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Double07
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 Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:34 am Post subject: How Much is a decent desktop? |
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I know that this has been discussed before but given that prices change very quickly I thought I would ask the current situation.
How much a decent desktop in Seoul at the moment, obviously decent is a relative term and prices vary but in general looking for nothing particularly fancy just something to watch DVDs/DIVx, maybe play Football Manager and use the net.
Anyone recently bought one or know of any rough idea on price. Just trying to guage the pros and cons of bringing a laptop from home or buying a desktop in Korea.
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: Re: How Much is a decent desktop? |
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| Double07 wrote: |
I know that this has been discussed before but given that prices change very quickly I thought I would ask the current situation.
How much a decent desktop in Seoul at the moment, obviously decent is a relative term and prices vary but in general looking for nothing particularly fancy just something to watch DVDs/DIVx, maybe play Football Manager and use the net.
Anyone recently bought one or know of any rough idea on price. Just trying to guage the pros and cons of bringing a laptop from home or buying a desktop in Korea.
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prices are for the tower, monitor NOT included.
Entry level system - 400k won
Mid level system - 650k
High end system 1 million
Top end game system - 2 million
All will do what you are asking (except the game).
A low end system with an upgraded video card will do it all.
Your basic home user who is NOT a power gamer will be fine with a system priced around 600k won at Yongsan. It will last for about 5 years before you need to upgrade again.
A serious gamer will want to spend about a million at Yongsan (add 30% if you buy at a department store), |
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ttompatz
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Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:36 am Post subject: Re: How Much is a decent desktop? |
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This advertised computer was offered at our local computer shop.
This is a new machine - built on demand and used as an example:
CPU - Pentium D 805 - @2.66 Ghz (dual core)
mainboard - dream P4M890
RAM - 512MB, DDR2 SDRAM PC2-4200
Video - GeForce7100, 128mb, PCI-E
LAN - 10/100
3D - 6channel sound
HDD - 160GB, SATA2
DVD/CDRW combo drive
Power - 400w
Slim case
mouse & keyboard
Korean windows, MS-office, hangul2006,
It will do everything you asked and all for the grande sum of 400k.
17" LCD monitor is available for an additional 170k. Used 19" CRTs for 30k.
http://gigagate.net - tel: 031-608-6400.
The 805, clocked at 2.66 GHz with a 533 MT/s bus, appeared in early 2006. Smithfield is made of two 90-nm process Pentium 4 Prescott cores put together in a single die with 1 MiB of Level 2 (L2) cache per core.
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:16 am Post subject: |
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www.dell.ca
Dimension C521
Space Saving Performance
AMD Sempron� Processor 3400+
Genuine Windows Vista� Home Basic
512MB Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz - 1DIMM
80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache�
48X CD-RW/ DVD Combo Drive
Featured at
$399 plus 14% PST/GST =$451.00 Cdn.
Your gigagate computer at W400,000 is $505.00 Cdn.
Hm. Is Korea actually cheaper? Are the differences worth $54.00 Cdn? I'd be inclined to say yes but I am no expert. Just a reference point. |
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behindtheveil
Joined: 19 Sep 2006
Location: Gimpo
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:19 am Post subject: |
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| I would suggest you get 1 gb of ram, won't cost that much more. |
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ttompatz
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Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:25 am Post subject: |
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| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
www.dell.ca
Dimension C521
Space Saving Performance
AMD Sempron� Processor 3400+
Genuine Windows Vista� Home Basic
512MB Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz - 1DIMM
80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache�
48X CD-RW/ DVD Combo Drive
Featured at
$399 plus 14% PST/GST =$451.00 Cdn.
Your gigagate computer at W400,000 is $505.00 Cdn.
Hm. Is Korea actually cheaper? Are the differences worth $54.00 Cdn? I'd be inclined to say yes but I am no expert. Just a reference point. |
The 3400+, however, only has 256 KiB L2-Cache)
The Pentium D 805 on the other hand is made of two 90-nm process Pentium 4 Prescott cores put together in a single die with 1 MiB of Level 2 (L2) cache per core.
Apples to apples.
With an 80 gig larger HDD on the Korean system and the 128 meg PCI-E video card I would say they are comparable systems but the Korean one is slightly better bang for the buck.
The other differences are that the power cord can just plug right in and you don't have to drag it here on the airplane if you get the Korean one.
Really though there is no signigicant difference in price on entry level DESKTOP systems.
It would be 1/2 the price of a comparable laptop which is what the OP was asking. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:39 am Post subject: |
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| Ah. Just kinda throwin' that out there. Good to know. Tanks. |
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Double07
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:13 am Post subject: |
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Cheers this is what I was looking for, gives me a good idea of what I can expect. I think Ill just take English windows with me and buy a dektop when out there, saves the baggage on the plane.
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Pyongshin Sangja
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:35 am Post subject: |
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| You can get English Windows installed easily in Seoul when you buy a computer. |
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Double07
Joined: 29 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:52 am Post subject: |
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| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
| You can get English Windows installed easily in Seoul when you buy a computer. |
True but why bother paying for it, assuming its cheaper to buy a desktop without an OS, when I arleady have a copy.
Oh and another thing, which might sound a bit stupid, do keyboards in Korea only have hangul or do they have ones with hangul and/or english ? |
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ttompatz
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Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:09 am Post subject: |
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| Double07 wrote: |
| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
| You can get English Windows installed easily in Seoul when you buy a computer. |
True but why bother paying for it, assuming its cheaper to buy a desktop without an OS, when I arleady have a copy.
Oh and another thing, which might sound a bit stupid, do keyboards in Korea only have hangul or do they have ones with hangul and/or english ? |
They are bilingual and have both sets of charactors on the keys. |
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