Tech Confession Time!

[KuJoe]

I prefer ARM processors over x86.

[Moress]

I used toenail clippers to cut a broken intel stock cooler off of my brand new motherboard. 

[CtrlAltELITE]

After having the convenience of only having a gaming laptop and no desktop for over a year now, I honestly dont think ill ever bother to build another rig, gaming laptops nowadays are awesome and they are just getting better.

[Clanscorpia]

Tried to update my brothers laptop to windows 10. There was a problem during installation and it bricked the BIOS  

[B16CXHatch]

I think Windows 8.1 is better than 7... when you install Classic Shell. I also liked Vista better than XP after SP1 fixed it. You know, if the hardware it was on was good enough.

 

I hate my laptop because the CPU is too powerful. MSI put a shit heatsink in there for thing (i7 4710HQ). Too damn hot (95c + under load) and loud (my B16 swapped Civic with A'Pexi WSII muffler idles quieter). And that's after changing the thermal paste (it was worse before). I'd rather have a U-series i5. Good thing I don't need a laptop anymore.

 

Lately, I game on consoles more than the PCs. That's cause I've mainly been playing JRPGs though. I just haven't been into shooters or race sims recently.

[8uhbbhu8]

I still use Windows XP daily..... over the internet with no AV.

 

I don't ever back up my pc

 

I bought a Server mobo on ebay with intentions of making a storage server and still haven't figured how to get it to boot up.... 4 months later.

 

I never use anti static straps when in my pc while on carpet

 

I run my temporary server in a cardboard box with 2 small fans cooling it

 

I hoard pc parts like a mofo. No matter how old they are.... My plan is to eventually build a pc from every generation of parts (every 2 years for me) since 1995.

 

I still use a CRT monitor

 

One of my DVI monitors is running from hdmi to dvi

The other one is running dvi to dvi

and the third one was running  hdmi to dvi to vga

 

...........

 

 

 

 

I use Origin and Uplay

[masterkickass7]

On 7/31/2013 at 1:02 PM, bartekxx12 said:

Yeah happens alot

[masterkickass7]

On 7/22/2016 at 3:13 AM, Brian McKee said:

I game primarily with a controller. (On games that are not MOBAS)

Yeah same

 

[kaiju_wars]

Here's some.

 

I prefer OS X (I know it's MacOS now) over Windows.

I can't stand Windows 10 and actually highly preferred 8.1 to it.

I'm running an 860k with a GTX 780.

I would buy another 13 inch MacBook Pro if they released one with even a 960m.  I'd put Windows on boot camp in order to game on it.  (I prefer 13 inch laptops)

[Crossbone_19]

I played with my fan/fan controller way to much on my first build, and i fried the motherboard & processor.
RMA it and said it was faulty.

[fortsatt regn]

On 7/31/2013 at 9:55 AM, rustikles said:

Everyone has some dark secret about tech that you are just too embarrassed to talk about. Maybe you're still using a trackball mouse (gasp!), or maybe you still run Windows Vista!

 

If everybody can get these things off their chest here at once, we'll all feel better I'm sure

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I'll start:  I really think that Ducky keyboards are pretty ugly. 

I regularly forget to plug in my PC and end up worrying about why it's not working.

[Spartan Jack 17]

I once spent three hours troubleshooting a modded Kerbal Space Program instillation because of low performance, only to realise I'd just left my laptop on power saving mode.

[Copuis]

i have not only a hp microserver, and enough parts to build like a few NAS's, and fill them with HDD

yet just continue to getto mount new HDD's in my tower as I need more space, and more than often leave the old HDD once I copy whatever data onto the new higher capacity drive (there's 12 in there at the moment, only 8 hooked up)

[Space Reptile]

i have my GTA5 locked at 30 and play it w/ a 360 pad ( yea throw rocks , but 70fps  dipping to high 30´s when heavy traffic happens is just annoying and also driving is much smoother on controller so shush) 

 

i also have used a Pentium 3 450mhz / ati rage 2 / 256mb sd ram 133  for almost 2 years after my C2D system exploded (it went chernobyll , cpu went poof) 

that was in 2008~ 2010 btw , and i used win xp , and opera as browser , it could not do youtube , but it could do games i liked and ran surprisingly well 

 

 

i also have an affection for beige cases (good old office bombers) and windows 2000 

[TheRandomness]

I killed an 8800GTX recently. Cap melted when running furmark and made the PCB slightly melt around it.

