Ok, so I know enough about computer hardware to build a computer, right? So naturally I take on simple tasks like putting in ram, video cards, pci cards; whatever I need to upgrade. But when I assume that a task is going to be a simple one and it’s not, that’s when I remember why there are places that install things like this for you. What I thought was going to be a simple 15min job to swap cpu fans out ended up a 2 hour deal. I had to pull the motherboard out in order to screw in the new harness from the back side. Exactly what I didn’t want to do. Otherwise I would have just bought a whole new case. So I start unplugging shit from the board trying to remember what goes where. Once that’s all done I remove the current cpu fan. That was a task in itself. The thermal grease had turned into cement from the extreme heat that it was under and I just about ripped the cpu right from the case. Next I try to install the new fan and have no clue what I am doing. The instructions say its like 3 easy steps with images so small and in black and white what I can’t tell what’s what. I finally look at the box to get an idea to what this thing is suppose to look like. So after an hour of playing with that I get everything plugged back in and move on to the next task. Something a bit more exciting, and easy. When I acquired this machine which I do all my editing on, the specs were kick ass. However, no matter what it said on paper the video card could not handle such games as DOD Source and Counter-Strike Source. Two games in which I played and loved the earlier versions of only to be slapped in the face with 12-25fps in this version of the game. So after 8 months of no game play I finally bought a new card. My first ATI. This card kicks ass. Not only does it have the Half Life 2 logo on the box, it’s designed for the new high end games and HD video playback. So I was very stoked to slap this bad boy in. And let me tell you, I’m getting 60-80fps now and am loving the frag-fest. After that inserting a blower fan in an open PCI slot was nothing.
So the moral of this boring ass story, even though you think you know what your doing and want to save money by doing it yourself, your personnel time is worth more than the money spent letting someone else do it. The whole thing about helping the economy by paying for services comes into play too. I mean if everyone do everything for themselves, there would be a lot of jobless fools out there.
Clintus
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