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107398 2002-12-18 21:34:00 Want to buy a new CPU and am getting good prices for machines built around an AMD2000. Has anyone got a favourite supplier for NZ built besides PC Company Is SDRam being phased out? loftyboyd (1310)
107399 2002-12-18 21:43:00 Should have put in my posting that I want a complete unit built to replace my Compaq AMD533 loftyboyd (1310)
107400 2002-12-18 21:50:00 >Want to buy a new CPU and am getting good prices for machines built around an AMD2000. Has anyone got a favourite supplier for NZ built besides PC Company Is SDRam being phased out?

Do you want a CPU or the main box with all the bits in ir (an upgrade box?

There are heaps of good companys, I prefer Starlyte here in Wellington and I would avoud PC Gear like the plague. But I hguess it depends what city you're in.

DDR RAM has over taken SD RAM and the price is dropping - the speed is increasing
crozier (2004)
107401 2002-12-18 21:56:00 Oops, we both posted at the same time - where are you and what's your budget? crozier (2004)
107402 2002-12-18 22:07:00 If in Auckland look in the computer section Thursday issue of Trade and Exchange. These probably give the best prices you can get in NZ, mainly from Chinese-run shops, that in general give you a fair deal. Eg Morning Computers, ETC Computers, QMB Computers in Mt Roskill probably have the best (lowest) overall prices.
Most newer motherboards, which you should want anyway, should use DDR ram which is generally newer technology than SDRam and probably a better way to go for the future.
rugila (214)
107403 2002-12-19 02:42:00 i have two:

www.hotchips.co.nz
(Taupo)

www.oemcomputers.co.nz
(Auckland)

i've used both many times, and don't let the distance bother you. i often had hard drives etc shipped from taupo to auckland.

oh yea - get a flat panel (i dunno if the prices are good in nz currently), but they are great - decent for gaming too.

dan
daninjapan (2703)
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