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rustikles
By rustikles
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I actually think Windows Vista was one of the best OSes that Microsoft ever made. Sue me.

School machine: 2012 MacBook Pro, i7-3720QM, 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3, 256GB SSD, GeForce GT 650M

Gaming machine: Asus X99 Deluxe, i7-5820K, H100i, 16GB 2666Mhz DDR4, 256GB 850 Pro, 2x WD10EZEX, GeForce GTX 980, AX860

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I put up with the activate windows message instead of activating it. I paied for it but I had windows 7, paied 20 or 40$ to upgrade it to 8 then installed 7 on another computer. Now my own computer is annoying me every couple of hours because I don't want to pay again :(

CPU : Intel Core i7 3960X, Mobo : X79-UD3, Memory : 4x4GB Vengeance Black Memory 1600MHz, GPU : Asus GTX 970 Strix, Case : Switch 810 Matte Black, Storage : 256GB Samsung 830 SSD, Seagate Barracuda 1TB, PSU : Thermaltake 750W 80+ Bronze, Displays : 3x Asus 1080p Screens, Cooling : Corsair H100i, Keyboard : Logitech G710+, Mouse : Madcat Cyborg R.A.T.7, Sound : Sennheiser HD598, V-Moda Crossfade LP, Logitech Z-5500, HMD : Oculus Rift CV1

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I, at one point, used registry cleaners :(

I have a computer triple booted and one of the operating systems is Windows ME

I also have a laptop with Windows Vista

System: HP Pavilion P7-1010 Upgraded... CPU: AMD Athlon X4 645 3.1ghz, RAM: 6gb DDR3 1066mhz, GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 5670, PSU: Seasonic S12 II 380w Bronze, SSD: Samsung 840 Evo, HDDs: WD Caviar Green 1tb 5400RPM, Seagate Barracuda 1tb 7200RPM, Case: Generic HP case, OS: Windows 7 Professional 64Bit SP1

2nd Best: Dell Dimension 5100 Upgraded: CPU: Intel Pentium D 945, RAM: 3gb DDR2, GPU: PNY GT440 1gb, HDD: WD 120gb 720RPM, PSU: Seasonic OEM, OS: Win8.1 32bit

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I just built my first comp. plug it in turned on the power supply and then spent 5 minutes trying to figure out why the computer wasn't turning on. my wife walked by hit the power button and whola!!

I7 5820k, Asus X99 Sabertooth, 980Ti Classified, 32gb Gskill Ripjaws 4, Corsair Rm1000i, Samsung 950 Pro, Custom Loop Xspc Cpu Block Ek Gpu Block, Windows 10, Define S. Acer Predator XB271HU

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I bought for $39 Microsoft Windows 8 OS from eBay only to have the key blocked by Microsoft a year later forcing me to go back to Windows 7. 

 

I also bought a $25 "netbook" off a hacked eBay account and only got a plastic bracelet from China. Never got my money back. 

Core i7 2700K Oc'ed 4.4 Ghz, EVGA GTX 970 ACX 2.0 SC'ed, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, 240 GB Intel 730 SSD and 2 TB 7200 RPM HDD, Zalman Z9 plus case with 7 blue LED fans, Windows 10 Preview 

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My gaming machine is really a HP Compaq in a Fractal Design case.

I have also recently had my MacBook Pro die on me. I am replacing it with another MacBook Pro.

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I game on Intel HD 4000 on 3570K

 

Also, I have an iPhone 5S

 

I use IE and I personally think it's one of the best web browsers overall in the Windows OS

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I love Bose stuff, it sounds great and I get it half off through my uncle, who works at Bose as an engineer ;)

Me too! I have the companion desktop speakers and love them - sound great and look great

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I still use a GeForce2 GTS with my Pentium 4 PC. Everything is better than Intel Extreme Graphics though lol

Laptop: Intel Core i5-4200H, 8GB RAM, 750GB HDD, GeForce 840M

Desktop: Intel Core i3-6100, 8GB RAM, 750GB HDD, GeForce GTX 750 Ti

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I'm too cheap to buy a proper headset, so I setup my studio microphone and a 14 channel mixer on my desk

xD me too at one point, now I just use my Bose SoundTrue headphones and my secondary 5 channel mixer with a cheap dynamic mic

Thank you.

Wardojack.

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I bought my copy of windows 8 off of r/softwareswap for 30$, i have a 10$ walmart keyboard and a 15$ chinese Mazer mouse.

My Main PC:

CPU: i5 3570k CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T4 Motherboard: Asus p8z77-v pro  RAM: Crucial Balistic 2x4gb  GPU: Two PNY GTX 680's in SLI Case: Some rando Antec one  PSU: Thermaltake 1000w  Display: HP Elite Display 321i 23''  Storage: Samsung 840 Evo 128gb, Seagate Barracuda 1tb

 

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I game on Intel HD 4000 on 3570K

 

I do too, because I can't justify the cost of a graphics card with how much I play games anymore.

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I use a surface pro 1 *gasp*

Windows 10 Edu | Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming | Ryzen 9 3950x | 4x 16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB| ROG Strix GeForce® RTX 2080 SUPER™ Advanced edition | Samsung 980 PRO 500GB + Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB + 8TB Seagate Barracuda | EVGA Supernova 650 G2 | Alienware AW3418DW + LG 34uc87c + Dell u3419w | Asus Zephyrus G14

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I buy keyboards and then never use them.

