Most Overrated PC Parts?

[Crism]

What do you think the most overrated PC parts are?

1) Plextor CDRW Drives

[Silent_Death911]

Originally posted by Crism
What do you think the most overrated PC parts are?

1) Plextor CDRW Drives
2) enermax PSUs

[Crism]

Originally posted by Silent_Death911
2) enermax PSUs

3) Dells...:p

[egarrard]

Originally posted by Crism
3) Dells...:p
4) Gateways. Mooooooooooo..... :lmao :rofl2

[Vector Man]

Originally posted by egarrard
4) Gateways. Mooooooooooo..... :lmao :rofl2

E-Machine, lol. HA!

[Trailer Tracch]

In todays world, Floppy drives!:spin
Always had bad luck with those damn things, way back we had those giant floppies....:surrender

[wazman]

Compaqs. Seems like everybody around here has one, and they're the worst things to try to service. Everything's proprietary and everything sucks.

[t00lb0x]

nVIDIA graphic cards!

[TheMattrix]

Originally posted by lord nicon21
oh the good old 5" Floppy drives:lmao

You mean 5 1/4"? :D

My dad has some REALLY old 8" floppies. I think they hold like 100k.

Most overrated...Corsair RAM?

[egarrard]

Originally posted by lord nicon21
yeah that the one there cool lol NOT

8" i did't no about them Yep, they were really hot stuff when they came out. One of the things that helped start the PC craze. Randomly accessable removable storage.

[tantousha]

Originally posted by lord nicon21
wow cool i want one

Who do you work for? the Smithsonian?


Seriously though...I think overrated right now would be the new Zip Discs...talk about obsolete.

[egarrard]

Tablet PCs

[tantousha]

Originally posted by lord nicon21
i don't work lol

you like zip discs:Nope

Me like zip discs? hah! I used to before the days of cheap CD burning...but now I think they're going the way of the 5.25 floppy.

[tantousha]

Originally posted by lord nicon21
i don't work lol

you like zip discs:Nope

Me like zip discs? hah! I used to before the days of cheap CD burning...but now I think they are going the way of the 5.25" floppy.

[tantousha]

Originally posted by lord nicon21
yeah well they cost so much now and a cheap cd is likr 60p

Yeah...but cheap CDs have been known to be unbalanced and explode in drives...

[tantousha]

Originally posted by lord nicon21
ummmm no not if you no who you are byeing off

True..if it is trustworthy...but then...if you know who you are buying off of then legal action is always a possibility.

[redphoenix]

Tornado Fans:shocking

Deaf for cooling. Please no thanks. Ill keep my quieter system at 25C please.

[redphoenix]

......


Tornado Fans are overrated......

Lemme say this slower..


Being Deaf but more cooling....... Please......... No thanks........... I will keep my quieter system anyday....... It stays at 25C.......

[redphoenix]

lol

[wazman]

We're always going off topic in Off Topic... It's what we're known for... :)

[Crism]

monkies are cool!

[L_P]

Intel's
*runs and hides from intel lovers* :coffee
Na there are a lot of computer parts that I wouldnt say are overrated however, more to the fact they are no diffrent then the generic counter part.
-L_P

[mrman_3k]

I say Apple's are overrated;)

[west1055]

firewire or 1394 ports whatever they are.

They are usless unless you have a digital camcorder or one of those external HDD. Or god forbid use a MAC...:smash

[redphoenix]

my mp3 player uses usb 2 ill agree firewire, sucks. waste of space.

[Raedwulf]

Serial ATA Drives

Tech TV did a comparison just last night

No real difference from ATAs

[redphoenix]

keyboards with a million of those differnt buttons for the web... and my documents etc. only good ones are mute and volume control. isnt it easier to click on the desktop?

[TheMattrix]

Originally posted by redphoenix
keyboards with a million of those differnt buttons for the web... and my documents etc. only good ones are mute and volume control. isnt it easier to click on the desktop?

Ever see that program where you hold down a button and draw a big "W" on the screen with the mouse and it opens Microsoft Word or whatever you want? Now THAT'S a useless program!

[Artcwolf]

Originally posted by wazman
Compaqs. Seems like everybody around here has one, and they're the worst things to try to service. Everything's proprietary and everything sucks.

I love Compaqs.

They make great doorstops.

[imtim83]

Video Cards.

[msgwtco]

apple computers.
Expensive Gaming PCs (Ex:Alienware)

[Tivon]

Hmmmm...

