Where do you guys get your computer info?

evil.jelly · 16 Apr 2006 at 09:19

Conanius said:
IMO, nothing beats experience and just having a bloody good play around

Agreed

You just can't call yourself a computer geek till you've had smoke pouring out from the inside of your pc case

Zip · 16 Apr 2006 at 09:26

Just ask the GENERAL HARDWEAR forum. They know all.

Like others said, ive learnt more from google and OCUK then school

FACT!!!!

fatiain · 16 Apr 2006 at 09:29

Zip said:
Just ask the GENERAL HARDWEAR forum. They know all.

Like others said, ive learnt more from google and OCUK then school

FACT!!!!

Nah, try the General Hardware forum, they know more.

Zip · 16 Apr 2006 at 09:33

fatiain said:
Nah, try the General Hardware forum, they know more.

Damm spelling

Its the one thing that OCUK cant really teach me

Except for people like you picking up on it
/shakes fist

fatiain · 16 Apr 2006 at 09:33

Zip said:
Damm spelling
Its the one thing that OCUK cant really teach me
Except for people like you picking up on it
/shakes fist

*Flings dictionary at Zip*

Zip · 16 Apr 2006 at 09:52

fatiain said:
*Flings dictionary at Zip*

/Ducks and lets it fly into the bin.

They are only good for looking up dirty words

Google toolbar usally checks my spelling but its not on this computer

SexyGreyFox · 16 May 2006 at 07:04

About 4 years ago I found a forums called Overclockers and its got a General Hardware section.

Hybrids · 16 May 2006 at 07:13

IwantanewPC said:
How do you guys know what components to recommend when people come asking for specs?

Are there any decent sites with info on all the latest components and stuff?

These forums and RL friends

Murf · 16 May 2006 at 09:11

sja360 said:
maybe im being funny but didnt you guys learn yourselves? e.g. got your first pc played doom, upgraded the pc, then decided network'd etc?
i know for things like the latest graphics cards you check them out via reviews online, but i mean basic things like installing graphics cards or memory or perhaps a cpu. those things you cant really have a website setup for it.

Yep. I learnt when my Dad used to pay for computers. If I broke it I knew I wouldn't be paying for it.

After enough playing around then asking people when I came unstuck I figured mosrt of it out. It's pretty much like lego though, or was back in the day. It's a tad more complicated now, but only a tad.

iCraig · 16 May 2006 at 09:16

IwantanewPC said:
How do you guys know what components to recommend when people come asking for specs?

I used to know, I used to be able to quote very good specs. But I grew tired of it and now, at a guess I'd end up speccing possibly the worst PC in history, some mustard powered computer with a high-five mechanism. Actually, that would be one of the best.

holly35 · 16 May 2006 at 09:23

I come here

gord · 16 May 2006 at 09:31

Back in the day when i was a forerunner of hardware and noobeh of the forum id spend a lot of time in GH, but way more time on various sites inc:

www.tomshardware.com
www.anandtech.com
www.hardocp.com
www.xbitlabs.com

I think im allowed to post them, remove if not.

Read all of those and google if you have something specific in mind and you should find all the info you need.

semi-pro waster · 16 May 2006 at 09:38

Generally I just pick up information from the various forums here with occasional forays to hardware review sites etc that are most often linked to by someone else. It isn't particularly hard as I find that once I've got a basic knowledge I can supplement it pretty easily. If I were to stop coming to OcUK then I'd probably need to start reading magazines again and even then it isn't such a broad spectrum of opinions.

Ish · 16 May 2006 at 09:39

if i'm thinking of buying an item i will search in google for reviews of that item and then go from there