CASE: Coolermaster HAF XM CPU: Intel Core i7 3930k @ 4.5ghz GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Superclocked ACX 2.0 CPU COOLER: Corsair Hydro Series H110 RAM: 16GB G.skill Ripjaws Z series PSU: Corsair HX850 MOBO: ASUS P9X79 LE HDD: Western Digital Black 1TB, Crucial M4 128GB SSD MOUSE:Roccat Kone XTD KEYBOARD: Corsair Vengeance K95 MONITOR:  ASUS VE248H 24" LCD x2 / AOC G2460PG x1

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Back when hotswapping was a thing for the xbox 360, I was attempting to do this with call of duty.

 

So, I took out the game, and swapped it pretty quickly then put the magnet back on.

 

Thing is.. my magnet.. was.. eh.. 

 

Let's just say the drive went so fast the magnet just threw off the disk came flying out span around the room and smashed against my mate who was on the bed laughing his ass off.

 

Last time I ever did that.

 

 

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I bought a hyperx fury 4GBx2 8GB dual channel and oc to 2400mhz. I only use 30% at max load. Idiocy at it's best.

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i jumped on the 8 core hype back when the fx 8120 launched not even thinking about single core performance.

also am quite a branding b*tch meaning that im always trying to keep as much stuff as possible from one brand. 

"You know it'll clock down as soon as it hits 40°C, right?" - "Yeah ... but it doesnt hit 40°C ... ever  😄"

 

GPU: MSI GTX1080 Ti Aero @ 2 GHz (watercooled) CPU: Ryzen 5600X (watercooled) RAM: 32GB 3600Mhz Corsair LPX MB: Gigabyte B550i PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Hyte Revolt 3

 

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I have a 6 year old desktop and the only part ive replaced is the GFX card :/ 

I prefer a 60% apple chiclet keyboard over my full length Mad Catz STRIKE3

 

I use a 7 year old MacBook Pro as my daily driver

 

I'm a console peasant at heart thanks to growing up in an area of poor friends and tech parents who were of avid fans of "reasonable not exceptional"

 

hhhhmmm what else?..

Project Hephaestus

Intel Core i5 6600K @ 4.2GHz~ASUS Maximus 9 Hero~32GB DDR4 @ 3200MHz~ZOTAC GTX 980 AMP Ed.

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i thaught building a custom keyboard would be easy. 

*sigh* 

 

http://goo.gl/ctP1On

Watch out for each other. Love everyone and forgive everyone, including yourself. Forgive your anger, forgive your guilt. Your shame. Your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially your heart. 
-Jim Hensen

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When I did my latest build I got so excited I forgot to check my standoffs when installing my mobo and nearly scraped the hell out of my asus maximus v formula. Also up until 2 years ago I was using a crt monitor. Oh and I got my first smart phone 1 month ago.

Super OP AF Killer Retro Emulation PC 360 No Scope 420 Blaze It (Sorry I Couldn't Help It) Seriously Though This PC Is Overkill And Before You Ask It Does Play Crysis 1024x768 60 FPS

Intel Core Duo 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz // ASUS P5N-D // Zalman CNPS9500A Air Cooler // 4GB G.Skill @ 400MHz 5 5 5 31 23 // 2 Way SLI GeForce 9800 GTX+ // 32" SONY WEGA CRT TV 480i // Corsair TX750 // Seagate 3TB // Win XP 32Bit // Sony DVD RW // ANTEC Full Tower // Steel Series H Wireless // Logitech K520 Wireless Keyboard // Logitech M510 Wireless Mouse // Logitech G27 Racing Wheel // Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS // HORI Fight Stick Mini // 8Bitdo NES30 Pro / FC30 Pro / SNES30 / SFC30 Bluetooth Controllers

Future Upgrades The New 8Bitdo Wireless SNES Controller With Analog Sticks / 8Bitdo Bluetooth Arcade Fight Stick / Proper HD I Know This Machine Does Not Support 3 TB / Icy Dock 5.25 4 Bay HD Hot Swap Bay For More Seamless Multi Booting Want To Run At Least Win 95, Win XP, Win 7 

i7 3770k @ 4.5Ghz // ASUS Maximus V Formula // CM Hyper 212 EVO // 16GB G.Skill Sniper @ 2133MHz 9 11 10 28 // Crossfire Sapphire 7970 // 42" 4K 60Hz FreeSync WasabiMango IPS // Corsair AX860 // Samsung 1TB 840EVO // Seagate 3TB // Seagate Barracuda 160GB sata II // OCZ Vertex 3 90GB sata III // Win 10 64Bit // ASUS DVD RW // 2 Corsair AF 120 // 2 Corsair SP 120 // 2 xigmatek 120 // Corsair 760t white flavor // NZXT HUE+ RGB Controller // Sennheiser G4me Zero // Steel Series H // Corsair M95 // Corsair K95 // 3 Xbox 360 Controllers // Dolphin Bar // Wii U Mote // Leap Motion Plus // Logitech G27 Racing Wheel // Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS // HORI Fight Stick Mini // 8Bitdo NES30 Pro / FC30 Pro / SNES30 / SFC30 Bluetooth Controllers

Future Upgrades 1080Ti or Vega RX64 http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/16900-nothing-special/

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