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Originally Posted by Mark
I could care less about customer support or drivers. I've never had a problem I couldn't fix myself with some creativity. I've never gotten a bad card or motherboard or CPU either, from Intel or AMD or ATi or nVidia. I've seen plenty of people complain about bad parts *cough*Chu*cough* and it turns out it was user error *cough*stupid noobs*cough*. I'm so sick of people complaining when things don't work perfectly out of box. I'm sick of people complaining about not getting 100+ fps in Crysis in their NewEgg reviews, like I ****ing care. So ****ing sick of it all. How lazy are people allowed to be before I'm allowed to kill them for wasting...everything they've ever used?
Numbers is what I care about. Whoever has the better price/performance ratio for around $200 wins my money.
For the record, I started buying parts off the internet and making PCs back when Prescotts were hot, literally. I've never had to RMA a single part I've bought off the internet, having made multiple PCs over the years for myself, my family, and my friends. I started making PCs from scrap parts donated to me back when Pentiums were the ****. I've fixed computers as old as me or older, no lie. Packard-Bells. Stupid people failure is more common than hardware failure. Trust me. Too many dumb people have too much money.
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This may be bad for my aionsource rating to attack the GM of the site, but Mark, you asked for it.
As a system builder, your rant borders in the immature and infantile. Parts do go bad, period. For instance, how would YOU fix a cracked motherboard or improperly soldered parts on a mb? LOL yah, thought so. Also, you are failing to realize that MOST ppl in the world don't have a clue about how to build or repair computers. That's the reason we can charge them $70 an hour to change their video card, haha.
Here's the facts, especially in Florida where we live Mark, parts are man made and parts break. Also, things like electrical strikes cause computer failures both to battery backups (I'm on #3 in 4 yrs). And when I had an internet cafe in Orlando a few years back and got an entire batch of faulty motherboards. Yes, I could have spent many hours fixing them, but I also don't think it's unfair to expect a product to work out of the box...or a game at launch. :P
I think you are frustrated at something that now comes naturally to you but will not for MANY others. It is up to ppl like us to try and help them if they truly want help. Some ppl will come and complain just to complain, but I think alot of concerns are legit. That's why when I build a computer, I made a video that shows them EVERY component inside their system and how to reset/replace each one. It saved me hundreds of hours a month on the phone explaining simple things and how to fix em.
Just my 2 cents. It's obvioius you care about us by making this site. Just remember many ppl are lazy or lack the intellect/time to understand something we love and understand so easily.