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andrewducker) wrote2010-06-25 12:09 am
andrewducker) wrote2010-06-25 12:09 am
Computers
My desktop is about 7 years old. My laptop isn't great for games. Logic dictates that I should get a new PC, but I couldn't really justify it.
Until this morning, when the laptop died. Totally refused to turn on, with the caps-lock light flashing 5 times in succession, a signal that the internet informs me means "motherboard fucked".
I phoned HP, who do out of warranty repairs, to be quoted £260. As it only cost me £400 this seems a tad silly. A part of me wishes I'd got the three year warranty with it. I'd never bothed with a desktop, but laptops don't have replaceable parts in the same way.
So it looks like I'll be buying a new PC in the near future. Not that we can really afford it. It's going to have to be a cheap one.
A quick google tells me that an Athlon 630x4 and an ATI 5670 are both at the right point on the price/performance graph for me. Anyone want to tell me different?
(Figures from here and here)
Until this morning, when the laptop died. Totally refused to turn on, with the caps-lock light flashing 5 times in succession, a signal that the internet informs me means "motherboard fucked".
I phoned HP, who do out of warranty repairs, to be quoted £260. As it only cost me £400 this seems a tad silly. A part of me wishes I'd got the three year warranty with it. I'd never bothed with a desktop, but laptops don't have replaceable parts in the same way.
So it looks like I'll be buying a new PC in the near future. Not that we can really afford it. It's going to have to be a cheap one.
A quick google tells me that an Athlon 630x4 and an ATI 5670 are both at the right point on the price/performance graph for me. Anyone want to tell me different?
(Figures from here and here)
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I do feel your pain. This thing is shutting down randomly about four or five times a day - not great when I am in the middle of crafting elaborate business plans for my client.