hddave1 said:
hello..im new and i mostly read here on the forum but i think im ready for a pc upgrade ..this is what i have now.. atx case with 450wat powder supple, a socket 478 motherboard, 3gig hyperthread cpu. 1025gig ram and a 128meg radeon 9200 ati video card..im kinda a ebay freak so i thought i would buy a motherboard and cpu, new ram and a new video card.. i like to play games and surf the web so im looking to build somthing fast . could you guys help me get started with a combo from ebay that will get me running faster...thanks
i just went thru something very simular to what you did,
same socket mobo, only 2.4ghz cpu and a slightly better gpu.
so i wanted an upgrade, well, what i found out is, when it comes to computer parts, newegg > ebay. i purchased a mobo on ebay, it didnt work, cant ship it back for a refund, so i was forced to purchase another (from newegg this time)
newegg is one of the cheapest well known pc suppliers out there, i think i spent about 700 bucks with them in the last month.
tigerdirect is also decent if you live on the east coast or near the east.
but with ebay, you just dont get the customer support like you would at newegg or tigerdirect.
i learned this the hard way, and i too like to use ebay, but not for pc parts anymore.
edit: also check frys.com every now and then, they run some killer "3" day sales. thats where i got my hard drive, it was half off.
300GB sata mator HD for less than $60, nobody could beat that deal the week i purchased it.