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Thread ID: 79679	2007-05-28 09:53:00	When's the right time to buy a PC?	george12 (7)	Press F1

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553947	2007-05-29 01:28:00	I know what you mean, but I'm thinking of the big picture here (or at least trying to). I have a savings goal to take into account - I have the rest of this year to save up for a trip to America. I want my money to go as far as possible. That means I don't want to be buying a new PC when I come back in about 18 months, and need money for Uni. I will want to buy a laptop then. Also by July I'll have a better idea of how my income is looking for the rest of the year. Buy the laptop in the USA if you have the available cash with you, you will find a wider range of computer stores there and possibly more competive pricing as a whole. Beware to factor in gst for your arrival back in NZ at Customs, not sure if it will attract gst regardless of whether it is just bought or whether you have used it for a year or more. Might pay to call customs here for advice on that and maybe do a google search through some of the USA computer shops for pricing and specs.	PinoyKiw (9675)
553948	2007-05-29 03:17:00	Well, I will decide in a few months if I'm buying one or not. If I just keep putting it off, no harm is done - in fact I save money that way. If I need SATA again I'll buy a Sata card for $24. I'll have a look at laptops in the US. When I say a whole new PC, yeah, all except the DVD drive really. My case and PSU would be inadequite, my RAM is DDR, my CPU is socket 478. So I would need to get almost everything if I got anything.	george12 (7)
553949	2007-05-29 03:39:00	Then there is no point in looking at the specs of it now if you will be getting it in a few months becasue prices will drop meaning you can afford more powerful hardware and maybe even new hardware could come out and you could get that... :2cents:	The_End_Of_Reality (334)
553950	2007-05-29 08:00:00	don't even have SATA. 2GB DDR2-800 (cheap - Apacer, but I buy lots of those 1gb sticks and they seem to go pretty well) I tend to use Asus motherboards, something P965 or 650i based will do fine, but I'll consider P35 closer to the time when cheaper boards with it come out. The only other brands I go for is Gigabyte (also pretty good) and Foxconn due to the significant price advantage (they make reasonable boards). Any advice? Kingston is cheap and has an 8 year warranty. Stick to the ASUS, or Gigabyte. I know how many returns Legend gets with those Foxconn MBs, which is why I won't have anything to do with them.	pctek (84)
553951	2007-05-29 08:28:00	Kingston is cheap and has an 8 year warranty. Stick to the ASUS, or Gigabyte. I know how many returns Legend gets with those Foxconn MBs, which is why I won't have anything to do with them. The memory I get has a lifetime warranty. However, it all depends on what is well priced at the time, and Kingston is very high up on my list. Thanks for the motherboard advice. I suppose there's got to be a reason they're ridiculously cheap. In that case I'd grab a P5B or something (assuming I got it now, which I won't).	george12 (7)
553952	2007-05-29 11:48:00	I just thought of a new angle - it's going to be used for about 85% business, so I would be able to claim back the GST. I can build it for $679.80 excluding GST. This would also be an expense when I file my tax return next year, which brings the cost effectively down to under $600 - hopefully more like $500 when I buy it. That's for a slightly more modest system with an E6320 (1.86GHz, still insanely fast), 2GB DDR2-667 (2GB because ram is ridiculously cheap), 320GB hard drive, onboard graphics as I'm really not much of a gamer. If onboard sucks too bad I can add one in later on in the year.	george12 (7)
553953	2007-05-29 11:54:00	I just thought of a new angle - it's going to be used for about 85% business, so I would be able to claim back the GST. Yes. Plus you can factor in the depreciating value and eventually have it as a tax write off within a couple of years. What aspect of business would you be using it for?	winmacguy (3367)
553954	2007-05-29 12:47:00	Yes. Plus you can factor in the depreciating value and eventually have it as a tax write off within a couple of years. What aspect of business would you be using it for? Everything, really. I suppose just accessing the internet to buy my stuff, running websites, Trade Me, etc. So you could very easily argue that I don't need a high spec PC, and you'd be right. But I won't feel any need to upgrade for a few years if I have a Core 2 Duo and I think they're the best value right now.	george12 (7)
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