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1 hour ago, BingoFishy said:

CNET occasionally ends up handing out malware.

 

Never used allmyapps.

I usually used download.com to download a few things I was pretty sure were safe but I haven't used it in a while.

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45 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

I usually used download.com to download a few things I was pretty sure were safe but I haven't used it in a while.

They're usually fine. Just something pops up once in a while. 

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Season 1: Best Buy

Volume 1: Macs

Day 2

UNEDUCATED REVIEWS

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"You don't need headphones, all you need is willpower!" ~MicroCenter employee

 

How to use a WiiMote and Nunchuck as your mouse!


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PSU: Corsair CS450M
RAM: A-Data XPG V1.0 (1x8GB) (Red)
Procrastinator: Intel i5 4690k @ 4.4GHz 1.3V
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black)
Speakers and Headphones: Monitor Speakers and Phlips SHP9500s
MoBo: MSI Z97 PC MATE
SSD: SanDisk Ultra II (240GB)
Monitor: LG 29UM68-P
Mouse: Mionix Naos 7000
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1 hour ago, BingoFishy said:

Season 1: Best Buy

Volume 1: Macs

Day 2

UNEDUCATED REVIEWS

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That projector giveaway thread  is over half as long as this one already and it was just started on Saturday.  We really need to pick up the pace! :D

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1 hour ago, DocSwag said:

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I love my Macs and iPhones (I love the design, OS, and hardware innovation), but sometimes the people behind the keyboard really make me grit my teeth. 

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I know this guy was trolling... But it still made me laugh. 

 

Sad part is that there are people that would do this and be 100% serious.

 

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5 minutes ago, Belgarathian said:

I know this guy was trolling... But it still made me laugh. 

 

Sad part is that there are people that would do this and be 100% serious.

 

Pfft, what, he couldn't afford a real computer? xD 

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3 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Pfft, what, he couldn't afford a real computer? xD 

I'm more concerned about the peripherals they're pairing xD

 

They should probably cut down on the PCIe SSDs and spend some more on a mouse. 

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3 minutes ago, Belgarathian said:

I'm more concerned about the peripherals they're pairing xD

 

They should probably cut down on the PCIe SSDs and spend some more on a mouse. 

all the peripherals, the display, speakers, etc.

But it wouldn't hurt to get some serious hardware either.  I want quad E5-2697 v2s, and 1 TB of RAM or I walk xD 

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2 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

all the peripherals, the display, speakers, etc.

But it wouldn't hurt to get some serious hardware either.  I want quad E5-2697 v2s, and 1 TB of RAM or I walk xD 

I'm way more interested in building my own living room Tetris machine

 

 

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/07/guy-spends-four-years-50k-building-giant-computer-to-play-tetris/

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8 minutes ago, Belgarathian said:

I'm way more interested in building my own living room Tetris machine

 

 

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/07/guy-spends-four-years-50k-building-giant-computer-to-play-tetris/

That's pretty cool! :)  He seems really bad at the game though.  He should underclock it :D

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5 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

That's pretty cool! :)  He seems really bad at the game though.  He should underclock it :D

Lol yeah. He should probably slow down the speed at which the tiles fall a little.... It seems like too little time to figure out where to put the pieces!

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2 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Lol yeah. He should probably slow down the speed at which the tiles fall a little.... It seems like too little time to figure out where to put the pieces!

I feel like after spending years of your life and 50k on your own machine that can only play Tetris, you're ready to be hard-core. 

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u need wifi to play online.

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On 10.7.2016 at 11:16 PM, Jeppythedude said:

Over the past few years I've ended up being that guy that teachers would get to fix problems because I am "tech savy",  if a substute teacher had a problem,  I would think finally a break, but noo everyone in the class would point out that I could fix...  It whent so far as one teacher pulled me out of class too, wait for it... "transfer files to a external HDD fo free up space on laptop", there goes 20mins of a class near exams... In hind sight should have played dumb like rest of my friends and let "the techies" do It,  thay could fix problems 10x faster, given they are the people that implemented systems .etc

 

It's always funny when people know you as the tech guy. Once my doctor asked me during an appointment if I could change his default printer to the one in his office as he tried to print out a prescription for me xD

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On 7/8/2016 at 5:32 AM, Clonzoo said:

If you quote your own mistake so I don't have to go and find it, then I will figure out if it was worse than mine then I'll tell you if you can laugh of not.

Honestly, I'm not gonna go through my 1000+ posts for that, just finding your reply was a PITA ... but just for you here's a new story that happened today;

 

Needed a workstation for a new guy

Pulled one of the M83 SSF out of the shelves

Take 2x2GB DDR3 (don't know why this SSF had it's RAM pulled out)

Open up the SFF, install the RAM ...

*insert other random tasks I had to attend here*

I come back to the SFF, close everything, power it up to make sure it's all in order ... and nothing ... odd, usually those things beep when something is wrong!

 

Followed by 20 minutes of trying to figure out if the PSU is fried ... then I started taking the RAM out and that's when I found the problem!!! Somehow when the other tasks came in I left one of the stick only half-way inserted in the slot and didn't check when I came back (one of the tab wasn't "clicked"). The PC wouldn't boot and somehow the motherboard wouldn't throw any error, but thank God nothing fried! lol

 

so yeah, for some reason I didn't install the RAM correctly and instead of checking the FIRST logical thing (the only thing I touched was the RAM), I start troubleshooting the PSU!

 

DERP

xD

 

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1 hour ago, wkdpaul said:

Honestly, I'm not gonna go through my 1000+ posts for that, just finding your reply was a PITA ... but just for you here's a new story that happened today;

 

Needed a workstation for a new guy

Pulled one of the M83 SSF out of the shelves

Take 2x2GB DDR3 (don't know why this SSF had it's RAM pulled out)

Open up the SFF, install the RAM ...

*insert other random tasks I had to attend here*

I come back to the SFF, close everything, power it up to make sure it's all in order ... and nothing ... odd, usually those things beep when something is wrong!

 

Followed by 20 minutes of trying to figure out if the PSU is fried ... then I started taking the RAM out and that's when I found the problem!!! Somehow when the other tasks came in I left one of the stick only half-way inserted in the slot and didn't check when I came back (one of the tab wasn't "clicked"). The PC wouldn't boot and somehow the motherboard wouldn't throw any error, but thank God nothing fried! lol

 

so yeah, for some reason I didn't install the RAM correctly and instead of checking the FIRST logical thing (the only thing I touched was the RAM), I start troubleshooting the PSU!

 

DERP

xD

 

dont worry, i do that something. Was trying to boot without the cpu 8 pin plugged in or something

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1 hour ago, DeezNoNos said:

dont worry, i do that something. Was trying to boot without the cpu 8 pin plugged in or something

Yeah, I've done that before....

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3 hours ago, Belgarathian said:

Yeah, I've done that before....

Stop right there!

Savor the moment of having 1111 posts....

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11 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Stop right there!

Savor the moment of having 1111 posts....

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QUOTE ME IF YOU WANT ME TO REPLY

 

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Yep... My peripherals cost me more than the rig itself. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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5 hours ago, DeezNoNos said:

dont worry, i do that something. Was trying to boot without the cpu 8 pin plugged in or something

I'm quitting LTT when I have 1337

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31 minutes ago, Belgarathian said:

I'm quitting LTT when I have 1337

but there's so many more milestones to work for!

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43 minutes ago, Belgarathian said:

I'm quitting LTT when I have 1337

Why did you have to tell us that? You ruined the moment of 1111!

 

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Compooters:

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CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter?

Laptop (I use it for school):

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