PC upgrades?

[DingoZ]

Okay anyone know of where I might go in the Wellington region for a personal computer upgrade.

Or if there is somewhere/someone that does tower upgrades, I am wanting to swap, or upgrade a tower pc, to a faster, system.

Cheers

[mynameis]

If you're looking at just adding more Ram then it's pretty simple just buy the right one plug it in and see the changes in speed. Simple few minutes job.

[firefighter]

Rediculously easy to do, rediculously expensive to pay to get it done.

We were quoted $200 labour. All we wanted was to update the ram. I have a friend at work who works part time on computers, and he showed me what to do. It literally takes 2 mins, and the long bit is unscrewing the bolts on the case. The ram itself is worth fuck-all.

That's $1200 an hour. I worked that being generous at him taking 10 mins to do it. (I dunno how it would take that long but whatever.)

Okay anyone know of where I might go in the Wellington region for a personal computer upgrade.

Or if there is somewhere/someone that does tower upgrades, I am wanting to swap, or upgrade a tower pc, to a faster, system.

Cheers

If you're looking at just adding more Ram then it's pretty simple just buy the right one plug it in and see the changes in speed. Simple few minutes job.

[DingoZ]

No not looking at just upgrading the ram, looking at a total upgrade. But specifically as a gaming/internet machine
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[mashman]

If you tell me what you wanna do, i'll take piccies and send you a how to if ya like. You can build a PC from scratch in about 20 minutes.

[mashman]

No not looking at just upgrading the ram, looking at a total upgrade. But specifically as a gaming/internet machine
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what level of gaming? Are you talking multiple graphics cards? New graphics card is easier than upgrading RAM.

[DingoZ]

Needed as a bare minimum to run Eve, which is the only game played.

•CPU: Intel Pentium® or AMD dual core @ 2 GHz
•RAM: 2 GB
•HD space: 6gig Free Space
•Network capable
•Video: 256 MB Shader Model 3.0 Graphics cards such as GeForce 8 class card or higher, ATi 3000 series or higher and Similar chips from other manufacturers
•Drivers: DirectX® 9.0c (included) and latest video drivers
• DVd Writer/reader

The minimum screen resolution for EVE is 1024x768.
Audio hardware must support SSE and be Direct Sound compatible. For optimum performance, use latest drivers available.

Thats what I need as a bare minimum. Current is a DEll Inspiron 2400 with a Celeron CPU 2.4ghz 256 mb of ram, machine is a few years old now, and just doesn;'t cut it anymore).

[Fub@r]

CPU: E6600 @3ghz $150
Ram: 2 gig @800mhz $70
HDD: 500 gig $80
Video: 9800GT $150
Mobo: Allow $150
PSU: 500watt $100

Total $700

Basic build been 2 yrs since I built my last one so a bit out of step as to whats best value at present.

As said above 20min to put together. For your first time build prob take an hour just so you can take your time and be careful Once you have built one you'll kick yourself as to why you hadn't done it before


For parts shopping www.pricespy.co.nz is your friend

[mynameis]

Needed as a bare minimum to run Eve, which is the only game played.

•CPU: Intel Pentium® or AMD dual core @ 2 GHz
•RAM: 2 GB
•HD space: 6gig Free Space
•Network capable
•Video: 256 MB Shader Model 3.0 Graphics cards such as GeForce 8 class card or higher, ATi 3000 series or higher and Similar chips from other manufacturers
•Drivers: DirectX® 9.0c (included) and latest video drivers
• DVd Writer/reader

The minimum screen resolution for EVE is 1024x768.
Audio hardware must support SSE and be Direct Sound compatible. For optimum performance, use latest drivers available.

Thats what I need as a bare minimum. Current is a DEll Inspiron 2400 with a Celeron CPU 2.4ghz 256 mb of ram, machine is a few years old now, and just doesn;'t cut it anymore).

I doubt those new specs pieces will fit in your old motherboard, you're more than likely looking at a new PC.

Have a play on dell.co.nz mate, they aren't too bad.

[Bald Eagle]

Rediculously easy to do, rediculously expensive to pay to get it done.

We were quoted $200 labour. All we wanted was to update the ram. I have a friend at work who works part time on computers, and he showed me what to do. It literally takes 2 mins, and the long bit is unscrewing the bolts on the case. The ram itself is worth fuck-all.

That's $1200 an hour. I worked that being generous at him taking 10 mins to do it. (I dunno how it would take that long but whatever.)

Like the engineer and the hammer joke it's $5 bucks to do it and $195 bucks for knowing what to do.

[mashman]

CPU: E6600 @3ghz $150
Ram: 2 gig @800mhz $70
HDD: 500 gig $80
Video: 9800GT $150
Mobo: Allow $150
PSU: 500watt $100

Total $700

Basic build been 2 yrs since I built my last one so a bit out of step as to whats best value at present.

As said above 20min to put together. For your first time build prob take an hour just so you can take your time and be careful Once you have built one you'll kick yourself as to why you hadn't done it before


For parts shopping www.pricespy.co.nz is your friend

Best way to do it... If you get stuck Dingoz, i'm more than happy to give you a hand... well direct you as my personal slave

[golfmade]

If you're able at all to work with and tinker with your bike then a computer shouldn't be too hard. Plenty of how-to guides online and people around here (myself including) would be more then happy to help you put it together. Save a ton of money as people have noted and you get the satisfaction of building your own PC.

[PirateJafa]

Needed as a bare minimum to run Eve, which is the only game played.

Good taste, that man.

[PirateJafa]

The minimum screen resolution for EVE is 1024x768.

You'd want far more than that to comfortably play Eve, however. I run it at 1920x1200 on my 24" monitor, and that is *about* the right size.

[SMOKEU]

New graphics card is easier than upgrading RAM.

It took me about 1 hour to fit a new video card. The video card is so big I had to take the hard drives out and move them all around, I had to lose the CD burner, the ram had to move, the IDE and SATA cables all had to move as well. I had to lose the floppy drive. It's a relatively standard size ATX case.