[Thaldor]

I hate mechanical keyboards.

The sound they make on YouTube videos and streams is disgusting, the feel of the switches is mostly disgusting (I have only liked CherryMX clear switches, but try to get them)

I can't understand how someone wants to pay so much for ancient technology buttons and features where greatest is RGB lighting.

I loved my nearly 10 years served G15 keyboard (which still works, the backlighting is broken though) and I really love my G19 for which I paid 60€ brand new and I acctually use most of it's features (LCD screen shows all the time AIDA64 data, I have a lot of macros for all of my programs).

All my friends are like "Look! I got 150€ keyboard! It has RGB lighting and CherryMX switches!" and I'm silently like "Please, kill me..."

[Spartan Jack 17]

7 minutes ago, Thaldor said:

I hate mechanical keyboards.

The sound they make on YouTube videos and streams is disgusting, the feel of the switches is mostly disgusting (I have only liked CherryMX clear switches, but try to get them)

I can't understand how someone wants to pay so much for ancient technology buttons and features where greatest is RGB lighting.

I loved my nearly 10 years served G15 keyboard (which still works, the backlighting is broken though) and I really love my G19 for which I paid 60€ brand new and I acctually use most of it's features (LCD screen shows all the time AIDA64 data, I have a lot of macros for all of my programs).

All my friends are like "Look! I got 150€ keyboard! It has RGB lighting and CherryMX switches!" and I'm silently like "Please, kill me..."

Pretty sure you just gave Luke some sort of aneurysm.  Also mechanical keyboards are much more durable.

[Clanscorpia]

22 minutes ago, Thaldor said:

I hate mechanical keyboards.

The sound they make on YouTube videos and streams is disgusting, the feel of the switches is mostly disgusting (I have only liked CherryMX clear switches, but try to get them)

I can't understand how someone wants to pay so much for ancient technology buttons and features where greatest is RGB lighting.

I loved my nearly 10 years served G15 keyboard (which still works, the backlighting is broken though) and I really love my G19 for which I paid 60€ brand new and I acctually use most of it's features (LCD screen shows all the time AIDA64 data, I have a lot of macros for all of my programs).

All my friends are like "Look! I got 150€ keyboard! It has RGB lighting and CherryMX switches!" and I'm silently like "Please, kill me..."

I payed 70 CAD for a Kalih Blue and white backlit keyboard with a volume wheel. Thats 47 euros (Holy shit out dollar sucks).

[Copuis]

28 minutes ago, Thaldor said:

I hate mechanical keyboards.

The sound they make on YouTube videos and streams is disgusting, the feel of the switches is mostly disgusting (I have only liked CherryMX clear switches, but try to get them)

I can't understand how someone wants to pay so much for ancient technology buttons and features where greatest is RGB lighting.

I loved my nearly 10 years served G15 keyboard (which still works, the backlighting is broken though) and I really love my G19 for which I paid 60€ brand new and I acctually use most of it's features (LCD screen shows all the time AIDA64 data, I have a lot of macros for all of my programs).

All my friends are like "Look! I got 150€ keyboard! It has RGB lighting and CherryMX switches!" and I'm silently like "Please, kill me..."

i bought one to replace my old model M, because I used to type lots, like Mavis beacon would be proud type of typing and a membrane sucks to touch type on long term

I have white backlighting and honestly at the time, it was a total, "can I get one without", but I couldn't, and now I dont mind it at all, infact it's a nice touch late at night if im gaming 

 

[IronTechno]

I forgot the password to my laptop, my gaming rig is fake and I use an iPad 4. Only 13 though.

[owwnoooo]

No one's confessing these days eh?

Looks like times've changed lol

[Rex Hite]

I let my Win98 and XP workstations stay on my network. The thrill nourishes me.

[Blacksunshine]

I enjoyed the complexity Windows 8

[bondoao1]

I still play Delta Force Black Hawk Down : Team Saber, and I still have a server full of old guys like me. 
I just realized since it has a release date of 2003, the game might be older than many users on this forum.

 

That fact that I was 25 when I started playing it, I'm feeling really old now...

 

 

[grimathemad]

One of my favorite PC games is Zoombini's. It's a children's learning game.