Worst Tech mistake you have ever made?

[AlwaysFSX]

Same man, waiting for a delivery before I can finish my PC, my ps4 died over the weekend. Currently using an iPad

That blows D:

[Horrorfull]

That I wasted a Sata port on an optical drive.

 

Edit:SATA

[Speedbird]

That I wasted a Sata port on an optical drive.

SATA3? Because all newer optical drives use SATA. Or do you not need an ODD?

[Orthodoctus]

My entire (6 years old) PC. Which is running on Intel Pentium D 945. I've only recently bought some hardware for a new build, but I'm still waiting for the i7-4790K to become available where I am. For the time being, I just keep caressing the new case, and sniffing the inside of the motherboard box until I can put it together.  :rolleyes: 

[bmxtricky5]

The fact I missed the rubber gromits for the front io to plug into the motherboard I'm say to lazy to re do it too

[EST_FatBoy]

Mobo, CPU and RAM are from a Dell Inspiron 580. Using a 1280x1024 monitor, have been for years, but I just bought a used BenQ 1080p monitor for 50 euros.

 

 

 

 

[pbenologa]

Blue ram kits. In a red black theme.

[Nikolaj]

It looks like something from the ancient periods - dust galore and I cannot be bothered to clean it.

[Bigrio]

I've switched the sata cable for a hdd and dvd drive driving me insane as to why it wouldn't boot. 

 

and stepping directly on a Radeon 5450 (although it needed to go anyway)

[pbenologa]

"2GB DDR3 is faster than your 1GB DDR5", "My 8 Core Amd Cpu beats your i7". I wanted to punch them in the face with a brass knuckle.

[naomasa11]

"2GB DDR3 is faster than your 1GB DDR5", "My 8 Core Amd Cpu beats your i7". I wanted to punch them in the face with a brass knuckle.

 

But 2GB is twice as much as 1GB.  8 cores is twice as many as 4 cores.  It's solid logic.

[Phillyphries]

"lol, my phone is faster than that computer, mine has 4 cores, that only has 2!"

 

*facepalm*

[JAW96]

Mobo, CPU and RAM are from a Dell Inspiron 580. Using a 1280x1024 monitor, have been for years, but I just bought a used BenQ 1080p monitor for 50 euros.

 

 

 

 

 

why is the heat sink slightly leaning one direction... It is different and I don't like things that are different

[Ghoti_Fingers]

MacBook Pro running Bootcamp Windows 7

[Horrorfull]

When I first started pc building I installed 32 bit windows instead of 64 bit.

[joenewbie]

The typical hardware store employee that tells your average consumer: "This computer does E-mail, Web Browsing, Music, Movies..." *facepalm*

My mother lives in a retirement community and has a lot of friends there, she used to work in I.T., you'd be amazed how often they'll ask that about a computer.  "I can do email and movies on it?"  I hear the stories.  

One fella I encountered recently told me with pride how he goes up to his computer, turns on the monitor, does what he needs to do, and then shuts the monitor off again.  Leaving the CPU running 24/7 when he only uses the computer for about 10 minutes a day to do his banking on it.  I told him that's a bit rough on the system, especially under the dusty desk he has it stored.  I'm just waiting for him to call to tell me it just "shut off" on it's own, and how I'm gonna have to dust it out and replace some fried component.   I hate cleaning my own rig let alone someone else's who has NEVER cleaned theirs. 

[FloRolf]

Nothing actually

My pc is running as planned right now ^^

Its not my dream rig but it does pretty good

[AlwaysFSX]

why is the heat sink slightly leaning one direction... It is different and I don't like things that are different

You can't mount the fan on the same screws for the heatsink. That's why they're slanted.

[massiveturkey]

My PC has a penis..

[joenewbie]

I get that, but ti's not the consumers fault necessarly in this case. It's the salesman's fault for luring consumers into getting what he wants them to get, since pretty much everything nowadays does E-mail, movies and so on; instead of giving (say) your old man, that only needs basic stuff, the most appropriate/down to Earth options.

The problem with most users who don't game, they'd do fine with a 200 dollar chromebook.  Don't tell the Dell/HP people that though... they'll start talking about having enough storage for your precious photos.  When an external drive works fine and dandy for that.  Wanna have fun, tune in to one of the shop at home channels when they're promoting a computer, especially back to school time.  You'll find either overpriced junk, or too much machine for the purposes being sold.  Either way it's hilarious to me. 

[Jason Linusses]

most of the parts are second handed/ free

[Filippus]

Generally, the wretched cable mananement.

 

For thoroughly cleaning once I removed the disk cages and placed them on the floor stacked, after a long cleaning session I quickly rose and stepped on the cages, I use rubberband for HDDs now.

[nightmarevoid]

Gosh, there are a few things. I guess the first would be my sata cable placement. I've got a long graphics card and an old motherboard, and to make it worse all of my sata ports are populated, so to remove any sata ports I need to either remove my graphics card, or use my own system of maneuvering a bent PCI bracket to touch the clip on any sata cables. on top of this, my motherboard is an Asus P8P67, and I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but as long as I have over-clocking enabled I can't put the computer to sleep and have it start back up, haha. Also I have an NZXT Phantom enthusiasts case, but the front door for the bay covers fell off while I tried to pick it up for a LAN party 

[Needalight]

Mine currently has no graphic card Its been on RMA for a month now. XFX Germany is terrible and im dealing with a lifetime warranty..they might just take another month.

 

 

All iv been able to play on my RADEON 3000 integrated graphics are indie games, but mainly the binding of isaac. 

[Soplias]

My Bad cable management and Velcro for my SSD to stop it from moving.