Need a new pc

[spanner039]

PC shat itself last night looking at something like this but ill take my power supply and graphics card from the broken one

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/360404344770?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

never used amd before and i dont use it son uses it for games not any heavy games though, wife uses it to look up porn and thats it

Some feedback and recommendation would be great

[goughy]

'Wife' eh ;)

[virge666]

http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/products/quickship/au/en/optiplex?c=au&l=en&s=dfo

[spanner039]

'Wife' eh ;)

Isnt that what all wives do?

[spanner039]

http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/products/quickship/au/en/optiplex?c=au&l=en&s=dfo

Cheers Ill suss it out

[Wardy101]

what died in the old one?

if you have reasonable case and are moving some of the components anyway then why not replace the busted bit? Assuming it is the motherboard then you could get new motherboard and CPU and be on your way.

through in an SSD if you dont already have one

[spanner039]

That's what my son wants to do, broken CPU fan care of me, most of the ram don't work not because of me, overheats, broken DVD cause I kicked it. Shit case not enough USB ports. About 5 year old thought it may be time for another.

[Coldtopper]

Just gave a shop 1k in town they gave us a black box with lots of usb thingys other stuff. It has a button that lights up and is quiet. Helpful ? It seems to be a starting $ figure

[goughy]

broken DVD cause I kicked it.

Sux that tech these days can't handle at least one good swift kick!

Remember the days when that was the way to fix most stubborn items?

[spanner039]

Sux that tech these days can't handle at least one good swift kick!

Remember the days when that was the way to fix most stubborn items?

Yep, i remember well the days when a shifter and a hammer was all I needed to keep the xb falcon running smooth.

My son says I'm banned from pcs

[oldracer]

seen the way u swing a golf club, i'd keep you away from delicate stuff as well 8-)

[Wardy101]

what died in the old one?

if you have reasonable case and are moving some of the components anyway then why not replace the busted bit? Assuming it is the motherboard then you could get new motherboard and CPU and be on your way.

through in an SSD if you dont already have one

you need a kick bag to save the stuff in your place.

Your son is on the money with building it himself. The Whirlpool forum has a large number of example builds in different price ranges

[Bruce]

msy.com.au
scorptec.com.au
pccasegear.com.au

All have many suburban branches so one will be near you.

That ebay deal is in the right ballpark price for what you get.

[chappy1970]

Cam MSY have a shop in Malvern

[mrbluu]

Cam MSY have a shop in Malvern

Chappy do you know anyone in the IT game that could help him out ;-)

[chappy1970]

More than happy to give Cam a hand if he so desires

[spanner039]

Cam looked up his bank balance and shes not flash got to wait a couple of weeks so plenty of time to get a new budget sorted. At least the 4 x Ipads 3 x laptops 1x surface and 2 x Galaxy tabs should cover us in the meantime.

So the eBay one in the first post is pretty much like buying a set of Brosnans and thinking im cool?

Cheers Chappy, Ned sorted what i need for now, ill resurrect it in a couple of weeks.

BTW have used MSY for heaps of parts in the past cheap as