Subj : Re: Upgrading my computer
To   : niter3
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Apr 02 2024 08:06:00

-=> niter3 wrote to paulie420 <=-

 ni> My son is wants to upgrade his PC and is saving his coin to do so.

My son keeps complaining that his computer is too slow, he's got
something like an 8th gen i7, 64 (!) gigs of RAM, an SSD and a fairly
decent video card.

When he was 15 or so, I sent him to a computer camp at the local junior
college. They spent the week going over computer components and built a
couple of PCs, did basic troubleshooting, and learned a lot. He
unfortunately forgot it all and lost his mind trying to upgrade an OEM
PC with a new video card. Had to buy an adapter cable for aux power,
then the power supply wasn't big enough. Proprietary power supply mount
meant an off-the-shelf PS needed tweaking to fit.

I convinced him to put it back together, sell it, and use the proceeds
to buy a standard case, power supply and motherboard. That's worked out
pretty well.

I just buy off-lease Dell Optiplexes. But, I'm playing DOOM II, mostly.




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