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AfterDawn Addict
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10. August 2007 @ 08:10 |
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Mike is right, this way you can use your gift cards and make your self a quality PC.
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10. August 2007 @ 08:26 |
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Originally posted by abuzar1:
Mike is right, this way you can use your gift cards and make your self a quality PC.
Has mike every been wrong?
lol
I still have a $35 dollar best buy card i dont know what to do with.
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AfterDawn Addict
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10. August 2007 @ 08:38 |
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Mike, man that gift card must be weighing you down. So don't worry I can take it off your hands.
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10. August 2007 @ 08:44 |
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Originally posted by abuzar1:
Mike, man that gift card must be weighing you down. So don't worry I can take it off your hands.
lol, I got it for fixing a friends home network, they tried to plug 2 routers in. :0
what would u spend it on? i dont know what to get there.
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10. August 2007 @ 08:49 |
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well I do need a new mouse, so I could spend it on that. see the thing is bestbuy is overpriced, so you always have to pricematch. I guess you could always get your next video card from there.
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10. August 2007 @ 09:22 |
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Hmm. Pricematching video cards at bestbuy sounds like trying to get them to do you a half price deal.
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10. August 2007 @ 11:22 |
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Well they really do overprice everything. Anything you get at Bestbuy, you could have bought cheaper anywhere.
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10. August 2007 @ 13:38 |
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Indeed, anywhere being the active word.
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10. August 2007 @ 13:51 |
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You seem to have experience with them, I thought the UK didn't have bestbuy.
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10. August 2007 @ 14:35 |
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It doesn't, I've just seen the prices.
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10. August 2007 @ 14:52 |
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Well when you sell a 8500 GT for 150(Which I bought for 60 with shipping) you know there is something wrong.
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10. August 2007 @ 14:55 |
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Precisely. The electronics store Maplin (good for electronic components, useless for PC parts due to the immense cost) were selling an AGP FX5200 for £89.99.
Scan.co.uk sell an X1950 Pro on PCIe for £92!
It's hardly surprising to see that the exact same model in that shop is still unsold after a year.
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dshah101
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11. August 2007 @ 05:47 |
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The only problem is, I have alot of gift cards worth around approx. $300-450 and will be getting more for the summer so it would be wizer to buy a comuter from it and save alot of money
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11. August 2007 @ 05:52 |
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Yep, but even with $400 of gift vouchers, a premade PC will still be cheaper. Best Buy really are that expensive. Best thing is to get a PC elsewhere, and use the vouchers on, say a monitor or speakers.
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dshah101
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11. August 2007 @ 05:58 |
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But I already have a good mouse, speakers, keyboard, monitor, etc.
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11. August 2007 @ 06:02 |
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Then getting a custom built PC will be nice and cheap! Seriously, all those gift vouchers are doing are reducing the price to what the PC SHOULD cost.
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11. August 2007 @ 06:10 |
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Originally posted by dshah101:
But I already have a good mouse, speakers, keyboard, monitor, etc.
You could always get some Verbatim DVD media. When Best Buy has their sales on media, they beat the prices of Newegg, ZipZoomFly, and others.
The only computer equipment that I would get at Best Buy, is a mouse and maybe a flash drive.
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11. August 2007 @ 06:19 |
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Hmm yeah. Media sales are often good at places like that, but very little else.
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dshah101
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12. August 2007 @ 16:18 |
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Unfortunately, i am not getting the computer becuase i am spending the computer budget on something more important so i will have to stick with my sony vai. Buy what should i upgrade?
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onya
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12. August 2007 @ 16:28 |
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Originally posted by dshah101:
Unfortunately, i am not getting the computer becuase i am spending the computer budget on something more important so i will have to stick with my sony vai. Buy what should i upgrade?
Upgrading your RAM is the cheapest option for performance. CPU upgrading and video card upgrades (if allowable) can be deadly expensive, especially with laptops. Hi guy's, hope ya don't mind me chimimg in. Prices for SONY VAIO RAM chips are going to make your heart skip a beat... LOL
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ddp
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12. August 2007 @ 17:11 |
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go for the ram as you can go upto 2gig according the the specs.
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13. August 2007 @ 02:01 |
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Fortunately, since it's a desktop you will be able to make some form of upgrade.
I'd say RAM first, and then Graphics card, you can get away with that processor for a lot of games, just not the heavyweight ones like Supreme Commander. If you want to play games like that well, you'll need to change CPU, which'll mean changing motherboard.
Also note that to upgrade your Graphics card you'll probably want a more powerful PSU.
Overall, the amount you need to make that PC play games well will be almost the same as building a new PC, so start with what's most important and then work up. RAM first, then Graphics & power supply together, CPU/Motherboard last.
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dshah101
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15. August 2007 @ 07:51 |
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Thanks for all your help. I ugraded my ram from 512 mb to 1536 mb (added 1 gig ram stick) and I see a tremedous performance boost. Now my computer is extrememly fast in start up, multitasking, etc. I can now burn a dvd, go on the internet, download stuff and still see no loss in performance and still play a game like battlefield 2. Thanks for the tip it really helpeed.
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15. August 2007 @ 08:18 |
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You're welcome, 512MB RAM is a bit tiny for playing games these days.
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ddp
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15. August 2007 @ 08:19 |
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no problem, teach & learn
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