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neotransotaku Sledge Brother Liberated from school...until MLK day                  Since: 11-17-05 From: In Hearst Field Annex... Last post: 5910 days Last view: 5907 days |
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| You did it again...
If english is not your native language, I could sort of understand doing that. But if english is your native language, I wonder how you write your essays... |
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emcee Red Super Koopa   Since: 11-20-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5907 days |
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Originally posted by oblirator1 I thought you were trying to decide what processor to buy, not whether to buy one or not. And how does that save you money? |
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oblirator1 Red Goomba   Since: 11-28-05 From: Flint Last post: 6062 days Last view: 6062 days |
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| well i dunno now.
the reason is i need a new processor is that my pc is too slow. i need it to run todays high run apps such as flash 8 and microsoft office. |
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Guy Perfect Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 5909 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| You can't take a new processor and plop it into an old motherboard; they're generally incompatible. Check the socket type on your motherboard and see if you can get a better processor that works with it. If not, then you'll have to buy a new motherboard to go with a new processor.
And a new motherboard will probably mean that you'll have to buy new RAM as well, since older motherboards use generic SDRAM where newer motherboards use DDR SDRAM and DDR2 SDRAM. If you're looking to upgrade your processor, chances are you'll end up replacing most of your computer in the process. Still, I recommend that you buy parts to build a computer as opposed to buying a stock computer from a manufacturer. Better "bang for the buck," as they say. |
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firemaker Cheep-cheep Since: 12-13-05 From: Somewhere in a place called Berkshire Last post: 5986 days Last view: 5986 days |
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| I will use AMD if it is for 64 bit or opertron but I don't mind Intels. RIght now I'm using an Intel petium 4 but my laptop is a turion.
But if you ask me for an overall result AMD just wins. But Intel do have good marketing techniques. |
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oblirator1 Red Goomba Since: 11-28-05 From: Flint Last post: 6062 days Last view: 6062 days |
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| so your saying if i buy computer part seperatly i would save money? | |||
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emcee Red Super Koopa Since: 11-20-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5907 days |
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Originally posted by oblirator1 No, probably not. Building your own just lets you customize parts that manufactures don't let you. Such as motherboard, power supply, case, and the brand of your drives. |
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Guy Perfect Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 5909 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| Don't be mistaken: Building a computer from parts is CHEAPER than buying one pre-made. Remember: much of the cost that goes into a computer includes the software, and Microsoft really likes to charge money for each COPY (that's right: identical byte-for-byte replicas) of Windows that you install using a given CD, so the price goes up from there as well.
You can, however, buy a computer without any software installed. I saw one the other day for $200 USD that had a 2.4 GHz processor, 256MB of RAM and a 40GB hard drive. Wasn't too shabby, but it was also very low-end. |
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||bass Administrator  Since: 11-17-05 From: Salem, Connecticut Last post: 5909 days Last view: 5907 days |
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| Building your own from parts is -ALWAYS- cheaper. Remember, Dell has to pay hundreds of employees to assemble the machines. You don't have that cost. If you buy newegg parts, you can match any Dell or HP for only about 2/3 the cost. | |||
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emcee Red Super Koopa Since: 11-20-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5907 days |
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Originally posted by ||bass Maybe for a high-end system, I don't know. But I know this isn't the case for low to mid range systems. The manufactures may have alot of extra costs, but they also get huge discounts for buying in bulk and making exclusive deals with hardware venders. For instance, I just added all the parts for a $299 dell to my newegg shopping cart. I chose the very cheapest of each brand and it still came to $321.82 before shipping. And that's without an OS. I'm sure if you really look around on ebay, froogle, and cnet you could probably bring that price down, but it still wouldn't be much cheaper. To me the benefit of building your own is more in being able to pick exactly the parts you want and get higher-end versions of part the manufactures tend to skimp on, like the motherboard or the brand of hard drive (I don't want anything with a Maxtor in it). |
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firemaker Cheep-cheep Since: 12-13-05 From: Somewhere in a place called Berkshire Last post: 5986 days Last view: 5986 days |
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| You will find that with low cost machines buying from big brands is actually cheaper than building. However you can'treally customise. But if you want a top end computer with about $1500 then it will be cheaper to buy the parts yourself. | |||
HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| I'd be wary of buying a premade system that cheap. I really doubt it can be upgraded beyond having a bigger HD and maybe twice as much RAM, and I wouldn't be too surprised if it's slow and breaks down quickly. |
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