So somebody's computer is running faster now!

[conuly]

There was a scary moment where I thought I'd broken it forever, but it turned out that you have to press down a little harder to secure the ram into the slots.

I definitely can't upgrade this graphics card unless there's something I'm not understanding (I took a gamble on the one card people said might physically fit in there, and nope) but it's okay. It's almost as much fun to read about mods I might install on games as to actually have the game on my computer and mod the heck out of it. And eventually I'll upgrade to a new computer anyway, sometime in the future.

I have a whole backlog of links both in open tabs (don't ask how many) and in my email (really don't ask how many) so I'll be posting those in a few big batches. I don't like overwhelming people and their friends pages, but it's gotta be done.

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[spiffikins]

WHY have they not figured out a less terrifying slot system for motherboards and ram/graphics cards? It is ALWAYS like "really, REALLY? you need me to push THAT hard to snap it in place?

Hooray for upgraded memory.

Graphics cards are ridiculous now - not only do you have to worry about physical space for them - but you also have to check how much power they require - sometimes a new GPU requires a whole new power supply!

[conuly]

Oh, yeah, that was the other issue, the GPU definitely needed more power, but it did look possible... if I could physically fit it into place.

This particular model of computer is... not very robust.