The MOST important part of your computer, monitor, or peripheral is........

biffzinker · Apr 30, 2017

Frick said:
Transistor.

Yes this, where would we be without the invention of transistor? A whole lot of nothing is what.

Frick · Apr 30, 2017

biffzinker said:
Yes this, where would we be without the invention of transistor? A whole lot of nothing is what.

Not nothing, but a whole lot of different.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Apr 30, 2017

Frick said:
Not nothing, but a whole lot of different.

very true about the difference thing. If we didnt have the transistor we would still be using Difference Machines.

1820

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine

Frick · Apr 30, 2017

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
very true about the difference thing. If we didnt have the transistor we would still be using Difference Machines.

1820

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine

Along that fashion anyway. Read up on the mechanical targeting systems on battleships, they are amazing.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Apr 30, 2017

Frick said:
Read up on the mechanical targeting systems on battleships

link or keyword for me to search please.

Derek12 · Apr 30, 2017

rockit00 said:
The most important part of your computer, monitor, TV, or peripheral is......

Motherboard

biffzinker said:
Yes this, where would we be without the invention of transistor? A whole lot of nothing is what.

IMO The integrated circuit is still more relevant to the modern technology
(even if they use transistors)

It's after it when the revolution started
Imagine a circuit using millions of discrete transistors

Frick · Apr 30, 2017

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
link or keyword for me to search please.

https://arstechnica.com/information...-mechanical-analog-computers-ruled-the-waves/

They weren't purely mechanical, but the calculations were iirc.

Also look up tidal-prediction machines.

FordGT90Concept · Apr 30, 2017

In my case, UPS.

Vayra86 · Apr 30, 2017

rockit00 said:
The most important part of your computer, monitor, TV, or peripheral is......

POWER

Duh

Aquinus · Apr 30, 2017

Power supply because what would your computer be without well regulated power?

Outback Bronze · Apr 30, 2017

Its gota be my GPU.

No on board graphics for me!

64K · Apr 30, 2017

imo the most important hardware of my builds are the PSU. I look at it as the foundation of a rig and the only part to never skimp on no matter how tight the budget.

Aquinus · Apr 30, 2017

64K said:
imo the most important hardware of my builds are the PSU. I look at it as the foundation of a rig and the only part to never skimp on no matter how tight the budget.

It's also the only component that can single handedly destroy just about any component inside of your machine in case there is a problem. It can also cause instability for just about every component when something isn't working right either. Having a good PSU literally eliminates a huge portion of the headaches people can have with a computer.

trog100 · Apr 30, 2017

a daft thread but how about the on switch..

trog

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Power Supply	EVGA 850 BQ
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Keyboard	Logitech G G413 Silver
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System Name	Black MC in Tokyo
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600
Motherboard	Asrock B450M-HDV
Cooling	Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
Memory	2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319
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Mouse	Logitech G602
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Case	a plank of wood
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Keyboard	under going restoration

System Name	Black MC in Tokyo
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600
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Memory	2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz
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Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown
VR HMD	Acer Mixed Reality Headset
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Rimworld 4K ready!

System Name	Party On
Processor	Xeon w 3520
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty
Cooling	Big tower thing
Memory	6 gb Ballistix Tracer
Video Card(s)	HD 7970
Case	a plank of wood
Audio Device(s)	seperate amp and 6 big speakers
Power Supply	Corsair
Mouse	cheap
Keyboard	under going restoration

The MOST important part of your computer, monitor, or peripheral is........

biffzinker

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

Derek12

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

FordGT90Concept

"I go fast!1!11!1!"

Vayra86

Aquinus

Resident Wat-man

Outback Bronze

Moderator

64K

Aquinus

Resident Wat-man

trog100

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Audio Device(s)	Realtek
Power Supply	Seasonic M12II-520 EVO
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 2S
Keyboard	Logitech
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Mouse	Nixeus REVEL-X
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Cooling	beQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 3
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200/C16
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Storage	Samsung 850 EVO 1TB + Samsung 830 256GB + Crucial BX100 250GB + Toshiba 1TB HDD
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Case	Fractal Design Define R5
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Mouse	XTRFY M42
Keyboard	Lenovo Thinkpad Trackpoint II
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Processor	Intel Core i9 9880H
Motherboard	Some proprietary Apple thing.
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Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
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Cooling	w.c.
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Storage	2TB Kingston kc3k
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Case	Corsair 460X
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Mouse	Asus
Keyboard	Corsair
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Cooling	CM Hyper 212 EVO
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Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Logitech G105
Software	Windows 10

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Power Supply	EVGA 850 watt..
Mouse	Logitech G700s
Keyboard	Logitech K270
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