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| 19905 | 2001-10-03 07:42:00 | Hi i was wondering if anyone could tell me where to buy a cheap good pc for around about $900-$1100. Preferably in the auckland area. This is the best deal i have found so far:Amd Athlon Tbird 1.4ghz, 52x cd rom drive, 20gig hdd, 128mbsdram, 32 meg tnt2 & 3d sound, 56k fax modem, Atx case, keyboard, scrolling mouse, speakers. $939+Gst=$1173.75 |
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| 19906 | 2001-10-03 09:32:00 | trade & exchange newspaper is full of 2nd hand computers/hardware/software.great resource | Guest (0) | ||
| 19907 | 2001-10-03 09:33:00 | Hi Matt, I can't 'tell' you where to go, but I can offer my humble opinion - everyone will have one, and I am sure that this is a post that will get several replies. The questions are: Brand-new or second-hand? What do you want it for? Home, Office, games surfing other? Desktop or laptop? What do you want? What is you knowledge base? Ie are you prepared to build you r own? Apart from that I would suggest getting a 1GHz Athalon or above, 128mb RAM minimum DDR RAM if possible (as opposed to SDR RAM) 20 gig min HD, 56k modem, min 32mb video card. Pretty much what you have there already. If you send back some answers to some of the questions, I'll be appy to give some more specific details. |
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| 19908 | 2001-10-03 09:48:00 | Ummm That system is new and i 4got to include no monitor ill just buy one second hand. I want a Desktop, For gaming. | Guest (0) | ||
| 19909 | 2001-10-03 13:04:00 | first thing to watch out for is that its commen sales tactic to put a highend cpu in a crap system with a cheap price tag, newbies always think they have a steal. untill that is they see a mates cheapo cpu system(eg duron) eat theirs for breakfast. don't forget the system will only run as fast as the bottle necks allow it. motherboard, this is the base for everything get a good one preferr ddr ram. ram, 128min 256 prfered. modem, for gaming you will want a hardware modem not the cheapo software modem most cheap systems have. cdroms, a cheapo will do as not many games run directly off cds. hardrive 20gig 5200rpm is ok for a budget system. video, a tnt2 is a waste of time on a ghz system. a geforce2 mx would be the minimum geforce2gts recomended. mouse, a good smooth one is essential as a cheap $5 one won't last 10secs. now after all that i've proberly spent all your budget so a duron might be all u can afford. however don't despair as you will have a nce smooth gaming machine rather than a 1.4atho thats framey, laggy, and downright annoying. plus in 6-12 months time when 1.4 athos have come down in price you can upgrade easily. |
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| 19910 | 2001-10-04 08:23:00 | Cheap computers???? There ain't no such thing. You don't even usually get what you think you paid for. Decide what you want your computer to do and pay what is necessary to get it. It will be much cheaper in the long run. |
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| 19911 | 2001-10-06 14:53:00 | I wouldn't waste my time on second hand kit.... You should be able to pick up a reasonably priced basic PC for not much more than a good quality second hand one.... In the long run, you'll probably pay more for a second hand kit... BUYER BEWARE | Guest (0) | ||
| 19912 | 2001-10-06 14:53:00 | I wouldn't waste my time on second hand kit.... You should be able to pick up a reasonably priced basic PC for not much more than a good quality second hand one.... In the long run, you'll probably pay more for a second hand kit... BUYER BEWARE | Guest (0) | ||
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