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Chazell29 · 08-07-2007, 09:28 PM

By that I don't mean just get 1,000+ posts. Ive noticed in almost every thread, everyone tries to help out the original poster as much as possible. The "smaller" posters, usually reply posting their knowledge and recommendations, and then the "big" posters (such as glc, lefty ace, cricket, panama red, alaron, sorryif i didn't put you, these are theones i see alot and could name off the top of my head) and then you guys go in and have even broader knowledge and in return help the original poster, and the other posters out by giving them more information.

I would like to eventually learn alot about computers, and be like you guys. Right now, I think I know a decent ammount about PC's, just from reading here, building and tinkering with them. So, I guess the purpose of this thread was to give major thanks to those members who are always on here and always helping people out.

I will be trying to post on things that I know even the slightest bit about, so I can learnmore from the other members. So, please if I make a post/reply, and my post wasn't correct, or isn't broad enough, or there is more info to add, please let me know. I want to learn everything I can.

Thanks!

Chaz =)

LeftyAce · 08-07-2007, 10:02 PM

Firstly, I'm honored u put me in a list with GLC, cricket, and panama red.
I learned everything I know from this forum. No joke. I started out coming here with problems (don't we all :-) then I decided to build a computer, so was here for lots of advice. Then more problems. By the time I'd broken my Dell (and fixed it with PCMECH's help) and built, broken, fixed, and tweaked my own build (Again with the help of all the great ppl here) I found I could answer many of the questions/problems that newer people posted. Gradually, by spending too much time here :-) I've absorbed some of the knowledge of people like GLC, Cricket, Alaron, Freakitchen, panama, kram, etc etc, and figure I might as well pass some of it along...

Floppyman · 08-07-2007, 10:36 PM

You'll get there. Just look at how long I have been around this forum already. So long in fact that I think I was in the first 100 members to register here (now I feel ancient

). As long as you keep reading, learning, and contributing, you'll be up to 1000+ posts in no time. Just remember, it's quality, not quantity, that really counts here.

Chazell29 · 08-07-2007, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Floppyman

You'll get there. Just look at how long I have been around this forum already. So long in fact that I think I was in the first 100 members to register here (now I feel ancient

). As long as you keep reading, learning, and contributing, you'll be up to 1000+ posts in no time. Just remember, it's quality, not quantity, that really counts here.

danngg you have been here a long time hahaha.

**kram 2.0** · 08-07-2007, 10:57 PM

Floppyman stated it well - it's quality, not quantity. Use your interest and keep learning - there's never an end to that.

kram

bailey · 08-07-2007, 10:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chazell29

danngg you have been here a long time hahaha.

yep
he's older than dirt.

Chazell29 · 08-07-2007, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bailey

yep
he's older than dirt.

You too!! lol

Floppyman · 08-07-2007, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bailey

yep
he's older than dirt.

LOL, you know bailey there are days when I sure feel that way, even though I'm only in my early 20's.

LeftyAce · 08-07-2007, 11:18 PM

Quote:

...it's quality, not quantity, that really counts here.

Deffinitely. The advice here is solid, which is the only way a site of this type can be at all successful and more importantly, useful.

***glc*** · 08-07-2007, 11:44 PM

Bailey *invented* dirt.......

**HAL9000** · 08-08-2007, 12:15 AM

No.. bailey is the great grandfather of the guy that invented dirt.

bailey · 08-08-2007, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by glc

Bailey *invented* dirt.......

I had to clean the pepsi of my monitor with that one.

perkster · 08-08-2007, 02:20 AM

ive learned loads since coming here and try to share what i learned with new posters leavign stuff i dotn knwo for others and then reading that!

Cricket · 08-08-2007, 02:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Floppyman

You'll get there. Just look at how long I have been around this forum already. So long in fact that I think I was in the first 100 members to register here (now I feel ancient

). As long as you keep reading, learning, and contributing, you'll be up to 1000+ posts in no time. Just remember, it's quality, not quantity, that really counts here.

I remember when Flopster was a moderator...way back when. I think he said he was about 15 or 16 years old at the time...mature beyond his years.

Cricket

nocturnx · 08-08-2007, 02:26 PM

This forum has the greatest wealth of pc knowledge by far and its thanks to the regular forum members here that make it a great place to learn. I know I've learned alot from here and I've sent many coleagues to this forum because I know they will get the best advice.

