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Worst Tech mistake you have ever made?

Mitch
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Built my first PC December just gone, and I didn't know a thing about air flow.

 

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So on the front, I had an intake fan, on the back I had an intake fan, and on the side panel I had an intake fan. And because of the position I had my CPU Cooler, there was no decent air flow to cool the CPU.

 

To make things worse, my PSU fans intake came from outside (underneath) the case, so heat couldn't even escape that way.

 

 

Needless to say, once I changed my back fan to be an exhaust, my temps dropped quite nicely!

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Honestly getting my girlfriend to buy me a wireless mouse to carry around with my laptop, when I have a perfectly good Intuos4 that does the job perfectly.

 

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"Why did you even wake up this morning?"

- A very bad man.

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Buying a Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 keyboard for €140. That piece of garbage isn't even worth €20.

Selling it and buying a decent keyboard.

CPU: Core i5 4690k                                                   Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97M                     RAM: 16GB HyperX Fury Red                             

GPU: RX 580                                                             Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB                  PSU: Seasonic M12II Evo 520W

Case: NZXT S340 red/black                                      Case lighting: NZXT Hue+                          Mouse: Logitech G502

Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper212 Evo                     Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit

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Buying h1z1 (more of something I did ON my pc :P)

My Main PC:

CPU: i5 3570k CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T4 Motherboard: Asus p8z77-v pro  RAM: Crucial Balistic 2x4gb  GPU: Two PNY GTX 680's in SLI Case: Some rando Antec one  PSU: Thermaltake 1000w  Display: HP Elite Display 321i 23''  Storage: Samsung 840 Evo 128gb, Seagate Barracuda 1tb

 

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Probably disconnecting the CD drive when it was installing windows, it was on my first build. Otherwise I've been quite nice to my computers.

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Undesired format C on DOS times

AKA Link0712 on Twitch/WAN Show

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On my first computer that I built before I knew anything at all, I bought a WD green drive 1TB. I didnt know that the colors made any difference so I figured, well if i'm going to get one anyway, might as well get one that's good for the environment right? *commence cringe*

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Bought a cheap fan controller. Now there is an audible high pitched buzz/squeal that is louder than it would be if I had just let my mobo take care of the fan speeds.  :(

CPU: AMD FX-6100 OC'd to 4.5GHz  - GPU: GT 630  -  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB - RAM: G.Skill Ripjaw X 8GB - Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) - Cooling: CM Seidon 120M

Update Plans: New graphics card

Laptop: Lenovo Yoga 3 (14 Inch) - Phone: Galaxy S6 32GB (White) running Lollipop - Watch: Samsung Gear Live (Black)

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Definitely drinking beer while gaming and having it spill on the components...

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The dumbest thing I did to my PC was hot-plugging my GPU. I even saw a spark jumping(?) between the PCIe cable and the female connector... 

But luckily it didn't harm any of the Components! 

"The human body is nothing to be ashamed of, unless you have... insecurities." - Oleg Kirrlov

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entering the 4chan url, the place sucks but im kinda stuck there now, kinda ruined me personally, altough i never fully regret it.

May the light have your back and your ISO low.

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when I build my first pc I turn on the power button and it didnt get on, I start screaming on my house, I check if everything was alright and try again but it didnt, then I read in a lot of different places that say that maybe my PSU wasnt working right so i checked out and see that the button on the PSU wasnt on (dumb) :P

Sebastian$

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Bought a 780 at full price about 3 weeks before the 900s came out because i didnt look into it properly, DERP!

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I did not take care of my laptop as I should have, and did not take the initiative to learn the information how to take care of my computer until evidence of the machine overheating occurred in 2012. I also forgot to remember the warranty, so due to not remembering the date the warranty expired, I could not receive assistance for my electronic device. Experiencing financial difficulties also does not help my situation.

 

Once I finally obtain a new desktop or laptop, I would not make the same mistakes I have done in my past and be appreciative of my items. I will be wary and continue to learn what is recommended to either upgrade or clean a computer. For people who can afford a new electronic such as a computer, please be grateful and appreciative of what you have.

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Bought a motherboard without USB 3.0 Q_Q

 

To be fair though at the time there wasn't anything within a reasonable price range that had USB 3.0 for me :(

Case: Ncase M1 V5 Black CPU: Intel Core i5 12600 MB: AORUS Z690i RAM: 16GB Kingston HyperX DDR4 SSD: WD SN770 500GB | WD SN750 250GB

Cooler: Noctua NH-L9x65 GPU: EVGA RTX 3070 XC3 Ultra 8GB PSU: Corsair SF600 80+ Platinum Fans: Noctua NF-F12x 2 | Noctua NF-A9x14

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i bought a horrible case right now the front panel is sitting on the floor to help the air flow :(

IAN :o

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i bought an Hp laptop........ I had it for 4 days and i returned it

My Cheap But Good Rig: I7-3770s, Intel Motherboard (actually made by intel), 16gb DDR3, Nvidia Gtx 1070, 250gb Samsung 850 EVO SSD, 750gb HDD, Evga 500 BR power supply

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Another thread reminded me of this,.. then I saw this thread again,...Had a porn site in my Bookmarks toolbar,... and when at home,.. told someone feel free to go and check their emails on my machine...

 

Didn't end well,..it took her 40mins to check an email...

/IknowwhatyourdidIsawmyhistoryafterwards

Maximums - Asus Z97-K /w i5 4690 Bclk @106.9Mhz * x39 = 4.17Ghz, 8GB of 2600Mhz DDR3,.. Gigabyte GTX970 G1-Gaming @ 1550Mhz

 

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A few weeks ago I somehow managed to delete the partition on my 4TB backup drive whilst trying to repair a faulty flash drive in diskpart. Have no clue how I managed to do it (probably sleep deprivation) and had to spend 2 days recovering files. 

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