Dell computers

[Pathos]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/C...n-44390698.htm

Just add OS and possibly another hard drive.

ugly as shit tho...

[Gremlin]

Got an Inspiron 5100... 2 and a half years old... going well

Getting them to look at it, replace something, upgrade whatever, will cost you an arm, 2 legs, and any other bits you might think are unnecessary.

That said, bought from dell - not the warehouse, customised the spec, then upgraded afterwards (try half the cost again), but its had a very hard life, doing a lot of work, and has run fine.

[Mooch]

Built a PC using a Gigabyte motherboard / kingston Ram / Amd / Graphics card a few years back. The first motherboard lasted two weeks. Was replaced under warranty. The Gigabyte boards have good reviews for performance and are well priced. However , mine will blow a memory sim every now and then. Fortunately for me the memory has had a lifetime warranty. PC was state of the Art at the time costing about 4k to build.
I don't think I'll go down the Gigabytes route again. They are probably ok now. If anyone gets one, then don't forget to remove the bio's jumpers otherwise it's possible for a script kiddies to wreck your motherboard via tftp downloads.

[Mooch]

ok
If i was to build a computer, most bang for bucks , what would I do?
my current is a Amd chip odf around 1.1 ghz 80 gig hdd, usb2 etc ....

The chip needs upgrading as skype and video tv ,,,dont like each other ,,

but for arguments sake ,,,(not 1800 nz for a chip ) ,,,but what would be the ulitmate computer???

Stephen

For multimedia use something like this.

http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/..._recorders.php
http://www.jp.sonystyle.com/Style-a/Product/X/

[Pathos]

Built a PC using a Gigabyte motherboard / kingston Ram / Amd / Graphics card a few years back. The first motherboard lasted two weeks. Was replaced under warranty. The Gigabyte boards have good reviews for performance and are well priced. However , mine will blow a memory sim every now and then. Fortunately for me the memory has had a lifetime warranty. PC was state of the Art at the time costing about 4k to build.
I don't think I'll go down the Gigabytes route again. They are probably ok now. If anyone gets one, then don't forget to remove the bio's jumpers otherwise it's possible for a script kiddies to wreck your motherboard via tftp downloads.

I've had friends who have had problems with gigabyte motherboards before too.

I can only recommend ASUS from experience. My machine is running probably 10 hours a day at the moment (brothers on holiday) and I've used it nearly every day for the past 2 years. I've restarted it while running, pulled the power out while running etc and it just soldiers on.

[Mooch]

Agreed, . Asus offer excellent value for money, and have model ranges to suit the even the hard core PC person. Will probably go this way myself for next desktop replacement at some stage. Trad Man , this could be a way for you to go.