What Tech Advice would You give Yourself if you could travel 3-5 years back in time?

[Magnetorheological]

Don't cheap out and get the K processor instead...it's only $30 more

[roberto++]

PC related: Don't use your computer's side panel as a test bench for your motherboard, use cardboard instead.

 

Cisco hardware related: Startup and Running are 2 different configurations. Learn it, know it, and back them both up.

 

 

[divided_throwaway]

Before you move stuff to a USB flash drive, COPY or move less important files before you CUT; the USB interface and/or flash drive may be defective, especially if you get one for free at a hardware/home store in a developing country because your parents spent a ton of money on stuff.

 

Keep making backups as you go along!

 

Always shut down properly, especially if you want to avoid costly hard drive damages!

[Samsonsuperco]

-Don't buy that garbage ASUS Radeon HD 7770 because it's going to die 2 weeks after you buy it. Get a GTX 750ti instead.

[Brennan Price]

Always buy a Brand New HDD. Never buy used ones or use previously old hardware since it could fail and you will need to reinstall windows at a greater cost than a decent SSD. Also, buy an SSD for your rig when you build it. 

[NinjaJc01]

Don't buy a hybrid drive. Buy something better than the M9i.

And I would tell my self I will end up with a proper gaming PC eventually...

[AlexMc]

Buy more Bitcoins for $10 each...

[Canada EH]

18 hours ago, RadiatingLight said:

Don't pair an i7 3770K with a GTX 650

Don't try to swap hardware in a PC when it's on

 

Whats wrong with i7 3770K with GTX-650?

[Juanitology]

Don't sell all those hundreds of bitcoins you mined for 3 USD each. 

Don't Pre-order Duke Nukem Forever

Start streaming on twitch even though it's really clunky and unpopular

Don't spent 400 USD on high clock ram with tight timings, it's a waste of money

Get a proper backup solution (I did this 2 years ago but only after having a hdd die on me.)

[tiberiusmoon5]

Dont buy a asus maximus v extreme for a build that isnt even cooling with LN2 .-.

[RadiatingLight]

4 hours ago, Canada EH said:

Whats wrong with i7 3770K with GTX-650?

Lots of bottlenecking for gaming.

[Canada EH]

The GTX-650 aint that great a GPU, I own one myself.
I find it hard to believe an i7-3770 4GHz 8MB would bottle neck a 650 gpu.

Or you saying the GTX-650 bottle necks the CPU? maybe thats what you mean.

 

[NewToTech]

1 when you get your pay out DO NOT pay £460 for the xbox one because you can get so much more for that money. 2 DO NOT buy that 'PC' from your friend, just build your own(paid way too much for a terrible AMD PC with a 1GB GPU) . 3 BUY INTEL NOT AMD!. I would be a lot better off now if I had done these things as I am currently building a new PC with the 6600K at its core.. I currently have the PSU and RAM so we are making progress  

[kaiju_wars]

Don't waste money on a GTX 950 and instead buy a used 780 for the same price.

Look more into the used PC market.

Don't buy that PS3, use the money towards a gaming PC.

 

[deVIZtation]

Don't spend 200+ on a motherboard, 40 on cable sleeving, and 430 on a gtx 670 when the 770 was going to come out a couple months later.

[iShad]

Don't buy/upgrade anything for 5 years. *Comes back to the present and find $10k in bank account, yum.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Get the IdeaPad U410 instead of the P580.

[2FA]

I prefer to learn by mistake, that way I know the reason why it was a mistake personally. None even though I would to love to do things differently looking back. It's all part of the technology experience though isn't it?

[rattacko123]

Don't buy an intel 5820k, get a 4790k and dont spend so much on a motherboard. Dont get a 1tb hard drive, get a 4tb and get a 290X instead of 970. Dont let steam abuse your wallet.

EDIT: oh, i forgot 1 thing, DONT get a macbook pro

[Hackentosher]

Don't get a piece of shit B series chipset motherboard 

 

Even though you're 12, don't get a case that looks like it belongs to a 12 y/o because when you're 16 youre embarrassed by it but too broke to replace it. 

[Hackentosher]

1 hour ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Get the IdeaPad U410 instead of the P580.

I almost bought the U410, that thing was awesome when it was relevant. 

[Master Disaster]

On 19/09/2016 at 3:31 AM, AshleyAshes said:

"Everything you do will work out great!  You no own like FIVE computers and even a huge server,  You've recycled a series of components and most of it's in useful functional order still!  ...but that BDRW drive you got?  Yeah, so far you've never put a single Blu-ray in it.  So I guess there's that?"

Mines even worse, I bought a Pioneer BDXL Writer and so far I haven't ever put anything in it at all. 

[MilkJugg24]

I would've told myself to stream every day on twitch.

[Alto_Fortisimo]

Don't buy that crappy mouse from the dollar store that f*#cked up your front Panel USB ports.

[Kimmers]

Kind of cheating since I got the phone in 2010 but to never get the Samsung Fascinate and wait for Apple to announce the Verizon iPhone.