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Simple question - What have you learned about computers, that you didn't know before, since joining this forum?
Personally I haven't been here long, i've grown up with computers and have been dubbed a PC whizz but knew minimum amounts about hardware and how things ticked.
I joined at the beginning of April and in that short time i've learnt things that now make me feel confident enough that I could go out and make a working machine out of a box of bits.
Before joining, I didn't know:-
-(I knew what it was but) What watercooling systems really were, how they worked and how they were put together
-The difference between CPU sockets, compatibility of different socket CPUs on different boards
-I didn't know how to overclock, nor did i know the benefits/what actually happened when overclocking (physical changes ie. temperatures and speeds)
-What different parts actually did while working, how they helped performance and what tasks they dealt with (ie graphics cards clocks, ram timings and speeds etc.)
-I didn't have a lot of product knowledge, what's on the market, whats the top end stuff and what's the best value for money per performance margin.
-What cases had cooling benefits, ie airflow and which builds are the best builds
This is just touching on what i've learned so far, and i'd be quite interested to know what you lot have gained from being here as I feel everyone here has had some form of input of teaching one person or another, something that helped them.
Edit: - Even all you pros out there must've learned something
Simple question - What have you learned about computers, that you didn't know before, since joining this forum?
Personally I haven't been here long, i've grown up with computers and have been dubbed a PC whizz but knew minimum amounts about hardware and how things ticked.
I joined at the beginning of April and in that short time i've learnt things that now make me feel confident enough that I could go out and make a working machine out of a box of bits.
Before joining, I didn't know:-
-(I knew what it was but) What watercooling systems really were, how they worked and how they were put together
-The difference between CPU sockets, compatibility of different socket CPUs on different boards
-I didn't know how to overclock, nor did i know the benefits/what actually happened when overclocking (physical changes ie. temperatures and speeds)
-What different parts actually did while working, how they helped performance and what tasks they dealt with (ie graphics cards clocks, ram timings and speeds etc.)
-I didn't have a lot of product knowledge, what's on the market, whats the top end stuff and what's the best value for money per performance margin.
-What cases had cooling benefits, ie airflow and which builds are the best builds
This is just touching on what i've learned so far, and i'd be quite interested to know what you lot have gained from being here as I feel everyone here has had some form of input of teaching one person or another, something that helped them.
Edit: - Even all you pros out there must've learned something
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