The PC Upgrade Nightmare Escalation

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The PC Upgrade Nightmare Escalation

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Nothing like the sheer existential dread of upgrading your PC only to watch it self-destruct! First, you proudly install more RAM thinking you're about to experience computing nirvana. Then the BIOS decides it's the perfect moment for an unexpected update—because clearly your consent is just a formality. But the true horror? Running Memtest86 and discovering your fancy new RAM sticks are about as functional as a chocolate teapot. That moment when your upgrade journey transforms from "I'm gonna have the fastest PC ever" to "Did I just waste $200 on defective memory?" in 3.5 seconds flat. The hardware equivalent of writing perfect code that somehow still returns 47 compiler errors.

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