Do you miss the time...

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: goku
My problem is that I get excited when one asks me how to build a computer

well there you go

 

[thestranger]

you mean the times when you called yourself "leet"

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: thestranger
you mean the times when you called yourself "leet"

No, I've never called myself leet unless I was joking around. Do you know anyone who calls themselves leet? or 1337!!111!!1?

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
It is just slapping parts together. Get over it.

Bingo. Any off-street n00b with a half-working brain can be taught how to build and do basic troubleshooting in couple of weeks.

 

[Cattlegod]

I have a degree in Computer Engineering.

Building a computer IS just slapping parts together.

 

[Sam334]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
It is just slapping parts together. Get over it.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
It is just slapping parts together. Get over it.

Yep. and has been for awhile as long as you run at stock speed and don't softmod your video.

Even installing a HSF is now a cakewalk compared to screwdriver-wrestling the spring clip on a socket 370 or XP.

Though honestly the hardware wasn't that difficult even in the 286 - 386 - 486 days, let alone Slot 1.

 

[FoBoT]

you get excited too easy

 

[jspeicher]

if i can build a machine, anyone can. i am a complete douche.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: jspeicher
if i can build a machine, anyone can. i am a complete douche.

I like an honest guy :thumbsup::laugh:

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: jspeicher
if i can build a machine, anyone can. i am a complete douche.

lol :beer:

 

[imported_goku]

It's just irritating when some one has put together a computer and then I ask them "what motherboard do they have" or what socket is their processor or chipset model, all simple stuff and they can't even bother to give me an answer because they have no idea. I mean before if you were to ask one who just built their computer anything like that, they would know that and all sorts of other things about their computer. Now it just seems like they just build the machine and thats it, don't have a care in the world about how it works or at least the basics.

 

[sniperruff]

sorry goku it is actually quite simple IF people would follow instructions. from what i've read on general hardware, it seems like most people who buy all sorts of crazy hardwares from their parents' wallets are around 8 or 9. they'll be like "d00d i so want to OC this dual c0rez to the max!!!11" and then have no idea wtf they are doing and then f*cked up.

i mean it's basically

1) pick parts... intel or AMD. pick a CPU and a compatible mobo
2) pick compatible ram, HD and video card to the mobo
3) pick a case with a sufficient PSU, and add the extra stuff like sound card etc
4) connect everything in the case, FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS
5) pop in windows CD and FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
6) install favorite software
7) done

the only difficult part would be the "FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS" part. kids are too impatient to read manuals.

so there, if you're not 11, you can put a computer together easily with some patience.

oh btw, read my sig for a prime example of someone who has no clue what he's doing. at all. what a waste of silicon.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
sorry goku it is actually quite simple IF people would follow instructions. from what i've read on general hardware, it seems like most people who buy all sorts of crazy hardwares from their parents' wallets are around 8 or 9. they'll be like "d00d i so want to OC this dual c0rez to the max!!!11" and then have no idea wtf they are doing and then f*cked up.

i mean it's basically

1) pick parts... intel or AMD. pick a CPU and a compatible mobo
2) pick compatible ram, HD and video card to the mobo
3) pick a case with a sufficient PSU, and add the extra stuff like sound card etc
4) connect everything in the case, FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS
5) pop in windows CD and FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
6) install favorite software
7) done

the only difficult part would be the "FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS" part. kids are too impatient to read manuals.

so there, if you're not 11, you can put a computer together easily with some patience.

oh btw, read my sig for a prime example of someone who has no clue what he's doing. at all. what a waste of silicon.

its funny that you say "if you're not 11" because the first time I had built a computer, I was 11..

 

[meltdown75]

cookies and beer, on me

:beer:

i know what you're saying OP. i think it was considered a "skill" at one time. i'm sure it still is in some places. my bottom line is that the more people know about computers (building them, maintaining them, etc), the less i get bothered on a daily basis. sometimes when people ask me for assistance these days, unless it's a family member, i just refer them to google. google pwns all. probably the best tech support out there, providing people know how to use a search engine and glean for applicable results. i don't know, that's just my opinion.