EzyStvy · 08-08-2007, 03:04 PM

1999 was a popular year...

Did anyone here ever post at NoWonder.com or 32bit.com way back when?

Floppyman · 08-08-2007, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cricket

I remember when Flopster was a moderator...way back when. I think he said he was about 15 or 16 years old at the time...mature beyond his years.

Cricket

Boy, that that seems like a long time ago now, doesn't it? The only that has stayed constant in my life since then has been change.

Actually, come to think of it now, I may have been a moderator on these forums before glc even arrived here....

**HAL9000** · 08-09-2007, 12:24 AM

Could be.. because you were a mod before I started and I think G started somewhere around the time I did.

Chazell29 · 08-10-2007, 01:35 PM

meh, im going to take a break from pcmech. Doing more harm than good.

doubledragon5 · 08-10-2007, 02:53 PM

Heck I've been here about 6yrs and still don't know as much as those who do this kind of thing for a living.. Me I only built a hand full of pc's and always come here for help.. If I try to help out someone and give them the wrong info and someone else come in and gives them the right information that is how I have learned by my own mistakes...

RevCLB · 08-10-2007, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chazell29

meh, im going to take a break from pcmech. Doing more harm than good.

NO!! you know 100% more than I do & I learn from people like you. Stay here, because I am selfish & want more info.

Cricket · 08-10-2007, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chazell29

meh, im going to take a break from pcmech. Doing more harm than good.

You really shouldn't give up so easily...it's good that you want to help others but when you do you should try to do is verify what you think the answer is by Googling it just to be sure you are giving the correct information to the person seeking help. I Google my answers before I post them when I'm not sure if I'm right or not.

Cricket

tomster2300 · 08-12-2007, 02:31 AM

I googled for instructions on computer building back in 2003 and found this site after some surfing. I got walked through putting together my rig and because of the informative, quick responses have remained here ever since. Great site and community with, like others have previously stated, an enormous wealth of technical knowledge.

Everyone is courteous in posting, and all adhere to the pcmech's emphasis on maintaining a family friendly forum. You don't find too many of those kinds of forums remaining on the internet. It's just good all around.

Wait, I thought bailey used to ride dinosaurs back in the day...was that before or after he invented dirt?

**Force Flow** · 08-12-2007, 02:54 AM

I've been googling for answers for years. It all comes down to knowing how to work with keywords and phrases.

LeftyAce · 08-12-2007, 02:34 PM

Quote:

was that before or after he invented dirt?

After. The dinosaurs needed something to stand on :-)

08-07-2007, 09:28 PM	#1
Chazell29 To Protect and Serve Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 594	I want to be like you 1,000+ posters By that I don't mean just get 1,000+ posts. Ive noticed in almost every thread, everyone tries to help out the original poster as much as possible. The "smaller" posters, usually reply posting their knowledge and recommendations, and then the "big" posters (such as glc, lefty ace, cricket, panama red, alaron, sorryif i didn't put you, these are theones i see alot and could name off the top of my head) and then you guys go in and have even broader knowledge and in return help the original poster, and the other posters out by giving them more information. I would like to eventually learn alot about computers, and be like you guys. Right now, I think I know a decent ammount about PC's, just from reading here, building and tinkering with them. So, I guess the purpose of this thread was to give major thanks to those members who are always on here and always helping people out. I will be trying to post on things that I know even the slightest bit about, so I can learnmore from the other members. So, please if I make a post/reply, and my post wasn't correct, or isn't broad enough, or there is more info to add, please let me know. I want to learn everything I can. Thanks! Chaz =) Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Chaz My Custom Build NZXT Black Apollo Case with 120mm Blue LED fan and 12" blue cold cathode light// Liteon DVD/CD RW with Lightscribe// Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0ghz// ASUS P5B Delux Motherboard// Fortron Source Saga 500W Power Supply// Palit Geforce 9600GT 512MB PCI-E Video Card// Western Digital 250GB Hard Drive// 2x1GB Viking Components and 2x512mb Samsung RAM// ProView 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor// Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard// Razer Diamondback Mouse Last edited by Chazell29; 08-07-2007 at 10:04 PM.

