Worst Tech mistake you have ever made?

[simtransporter]

Upgrading to 4 gigs of ram with a 32 bit os lol :blink:

thats not that bad. the 32bit os should be able to use most of it.

[DyGr00339]

I dropped a magnet on my harddrive

[WorldDominator]

Built my entire system (sig) from locally bought parts from Fry's Electronics and Best Buy. Could have built it a lot cheaper or a lot better while spending the same if I bought over the internet, but I wanted to support our local economy and I hate waiting for parts to arrive (mainly the latter). 

 

Free 2 day shipping from amazon :D

 

However for me…buying an iMac. The regret is I can't upgrade the graphics card which is truly the main issue I have with this computer.

[TheBrenz]

My side panel fell on my 660ti and the top dvi port no longer works.

 

Edit: I also used the wrong power cable (12v) for my external 2tb external hard drive (5v).

[Jamdude]

We have multiple threads on this subject already.

 

I do a lot of research before buying or doing anything so I can't really think of anything stupid that I've done, I'm sure there was something though :D

Bought 2 Hydrocopper Titans? :L

[Guest Gazzer96]

bought a computer a long time ago at PC World and bought what is said to be a 'gaming' computer which had a AMD Radeon HD 5570 and the bloody thing cost us over £1000!

[Guest Gazzer96]

Bought 2 Hydrocopper Titans? :L

something wrong with titans? The only thing I see aproblem with is that the price is quite high, but you do get 6GB of VRAM which some people may need.

[Jamdude]

something wrong with titans? The only thing I see aproblem with is that the price is quite high, but you do get 6GB of VRAM which some people may need.

Buying the Hydropcopper ones is what I was pointing out, assuming the Titans were bought before the 780 was released, instead of buying a Titan and putting an aftermarket water block on it.

[Cacao]

Bought 2 Hydrocopper Titans? :L

YOU might consider that stupid, and I completely understand why. I personally think it was a great purchase and I'm very happy with it. 

[Jamdude]

YOU might consider that stupid, and I completely understand why. I personally think it was a great purchase and I'm very happy with it. 

Yes I consider that to not be the best idea, that's why I wrote it.  Obviously you thought it was a good idea or you wouldn't have bought them.  You seem to think it wasn't the best decision though as you say you understand why I would think that.

[Guest Gazzer96]

Bought a laptop.

Laptops are quite good if you get the right one.

[lorekeeper]

I bought an alienware (years ago when I was 14 ish and was enthralled with the ideas of LED`s), literally the worst purchase as i now cant bring myself to use it in public, also price to performance was horrid =/. Well atleast i have my tower...sigh

[Cacao]

Yes I consider that to not be the best idea, that's why I wrote it.  Obviously you thought it was a good idea or you wouldn't have bought them.  You seem to think it wasn't the best decision though as you say you understand why I would think that.

That means I understand your perspective but I don't agree with it. Keep in mind that these were bought months before the release of the 780 and in my opinion the hydro copper block is the best looking one and fits my build best. Also this was my first time doing a watercooled build, so I wasn't 100% comfortable with installing a waterblock on a GPU. I understand the price is high, but in my opinion it was worth it and I don't regret a thing.

 

Now to contribute to the thread: I actually thought of the stupidest PC thing I've ever done, one of my first laptops was a mac book :D I had a very small understanding of tech and I was also very young, but now I understand that it was kind of a stupid purchase!

[sk8ermanblue]

When I build my first system I didnt install the raisers on my mobo. powered it on... no more processor or mobo...lol the second dumbest thing that I have ever done was plug in 2 computers and 5 monitors to a power strip without surge protection. I blew the circut breaker and fried one of  the power supplies in the process. I learned from my mistake many years ago. A friend of mine had two pumps on his watercooled system that were supposed to be in series. he didn't notice that they were pushing against eachother and no water was in the rest of his loop. fried most of his components from the heat they produced.

[FireFox]

I used a 30GB SSD for a boot drive...

 

Did that leave you with a few GB for games then :P

[megadarkwood]

Done: Spilled MILK on my computer causing it to short and fry EVERYTHING.

Heard: Internet explorer is the BEST!

Seen: A computer running in a motherboard box as the case.

[CAKEwasTRUE]

I got all worried about tripping and falling on my pc while carrying it, that it slipped out of my hands and tumbled down the stairs!

[FireFox]

Heard: Internet explorer is the BEST!

 

rofl I like it, who told you that because I'm curious of the individual

[CoolBeans]

Laptops are quite good if you get the right one.

But I didn't, sadly.

[megadarkwood]

rofl I like it, who told you that because I'm curious of the individual

an irl friend/clanmate. I taught he was smart because he plays RTS games .etc. time to get better friends!

[megadarkwood]

But I didn't, sadly.

what one did u get?

[VAITO]

Configuring a RAID 0 with different models shitty SSD's

[CoolBeans]

what one did u get?

Asus A52F, it's a good laptop just not meant for what I want it to do.

[megadarkwood]

Asus A52F, it's a good laptop just not meant for what I want it to do.

how much was it?

[matto97]

I dropped a magnet on my harddrive

How just how