Cheap Pc Parts

[adrenalin]

Well looking at building whole new PC as i need it mainly for multimedia.

I dont really care if its AMD or Intel.

I want something with alot of ram

Atm i have a dual core 2.2 with 2 GB ram and its starting to chug like a mother.

So if anyone can recommend a system or somewhere with cheap parts.

[Jmoore]

MSY has dirt cheap parts.

dual core 2.2 i would still say is pretty modern?

[deeman111]

id almost suggest chucking a bit of ram in that current system, and give it a clean out.

If its DDR2 ram you can get 4gb kits for about $80 now cheap as chips

[Lasoya]

ok, dont even bother running 4gb ram unless u r running a 64bit operating system as 32bit only access's 3gb ram max, MSY r decent in prices but i never use em, i jus use perth shops and 1 eastern states site.

www.pccasegear.com.au
www.ple.com.au
http://stormcomputers.com.au/catalog/
http://vtechindustries.com.au/

[Gazza]

PLE or Netplus

Good service at both, and prob cheapest in perth.

[EL BURITO]

http://www.staticice.com.au/ just refine results to WA

[180SXTCY]

i rekon austin computers isnt to bad on pricing...

while back built me a quadcore, 3gb ram, 22 inch lcd, p5qe mother board a fancy as graphics card etc etc all for under 1800 bucks..

the thing hooks!

(sorry bout my lack of knowledge my mate choose all the parts as hes a nerd and im learning slowly =)

[dexplosion]

PLE computers all the way

[adrenalin]

Thanks guys.

Yea reason i am upgrading pc as i am working with very large files and often a few at once so to have a bit more processing power would be awesome.

[brynj]

Another +1 for netplus.. they even assemble custom pcs cheaper than you can source all the individual parts separately.
Might be worth going with a faster hdd as a scratch disk if you're doing image/multimedia editing as well.

[Azrian]

Built most of my system from PLE.

Some great prices there.

[Jmoore]

ok, dont even bother running 4gb ram unless u r running a 64bit operating system as 32bit only access's 3gb ram max, MSY r decent in prices but i never use em, i jus use perth shops and 1 eastern states site.

www.pccasegear.com.au
www.ple.com.au
http://stormcomputers.com.au/catalog/
http://vtechindustries.com.au/

you realise msy is in perth now right? in balcatta

[Lasoya]

you realise msy is in perth now right? in balcatta
News 2 me

[Lonewolf]

id suggest with 2gb ram and a decent CPU, it could be hard disk throughput which could be your bottleneck...

Might want to look at a SCSI (or at least 10,000rpm sata) hard disk for your OS to run on, with slower and cheaper hard disk for storage.

[Corey]

+1 for PLE...found there prices to be really good.

[locote]

ok, dont even bother running 4gb ram unless u r running a 64bit operating system as 32bit only access's 3gb ram max, MSY r decent in prices but i never use em, i jus use perth shops and 1 eastern states site.



Getting 64bit windows is as easy as ordering a disk from Microsoft, its free to upgrade your current windows(legit) to the 64bit of your current version unless its Basic...