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QOTD: Do You Put Brand Labels On Your PC?

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8:00 PM - July 22, 2009 by Marcus Yam

It's confession time for those of you who have gone sticker or decal-happy on your stuff.

I have a confession to make. You know those neat little system stickers that you get when buying a processor? I took one of those "Intel Inside" stickers that I got with my Pentium CPU and I stuck it on my Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator instead of on my PC case.

In my even younger years before I discovered chips and bits, I put a Transformers Autobot sticker on my first two-wheel bike. This bike also had streamers, so I guess in relative terms the Autobot sticker was pretty cool.

Either way, both instances were nerdy and inappropriate, but at the very least I'm not the full-grown owner of this scooter:

 

See even more pictures of this AMD Phenom and ATI-powered scooter at 8080.net.

This brings us to our QOTD: Have you ever inappropriately branded anything? It includes making something appear as something that it definitely isn't. Yes, it even includes putting an Apple sticker on your hackintosh, or putting a Type-R sticker on your Honda (which contrary to popular belief, does not add 5 hp).

Let us know in the comments below!

Source : Tom's Hardware US

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Kryan 07/23/2009 2:05 AM
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Sapphire sticker(s) on my bicycle...still, didn't stop it from being stolen :P

oh and a mix of Intel and AMD CPU stickers on my chassis :P

dingumf 07/23/2009 2:17 AM
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I LOOOOVVEE STICKERS!!!

kittle 07/23/2009 2:22 AM
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I did once on the first PC i built. It eventually fell off, and I never missed it, so it stayed off.

ckthecerealkiller 07/23/2009 2:24 AM
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Depends on the brand, obviously. Still, if it has a lovely lady on it, the likelihood increases substantially.

BoBzzz 07/23/2009 2:24 AM
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My shitty, free flip-phone has an 'Intel Core 2 Duo Inside' and a 'Powered by CORSAIR' sticker on the back =)

noobinberg 07/23/2009 2:24 AM
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I only put the CPU sticker on my case in an elegant fashion.

Wayoffbase 07/23/2009 2:25 AM
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I have a G.Skill sticker on my case but I've switched to corsair memory, keep forgetting to take it off. It's a nice sticker anyway.

skreenname 07/23/2009 2:44 AM
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I have stickers.
I LOVE stickers.
But I hide them behind the door on my case.

socrates047 07/23/2009 2:44 AM
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I never got around to it.. and recently, im glad i didn't . I had an asus sticker for my mobo, but then I got rid of it for an MSI one, so my case is still naked.

aznguy0028 07/23/2009 2:48 AM
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OF COURSE! i thought everybody knew that each sticker you put on give you 200mhz extra cpu processing power!

cmarkham 07/23/2009 2:51 AM
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I noticed that the "Powered by Windows XP" sticker on my ThinkPad was similarly shiny as the surround of my Audi shift gate, so I transferred it there. Not as sexy as Ford's Sync, and AFAIK there isn't a line of MS code in my Audi, but it gives it that "I hacked my car" wannabe-cred.

redgarl 07/23/2009 2:59 AM
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They should start by making stuff that work instead of putting so much money and effort on stickers... Dark Side something something something.

Anonymous 07/23/2009 3:01 AM
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I am proud to be a AMD, ATI,ASUS & THERMALTAKE fan they are all over my case love stickers 4 real

evilshuriken 07/23/2009 3:02 AM
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I still have a "Powered By Asus" sticker on my case, even though I have switched to a Gigabyte motherboard. I put that sticker on there in 2004 when I first built this PC, so at least they are durable :P

I also keep all the stickers I get from different parts, but I never can make up my mind on what to put then on...

Eggrenade 07/23/2009 3:03 AM
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I love all stickers like the ones I get (sometimes) on my math tests. I wish I had more stickers to put everywhere, on my case, on people, on my forehead, etc. I was disappointed that I only got 2 stickers on my first build a year ago: processor and mobo. In the future I will only buy a component that explicitly says "sticker included."

blaze589 07/23/2009 3:11 AM
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I do, but only because they're provided with the CPU and the motherboard. They are a bragging emblem for those who have relatively new processors and a thing of shame later on when they are outdated. Nevertheless I wear my mark of shame with pride!

adamovera 07/23/2009 3:13 AM
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Not me because they always fall off and leave a sticky residue. But my GF has put Hello Kitty stickers (those puffy plastic kind) on most of our electronics. I don't really care that much since she usually covers over the manufacturer's logos (which I could also give a rat's ass about).

tacoslave 07/23/2009 3:17 AM
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i stuck an amd sticker on my dog short shits adorable little Halloween costume (tin man).

Anonymous 07/23/2009 3:18 AM
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When I was in high school, my family and I never put our stickers on our cpu chassis, but instead on nearly all of our appliances. It made for some pretty frightening mornings when I would groggily go to the kitchen for some coffee, notice an out of place pentium III sticker on the microwave, and freak out that I was in the wrong room, holding a coffee cup full of something that was not coffee...

B16CXHatch 07/23/2009 3:32 AM
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All the stickers on my case are what my system actually has (AMD, EVGA, Corsair, ASUS) but my old laptop I took the stickers that came with all my car parts and slapped them on it (PasswordJDM, AEM, H&R, Exedy Racing Clutches).

JMS3096 07/23/2009 3:32 AM
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 sticker on my phone. Didn't make it faster though,it was still on Sprint.

waikano 07/23/2009 3:36 AM
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I avoid stickers on my personal Builds. Only stickers I have are on my vehicles that say "Powered by American Made Bio-Diesel" and yes I run Bio Diesel in all my vehicles. But not because I am some tree-hugger, more because it allows me to know that I am not funding terrorists and supporting American Oil independence.

maban 07/23/2009 3:40 AM
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I currently have 11 sticker and sticker-type things on my case.

shadowryche 07/23/2009 3:46 AM
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I have a picture of my son next to my Phenom II sticker reminding me why I'm running a Phenom II and not a Core i7.

fausto 07/23/2009 3:53 AM
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i did because it was my first build!

fausto 07/23/2009 3:54 AM
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megamanx00 07/23/2009 3:54 AM
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I put some of the stickers on my case.

blarneypete 07/23/2009 3:56 AM
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I put a Newegg sticker on my case. And I have a "Hydrocarbon Powered Eco-Vehicle" sticker on my car. You know, because it burns hydrocarbons, and it's good for the Economy.

Zagen30 07/23/2009 4:13 AM
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The only stickers I have aren't worth putting on. While the Pentium E6300 I have in my rig is good enough for what I need (especially since it's OC'ed to 3.6 GHz), I figured no one would look at a "Pentium Inside" sticker and be remotely impressed. The Arctic Cooling sticker I could care less about (although the Freezer 7 does its job very well). Also, the Antec 300 doesn't really have much space on the front to put stickers, as it's mainly covered in mesh. I thought stickers would make the case look worse.

I did laugh at my roommate's take on stickers, however. He had a friend build a computer for him and it has a Q9400 in it. He wanted to put a Celeron sticker on the front of his case so that people would be very confused as to why he was advertising the fact that he supposedly had a really weak processor.

VioMeTriX 07/23/2009 4:23 AM
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Stickers are bad, the glue or adhesive used has mind control agents that make you report your activities to the man

jarnail24 07/23/2009 4:24 AM
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I have about a six inch ferrari logo on the side of my desktop. oh and what about all those that come with your computer when you buy it.


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