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| Thread ID: 89533 | 2008-05-03 08:09:00 | Thinking of building a new PC - your experiences and recommendations please? | Chikara (5139) | Press F1 |
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| 665459 | 2008-05-05 22:39:00 | Most shops will have the upgrade disc. Ascent (www.ascent.co.nz) has them for sure - you can search for other versions. Thanks for that.:cool: |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 665460 | 2008-05-06 01:48:00 | Most shops will have the upgrade disc. Ascent (www.ascent.co.nz) has them for sure - you can search for other versions. Why purchase an Upgrade , if you notice Ascent's link is Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 Upgrade, Upgrade, DVD A OEM version of the same OS is about $100 cheaper. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 665461 | 2008-05-06 21:59:00 | Why purchase an Upgrade , if you notice Ascent's link is Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 Upgrade, Upgrade, DVD A OEM version of the same OS is about $100 cheaper. Yep and if you get a new PC or motherboard dies, you're supposed to buy a new license. Though i'm sure there are ways around it. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 665462 | 2008-05-06 23:14:00 | I'd be happy to spend around $4k if required. Bearing in mind my old system needs *totally* replacing, so that would have to include a new monitor, pretty much a new everything... I'm putting together a really nice rig at the moment, and I've only spent around $2500. For $4k you could get a lot! RAID Raptors, SLi, Q9xxx etc... But somehow I doubt you need all of that. I'd go for a ceiling of $3k if I weren't seriously thinking of gaming hard. Either that or get a behemoth monitor. And a behemoth GFX card to match. But if you're happy with $4k, go for a crysis killing giant that might possibly last you for a few years. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 665463 | 2008-05-07 22:37:00 | Thx, Thebananamonkey. $4k is my maximum, but certainly not my target :) I'd like to spend less than that if possible, but my budget could stretch that far if I had to. Also bearing in mind, I'm a little out of touch with hardware prices (hence my first post). I recall that when I got my last PC, a mid/high end system would have cost around the $4k mark, a mid/high end system now is obviously a little cheaper. |
Chikara (5139) | ||
| 665464 | 2008-05-07 23:44:00 | Yep and if you get a new PC or motherboard dies, you're supposed to buy a new license. Though i'm sure there are ways around it. yep there are ways around it - simply call MS and tell then the board died and they reactivate the License. | wainuitech (129) | ||
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