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| Thread ID: 134803 | 2013-08-15 04:54:00 | Xp grade from XP to Windows 7 | ianhnz (4263) | Press F1 |
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| 1351353 | 2013-08-17 12:34:00 | It says NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS, which, I understand is the video card. Correct me if I'm wrong, please??? You are not wrong, that does refer to the video card - but only the chipset. It does not tell you who made the actual card. It is true that Nvidia makes the Geforce line of GPU chips but they then sell those to AIB (add-in board) manufacturers like Gigabyte, Asus, XFX etc who make the actual video cards. Sure the chip is the same on all cards, but cheaper manufacturers skimp in other areas, like having smaller heatsinks, lower quality fans, cheap capacitors, shorter warranty etc. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1351354 | 2013-08-18 01:41:00 | Its all 2nd hand & a few years old. I wouldnt worry about brand of parts too much if its working, its not really relevant now that you have it. Geforce 8400: its a cheap card so brand doesnt really matted that much. $300 isnt too bad a deal, especially after he spent time to set it all up for you. |
sroby (11519) | ||
| 1351355 | 2013-08-18 02:31:00 | Precisely. For a $300 machine plus his time setting it up, what more can you expect? | bk T (215) | ||
| 1351356 | 2013-08-18 11:05:00 | If it's second hand then I think having a good brand matters even more if you want it to last. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1351357 | 2013-08-18 22:32:00 | If it's second hand then I think having a good brand matters even more if you want it to last. If its been working OK for the last 2 years chances are it will keep working for the next 2 years. After that its upgrade time anyway. Ive only bought Gigabyte & Asus motherboards for my home PC's, these brands do still fail and I have had a few fail myself. In fact gigabyte had a REALLY bad issue with faulty caps(ie cheap caps) during that era so brand is not allways a guarantee of quality. There are of course some brands to avoid.... :-) |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1351358 | 2013-08-18 23:06:00 | There was a point where several manufacturers had a problem with some bad batches of cheap capacitors and suddenly everyone became aware of the issues with them . Before that plenty of motherboards using cheap electrolytic capacitors lasted reliably for many years and nobody except repair agents really considered capacitors when buying a motherboard . Now whenever someone has a strange issue somebody blames the capacitors and manufacturers have largely switched to better quality solid capacitors on their better models and use it as a marketing feature . Yes it's a common problem and yes solid capacitors are better, but that doesn't mean the other types commonly used are necessarily going to fail quickly . It's worth checking for bulging or leaking caps when buying second hand or diagnosing a fault, but don't automatically assume they are the culprit . I could mention some equipment (I can't be specific as it's work related and confidential) that uses electrolytic capacitors and has been in service for over 25 years reliably despite the fact that many of them have begun to dry and and develop faults . The faults are only discovered when the device is powered down and won't restart . Point is, fancy solid capacitors don't have the monopoly on lasting a decent amount of time . |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1351359 | 2013-08-19 00:34:00 | Point is, fancy solid capacitors don't have the monopoly on lasting a decent amount of time. Yet the advertising from the mb manufacturers continue to say differently. :p Ive seen the metal cased caps fail as well . |
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