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| Thread ID: 96603 | 2009-01-16 06:12:00 | How much for a decent pc build or upgrade? | 8ftmetalhaed (14526) | Press F1 |
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| 739291 | 2009-01-16 09:39:00 | For the RAM thing, I may pay $75 and go for 2x2GB = 4GB. Once you get out of 32bit windows eventually, that ceiling dissapears. You then have another 2 slots of RAM to use in the future. If you got 2x1GB = 2GB. You are a bit more limited with the 2 other slots. You could put in 2x4GB when the 4GBs are affordable. These days some laptops are even sold with 3 or 4GB. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 739292 | 2009-01-16 09:45:00 | True-but RAM is just getting cheaper and cheaper. And it'll be a loooong time before he moves to 64bit prob | Blam (54) | ||
| 739293 | 2009-01-16 10:14:00 | just wondering, what's the diff between OEM and retail versions of OS'es? As i understand it, one is distributed by manufacturers of pc's, the other directly from microsoft? | 8ftmetalhaed (14526) | ||
| 739294 | 2009-01-16 10:20:00 | One condition of OEM, is you MAY have to buy some hardware . It doesnt matter, what it is, or how much it costs . You can buy either at a computer shop |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 739295 | 2009-01-16 17:47:00 | Just be aware that using price spy often when you contact the shops for your 'deal' they no longer have any at that price. Price spy is a listing site only and if places don't keep their lists up to date you can end up chasing your tail. But it can still be useful make sure and read any reviews of places you are intending to buy from and also ask here. Ascent are good as are PB tech and computer lounge the latter 2 being in Auckland I think ask Speedy for shopping advice re Auckland | gary67 (56) | ||
| 739296 | 2009-01-16 20:23:00 | And if you buy a system, its usually full of crap / trials of whatever. And its slow as a snail One option would be getting a local computer store to build one to your specs; did that recently and it had no crap/trial stuff on there, only a wallpaper advertising the store that was easily deleted. Cost was probably less than a DIY build too, if you take into account the time it would take to source parts etc - certainly a lot cheaper than getting a comparable system from a chain store. As for Vista, I've found the 64-bit version pretty stable, although I still use Ubuntu most of the time. Blair |
blairm (14464) | ||
| 739297 | 2009-01-16 22:10:00 | Yes, that would be an option too. 8ftmetalhaed:You might want to check trademe too, they sometimes have nice deals on new stuff |
Blam (54) | ||
| 739298 | 2009-01-17 00:21:00 | Ok let the professional do the work *me* XP is very hard to find in shops but playtech still stocks them(SP3) i brought it off them 2-3 months ago) 166$ incl. postage but since you live in auckland you can just go to there albany showroom. www.playtech.co.nz <--- link for xp also for a pc system they have some nice upgrade boxes(which you would more than likely have to add on another 500-600$ for a new lc screen oem and speakers/keyboard) but heres one that i thought would suit your need fine. Assasin 730 Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 2.66GHz/4GB DDR2-800/250GB SATA2/20x DVDRW LightScribe/NV Geforce 9600GT 512MB/Vista Home Prem SP1/1 Year RTB Warranty/Free Far Cry 2 Game !!! www.playtech.co.nz It has vista installed and a free far cry 2 game(limited stock it says) ; just ask them to install xp instead of vista. you may even get a discound but you will definitely get better performance |
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