Originally posted by: Eli
I know they don't, they're analogies.As CorporateRecreation says, to each their own.
I agree with you that some people's projects come out like crap, but that doesen't mean they're lame - it just means they didn't do a very good job, and they certainly should not be critisized for trying.
So, is modifying your engine lame? No? Why? Because you get your hands greasy?
Christ.
If you REALLY insist on talking about whether or not moddifying engines is lame or not, you can start another poll in your own thread.
If you're trying to make some kind of analogy comparing PCs to cars, then you'd want to compare the case of the PC to the body of the car, and the CPU to the engine. Since I didn't start a thread on CPU modding (jsut checked the title to make sure) your analogy doesn't apply.
As far as projects that come out like crap: I generally judge a project based on the final product, rather than the sentiment that went into the project. If someone tries REALLY hard and ends up with a peice of junk, it's still a peice of junk in my mind. Should you criticize him for trying? no. But can you criticize his peice of junk because it sucks? IMO, you can.
I think the only way it can be construed as 'lame' is if a person thinks that the mods make their computer faster. This is why ricers catch so much crap from 'car enthusiasts'. Most people that are knowledgable enough to mod a pc, know that it doesn't do anything aside from look pretty.
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Modding is not lame at all. Some cases are just plain
ugly and need to be spruced up. Its all about being
creative and different. If you want your computer to
look like everyone else's then just buy a Dell, HP, or
Gateway.
Is house decorating/modding lame? Hell no. You have
to look at that house and live in it for years at a time.
ugly and need to be spruced up. Its all about being
creative and different. If you want your computer to
look like everyone else's then just buy a Dell, HP, or
Gateway.
Is house decorating/modding lame? Hell no. You have
to look at that house and live in it for years at a time.
It depends if it's for practical purposes (improving airflow) or just to make the case look pretty
first off, modding a case isn't anything like modding an engine. it'd be like modding the body of the car.
anyway, case modding is not inherently lame, unless you consider working on your computer to be inherently lame, too. case modding gives people an opportunity to express their creativity. is being creative lame?
anyway, case modding is not inherently lame, unless you consider working on your computer to be inherently lame, too. case modding gives people an opportunity to express their creativity. is being creative lame?
man i do it alot. it is kool to see this pos case and then two weeks later you have this really kick a$$ lookin case and knowing you did it yourself. i will be getting a case tommorrow or tuesday and i will post a thread on it so y'all can see what i am gonna do.
I voted Yes, case modding is extremely lame.
Its like ricing your computer.......theres no need to show you are that much of a geek.
Its like ricing your computer.......theres no need to show you are that much of a geek.
it depends on how much you do. there are functional case mods and there are people who go out and waste months trying to out do everyone else.
Yeah, I suppose I agree.Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: Eli
I know they don't, they're analogies.
I agree with you that some people's projects come out like crap, but that doesen't mean they're lame - it just means they didn't do a very good job, and they certainly should not be critisized for trying.
So, is modifying your engine lame? No? Why? Because you get your hands greasy?
Christ.
If you REALLY insist on talking about whether or not moddifying engines is lame or not, you can start another poll in your own thread.
If you're trying to make some kind of analogy comparing PCs to cars, then you'd want to compare the case of the PC to the body of the car, and the CPU to the engine. Since I didn't start a thread on CPU modding (jsut checked the title to make sure) your analogy doesn't apply.
As far as projects that come out like crap: I generally judge a project based on the final product, rather than the sentiment that went into the project. If someone tries REALLY hard and ends up with a peice of junk, it's still a peice of junk in my mind. Should you criticize him for trying? no. But can you criticize his peice of junk because it sucks? IMO, you can.
Okay.. so is overclocking lame?
Seriously though. I made a comment in my first post, I believe it went something like this..
By appearance, it's easy to infer that I meant body.
There are certainly tasteful and well done bodymods.. just like there are tasteful and well done casemods. yea, i agree i think the same goes to any kind of modding. some of the things people do to their cars, cell phones, or other material belongings have no functional purpose, has no sense of design, and are just plain retardo.
mine? i don't know the exact db. i haven't done much to my current case but my new one will be perfectly silent i hope.
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how is it silent? or will it be merely normal. harddrives not mounted on rubber grommits or encased in silent drive enclosures vibrate coupled with case making annoying noise. psu's without real fan speed control are less then silent. i generally consider any normal 28-30db~(i think thats the average for an 80mm) not silent at all. one can mount fans on grommits too to help isolate vibration noise. fan speed controllers lower these fans to reasonable noise levels. mine are no louder then my harddrives, the main noisemakers in my system.
very few cases try to be as quiet as possible. only one i can think of is the antec sonata.
there was another one that i saw, don't have the link. a silicon rubber wrapper around the psu and stuff to isolate vibration, that was kewl. havn't seen those sold separately though
very few cases try to be as quiet as possible. only one i can think of is the antec sonata.
there was another one that i saw, don't have the link. a silicon rubber wrapper around the psu and stuff to isolate vibration, that was kewl. havn't seen those sold separately though
I don't see the big deal about silent PCs.
Personally, I like my computer to sound like a hair dryer. Let's me know everything is working okay.
I apply the same analogy to engines. I wouldn't want a car with a super quiet exhaust system, I like to be able to hear the engine.
Personally, I like my computer to sound like a hair dryer. Let's me know everything is working okay.
I apply the same analogy to engines. I wouldn't want a car with a super quiet exhaust system, I like to be able to hear the engine.
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i think the exact opposite. pc's should be seen, not heard. it doesn't directly matter that you can't hear your pc, you don't have to hear/feel it change gears or strain like you would in a car. kind of like how it doesn't matter that you can't hear the electric elements on an electric stove. you know your cooking because its hot. you know your pc is working because your using it. motherboards halt systems if cpu fans fail or if cpu overheats anyhow. one can monitor fanspeeds from os. set warnings/actions based on temperature/fan failure in software.
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I want my computer to be neither seer nor heard. As long as it does what I want it to, and I can find it to play with the stuff inside I'm fine. I drive a crappy car, wear t-shirts, don't comb my hair, I'm not going to spend 500 hours and $1000 to make my computer look cool.
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Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I want my computer to be neither seer nor heard. As long as it does what I want it to, and I can find it to play with the stuff inside I'm fine. I drive a crappy car, wear t-shirts, don't comb my hair, I'm not going to spend 500 hours and $1000 to make my computer look cool.
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indeed
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