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[-] mcv@lemmy.zip 81 points 2 months ago

That's significantly worse. Assembling a PC without knowing what a cooler is for is bad enough, but to actually cut pieces off complex electronic components, I don't know what kind of state of mind you have to be in for that.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

The kind of state that would have me refund his money and tell him I'm baffled and can't figure it out.

[-] rbn@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 months ago

what kind of state of mind you have to be in for that

Probably crazy enough to demand that the PC repair shop has to bear all the costs he caused by his genius idea.

[-] blady_blah@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

"but I didn't need those extra PCIE slots!"

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

It works/worked on some GPUs though.

[-] Camille_Jamal@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Probably only very specific ones in very specific areas

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