Waste of money,

umboma · 28 Jan 2011 at 19:21

Hello guys,

Silly question but what have you brought for your pc/s that you really wanted then decided a few days later that maybe it was not all that great after all??

For me it was my first PC I ever brought before I knew how to build my own it was from "Tiny" now gone bust, it was an AMD 400Mhz I thought it was the bomb at first but cost me a steady £1500, looking at the speeds you get now and for the prices I feel a little ripped off,

umboma · 28 Jan 2011 at 19:28

Thinking about it I also brought a Graphics Card Called "Pheonix" I think it was made by Nvidia I may be wrong on that, but it's main highlight was that is was a 2D/3D card lol and at £200 was not cheap

stulid · 28 Jan 2011 at 19:29

some thermaltake water cooling beginners kit, pile of crap.

umboma · 28 Jan 2011 at 19:30

stulid said:
some thermaltake water cooling beginners kit, pile of crap.

I've always wanted to get watercooling but I hear that you have to refill it??? does it make a massive diffrence does it make much noise??

Cookeh · 28 Jan 2011 at 19:32

2GB of DDR PC3200 ram that died on me the next week. Turns out the ram I bought was end of line, so never could get an RMA and couldn't arsed with the hassle of getting money back!

umboma · 28 Jan 2011 at 19:33

Cookeh said:
2GB of DDR PC3200 ram that died on me the next week. Turns out the ram I bought was end of line, so never could get an RMA and couldn't arsed with the hassle of getting money back!

So you stuck it up on E-Bay??

Cookeh · 28 Jan 2011 at 19:33

Watercooling gives you the best temperatures, and is much quieter than a standard air cooling set-up - but comes at a premium, and how quiet it is and how well it performs is affected by the fans you choose.

Cookeh · 28 Jan 2011 at 19:34

umboma said:
So you stuck it up on E-Bay??

Sold it to a friend

It's still in his drawer

stulid · 28 Jan 2011 at 19:34

umboma said:
I've always wanted to get watercooling but I hear that you have to refill it??? does it make a massive diffrence does it make much noise??

if its the corsair closed loop cpu system then its left "as is".

the only part on a water cooling system that makes any noise can some times be the pump, but some people just sit it on a foam bedding to dampen the vibrations, the radiator fans should be whisper quiet.

umboma · 28 Jan 2011 at 19:36

Cookeh said:
Watercooling gives you the best temperatures, and is much quieter than a standard air cooling set-up - but comes at a premium, and how quiet it is and how well it performs is affected by the fans you choose.

I may have to look into this, I'm quite tempted now

umboma · 28 Jan 2011 at 19:37

stulid said:
if its the corsair closed loop cpu system then its left "as is".

the only part on a water cooling system that makes any noise can some times be the pump, but some people just sit it on a foam bedding to dampen the vibrations, the radiator fans should be whisper quiet.

is it easy to set up as I've never done it before, and do you just need a case with the vent holes or is watercooling limited to certain processors/motherboards?

strumpusplunket · 28 Jan 2011 at 19:41

Bought a 320GB HDD for an exorbitant price from the local PC shop because I'd changed my motherboard and just couldn't be bothered backing up and then reinstalling XP on my main drive.

So effectively bought this drive just to avoid the hassle of doing a back-up/reinstall. Was about twice the price I could have got it for from OcUK including delivery, but I was impatient as well as lazy.

Regretted it the next day, though.

umboma · 28 Jan 2011 at 19:44

Pc once broke down, took it to my local shop and he charged me £60 just to look at the pc then £35 an hour after, took him 4 hours to figure out the problem, took 5mins to fix the problem,

I was gutted