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I named it Bender for obvious reasons, plus it just doesn't give a fuck.

 

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Put a GPU into a PC while it was on, and it still worked. Somehow. 2 fans in the front of my case are superglued in currently.

 

When I first built my PC a year ago, I had some crappy CoolerMaster fans and the default case fans. One of the fans was a bit loose on the side of the case (I have mounts on my case window). I decided to re-mount it, and since I didn't have any screws, I decided to use super glue. Tube slipped into the powered on fan and snapped a blade off. Ended up buying 6 Corsair fans to replace all the fans in my case. 

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Intel i7-4790K @ 4.7 GHz cooled by Corsair H80i | ASUS Maximus VII Formula |  G.Skill 8 GB (2 x 4GB) 2133 | EVGA 980 Superclocked (Fry) | 128GB Samsung 840 Pro OS Drive | WD Black HDD | 500GB Samsung 850 EVO | Corsair Vengeance K70 | Logitech G502 Proteus Core

 

 

lol @ AMD 8350

 

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Let's see. I removed System32 on Windows 98. I got that fixed almost 10 years later and the PC is still happily running somewhere else.

 

I dropped a GeForce FX 5200 card on accident. A shame, because I really wanted to do some benchmarking on that.

 

I completely ripped apart an old Compaq case (don't ask me how)

 

I blew up an FSP Group 300W power supply at school.

 

I had a CRT monitor burn because apparently it doesn't like 1080 res video.

 

I bent IDE pins. I had to use tweezers and my fingers to get them back correctly.

 

 

And also, the screws story. I end up with more screws after then before working on a PC.

Laptop: Intel Core i5-4200H, 8GB RAM, 750GB HDD, GeForce 840M

Desktop: Intel Core i3-6100, 8GB RAM, 750GB HDD, GeForce GTX 750 Ti

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da05bb4eb2ea2f45b4a966172eaa380d.png

 

I named it Bender for obvious reasons, plus it just doesn't give a fuck.

 

Another pic (Large)

fe03f79835345457c746d6967586d865.png

 

Lets see what else...

 

Put a GPU into a PC while it was on, and it still worked. Somehow. 2 fans in the front of my case are superglued in currently.

 

When I first built my PC a year ago, I had some crappy CoolerMaster fans and the default case fans. One of the fans was a bit loose on the side of the case (I have mounts on my case window). I decided to re-mount it, and since I didn't have any screws, I decided to use super glue. Tube slipped into the powered on fan and snapped a blade off. Ended up buying 6 Corsair fans to replace all the fans in my case. 

GTX 980 Wonky Edition 

Current Rig:   CPU: AMD 1950X @4Ghz. Cooler: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360. Motherboard:Asus Zenith Extreme. RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR4 3666. GPU: Reference GTX 970  SSD: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO.  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro. PSU: Corsair RM1000X. OS: Windows 10 Pro UEFI mode  (installed on SSD)

Peripherals:  Display: Acer XB272 1080p 240Hz G Sync Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Brown Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB Headhet: Roccat XTD 5.1 analogue

Daily Devices:Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact and 128GB iPad Pro

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GTX 980 Wonky Edition 

 

Overclocked too hard!

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Intel i7-4790K @ 4.7 GHz cooled by Corsair H80i | ASUS Maximus VII Formula |  G.Skill 8 GB (2 x 4GB) 2133 | EVGA 980 Superclocked (Fry) | 128GB Samsung 840 Pro OS Drive | WD Black HDD | 500GB Samsung 850 EVO | Corsair Vengeance K70 | Logitech G502 Proteus Core

 

 

lol @ AMD 8350

 

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Overclocked until it bends over backwards

Current Rig:   CPU: AMD 1950X @4Ghz. Cooler: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360. Motherboard:Asus Zenith Extreme. RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR4 3666. GPU: Reference GTX 970  SSD: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO.  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro. PSU: Corsair RM1000X. OS: Windows 10 Pro UEFI mode  (installed on SSD)

Peripherals:  Display: Acer XB272 1080p 240Hz G Sync Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Brown Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB Headhet: Roccat XTD 5.1 analogue

Daily Devices:Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact and 128GB iPad Pro

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Back when I didn't know as much, I tried to install OpenSuse to an external hard drive and screwed up my bootloader. We ended up buying another copy of Windows (not knowing I could just download an ISO for it from Digital River)

System: HP Pavilion P7-1010 Upgraded... CPU: AMD Athlon X4 645 3.1ghz, RAM: 6gb DDR3 1066mhz, GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 5670, PSU: Seasonic S12 II 380w Bronze, SSD: Samsung 840 Evo, HDDs: WD Caviar Green 1tb 5400RPM, Seagate Barracuda 1tb 7200RPM, Case: Generic HP case, OS: Windows 7 Professional 64Bit SP1

2nd Best: Dell Dimension 5100 Upgraded: CPU: Intel Pentium D 945, RAM: 3gb DDR2, GPU: PNY GT440 1gb, HDD: WD 120gb 720RPM, PSU: Seasonic OEM, OS: Win8.1 32bit

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da05bb4eb2ea2f45b4a966172eaa380d.png

 

I named it Bender for obvious reasons, plus it just doesn't give a fuck.

 

Another pic (Large)

fe03f79835345457c746d6967586d865.png

 

Lets see what else...

 

Put a GPU into a PC while it was on, and it still worked. Somehow. 2 fans in the front of my case are superglued in currently.

 

When I first built my PC a year ago, I had some crappy CoolerMaster fans and the default case fans. One of the fans was a bit loose on the side of the case (I have mounts on my case window). I decided to re-mount it, and since I didn't have any screws, I decided to use super glue. Tube slipped into the powered on fan and snapped a blade off. Ended up buying 6 Corsair fans to replace all the fans in my case.

Wow

“When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!”

- Cave Johnson, founder and CEO of Aperture Science, in Portal 2

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