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Well everyone think that getting more ram makes computer generally faster and that's the solution of slowness.

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Every time my mom cant remember her password she start swearing and blaming me for not remembering it when she told me the password 3 months ago

I get this all the time...

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Well everyone think that getting more ram makes computer generally faster and that's the solution of slowness.

People are like.... 

 

See a system with a i7-5960x and a Titan X but wait.... 16 gb of RAM...

 

Next to that is a FX9590 with a gt610 and.... 32gb of RAM...

 

O my the second one is surely better cuz... IT HAS MOAR RAM AND HIGEHR NUMBERS!

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There is no such thing as sata 1,2, or 3 cables, all the changes have been on the controllers and not the cables themselves.

Ya, actually there are cable that doesn't support sata 3 transfer speed.
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My brother doesn't even empty his Recycle Bin and he complained to me about HDD space issue....

But when I wanted to empty it he said "NO".....

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He won't accept an i3. Says they're too slow so I say get an i5. He barely ever uses the touchscreen so it was pointless to get. In fact, the device has a terrible touchpad. Like 2 inches from top to bottom and like 4 across. Just a miserable experience I'm pretty sure.

Why not put an SSD in there and tell him it's an i5? Just hope he doesn't open photoshop or something of the like. No one's going to know...

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Someone on the internet bought a usb flash drive on ebay. When he plugged it into his computer it did not detect anything at all. He opened it up and guess what? He saw this right in front of his eyes.

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Scammers are getting more creative than ever!

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Someone on the internet bought a usb flash drive on ebay. When he plugged it into his computer it did not detect anything at all. He opened it up and guess what? He saw this right in front of his eyes.

14uwdas.jpg

Seems legit...

 

This reminds me of these:

 

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Article:http://www.neowin.net/news/fake-chinese-500-gb-external-drive-is-one-clever-paperweight-literally

 

That's a 128MB flash drive...

 

Edit: also, since when did non-networking capable storage devices have MAC IDs???

 

Addendum:

and these:

fake_samsung_harddrive.jpg

 

Source: http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/what-s-really-inside-a-fake-160gb-samsung-hard-drive

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Why not put an SSD in there and tell him it's an i5? Just hope he doesn't open photoshop or something of the like. No one's going to know...

He knows enough to know what processor and/or storage type he has.

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He knows enough to know what processor and/or storage type he has.

Well, I've just been defeated. Anyone else got any bright ideas? (maybe teach him about SSDs and which processors are used for what?)

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Well, I've just been defeated. Anyone else got any bright ideas? (maybe teach him about SSDs and which processors are used for what?)

He's too hard headed. My boss (family) got fed up with him as a client (tech support) a few years back. :P

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He's too hard headed. My boss (family) got fed up with him as a client (tech support) a few years back. :P

Again, I have been defeated

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In 5-6th grade(2012-2013)-

Me: I have a new computer and all games run on max(720p)

Classmate: what is your cpu?

Me: AMD FX-4170

He: hahaha, mine is intel, mine is better, yours is shit.

Me: what is the model?

He:.... I said mine is better.

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That sounds familiar, not just from non-techies.

They're not too far from the truth though...

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In 5-6th grade(2012-2013)-

Me: I have a new computer and all games run on max(720p)

Classmate: what is your cpu?

Me: AMD FX-4170

He: hahaha, mine is intel, mine is better, yours is shit.

Me: what is the model?

He:.... I said mine is better.

Plot twist, he has a Pentium 4.

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Plot twist, he has a Pentium 4.

It's like saying a iMac is better than Dual Xeon 2699v3 system with 4 Quadros.... Becuase it's "not from apple"

 

 

EDIT: The Xeon's name is wrong, I think, I'm reffering my self to the 18 core, 36 threads one

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Ya, actually there are cable that doesn't support sata 3 transfer speed.

evidence please?

Insert Sarcasm / Raging / Bragging / Inspirational Crap Here.

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evidence please?

You win, I got nothing. After recent research it's all about same speed. So the transfer speed as introduced are "gimmicks" by the looks of it.
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evidence please?

 

I'm guessing that it's similar to the differences between Cat5, Cat5E and Cat6 cables... There are specs on wire gauge, shielding, etc...

 

I'm not entirely sure though...

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I'm guessing that it's similar to the differences between Cat5, Cat5E and Cat6 cables... There are specs on wire gauge, shielding, etc...

 

I'm not entirely sure though...

cat5 and 6 are actually different cables connectors, usb 3 is a different cable and connector than usb 2, but is reverse compatible and as of now sata connection is the same across the board like pci-e, although pci-e 4 is supposedly changing things

Insert Sarcasm / Raging / Bragging / Inspirational Crap Here.

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I have to reboot it everyday because my PC's RAM usage just kept climbing and climbing and after 2 days, it used up nearly 90% of my PC's 16GB of RAM, and I couldn't find what was causing it.

My PC has been on for 8 days 7 hours and 9 minutes and it hasn't slowed down, if my ram goes up I just log out and log back in, it works every time.

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My PC has been on for 8 days 7 hours and 9 minutes and it hasn't slowed down, if my ram goes up I just log out and log back in, it works every time.

True dat :3

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CPU: i5-4690 | Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 | Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB | Power Supply: Corsair CX500 | Video Card: MSI GTX 970

Storage: Kingston V300 120GB & WD Blue 1TB | Network Card: ASUS PCE-AC56 | Peripherals: Microsoft Wired 600 & Logitech G29 + Shifter

 

Australia 

CPU: Ryzen 3 2200G | Motherboard: MSI - B450 Tomahawk | Memory: Mushkin - 8GB (1 x 8GB) | Storage: Mushkin 250GB & Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB
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cat5 and 6 are actually different cables connectors, usb 3 is a different cable and connector than usb 2, but is reverse compatible and as of now sata connection is the same across the board like pci-e, although pci-e 4 is supposedly changing things

 

????

A Cat6 cable terminated by a standard RJ45 plug (with the T568A or T568B pin assignments on both ends) functions the same as a Cat5E and Cat5... the only difference is in the supported speed and the durability of the cable (Cat6 is shielded as opposed to Cat5)...

 

I worked with all of them before...

 

SATA is the same, but I'm just speculating on the specs of the cable that may or may not allow the 6Gbps on SATA III...

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CPU: AMD A8 5600K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 (rev. 1.0) | RAM: 2 x Kingston Low Profile 4GB 1333MHz | GPU: Sapphire R7 260X OC 2GB DDR5 2xDVI | HDD0: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM 3.5" (SATA II) | HDD1: WD Elements (WD Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA II) connected via USB 2.0 | HDD2: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm (SATA II) | DVD: Samsung DVD+RW combo drive | PSU: FSP Hexa 600W | Case: Aerocool PGS V | Cooling: DeepCool Gammaxx S40 (stock fan), 2x 120mm Aerocool fan 1xDeepCool 120mm fan from a scrapped heatsink

eMachines D732Z | CPU: Intel Pentium D P6100 | GPU: Intel HD 3000 | RAM: 2x Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 1066MHz SODIMM | HDD: Hitachi 320GB 5600RPM

Acer ES13 | CPU: Intel Pentium N4200 | GPU:  Intel HD 505 | RAM: 1x 4GB (unidentified) DDR3L | HDD: (unidentified) 500GB 5600RPM

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