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Let's discuss the mistake you made when buying computer (or parts)

 

Me: I bought a laptop for my father to use (he just uses basic stuff like web browsing, office MS Word, limited video watching and some music listening)

I wanted it to have both HDMI and VGA so he can plug it into to a projector or TV at home (even though he still have struggle figuring out w/o my help)

Also a disc reader for old music CD and some DVD movies

 

Long story short I skipped a bunch of very good computers and bought the laptop based on clock speed of processor alone. So out of all I picked one with highest clock speed.

 

Good thing he is not a person with lack of patience

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I went with a laptop about 4 years ago over a desktop and really wanted a core i7 because I didn't know much about computers. I should have gotten a i5 and a better gpu.

my second one was to get a i5 6600k at 300$ and not just grab a i7 6700k for 55$ more. 

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buying a chromebook for my mother

 

she wanted something cheap.

i chose that

horrible mistake

 

still havent heard the end of it

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Buying an AIO. What a waste of cash.

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Bought a laptop with an old AMD GPU for about 600 dollars when I was 17 (7 years ago). I later find out that the GPU is actually a common iGPU that couldn't even play Minesweeper at 60fps...

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When I didn't know much about computers I wanted a laptop that could play the latest games. Unfortunately I got an i7 notebook with a 610m gpu.... 

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Laptop.

 

Desktop parts:

Case

PSU

SSD

Motherboard

Probably should have gotten a R9 280x instead of a 280, but I am not that disappointed.

 

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1 minute ago, CaptainGunny said:

When I didn't know much about computers I wanted a laptop that could play the latest games. Unfortunately I got an i7 notebook with a 610m gpu.... 

You got a dedicated. I am stuck with HD 5500

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buying a 120mm AIO

luckily, I saw the light and then got an H7

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1 minute ago, dexxterlab97 said:

You got a dedicated. I am stuck with HD 5500

Funny thing is that the hd4000 that was also in that laptop was around the same, if not better performance than the 610m. But I waited  for 2 years and I built myself this rig. 

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Also I got a rig with 760 3GB VRAM. Regular 760 has 2GB so I thought more VRAM = better? Turns out it is a 760 192 bit

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My most expensive mistake was a Gigabyte 1070.

Thankfully talked NewEgg into letting me switch to an MSI and just paying the difference, despite their exact replacement only return policy.

 

It's the cheapest product I've ever touched and the fans were the loudest I've ever heard and they also clicked every time they exited 0rpm mode.

They also used false images displaying the card with a backplate which was only changed after customers complained after receiving them without it.

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Buying a Hyper 212 EVO xD

 

Not going i5 with my original build


Buying a WD Hard Drive :v

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4690k + Seidon 240m rather than a 4790k + shadowrock 

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1 minute ago, Canada EH said:

Whats wrong with Gigabyte 1070?

I updated my post.

Their customer service is also worse than every other company you could buy a 1070 from too.

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My biggest mistake is going with amd..

still haven't recovered..

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I bought a FX-4130 barebones kit instead of buying a Sandy Bridge i5 barebones kit. The guy at TigerDirect (When it was around) said "Are you sure you don't want an Intel CPU?" I said no. Didn't even bother explaining which was better. I think he himself said "FX-4130 is better because it is clocked higher" or something along the lines of that.

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21 minutes ago, TheAmazingCookieFromSquare said:

AIO is not a waste of cash...

When a H80i performs the same as my $40 cheaper Noctua NH-U12S, and is louder, its a rip-off. H100i is the only one that's worth it, or basically any dual 120mm ones. Thing is, those are even more expensive.

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I bought a laptop at college instead of building a desktop.

 

Also bought a x61 and then 4 months later went full custom watercooling.

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Taking advice from my friends on pc case when i should have went with what i liked. Never needed a large case.

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another for going AMD rather than an i5 to begin with

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