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dont build this one
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:04 pm
by Darkstar
a little help desk humor, take a look at the build.
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Re: dont build this one
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:28 pm
by camaroguy1998
He told us he has always built his own PCs and that he knows what he’s doing, yet he can’t figure out what is wrong.
Ummm, what can you say to that!?!
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Re: dont build this one
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:33 pm
by bubba
Who new the stock cooler would fit like that...
Re: dont build this one
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:12 pm
by Apoptosis
I still think that picture is totally fake....the CPU has the thermal paste spread out like normal, so that heat sink was on it at one point.
Re: dont build this one
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:00 pm
by Dragon_Cooler
i think its there for a grin, and boy did it work!! LOLOL That sure is funny
Re: dont build this one
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:10 pm
by dicecca112
probably a shameless plug for his Tech Shop. Sad that it fits though. I only get about 7cm from middle of the pushtab to middle of the next, so assuming its 80mm fan spot, then yeah it'd fit
Re: dont build this one
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:03 am
by Major_A
"I build my own computers..." Funny cause that looks like an eMachines or some other POS. I agree with the thermal paste. They could've at least wiped that off before they shamelessly plugged their site.
Re: dont build this one
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:39 pm
by Zertz
Major_A wrote:Funny cause that looks like an eMachines or some other POS..
I don't think so because I don't think they would use such a big case for a mATX board, but yeah, looks fake.
Re: dont build this one
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:01 pm
by Major_A
That is an OEM motherboard. It looks cheap and plain jane. I said eMachines because they a smaller builder than Dell/HP etc...so they might stick a mATX in an ATX case.
If this was real why would the owner know how to hook up the front audio and USB connections but couldn't figure out how to mount the HSF on the CPU?
Re: dont build this one
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:53 pm
by Zertz
Major_A wrote:If this was real why would the owner know how to hook up the front audio and USB connections but couldn't figure out how to mount the HSF on the CPU?
That and everything else is plugged in properly and like it was said before, the TIM is perfectly spread on the CPU.
Re: dont build this one
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:13 am
by stinsonk
If it is real, I wonder how well he would fare going into business building computers lol
Re: dont build this one
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 3:34 pm
by stev
Hey! That is a dual processor case. Notice that there is room for one more Intel heatsink cooler above the other one.
Shame on them for only installing one cooler when two are needed.
Re: dont build this one
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:13 pm
by dgood
I think I might have use for a stock cooler now
Re: dont build this one
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:47 pm
by vicaphit
Maybe it is REALLY hot where he has his computer, and he is trying to disapate some of that heat before it enters the case!