/notebook with a lower resolution than what you're used to, now that is the true "mood killer".

[BiscuitMassacre]

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

I'm not "wrong" for not being as sensitive as others when it comes to loading times
If I had to pick anything that does bother is having to use a desktop/notebook with a lower resolution than what you're used to, now that is the true "mood killer".

For me its not so much the actual loading times. its the entire response of the system. Have you ever used a computer with a SSD? It changes EVERYTHING imo. You can have fast GPUs or CPUs, but those are nice, but when you actually use your computer, and you have a SSD it's a world of difference. 

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, BiscuitMassacre said:

For me its not so much the actual loading times. its the entire response of the system. Have you ever used a computer with a SSD? It changes EVERYTHING imo. You can have fast GPUs or CPUs, but those are nice, but when you actually use your computer, and you have a SSD it's a world of difference. 

Did you even bother reading my signature?
I'm not saying I don't feel a difference, I just said this difference doesn't strike me all that much [:

[BiscuitMassacre]

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

Did you even bother reading my signature?
I'm not saying I don't feel a difference, I just said this difference doesn't strike me all that much [:

Oh. I did. I read Storage not boot. 

 

Well its just like when you hit start and for a second you actually question if you hit start. Or when a tab randomly quits responding. 

 

I've went from an AMD FX6350+Nvidia 750Ti to Intel i5-4690k+GTX970 and the most noticeable improvement for everyday tasks (gaming isn't fair because more graphics is more graphics) the SSD had the biggest effect.

[Mikedin]

When you never get rid of any peice of tech or cables no matter what it is just because it might be useful, and usually is when someone says but I can't find the cord for somthing and you say hold on a minute, and emerge from your tech storage with exactly what they need lol

 

when you stop buying compressed air and start using a mini compressor  

[jwied]

On 1/1/2017 at 8:13 AM, Kingk22 said:

Holy taskbar icons Batman

true haha, I dont hav any icons on my desktop

 

[Greenlink74]

You know your a techie when you bring a 22 core Xeon to school.

[Goodman2265]

get admin on schools pc with windows repair trick and modifying files through it to get CMD from sticky keys and mess with permissions because log in screen is acttually a admin account called SYSTEM

[ProjectBox153]

You know you're a techie when you actually end up sick from the dust of computers that haven't ever been cleaned.

[DontGoogleMe]

On 04/11/2014 at 1:44 AM, Tahab_1 said:

You check the specs of every computer that you go on, no matter where or what it is.

I always do that

[PSUGuru]

You know you're a techie when you wear SODIMM RAM sticks as as a necklace... I actually do this...

[ProjectBox153]

1 hour ago, QuantumElement said:

You know you're a techie when you wear SODIMM RAM sticks as as a necklace... I actually do this...

Gets good ideas.............

[kelvinhall05]

When your keyboard is worth over $100.

When you have 3 laptops, 2 iMacs, and one gaming PC in the same room.

When you need multiple power strips for everything.

When you need to dumb it down for your friends and family (no offense ).

When you have to know the specs of every PC you come across no matter what.

[NunoLava1998]

When you build a shell not based on the Linux Kernel or any other kernel.

[DnFx91]

On 11/3/2014 at 5:42 PM, TriceraFLOPS said:

You know you're a techie when. . .
you bring your own mechanical keyboard when you help a friend overclock his PC  
you wear a usb drive on your wrist with the latest Ubuntu release  
I'd like to hear your stories. see if I share any of the experiences.
 

adding a few more
your friend who was a computer tech at a neighboring high school hits you when you tell her it was in fact you who found and shared the bios password generator(thank you dogbert)
you have at least two pieces of tech on your person at all times

 

 

and most importantly:

 

you will NEVER use any computer without an SSD, even at school or work

you have clonezilla, partedmagic, and a cracked windows ISO on your keyring

when you refuse to use anything other than SSD's

when you wake up at 4am wondering if you can multicast clone to a RAID over the internet with port forwarding........................

[DnFx91]

On 2/8/2017 at 0:08 PM, DontGoogleMe said:

I always do that

haha i can't help it, even if it takes 10 minutes to load the system window, i still need to know.

[Lurick]

When you dream about networking problems and how to fix them...

[TVwazhere]

When you know more about modern consumer hardware than your IT guy at work

[PSUGuru]

5 hours ago, Kingk22 said:

Ahhh... memories.

punpunpunpun

[PSUGuru]

5 hours ago, kelvinhall05 said:

When your keyboard is worth over $100.

When you need to dumb it down for your friends and family (no offense ).

When you have to know the specs of every PC you come across no matter what.

I am putting 130$ on a keyboard, so yeah.

Every. Damn. Time.

Same! Then I complain how bad the PC is.

[NoCarrier]

when you work on day at a PC and you get home and the first thing you do is turn on a pc.

 

or if your friends ask if you have a "spare xyz for my computer" and the answer is usually "yes let me dig one up"

 

or you're constantly plagued by hot women because they need their PCs fixed for free and they respect your mad tech skills.

[waggythegeek]

When youre messing around with illustrator and accidentally make this