Thread: Looking to purchase new PC...??

We're just about to have telephone lines extened to our village sub-district {only a couple of properties}, and would like to go ahead and have a PC in the home. I've always used laptops/notebooks {purchased in Japan/America} here as to no access. I haven't the first clue to which would be the best buys here in Fairyland. I need some help and advice from you techies. Cost isn't such a hinderence. Which local makes and models would be suitable? I don't even know what's available within the Thai market..........HELP PLEASE!?! Thanks.

gigabyte motherboard

enermax psu

Originally Posted by Rural Surin

Which local makes and models would be suitable? I don't even know what's available within the Thai market

Everything is available. Lots of good stuff out there. Suggest you come up with a list of what you need/want to use on a PC. Folks will be able to give you better suggestions if you do.

I told the fat bastard what I wanted and he got a case and filled it with good shit and it has ran every day for about 5 years and is just as good as the day he fired it up the first time.

Get a Mac.

You won't have to deal with any virus, malware, or spyware stuff - this is especially useful if all you do is cruise porn sites (surprisingly, this seems to be important to some folks, and those are the #1 places where PCs get infected).

Plus, for those moments that you ABSOLUTELY need Windows, you can run Windows on the Mac (either in a Windows separately, or by rebooting into Windows) - so essentially you get 2 computers for the price of one.

Plus, it just works.

(obligatory fanboi plug)

I would be tempted to ask Marmite. He has given a lot of good advice to others in the past, uses a good computer for work and knows what he is talking about. As Norton has said, everything you could possibly want is available here in LOS. Just pick a budget.

Originally Posted by DaffyDuck

Get a Mac. You won't have to deal with any virus, malware, or spyware stuff

I agree, I've bought an iMac 24 " Mac OS X Leopard not long ago and it's the best OS I've ever had (even if you don't visit porn sites). The 20 " should make anyone happy at home.

I have a dualboot WinXP (a nightmare) and Mandriva Linux on my laptop but Mac OS X Leopard is much better even if I'm a begginer with this OS.

It's a subjective point of view but once you have a Mac it's difficult to switch to another OS.

The - :

- Expensive
- I don't like the mouse, replaced by a Logitech MX 1000 I used on my old PC
- Less games available, but I don't care as I only play WoW in native mode. And most of the people play games on XBox or Playstation.

what are you going to use it for ?

who is going to use it ?

The OP asks for help with buying a PC; not an overpriced Mac nor does he want to spend 3 years choosing which version of Linux he wants to use.

What I would do, is go to your nearest PC Mall and get a shop to build something to your budget. For 20k you can get a solid machine for doing pretty much whatever you want to do.

I have the following which would be about the 20k mark now.

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66Ghz with Asus Motherboard
Good Power Supply Unit
2 Gig RAM
DVD Burner
Samsung 932B 19" Monitor
Running Windows XP Pro

I'm sure something like that would keep you happy for a few years.

just for interest , Marmite

would you care to list the components in order of importance ?

aka where to put a few extra shakles to obtain the most benefit ?

almost forgot, Tesco is also having a great promo on a laptop Compaq, very nice, 1GB RAM, 80GB SATA, DVD writer with lightscribe, 14'' Screen, Intel Core Duo, Wifi etc... for only 15,000 THB

Thanks for the tips everyone!! Much appreciated!!

Either make a list of which features are important for you to get more specific advice, or go to the nearest mall to inform yourself what is available.

If you live out in the sticks and know nothing about computers, like myself, you may be better off buying a brand-name set rather than have something assembled which you may find difficult to get serviced later.

It just seems incongruous to buy hi tech computer stuff from Tesco.

They do have a very good vegetable section.

Trying to remember why we went to Tesco's in England..........

aaah,,Waitrose was closed.

Originally Posted by CharleyFarley

They do have a very good vegetable section.

Nope, not even in the UK if memory serves.

But there's a wide selection of brands selling the same vegetable oil, tinned sardines and nam-pla at our local Tesco's.

Originally Posted by Mid

would you care to list the components in order of importance ?

Not really. I don't think it's that straightforward.

That being said a good quality PSU is essential imo, as is XP Pro rather than V****a.

If RS is near a Tesco, I would suggest looking there first as they do seem to have some pretty good deals.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Good Power Supply Unit

What's dat? A diesel genset??

thanxs Marmite ,

you answered the question I was trying to ask

swapping out my psu and successfully cooling the cpu made big differences to this machine ,

XP Pro eats vista

Click here for Belarc's System Management products, for large and small companies. Operating System System ModelWindows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) VIA Technologies, Inc. P4X266-PE11/T
Enclosure Type: DesktopProcessor a Main Circuit Board b2.40 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: P4X266-PE11/T
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 12/16/2002Drives Memory Modules c,d40.06 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
29.51 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

LG CD-ROM CRD-8522B
LITE-ON LTR-52327S [CD-ROM drive]

SAMSUNG SP4002H [Hard drive] (40.06 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 0411J1FTC27900, rev QU100-61, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 256 MB
Slot 'A1' has 256 MB
Slot 'A2' is Empty Local Drive Volumes c: (NTFS on drive 0)20.03 GB10.10 GB freed: (NTFS on drive 0)20.03 GB19.41 GB free

Very helpful gents, thanks!