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Almost sh*t my pants, doing a PC build, cable managing as I go. Using a SPEC-02 and the SSD drive bay is right where my front I/O cables are, in my stuggle to get the SSD in (had to take out the deive cage) I manage to pulled/push to hard on my USB 3.0 and bent a damn pin a mm or two out. Try to get the cable back on, holy the pin comes to 70 degrees from vertical...... I freak a bit, end up very slowly putting back into position, and well got the plug back in. Haven't been able to see if the thing works yet...

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*stories

 

I have been pretty lucky as far as this stuff goes.

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Never had a problem building PC's, always booted up once and works fine

Granted its the front 3.0 usb, I wouldn't mine if it didnt work. However am doing this for a friend.

Systems built (personal) | 1. Bad Wolf (Has passed on to PC Heaven): https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/zX9WGX |  2. Red Husky: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/Mwhypg

Systems built (for commission) | 1. Red Fox: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/W4LD4D | 2. Not Named: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/TMhqqs | 3. Bad Wolf 2.0: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/7p8Ycf upgraded Bad Wolf to an I3-7100 for my friend as a gift|

 

 

 

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I bent the fan header on my new MSI Z97I AC, didn't even notice it.

The CPU fan didn't start spinning so I unplugged it and one pin was bent 90 degrees..I bent it back and luckily it didn't break off or something.

It got bent and still works, maybe am not S.O.L lol.

Systems built (personal) | 1. Bad Wolf (Has passed on to PC Heaven): https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/zX9WGX |  2. Red Husky: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/Mwhypg

Systems built (for commission) | 1. Red Fox: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/W4LD4D | 2. Not Named: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/TMhqqs | 3. Bad Wolf 2.0: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/7p8Ycf upgraded Bad Wolf to an I3-7100 for my friend as a gift|

 

 

 

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Broke the usb 3.0 cable on my brand new fractal design case by trying to make the thing bend a tight 180 degrees. One of the wires inside the cable broke. Thankfully I have a soldering iron, it works fine again.

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Read the whole story above.

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Systems built (for commission) | 1. Red Fox: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/W4LD4D | 2. Not Named: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/TMhqqs | 3. Bad Wolf 2.0: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/7p8Ycf upgraded Bad Wolf to an I3-7100 for my friend as a gift|

 

 

 

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u plug it into the mobo?

Almost sh*t my pants, doing a PC build, cable managing as I go. Using a SPEC-02 and the SSD drive bay is right where my front I/O cables are, in my stuggle to get the SSD in (had to take out the deive cage) I manage to pulled/push to hard on my USB 3.0 and bent a damn pin a mm or two out. Try to get the cable back on, holy the pin comes to 70 degrees from vertical...... I freak a bit, end up very slowly putting back into position, and well got the plug back in. Haven't been able to see if the thing works yet...

Systems built (personal) | 1. Bad Wolf (Has passed on to PC Heaven): https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/zX9WGX |  2. Red Husky: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/Mwhypg

Systems built (for commission) | 1. Red Fox: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/W4LD4D | 2. Not Named: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/TMhqqs | 3. Bad Wolf 2.0: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/7p8Ycf upgraded Bad Wolf to an I3-7100 for my friend as a gift|

 

 

 

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Almost sh*t my pants, doing a PC build, cable managing as I go. Using a SPEC-02 and the SSD drive bay is right where my front I/O cables are, in my stuggle to get the SSD in (had to take out the deive cage) I manage to pulled/push to hard on my USB 3.0 and bent a damn pin a mm or two out. Try to get the cable back on, holy the pin comes to 70 degrees from vertical...... I freak a bit, end up very slowly putting back into position, and well got the plug back in. Haven't been able to see if the thing works yet...

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whats the worst thing to ever happen to my computer......

 

 

one time i accidentally put a live grenade in side the case and ened up blowing up my computer.

 

i have no idea to this day why it blew up... 

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whats the worst thing to ever happen to my computer......

 

 

one time i accidentally put a live grenade in side the case and ened up blowing up my computer.

 

i have no idea to this day why it blew up... 

 

CX powersupply? Kappa.

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Didn't account for the extra width of my foot due to the boots I was wearing, kicked the corner of my front panel as I was walking around the desk to my chair. Wouldn't have been a problem if nothing had been plugged in, but I had a mic and a flash drive in the front ports. The front mic port is no longer functional, it was nearly ripped out. 

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50°c air blowing out the back og my PC..

My pc:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dvcw23 

(Black Glacier)

 

My server:

Dual xeon x5679 processors, 24gb of ECC memory, Nvidia quadro 295 NVS and 48tb of storage.  (z600) 

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Well let's see...

No post on my first build (Dead mobo)

A Seagate laptop hard drive in a crappy HP DV6 failing completely over a span of 4 hours with no prior warnings

Family Dell Inspiron 620s getting infected with ransomware

Overall nothing too serious actually...

Main Machine

6700K, Kraken X61, Z170 Krait Gaming, 16GB RAM, 250GB 850 EVO/ 1TB WD Blue, Sapphire R9 390, NZXT H440

 

Secondary Machine

Early 2011 17 inch Macbook Pro

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Bought a refurbished GPU from newegg, twice...

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title is quite clear, i wana hear what shit deals and gadgets or whatever you have fell for over the years of PCing you have done, and no just saying buying a mac is not a valid one :P

 

il start of; i worked all summer and saved up about $800 and bought a prebuilt containing a 750TI and a 6core AMD. it preformed like utter garbage. i have since built a properly nice PC now that i worked all summer for too.

 

well thats the worst one i can think of so now you have a go! :P

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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Getting a generic case and power supply. The buttons in the case broke and cut my fingers while i was doing some troubleshooting. The psu recently died and fortunately nothing died. I still don't have a discrete gpu. But not bothered much.

CPU:Intel Core i3 3210 Mobo:MSI B75MA-E33  GPU:Intel 2500 HD Graphics  SSD:Adata SP600 128gb  HDD:Seagate 1tb 7200rpm  

PSU:Corsair CX430   Case:Antec ASK4000bU3  Monitor:Dell S2240l 21.5 inch 1080p

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Thermaltake Smart SE 630W

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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This is not terrible, I actually knew what I was doing when I got my 750Ti. I should of just spent the extra $10 on a 270x or 370 and got a new PSU though. Just, had no money, though the 750Ti will work as a great temporary GPU for any DOA GPUs in the future :)

 

 

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Thermaltake Smart SE 630W

a friend of mine got this on a 4770k -290x system, by my advise(pls dont judge me) before i was into the pc building thingy(1.5 year ago), and i tried to warn him afterwards. For the time being , he is still using it, but he is planning to change it.

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a friend of mine got this on a 4770k -290x system, by my advise(pls dont judge me) before i was into the pc building thingy(1.5 year ago), and i tried to warn him afterwards. For the time being , he is still using it, but he is planning to change it.

While it's a mediocre PSU it's not as bad as a CX - it works fine till 35*C and all protections are in place - it's just cheap and works only in the EU so no 80+ bronze rating. Efficiency is also there. Mine had coil whine :D

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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