It\'s official, I now hate computers.

Well, you may have seen my thread about my new upgrades, well... they send me a faulty mobo, so I try and get a new mobo and they say about 2 ****ing weeks, so I have just had to re build my old comp but I had already sold 128mb so now I\'m back where I started but slower. So now I have loads of useless PC parts till I get a new bastard mobo. God I\'m pissed.

though luck man.
u ordered the parts online, right. well if u did, this just comes with the territory.
well atleast hopefully when u get yer mobo the wait is gonna be worth it.

RMA sucks.  I hate computers too, they\'re still pretty new if you think about it.  In about 100 years I\'ll bet people will be saying how inefficient, slow, and unstable they are.  We were born in the wrong century!!

One thing to think about is to buy the part at a local computer shop, use it and when you\'re RMA comes back in return that to the place and get your money back.

What pissed me off was that I got an ASUS board, it\'s not like a baught a cheap ass board, but **** it, I\'m paying the difference and getting a more expensive MSI board.

[Kurt Angle]

I\'m sure it will be worth the wait.

Hmmm, I don\'t know if that\'s such a good idea.  I\'ve never had ANY problems with Asus boards, and I\'ve owned many of them.  MSI, on the other hand always seemed like dogshit by comparison.  Not sure why they would be more expensive than an Asus board.  I think you should stick with Asus.

should have gone to a local retailer.

Ebuyer are pretty cheap though.

Word of advice! When it comes to Motherboards, Monitors and CPU\'s I buy from a local dealer, everything else i\'m game for.

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I\'ve always said it.. DON\'T BUY ONLINE These people use shit like Bubble wrap to protect there products. I LOVE static, don\'t you guys.

Only buy from local retails, the small places are normaly the cheapest. Big stores = rip off. MSI are a very good brand. I only buy, Gigabyte, MSI, Asus and Abit. Although the Asus board i brought awhile ago had heaps of problems and that put me totally of them.  MSI are a good brand, it\'s worth the buy. Just hope u choice a good board.

the small places are normaly the cheapest. Big stores = rip off.

things must be ass backwards in oz
bigger stores, more sales, lower prices
the mom and pop local stores are ALWAYS more expensive, they have to be.

buying online IS the way to go
i can get a name brand mobo, p4 2.4g CPU and 512m ddr ram for under 260$ online (with a 30 day "no questions asked" replacement guarantee and manafactuer warranty.  find me a local "refurbished" shop that can do this.
oh yes, i said refurbished.  you didnt honestly think local computer shops only sell brand new equipment?  

9 of of 10 times, if you install a component and it doesnt work, YOU messed it up.  did you ground yourself before unwrapping that motherboard?  are you wearing your static cord bracelet when you put that ram chip in?

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If u know where to go, yes. I know all the good stores in aus. Mainly because of wholesalers.  Computer Tex is a great little store near my suburb. They order everything from wholesalers new, nothing is stocked at this store expect for peripheral devices. If i can\'t find something from a wholesaler i\'ll go through these guys. Even though it\'s only 2 people. Also Jaycar electronics is good for the good ol case modding stuff.

Big stores are rip offs. Here anyway, go to places like dick smith electronics, Harvey Norman, Tandy etc. You\'ll be paying 5 grand for a pc i could build with better brand parts and be half the cost.
Only 1 big name store I’ve seen in Australia that\'s cheap. That\'s Computer world.

You don’t need a static cord bracelet. You just need to earth yourself before doing anything. I\'ve never killed a mobo, cpu, mem or any computer component. You could be safe and use one though. I do at work.

Show me this "online store" that u can get the stuff from for under 260.  I\'m talking quality mm, not cheap brands.


Please don\'t give me this 9 outta 10 crap until you WORK in a computer store. I\'ve seen way to many manufacture faults to know better.. It\'s more like 6 outta 10 The classic one i\'ve seen is the no thermal gel routine, or the "what\'s the metal block for"  ahh.

I order stuff online all the time.  There are places to avoid.  But there are very good places too.  Heat where did you order from?

soully, yer a damn bench tech

talk to me when you get some certs or a degree under yer belt

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whateva mm. whateva.



got a certificate III in software/hardware technology.. whooooo.
Was part of my Vet course at high school. Really lame boring crap it was.

I guess experience means nothing against a degree. Pity, since most people ask for experience as well as degrees. So i guess that means u can\'t say s@#t either mm. That\'s why i\'m starting my 4 year digital/analong electronics diploma/degree course sets next year.

So i\'ll talk to you after that hey mm and whatever i say must be true because i\'ll have a degree. :rolleyes:

ps. WTF does having a degree or diaploma have to do with where to buy computer components?