08-07-2007, 10:02 PM	#2
LeftyAce Member (11 bit) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: tfp Posts: 1,923	Firstly, I'm honored u put me in a list with GLC, cricket, and panama red. I learned everything I know from this forum. No joke. I started out coming here with problems (don't we all :-) then I decided to build a computer, so was here for lots of advice. Then more problems. By the time I'd broken my Dell (and fixed it with PCMECH's help) and built, broken, fixed, and tweaked my own build (Again with the help of all the great ppl here) I found I could answer many of the questions/problems that newer people posted. Gradually, by spending too much time here :-) I've absorbed some of the knowledge of people like GLC, Cricket, Alaron, Freakitchen, panama, kram, etc etc, and figure I might as well pass some of it along... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ System: ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe AMD Opteron Denmark 165 Sapphire Radeon 4850x2 2X1GB G.Skill DDR400 Ram Corsair 850W PSU Thermaltake Soprano case Seagate 7200.10 320GB

08-07-2007, 10:36 PM	#3
Floppyman Member (13 bit) Join Date: Mar 1999 Posts: 6,791	You'll get there. Just look at how long I have been around this forum already. So long in fact that I think I was in the first 100 members to register here (now I feel ancient ). As long as you keep reading, learning, and contributing, you'll be up to 1000+ posts in no time. Just remember, it's quality, not quantity, that really counts here. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Last edited by Floppyman; 08-07-2007 at 10:40 PM.

08-07-2007, 10:57 PM	#5
kram 2.0 Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 7,835	Floppyman stated it well - it's quality, not quantity. Use your interest and keep learning - there's never an end to that. kram Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ "For today, goodbye. For tomorrow, good luck. And forever, Go Blue!" University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman

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HAL9000 Red-eyed Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,576	No.. bailey is the great grandfather of the guy that invented dirt. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.

08-08-2007, 02:20 AM	#13
perkster Member (10 bit) Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 546	ive learned loads since coming here and try to share what i learned with new posters leavign stuff i dotn knwo for others and then reading that! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Perkster IT work as side project My Current Rig: MSI MS-6712 1.0 (socket A 462) with 2.15 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP 3000+, 2x Barracuda 160GB IDE HD's, 2x Kingston 512mb DDR PC2700 (166mhz) Memory. 2 IDE DVD drives, 1 External HD and one external DVD burner. My first build (july 2007 for my fiance): Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard, Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail, Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x1GB), Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU, Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM, Sony Floppy Drive, EVGA e-GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB DDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail, Lite-On Serial ATA 20x DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM. Memory card reader, Windows XP SP2. Samsung SM226BW 22" LCD.

08-08-2007, 02:26 PM	#15
nocturnx The Boneshaker Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,266	This forum has the greatest wealth of pc knowledge by far and its thanks to the regular forum members here that make it a great place to learn. I know I've learned alot from here and I've sent many coleagues to this forum because I know they will get the best advice. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Leave it to me as I find a way to be Consider me a satellite, forever orbiting I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me Guaranteed ---Eddie Vedder, “Guaranteed”. Rest in Peace, Evan. 2.11.71 - 9.8.08

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Chazell29 To Protect and Serve Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 594	meh, im going to take a break from pcmech. Doing more harm than good. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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08-12-2007, 02:31 AM	#23
tomster2300 I like monkeys Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The South Posts: 2,512	I googled for instructions on computer building back in 2003 and found this site after some surfing. I got walked through putting together my rig and because of the informative, quick responses have remained here ever since. Great site and community with, like others have previously stated, an enormous wealth of technical knowledge. Everyone is courteous in posting, and all adhere to the pcmech's emphasis on maintaining a family friendly forum. You don't find too many of those kinds of forums remaining on the internet. It's just good all around. Wait, I thought bailey used to ride dinosaurs back in the day...was that before or after he invented dirt? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Desktop 1: Intel i7 920--GA-x58-UD3R--Corsair xMS3 6GB (3 X 2GB) DDR3 1333mhz--Sapphire HD 4870 1GB--PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750w psu--WD SATA 3.0 gb/s 320 GB HD--Lite-on DVD-DL burner--Thermaltake SopranoRS black case--Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Desktop 2: Intel C2D E4400--GA-P35-DS3R--Corsair xMS2 2GB (2 X 1 GB) DDR2 800--eVGA 8600 GT--Fortron Source 500 watt psu--WD 250 gb HD--HP DVD-DL burner--Windows Vista Home Premium Laptop: Apple Macbook Last edited by tomster2300; 08-12-2007 at 02:34 AM.

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