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ovid · Joined: 30 May 2007

So, I was in need of a cheap gaming system and almost considering getting one down at Techno-Mart in Gangbyeon.

I was letting the guys know that I wanted this at the very minimum:
Pentium 4 2.4GHz or better
1 GB RAM
Co128 MB Video RAM
DirectX 9.0 or later

Nothing too fancy, and his estimate was down to about 450.000, which I found a little worse than stopping at an Emart which offered similar specs (better cause those requirements are from 5 years ago for a game I still play).

Any idea where I can go to get a cheap system built from someone honest. I'd rather pay a bit more for something reliable, than complete junk (which happened when I bought a system from craiglist).

Any help would be appreciated. Also, not looking to break the bank - the game (Dark Age of Camelot) is a relatively old game and I just really need the PC power since my laptop is not cutting it.

Thanks

SeoulNate · Joined: 04 Jun 2010 Location: Hyehwa

The guys at yongsan can do it, but you need to be able to haggle and you need to know the value of what you want before you go in.

Also, you are going to be paying more for the parts you want because they are super old and really will not work with newer motherboards that most vendors carry and buy.

Under 700 should get you:

intell core i5
4 gigs of ram
decent older gfx card
64bit OS

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

red_devil · Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Location: Korea

Saw a sign advertising i5 for 400,000 at the Electronics Market at Nambu Bus Terminal.

8 years down · Joined: 16 Dec 2009

IlIlNine · Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

I'd imagine there would be tons of Pentium 3 and 4 era parts lying around in Korea considering that was the time of the PC Bang boom.

There must have been literally tens of thousands of obsolete P3 and P4 PC's lurking somewhere in Korea around 2003-2004 as the PC bangs upgraded.

8 years down · Joined: 16 Dec 2009

In Korea:

New hardware: incredibly expensive (50% higher than the same stuff in the US)
Old hardware: arguably the cheapest in the world

I'd bet a perfectly well working P4 system is thrown into the trash pile every minute in this country. Think of all those PC bangs, and the fact that 9/10 of homes run a PC or two.

ovid · Joined: 30 May 2007

Alright, thanks for the replies. I'm sure I'm able to find something with those low specs. I had a computer I got from someone and it was working well except the parts he used caused the machine to crash. People have listed several places to buy this system, but who is someone that is reliable?

8 years down · Joined: 16 Dec 2009

The problem is that those parts are so out of date its more trouble and more expensive building your super low end system than just getting a modern one.

Walk into a computer shop, go to Yongsan, or Technomart and say you want a dual core CPU with 2 gb of ram and decent video card. Tell them you have 300,000w total. Ask more than one place, compare specs and prices.

Usually for an idea of your video card requirement they will ask you what game you play most often. Tell them WoW or starcraft, something they know.

Should be easy.