You Know you are a computer enthusiast when...

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:35 am

KingJimi wrote:How about you know you're an overclocker if:
You know your DRAM timings off by heart.
And you can say them backwards too.

Hey, some people's timings are the same front and backwards, lol

Post by **Apoptosis** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:42 am

when you know your memory timings and system configurations by heart, but forget your anniversery and wife's b-day. ;)

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:43 am

rofl, that IS an easy thing to forget

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 10:38 am

....when you know all the menu options to memtest and can test and verify your memory with out the use of the monitor because its connected to another computer.

KingJimi · Post by **KingJimi** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:20 am

Very true

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:31 am

infinitevalence wrote:....when you know all the menu options to memtest and can test and verify your memory with out the use of the monitor because its connected to another computer.

HAHAHA, YEAH!

C, 1, 3, 5, Enter, 0

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:28 am

and i find that

C 1 3 8 Enter 0 is also a very good test it fails for me more than test 5

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 10:45 am

infinitevalence wrote:and i find that

C 1 3 8 Enter 0 is also a very good test it fails for me more than test 5

HAHA, cool, maybe I'll have to loop a few hours of test 8 then too

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:39 am

...when your professor abreviates Acid Mine Deposition as "AMD" and you cannot concentrate on the lecture anymore!

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:01 am

gvblake22 wrote:...when your professor abreviates Acid Mine Deposition as "AMD" and you cannot concentrate on the lecture anymore!

hainer36 · Post by **hainer36** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 2:52 pm

when you sit in class and hear the whines of the old fans in a computer and it puts you to sleep because its comforting

when you have people walk away from you because you always have a reference to computers in a conversation

when you need to build a bigger desk, just because the case is too big and is cramping your legs

oh ya.....thread ressurection or what

pointreyes · Post by **pointreyes** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:44 pm

When you hear the familar sounds of a hard drive preparing to crash on a co-worker's old computer that is 5 workstations away and are asking if you could "upgrade" it.

When you are always selling your "old" hardware that is less than one month old.

When you go stir crazy from the deafening sound of no computers on in your house.

Computers - not computer, it's computers. That's one of my multi-tasking techniques.

Kerii · Post by **Kerii** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:59 pm

hainer36 wrote:when you have people walk away from you because you always have a reference to computers in a conversation

Ouch, that one hurts.

Has happened to me on more than one occasion. Bored my friends to death or made their eyes glaze over with a dumb look on their face.

Ahh well, that's what internet forums are for.

To continue the thread:

... when you do clean installs, and you can type out the entire product-key by memory.

... when your TV starts to come to you in your dreams asking you why you don't love it anymore.

... when you you pay more attention to your computer's temperature than your kid's.

... when a family member asks you if you're living in front of the computer.

... when your computer costs more than your car, TV, entertainment center, and wardrobe combined.

Post by **FZ1** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:07 pm

When you spend $1000+ on 3 opteron CPU's (upgrading from a winny 3500+ that does 2640 on air) and you only own 2 computers (well 3 but one is being donated).

I WIN!

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:53 pm

...When you buy more than 4 processors a week

(4 xeons, 4 opterons)

...when your forced to sleep on the couch at night because every case you buy comes with LED fans no matter how hard you search.

...when your file server has more highspeed storage and is faster than the $30,000 Avid server your shcool just bought, and you paid under $600

...when your chatting with a girl on line and you mention that one of your computers is not working, and her first response is "computerS?"

...when the first two things you ask when house/apt hunting is how is the electricity and can you get a T1.

...when your looking for a house/apt and you figure you need n+1 rooms where n is the number of people living there, and the +1 is for the servers, and communications room.

...when people come over in the winter, and ask if you can turn up the heat, you push your overclocks, and raise your voltages, rather than touch the thermostat.

hainer36 · Post by **hainer36** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:24 pm

infinitevalence wrote:...when your forced to sleep on the couch at night because every case you buy comes with LED fans no matter how hard you search.

...when your chatting with a girl on line and you mention that one of your computers is not working, and her first response is "computerS?"

...when people come over in the winter, and ask if you can turn up the heat, you push your overclocks, and raise your voltages, rather than touch the thermostat.

#1 disagree completely.........i love bright leds/cold cathodes...they ease me to sleep

#2 that happens on occasion, even with family members sharing same house, they forget i have more than 1
#3 best part about winter, it actually costs me less to run a computer 24/7 than to turn on the heat

and to add another....

you call yourself a nerd, but then you add in "with power tools" just so others cant make fun of you

cre8 · Post by **cre8** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:01 pm

I have my old p3 celly as my key chain,my 1st overclocked cpu,from 1.0ghz to 1.2ghz lol.

Post by **FZ1** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:52 pm

infinitevalence wrote:when people come over in the winter, and ask if you can turn up the heat, you push your overclocks, and raise your voltages, rather than touch the thermostat.

LOL. I have both of my PC's going in 1 room. It's 28F outside and I have a window wide open and it is 72F in here. What am I going to do in the summer????

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:49 pm

your going to do the same thing i do... work more hours just to pay for air conditioning.

Kerii · Post by **Kerii** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:07 pm

... when you build a heatpipe system into your house to expell all the heat your CPUs and GPUs put out and store all the heat as energy for your stovetop and oven.