Experiences with non-techies

[Droidbot]

Just now, Lurick said:

 

Now available! Condoms by Zalman.

For when you want to fuck everything!

Also available in RGB.

All I can imagine is a guy wrapping an RGB strip around his knob

Thanks for the horrible mental image

[Bananasplit_00]

Just now, Lurick said:

 

Now available! Condoms by Zalman.

For when you want to fuck everything!

Also available in RGB.

they would probably break right as you cum or weigh 10kg and be made with low quality thick aluminium

[oskarha]

Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

they would probably break right as you cum or weigh 10kg and be made with low quality thick aluminium

*copper

[oskarha]

2 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

cases, monitors, coolers, thermalpaste, fans and probably a few more things

Seems like they make keyboards and mice too.

[Bananasplit_00]

Just now, oskarha said:

*copper

*fans with red LEDs

 

[oskarha]

Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

*fans with red LEDs

 

nonono fans with blue leds and no shrouds.

Spoiler

 

[Bananasplit_00]

3 minutes ago, oskarha said:

nonono fans with blue leds and no shrouds.

  Hide contents

 

 

nonononono this thing:

 

Spoiler

 

[Droidbot]

3 minutes ago, oskarha said:

-snip-

distant sound of 30 people shredding their fingers with that contraption

[oskarha]

1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

nonononono this thing:

 

  Hide contents

 

Those small fan blades look so fragile.

[Brbm gaming]

i am building a pc for the first time i told my friends they think my computer is going to be trash and get like 1 fps on word. Since i am only paying $800.

[Space Reptile]

8 minutes ago, Brbm gaming said:

i am building a pc for the first time i told my friends they think my computer is going to be trash and get like 1 fps on word. Since i am only paying $800.

the "bin bin" rig in my sig cost me a total of 350€

[themctipers]

2 hours ago, Space Reptile said:

the "bin bin" rig in my sig cost me a total of 350€

how

[Space Reptile]

Just now, themctipers said:

how

CPU RAM SSD where 135
GPU was 133
Case was 30 

PSU was 12

Board was 40 

 

its called used parts my friend 

[Bananasplit_00]

15 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

CPU RAM SSD where 135
GPU was 133
Case was 30 

PSU was 12

Board was 40 

 

its called used parts my friend 

the only thing that is really surprising about those prices is the cheap SSD. all the other prices are pretty standard for the used market

[Space Reptile]

14 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

the only thing that is really surprising about those prices is the cheap SSD. all the other prices are pretty standard for the used market

its a 60gb  OCZ solid 3 , was thrown in pretty much for free in the bundle wich was a buddys old pc (minus hdds and psu/gpu) 

[Bananasplit_00]

Just now, Space Reptile said:

its a 60gb  OCZ solid 3 , was thrown in pretty much for free in the bundle wich was a buddys old pc (minus hdds and psu/gpu) 

oh god get something larger, 60GB SSDs are hell on earth.  anyway that makes the build price pretty resonable tbh, maybe the GPU was on the cheap side a bit but nothing special really

[Space Reptile]

26 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

oh god get something larger, 60GB SSDs are hell on earth.  anyway that makes the build price pretty resonable tbh, maybe the GPU was on the cheap side a bit but nothing special really

uhm why are 60gb ssds hell on earth? i use it exclusively as boot drive and w10 is only 30ish gigs in size 

[Chaoix]

On 1/16/2013 at 4:40 AM, Rwa said:

- After I've fixed a computer for a friend or relative, they always blame me for every future problem.

Its this exact reason why I stopped fixing computers for free for anyone but direct relatives and very close friends. I used to get phone calls from neighbors when I lived with my parents growing up all of the time asking for free computer advice and it gets old real fast. I started asking $20 US to look at it (in 2002 when I was in HS) and it at least filtered out the constant calls and folks would attempt to fix it themselves before paying me to do it.

TLDR; If you gonna be some ones personal IT Guy, you should at least get paid for it.

[Bananasplit_00]

41 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

uhm why are 60gb ssds hell on earth? i use it exclusively as boot drive and w10 is only 30ish gigs in size 

because they fill up with shit after about a month of use, nothing you can do about it either usiually. then you are stuck with a perpetually full C: drive which is a huge pain in the ass.

[Space Reptile]

Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

because they fill up with shit after about a month of use, nothing you can do about it either usiually. then you are stuck with a perpetually full C: drive which is a huge pain in the ass.

Windirstat is amazing and always helped me to keep the trash low 

[Chaoix]

1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

because they fill up with shit after about a month of use, nothing you can do about it either usiually. then you are stuck with a perpetually full C: drive which is a huge pain in the ass.

Same reason why 8GB android devices are hell as well.

[Chaoix]

1 minute ago, Space Reptile said:

Windirstat is amazing and always helped me to keep the trash low 

Take it a step further and use Windirstat to help you create custom folder rules in Bleachbit.

[Bananasplit_00]

Just now, Space Reptile said:

Windirstat is amazing and always helped me to keep the trash low 

wont help you forever, i never managed to find a way to keep it clean without going through everything atleast once a week and nukeing everything like temp files, shit that installers left, browser data and so on and you still wont be able to find everything. it piles up in the end. i can not recomend that anyone uses a C: drive with less then 200GB of storage. 120GB is fine if you are on a tight budget but i wont be recomending anyone one of those either

[themctipers]

10 hours ago, Space Reptile said:

uhm why are 60gb ssds hell on earth? i use it exclusively as boot drive and w10 is only 30ish gigs in size 

they're hell on earth because if you use it for anything else..

9 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

wont help you forever, i never managed to find a way to keep it clean without going through everything atleast once a week and nukeing everything like temp files, shit that installers left, browser data and so on and you still wont be able to find everything. it piles up in the end. i can not recomend that anyone uses a C: drive with less then 200GB of storage. 120GB is fine if you are on a tight budget but i wont be recomending anyone one of those either

it actually helped me a fuck ton of times.  but I use wiztree

[Scitesh]

10 hours ago, Chaoix said:

Its this exact reason why I stopped fixing computers for free for anyone but direct relatives and very close friends. I used to get phone calls from neighbors when I lived with my parents growing up all of the time asking for free computer advice and it gets old real fast. I started asking $20 US to look at it (in 2002 when I was in HS) and it at least filtered out the constant calls and folks would attempt to fix it themselves before paying me to do it.

TLDR; If you gonna be some ones personal IT Guy, you should at least get paid for it.

I don't even fix my parents pc for free(I don't take money) 

Here are a few rules if you need my help with your pc/lap/phone

1)dont tell me what/how to do

2)if I say a piece of hardware needs to be replaced It Needs to be replaced /upgraded

3)don't call me, just text I will get back when I am free

4)have the human decency to buy me lunch / beer as I just saved you 2000+rupeea