Worst Tech mistake you have ever made?

[RaVenBelgium]

lol well that's what happens when you don't invest in the most important part of the system :)

Still using a computer that I put together using the old parts of my brother's PC... (when I turn 18 I'll buy my gamerig, finally  B))

When my brother got a new motherboard and graphics card, I got his old ones, but I didn't check the minimum power the board and graphics card needed ... We all make mistakes, some of us learn it the hard way unfortunately  :D

[swordlord357]

Forgetting to fully screw in my H100i. I was about to fully reconnect my case when I saw it begin to tip and quickly caught it. Still glad to be so lucky!

[NewHopeTech]

I was doing a 12 hour live stream on twitch raising money for Child's Play (Not the movie). I came back after dinner and got ready to play AC3. I sat on my headset and broke it. I have never since used headsets.

[Chivpcgamer]

Blowing up my power supply when playing Sniper Ghost Warrior.

Wow you must be an amazing shot! :lol:

[SSOB]

Thinking that the performance of a computer was detirmened by HDD size...

[Snickerzz]

Thinking that the performance of a computer was detirmened by HDD size...

*-* what did you think when you saw barebone pcs without a hdd? XD

[SSOB]

*-* what did you think when you saw barebone pcs without a hdd? XD

I didn't even know what a barebone pc was at the time 

[garbeth]

I use to had a AMD ATHLON 333Mhz with 2.95Gb of HDD and i wanted to have more space in to the HDD for my copy of resident evil 2 so I deleted the windows and system carpet with all it files and folders hahahaha, on those days i didn´t knew how to install windows 95 so i had to pay 50€ to get it install. after that with the same computer i decided to clean it and see what was inside the case so i disasembled it put it in to my bed, but i didn´t knew how to put it back, i toke me 2 days to make it work. 

[リチャード]

Buying Logitech gear three times in a row despite the awful quality, performance and company morals.

Downloading virus-like-looking files even though I kind of knew in the back of my head that I was being retarded.

[LessThanSatisfactory]

I was troubleshooting the PC and I inserted a RAM Dimm backwards :blink: . I destroyed one of the two slots on the mobo. The RAM was already dying, so no harm there :)

Have you ever considered a career in boxing, wrestling, truck-towing, or space shuttle transportation?

[911^NEmeSis]

I tried using a 32-bit WIN 7 cd to repair my PC when I have a 64-bit version installed..... It deleted the boot loader file causing me to lose all of my data and forcing me to reinstall win 7

Yeah I've deleted bootloader which caused me like an extra hour or work reinstalling everything!

[threee6]

my power went out once half way through formatting a USB drive :( had to use a live linux disk to fix it.

[mauryaamit145]

relying on the cheap psu that comes with the cabinets!!blue screens and blue screens....

[Shatal]

Bought DDR 3 ram for my DDR 2 Motherboard ._.

[RaVenBelgium]

Bought DDR 3 ram for my DDR 2 Motherboard ._.

What did you do then?  :D

[FireFox]

Just thought of another one I did a while ago which was building a system for someone and forgetting to plug in the 4-pin CPU power and stressing out like crazy because the computer wouldn't do anything.

 

Then saw the CPU power cable *facepalm* lol

[Shatal]

What did you do then?  :D

Returned the ram as faulty :3 And a few days later bought some DDR 2 ram :_:

[bradscoolio]

I bought a thermaltake PSU :(

[Chivpcgamer]

I bought a thermaltake PSU :(

No good then?

[FireFox]

No good then?

 

I thought those were supposed to be good?

 

I've never had one, all I go for a Seasonic, OCZ and Corsair

[Godlygamer23]

Returned the ram as faulty :3 And a few days later bought some DDR 2 ram :_:

<_<

[bradscoolio]

No good then?

It works fine but I read reviews of it now and it's turd :/

[iAsuno]

Accidentaly pulling the Ethernet cable of my laptop causing it to fall 2 feet with a cooler under it while it is on almost swearing in front of my parents. nothing broke (atleast i think) still using it now. im actually typing on it right now and playing games on it.

Also, bricking my phone for 3 days and i brought it too school so my parents wouldn't suspect.

Oh, and when i was 13 i wondered what the reset button did and i pushed it while i was browsing.

Bending the usb part of a flash drive. i was putting down my laptop and putting force on it my flash drive bent about 20-30 degrees. still working though.

Aaaaand, i bought a ps3, which i rarely use

[P1X3]

I'll start.

 

Be two three years back. Finally have enough money to buy a home server for a private game server I was running. Get i7 920, EVGA 3WAY SLI, and 24GB of ram. At that time 12GB (3x4GB) ram was around $700. I needed 24GB. Order two for $1300 (got deal from retailer because big order). One month later, same amount of memory would cost me $750, and two months later price drops to $400. As of now, the same memory would cost me $210 (NewEgg). Nonetheless, 3 years, 1 month, 2 weeks, 5 days later I use 4 modules in my computer and other two are used in my brother's computer. Memory works like a champ, but I consider this to be one of my worst purchases because of poor timing.

 

About four years back my 17" monitor died so I went to local store to buy a new one. Not much money so I find MAG GML2226 21.5" 1080p for $160. At the time it was a steal. Without any research I bought because I needed monitor anyway. First impressions wow, 22", 1920x1080, so much room for windows. Couple months go by and I buy 2nd 5770 for crossfire and 2 more GML2226 for eyefinity. First impressions; "Awesome". However after about year and half two mintors started bleeding on the edges. One had issues with back lighting. Last year realized that I still had warranty on two of them but company (MAG) went under or something. Lesson learned: "Do research before buying".

[EmoRarity]

All bad choices in the middle of a desert.