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| Thread ID: 83884 | 2007-10-16 06:12:00 | I brought a new computer but is it a GOOD DEAL? | grahic (12930) | Press F1 |
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| 602164 | 2007-10-16 18:15:00 | Most of it is not even produced anymore, second hand + 20% seems to work ;) And you would be surprised. The cheapest motherboard goes for $55, Case w/ PSU $50. As mentioned I'm a reseller myself,and if someone is selling components that cheap they are either total rubbish / second hand or they are making nothing from them - still poor quality parts. Old story - get what you pay for. I know what the wholesale prices are.I'd still like to see where those prices are quoted for public viewing, not "You would be surprised". I agree with your comment though - "Most of it is not even produced anymore, second hand + 20% seems to work ":thumbs: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 602165 | 2007-10-16 19:48:00 | Hello people, i just brought a brand new computer. Details are Windows Vista home basic (Retail) Celeron D 2.9ghz (motherboard brand is MSI) 1024 DDR400 Ram (CL3 2X 512) Seagate 160G IDE Hard drive with 8mb cache ATI radeon 9600 pro 256Mb AGP 19inch ViewSonic LCD monitor Keyboard Laser Mouse Speakers Headphones The price was $1000 including GST and shipping. The sensible thing would have been to ask before paying for it. No, its not a good deal. Celeron - lame CPU, not even dual core. DDR400 RAM which means its an old motherboard. And MSI is not good. Useless garphics card for anything other than word processing. The only good bits are trhe hard drive and monitor. You don't mention what sort of warranty it came with either. The monitor should be 3 years onsite and the hard drive 5 years. $1000 for out of date hardware is too much. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 602166 | 2007-10-16 20:11:00 | As mentioned I'm a reseller myself,and if someone is selling components that cheap they are either total rubbish / second hand or they are making nothing from them - still poor quality parts . Old story - get what you pay for . I know what the wholesale prices are . I'd still like to see where those prices are quoted for public viewing, not "You would be surprised" . I agree with your comment though - "Most of it is not even produced anymore, second hand + 20% seems to work ":thumbs: So what would he get for a $1000 from you that would in any way compare as a package to his purchase? |
zcc (50) | ||
| 602167 | 2007-10-16 20:27:00 | So what would he get for a $1000 from you that would in any way compare as a package to his purchase? VERY simple answer - look at any of the junkmail, and look for the low spec, underpowered Dells' or Compaqs. - Warehouse rubbish. Legally they have to run - which they do, but nothing saying how fast. Then add in antivirus and antispyware software and all the other rubbish people install and before long its a snails pace. Vista takes more power to run than XP. Heres one from the warehouse junk mail. $1000.00 Celeron D 3.4, 160GB HD, 512 RAM, 17" LCD, Vista Basic. Onboard Graphics, Basic keyboard /Mouse. It will run vista - just don't expect it to do much more than real basic activities. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 602168 | 2007-10-16 20:32:00 | So in other words he got fair market value for $1000? I still think its a bargain, the fact its not Core 2 etc is a side issue. How many home users would NEED Core 2 etc to browse the net, sell on TM and chat with their cousins in Aus? NOT MANY! |
zcc (50) | ||
| 602169 | 2007-10-16 20:48:00 | You are right, not every one needs a powerful PC, BUT I can honestly say that 3/4 of my work is repairing underpowered, low spec PC's that simply crash/Lockup, corrupt files, run slow as a wet week , can't open more than 1 app at a time, can take up to 10 minutes to fully start . Personally I don't care - I make a living form it . Bring on the rubbish, as usually the next question I also get is " how do I make it run faster/better" In fact thats where I'm going right now, someone brought a $1000 PC,and he wants it upgraded with more RAM , bigger HD, and Antivirus - get it going faster, as it currently wont even load fully . CHA CHING $$$$$$:lol: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 602170 | 2007-10-16 20:56:00 | Oh well good luck to you then... My core 2 duo vista hobbled machine takes the better part of 5 minutes to boot... I must delete all those useless startup entries like adobe/quicktime/etc and then maybe it will be 4 minutes... |
zcc (50) | ||
| 602171 | 2007-10-16 21:27:00 | Those warehouse jobby PC's usually only require more RAM. Mum bought one few years ago and it was fast the first startup but after HP installed it's bits, it was awful (and she wanted to keep the programs for photo's yaya). All that was required to make it run at a normal speed was another 512MB stick of RAM. Also I guess it depends how you go about spending your money. $1000 will get you the above but it will also get you what's out today, X2's and C2D's. Ahh how I love price battles :D |
trinsic (6945) | ||
| 602172 | 2007-10-16 21:35:00 | Oh well good luck to you then... My core 2 duo vista hobbled machine takes the better part of 5 minutes to boot... I must delete all those useless startup entries like adobe/quicktime/etc and then maybe it will be 4 minutes... Yep removing lots of items that are not required at startup sure can make a difference. But it can also be how it is setup also. Fine tuned. One of my workshop PC's is not poweful, but works fine. Cel 3.2 , 1 gb RAM 250GB HD, Vista Ultimate, FX5200 Graphic Card, start up time 45 sec.(I timed it ) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 602173 | 2007-10-16 22:04:00 | I honestly think you got ripped off. For an extra $200-$300 you could get a brand spanking new PC with an AM2 CPU, 2GB DDR Ram, an 8600GT minus the operating system. | jason_f90 (3544) | ||
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