How many of you guys carry spare components for your PC's.
I always have a spare PSU, Water cooler, GFX card and Motherboard. only ever had a PSU go on me so far. Problem I cannot imagine a couple of days without my PC
How many of you guys carry spare components for your PC's.
I always have a spare PSU, Water cooler, GFX card and Motherboard. only ever had a PSU go on me so far. Problem I cannot imagine a couple of days without my PC
Besides a couple of spare PCs, I keep enough spares to build a replacement PC. Obviously, not to the same standard as my main rig - I don't have a spare i9 9900 or RTX3090 - but enough to get by.
At least I don't feel so weird now. Thought it was just me.
Depends what you mean by 'carry'...
I carry a torch, Swiss Army™ knife, wallet, first aid kit, keys, and often a bunch of other little life-useful junk, which could probably fill a whole new thread... It's never occurred to me that I might need an emergency PC rebuild kit, although most of the times I'd need one I'm usually a stone's throw (or a short drive) away from someone who does have enough spares to at least let me access the internet and maybe even play a lightweight game or two.
I did have a very basic spare PC that was cobbled from leftover parts but, like with most of our leftovers, my friends and I often build starter-spec PCs for people we want to help out, and my spare recently went to someone.
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Originally Posted by Mark Tyson
I used too, not so much these days.
There haven't been computer shops anywhere since the 90s, have there?
I believe there is actually a computer fair round our way, but I understand it's mostly retro, vintage and collector pieces, with anything else priced at whatever the market will bear. Not exactly the treasure trove of bargains it once was...
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Originally Posted by Mark Tyson
The trick is to have kids, you can build a whole 2nd rig for them and the misses cant say anything
Also allows you to upgrade and hand me down much faster lol.
I used to have that excuse but he left the house and only uses apple and xbox.
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