SmokinU Posted June 3, 2008 Posted June 3, 2008 Hello to you all, Coming over from Toms myself but good to be here. As far as my system goes well, sad to say I had to get one fast so I did the unthinkable and went to bestbuy... But before I get laughed out of here, this is what I got and reasons why I bought locally instead of building myself. I am by no means new to building pc's but since moving to Hawaii getting parts and or shipping cost forces allot of people to buy from the stores like bestbuy, circuit city and so on. This last weekend my cpu finally decided to take a permanent nap. So I decided to take a look on newegg. After a few days of debating and research I decided to go with a quad core route but once I totaled everything and calculated shipping cost I was sadly disappointed. So with a low budget in mind I cruised down to best buy and actually found a decent deal. This is what I got.... Q6600, 4g 6400 ram, asus mobo, lightscribe dvdrw, 750g hd, 8500gt 512mg vid card (crappy lil thing), 64 bit of vista premium, and this was all wrapped in a not so bad looking case from HP. Of course there are allot of details missing but you get the idea of what the pc is. The total price was a hefty $899 us bucks. I know I could have gotten a much better video card and mobo but with the cost of shipping and so on I thought this to be a pretty good deal. Needless to say I will upgrade my vid card pretty soon but wanted to wait till the new ones hit the market good and perhaps the 8800gt will drop in price even further. So that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted June 3, 2008 Posted June 3, 2008 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwinC Posted June 3, 2008 Posted June 3, 2008 Aloha! Welcome to OCC! I lived over in Ewa Beach. Went to school at Iroquois Point Elementary School way back in the 70's. Wow the good old days. B:) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted June 3, 2008 Posted June 3, 2008 Welcome to OCC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted June 3, 2008 Posted June 3, 2008 Welcome aboard! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted June 3, 2008 Posted June 3, 2008 Welcome to OCC. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vooduu Posted June 3, 2008 Posted June 3, 2008 Welcome to Occ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokinU Posted June 3, 2008 Posted June 3, 2008 (edited) Yeah small world huh, I am actually pretty new to the island since 2005. I live over in temple valley area myself. Much more relaxing than the city side lol. Thanks to all for the welcomes Edited June 3, 2008 by SmokinU Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.