The Computer Megathread

[Legodude77]

We bought the computer from dell a long time ago, so I don't think it came with a restore disk because I can't find one.

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[uno_da_cat]

My B yo, I thought it would bottleneck the card. I'm bad at older stuff.

in that case
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=24606187

So these will work? Oh god please tell me they will :D.
I'm gonna need a few more opinions before I 100% sure go off and do this.

[Trymos]

okay here's the deal.

i got a desktop which overheats often, couldn't get a new PSU so im going to find the source of the problem.
the computer was working fine before, no loving problems or anything with the exact same parts.
and randomly overheats everywhere.
thinking about a can of compressed air but i'm not sure if that would work. (or if i accidentally frostbite my computer)

[e-maxx]

okay here's the deal.

i got a desktop which overheats often, couldn't get a new PSU so im going to find the source of the problem.
the computer was working fine before, no loving problems or anything with the exact same parts.
and randomly overheats everywhere.
thinking about a can of compressed air but i'm not sure if that would work. (or if i accidentally frostbite my computer)

INSTALL MOAR FANS
but really you have to try really hard to freeze your computer with a can of compressed air

[Trymos]

INSTALL MOAR FANS
but really you have to try really hard to freeze your computer with a can of compressed air

i know but still.
also, i found out the PSU fan is completely covered in dust.
literally a dust shell.

[Nickelob Ultra]

I'm trying out the Windows 8 Consumer Preview right now in a VirtualBox setup.  Let me tell you, as someone who's been using Windows since Windows 95, I have no loving clue how to use this damn thing.

The start menu is activated by moving your mouse into the VERY bottom left corner of the screen.

^{this picture is magnified 400% for the record}
This is not okay Microsoft.  No one is going to know how to do this without at least a little button.  By default the start menu opens right up when you log-in and god forbid a moron clicks "Desktop" and doesn't know what the Windows key on a keyboard does, they're forgeted.

There is no way to close an app or even back out of it once it opens.  Programs that use the classic "minimixe/maximize/close" buttons UI can easily be manipulated on the desktop, but apps just take up THE WHOLE loving SCREEN AND HAVE NO WAY OF CLOSING THEM OR MOVING THEM AWAY.  How the hell are people supposed to leave the god-forsaken Bing Finance/Bing Weather apps?  There's no loving buttons or stuff to move it away and I have to open up Task Manager (the only redeeming quality of Windows 8) to end them, which I'm sure most consumers don't do.

I typed this up and then found out you can still open up the Start menu from an app, but from the same very small "trigger point" for it.  Figured I shouldn't let this go to waste because it's amazing that someone who's used Windows for all of his life couldn't understand how the hell to use Windows 8.

This new "simplistic" single color UI is atrocious and I can only hope to god I can add my own pictures and everything everywhere, because I'm sick of looking at this single-color crap.


tl;dr: your new UI sucks and I can't use it.

I honestly hope this isn't "the future of Windows" because the future looks visually dumbed down and made unnecessarily complicated.

[Doomonkey]

i know but still.
also, i found out the PSU fan is completely covered in dust.
literally a dust shell.

Don't blow the fan the wrong way when you are dusting it.

[Trymos]

Don't blow the fan the wrong way when you are dusting it.

i blow stuff upside down sometimes to make my job easier.
also, do i just blow the psu fan directly?
like, blow directly on the fan, i know jack stuff about computer cleaning.

[Doomonkey]

i blow stuff upside down sometimes to make my job easier.
also, do i just blow the psu fan directly?
like, blow directly on the fan, i know jack stuff about computer cleaning.

Blow so the fan will turn the direction it normally turns.

[Trymos]

Blow so the fan will turn the direction it normally turns.

and how do i do that while making the fan spin normally?

[Doomonkey]

and how do i do that while making the fan spin normally?

So, when the fan spins normally the air (<) will hit the blade (\) so that it moves out of the PSU:
\<<<Other air<<<

In order to get it to turn this way spray air (>) at the back of the blade:
>>>Sprayed air>>>\<<<Other air<<<

That should push the blade in the right direction.

You can also try and keep your fan motionless while spraying. But if it moves backwards it can damage the fan.

[Darkness ZXW]

Ethan, is my $1.5k build ok for games?
160 GB HDD, Recent Nvidia GPU, and intel bi-core processor.
herpa has it quoted.

HDD looks like stuff bro. was it like $40?

[Trymos]

Ethan, is my $1.5k build ok for games?
160 GB HDD, Recent Nvidia GPU, and intel bi-core processor.
herpa has it quoted.

160 GB HDD fills up quick.
like, gods richardsucker quick.

nvidia? more like AMD with too much focus on the GPU.
bi core? it's a quad core.
he's trolling, ignore him from now on, forever.

[devildogelite]

So these will work? Oh god please tell me they will :D.
I'm gonna need a few more opinions before I 100% sure go off and do this.

I'm almost 100% it would work, unless you have some crazy motherboard formfactor

[Marcem]

This new "simplistic" single color UI is atrocious and I can only hope to god I can add my own pictures and everything everywhere, because I'm sick of looking at this single-color crap.

Are you kidding?  The official app icons look great, the third party ones are all stuff because "lol, forget the design language!".   After I used Windows 8 for about an hour, I got used to it.  the gesture stuff is genius, though the charms corners are really hard to use on a dual monitor setup.  Also, you close metro apps by dragging the top down.

I honestly hope this isn't "the future of Windows" because the future looks visually dumbed down and made unnecessarily complicated.

You people make me pretty embarrassed to be a PC user.  every single one of you mindlessly complain about stuff like "dumbing down", when the new stuff is just as capable as the old.  Also, how much do you use the start menu to actually care?