My washing machine refreshed my thinking on software estimation

Re:My washing machine refreshed my thinking on software esti... by wccrawford on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @10:24AM (#43090547)

If I was sure they were going to use good parts, I'd do the same.

I bought my current PC from a company that seems pretty good, and targets gamers with medium-high budgets.

The "liquid cooled" cpu cooler died after being bumped with a vacuum, and I had to replace it.

With that one thing that I was forced to do myself, I had to learn a lot about the system that I'd already have known if I'd ordered the parts myself. Worse, they no longer had a list of the exact parts in the system on their site. I had to pull things apart to find out what they were.

I'll be making my own PC from scratch again next time.

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Re:My washing machine refreshed my thinking on software esti... by bmicraft on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @11:39PM (#43098648)

Careful with vacuums near electronics, they tend to build up static.

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Re:My washing machine refreshed my thinking on software esti... by snvzz on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @05:15AM (#43100540)

Best to use a compressor or canned air.

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Re:My washing machine refreshed my thinking on software esti... by wccrawford on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @09:59AM (#43102796)

I don't mean a small vacuum. I mean a house vacuum, for the floor. They just rammed the computer. It caused the CPU Cooler to make a ticking sound, which I found was a pretty common thing for that cooler. I replaced it with a standard fan cooler instead and it's been fine.

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