1. Creative Sound Blaster -Audigy

[egarrard]

Originally posted by lord nicon21
why don't you like it Better marketed, not better designed.

[egarrard]

Most over-rated PC part? The user. :rofl2 :lmao

[Raedwulf]

Originally posted by egarrard
Better marketed, not better designed.

I agree... I do just fine with my SB Live Value

[Maro]

ASUS! Motherboards - look on Google for A7V333+trouble. There is one thread out there which is 87 (yes that is correct - 87) pages long!!


:jawsdown :jawsdown :jawsdown :jawsdown

[Maro]

The A7V3333 has loads of "Hidden" comedy extras - loads of Un-documented Jumper settings that ASUS refuse to mention. It is a shambles

[Maro]

I am definjitely going for a Pentium next time

:banghead :banghead :banghead

[Maro]

I am saving at the mo to get my other Eye Lasered so no toys - afterwoods it is P4 time!
:banana :banana :banana

[Maro]

Nah - I have my left Eye Lasered and wear a contact in the other - Trouble is your eye starts to reject them after a while (I have had them for 10 years) - also I have to put it in at 07.30 now as drive to work - that is agoiny when you haven't gone to bed until 12.30!

Ouch!

[Maro]

Mind you don't believe the ads - Painless operation my ass - there is nothing like seeing whisps of smoke from your own Toasted Cornea! Or when the painkillers they give you wear off halfway home!

[Maro]

Yeah - that is PRK where they just burn you eye - I amgoing for LASIK next - it sounds more gruesome but is faster healing (1-2 days opposed to 3 weeks). They actually cut a flap in the front of your eye, burn the laser then flip the flap back

:jawsdown :jawsdown :jawsdown

[Maro]

No side effects!

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[Maro]

Seriously though it is worth the pain - especially here in OZ - before when I swam it was a case of seeing nothing or getting salt under your contacts - you can imagine the pain!

Here you really wnat to see what is in the water!

:jawsdown :jawsdown :jawsdown :jawsdown :jawsdown :jawsdown

[Maro]

It is a Bull shark - most dangerous here as they come in close and are really beliigerent - 3m usually Not as big as Great Whites but more common in the summer they have big schools with up to 300 off of the Queensland coast.

One too a bite out of a canoeist's padle the other day!

:jawsdown :jawsdown :jawsdown

[Maro]

That is not to mention the Jellyfish, other sharks, and Rip Tides that will suck you under

[Silent_Death911]

Originally posted by Maro
Seriously though it is worth the pain - especially here in OZ - before when I swam it was a case of seeing nothing or getting salt under your contacts - you can imagine the pain!

Here you really wnat to see what is in the water!

:jawsdown :jawsdown :jawsdown :jawsdown :jawsdown :jawsdown
THATS A REAL PICTURE!!?? holy s**t that thing is intimadating (i think i spelled that wrong)!! did u or someone u know take that pic or did someone else take it and post it on the internet with a description??

[Maro]

It'as real - read the post after about the big schools off of the Gold coast:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/animals/newsid_1879000/1879906.stm

http://home.comcast.net/~frisbeelove/index_archive.htm

[Maro]

Certainly is - you still up or just got up?

[Maro]

LOL - I've got to go train a user!

[Maro]

Mostly!

Company is too tight to employ a proper IT Trainer.:banghead :banghead :banghead

[inotocracy]

p.s: i dont think that tapes are goin outa style, i got a magazine here that i read on the p00per and theres a tape disk in here thats 30+gigs, now that would come in handy some day.

[Maro]

I've got a 4mm SCSI Tape drive that I haven't taken out of my machine yet - it is retro cool!

[thephenom]

Matrox Parhelia
Ok, maybe it wasn't Overrated, but it was certainly overhyped and UNDER-achieving as a gamers' card. Now I really wonder how many of those cards got sold around the world for gaming, and not 2D workstation.

Microsoft Bluetooth Mouse
That's kinda overrated, it was supposed to be revolutionary, but response rate is horrible and so is the price. Now it's getting owned by the MX700 in terms of a wireless mouse.

[wazman]

Originally posted by Maro
LOL - I've got to go train a user!

Remember - carry a big stick - preferably a paddle - and employ it often... :D

[Maro]

They aren't too bad here - I work withj lots of Statisticians and The like who know a bit about PCs - of course, they are the worst fiddlers!

:happywave :happywave