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Thread ID: 70676	2006-07-12 06:39:00	What motherboard should it get?	Fishy (10540)	Press F1

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470315	2006-07-12 09:15:00	Im going to order over the net but pick the parts up at supercheaps store in Auckland City CBD or whatever . Thanks for your :2cents: but with the amount of money I have I have no choice but go for price over service and support :( But thanks for tip about sockets :thumbs: Will definately look into that . Then you're mad . What are you going to do when theres a problem? Start saving for more hardware again? Cause there won't be any warranty from Supercheap . Go back and look at Pricespy again, you'll find there is very little difference between Supercheaps price and the next shop on the list . You have been warned . And yes, AMD CPUs will be having a 30 - 50% price drop on the 24th of this month . So if budget is so important then wait till then . As for the graphics card, forget that . You want a minimum of a 6600GT, no less . Otherwise you will be disappointed .	pctek (84)
470316	2006-07-12 10:04:00	As you are in JafaLand I would suggest you pop into PBTech in Penrose and ask what they can do. They know what they are doing. I have used the branch in Hamilton for a few years now. I have bought in Auckland at their store as well but only twice. No problems at either branch.	Sweep (90)
470317	2006-07-12 10:29:00	As you are in JafaLand I would suggest you pop into PBTech in Penrose and ask what they can do . They know what they are doing . I have used the branch in Hamilton for a few years now . Haha youve obviously never returned a few motherboards then! I used to live in hamilton and built systems for many people but after putting up with a few return issues with pbtech due to faulty capacitors on the motherboard and the difficulty with dealing with them I wont touch them with a barge poll . I admit I havent purchased anything from the auckland store since moving here but then why would I? Yes your not likely to get much of a warranty with super cheap but at least you know it :) As for me Ascent . co . nz, pp . co . nz, nfc . co . nz are good places to purchase that or just get a reseller account at ingram micro etc . . and cut out the middle men .	razzarphenix (2626)
470318	2006-07-12 10:57:00	As you are in JafaLand I would suggest you pop into PBTech in Penrose and ask what they can do. They know what they are doing. I have used the branch in Hamilton for a few years now. Haha youve obviously never returned a few motherboards then! I used to live in hamilton and built systems for many people but after putting up with a few return issues with pbtech due to faulty capacitors on the motherboard and the difficulty with dealing with them I wont touch them with a barge poll. I admit I havent purchased anything from the auckland store since moving here but then why would I? Yes your not likely to get much of a warranty with super cheap but at least you know it pressf1.pcworld.co.nz As for me Ascent.co.nz, pp.co.nz, nfc.co.nz are good places to purchase that or just get a reseller account at ingram micro etc.. and cut out the middle men. Well I talk to Du in Hamilton and have returned three motherboards, one modem and three sticks of RAM. One RAM stick was out of warranty so had no replacement for that which I did not complain about. I recently bought an HP DVD writer for lightscribe and returned with replacement and no question. The replacement of same make and model died within weeks. This one was replaced at no charge and a credit. Your mileage may vary of course. Wich make and model of motherboard did you have problems with? Two of mine were Soltek and the other was Gigabyte. Thank you very much for your assumption.	Sweep (90)
470319	2006-07-12 11:25:00	Well, back to the subject at hand. I'm not sure how hard you want to power-use the project. I bought this (www.pricespy.co.nz) for my HTPC a while back & it does everything I want except fire up from my USB keyboard & with the price drop you could invest the excess into a games-orientated (6***GT) graphics card-or a good CPU cooler. The only caveat is that it has no Firewire header on the mobo, so if you've got any Firewire peripherals, then no-go. If you are looking to do any serious multimedia eg. DVD playback I would recommend staying with an Nvidia chipset mobo & the AMD is the way to go because it requires less cooling than comparitive Intel CPUs at present, which means less fans=less noise :D	gkar (5215)
470320	2006-07-12 11:40:00	As you are in JafaLand I would suggest you pop into PBTech in Penrose and ask what they can do . They know what they are doing . I have used the branch in Hamilton for a few years now . Haha youve obviously never returned a few motherboards then! I used to live in hamilton and built systems for many people but after putting up with a few return issues with pbtech due to faulty capacitors on the motherboard and the difficulty with dealing with them I wont touch them with a barge poll . I admit I havent purchased anything from the auckland store since moving here but then why would I? Yes your not likely to get much of a warranty with super cheap but at least you know it :) As for me Ascent . co . nz, pp . co . nz, nfc . co . nz are good places to purchase that or just get a reseller account at ingram micro etc . . and cut out the middle men . you can't just get a reseller account at ingram - you need to fill an application form with real computer trade references . in any case - they don't sell the cheap stuff .	quarry (252)
470321	2006-07-12 12:06:00	Ok well if you have one your the best to ask :) Will the 6200 play games like half life 2 or cs source with no lag? I'd have to pass on that one, all I can tell you is reading from the box: 128mb, supports directx 9 shader model 3, Ultrashadow 2 (good for 'dark' games like Doom 3 it says), 64 bit texture filter/blending, on chip video processor etc. Someone who plays games might be able to tell you if it's adequate :confused:	Shortcircuit (1666)
470322	2006-07-12 12:23:00	Someone who plays games might be able to tell you if it's adequate :confused: www.tomshardware.com Anywho, Bed and work in the morning calls...	bob_doe_nz (92)
470323	2006-07-13 00:35:00	Thankyou for all your help guys! Looks like i will scrap the 6200 video card and go for the 6600GT and i am not buying from supercheap, im just going to save up some more money because as someone quite rightly pointed out, what am i going to do when something goes wrong! And it looks like im going for socket 939 now as people have said that is better. Im going to wait for AMD's price drop as well because that will help me out ALOT to. God, i am so glad i asked you guys before going out and buying all this!	Fishy (10540)
470324	2006-07-13 01:30:00	You might also want to think about the 3dcard (AGP OR PCI-EXPRESS). IF YOUR IN AUCKLAND PM me, I can help you out (if you want). Also consider SATA OR ATA etc. Holy C R A P batman, that PC is sick I tell you. You should be allowed to advertise that machine, its just not fair. Tell me is the 2nd 7950 worth it?, didnt think quad sli was working at the mo!	SolMiester (139)
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