ENOUGH OF: WHAT TO BUY?. POST WHAT NOT TO BUY HERE.....

[the mihir]

All the posts are about what to buy? how much to buy? where to buy?.....
i thought that a post on what not to buy will be useful....

1. refrain from buying chordless mice without an on-off switch

if the mouse remains on always...it will eat up a lot of battery

2. dont buy cheap hynix ram

the ram will run a lot slower than low latency one
it is not reliable....may let u down any time
no overclocking....

3.dont buy smps with outpul less than 400w

it will lead to frequent shut downs....unstablity
the components may be damaged due to deficient power supply

4. gamers must avoid the micro or mini atx form factor of mobos and cabinets

good ventilation is not possible in the cabinet.
add on cards will increae the clutter
micro atx boards have too few slots for add on cards

keep posting....

[Kniwor]

Do not agree to the point 2.


For tight budgets Hynix ram is fine, it works well often, there can be problem at times, but then there is a 1 year warranty...


If u buy a 64bit processor, get an AMD, they came first in the market, most applications doveloped are keeping in mind the AMD64 artitechture .... so prefer not to get and INTEL, INTEL dual cores can be purchased because of their price, they are cheap and give reasonable performance for the cost..... but then motherboards are costly i heard....

Refrain from buying Samsung Harddisks... Maxtor is also not any great...

Do not get those cheap 100 Rs. headphones from frontech etc.... you will definitely not like them...

Purchasing a soundcard is not all that wise.... most motherboards have good integrated sound and u will hardly notice the difference...

SLI is a no-no, with hardly any performance boost, and high costs...... unless u are getting 2x7800GT 512MB

Do not assemble a ¨no floppy drive¨ system, spend 250 and get a FDD...

No Samsung Combo/DVD writer please.....

Fitting those speakers in cabinet is no good

DO NOT use those RS 5/- thermal pase UNDER ANY CONDITION WHATSOEVER, unless it´s a P3 processor where it is justified...
(u dont want to use a Rs. 100 thermal pad to save a Rs. 500 processor)

DO NOT use mobile processors in desktops without cutting off the plastic around the socket properly.....

[h_kunte]

Do NOT go in for the cheap Chinese USB MP3 players...they might look attractive with lotsa features...But they conk off within 6 months & u r left high & dry....Refrain from buying those players...

HK

[Ankur Gupta]

I wud say
Donot buy samsung optical drives or either HDD.they r really problematic and i have a personal experience wid them and cant stop cursing myself for buying it.

1do not buy big or bfg graphic card.

2do not buy less than 1 gb of memory for gaming.

3always trust on amd they r better than intel especially the dual core.

[Ethan_Hunt]

Originally Posted by kill_deep_singh

1do not buy big or bfg graphic card.

In case you are confused,BFG happens to be one of the best overseas Graphic card distributors and no other people offer a Life time warranty on their card like BFG does.

[grinning_devil]

the biggest NO-NO......

Dont go for BRANDED PC ..... !!!


**nice to see ya allwyndima after a long time!!

[KHUBBU]

Nice to see both of u together.

Dont go for ASrock Mobos. They r cheap & they s$$k !
As far as BIG cards are concerned, they r value 4 money.
512 MB is ok for gaming, NFS MW loads in seconds, plays smooth.
Dont go for Frontech gamepads.
Never believe ur local dealer. Demand what u want.

[Tushar.bar]

do not buy any BENQ product they would damaged within 1 year

[Kniwor]

Originally Posted by Tushar.bar

do not buy any BENQ product they would damaged within 1 year

COMPLETE DISAGREEMENT

[Ethan_Hunt]

Originally Posted by grinning_devil

**nice to see ya allwyndima after a long time!!

LOL Thanks man.Seems like you didn't scope out the Gamerz Section.I was quite a regular in that section that any other section.I became a lurking agent for a while and then decided to pop back in.Since a lot a spamheads have sprung up out here it hardly makes sense to post like we did before.

I use BIG 6600 gfx card, had no problems. Able to play all the latest games without any problems. I get above 45fps in all latest games at 1024x768 with 4x AA and AF

[phatratt]

don't buy P4 3.2 or an AMD 3500+ with 512MB ram to run win98. jus kiddin

[Kniwor]

Originally Posted by phatratt

don't buy P4 3.2 or an AMD 3500+ with 512MB ram to run win98. jus kiddin

DO NOT spam around...



@the mihir

are u going to edit ur post to reflect all the NOT's or is this thread going to be like this....

[sms_solver]

This is my list
-> Don't buy cheap keyboard and mouse. Optical mouse is must.
-> Don't buy 14" or 15" monitor, modern application takes up lot of space (toolbars, task panes etc)
-> Don't buy CD-ROM, this is time of DVD-ROM or DVD-Writers
-> Don't buy floppy drive, I have not used it for 1 year or so
-> Don't buy cheap SMPS
-> Don't buy cheap china made (USB Flash drive)

[hellomotto]

:roll: do not buy Samsung Optical drives ( CDrom,r/w,combo,DVD) all of those have tray in-out problem . Sony and LiteOn r the best options .

[grinning_devil]

DO NOT buy pixelview playTV Pro 2 TV/Fm with winXP SP2....will NEVER work ... !!

[hellomotto]

hey which Graphics card NOT to buy ?.............

[Ringwraith]

Originally Posted by hellomotto

hey which Graphics card NOT to buy ?.............

i wud say :
i) Never buy cards with 64-BIT memory interface
ii) Do Not buy nvidia cards with "TurboCache" and ATI cards with "HyperMemory"

[AGENT_SMITH]

Originally Posted by grinning_devil

DO NOT buy pixelview playTV Pro 2 TV/Fm with winXP SP2....will NEVER work ... !!

He is right never buy any pixelview tv tuners
their drivers for XP s**k

never buy any original products from microsoft

[phatratt]

hey hellomotto u stole my avatar!!!!

[reddragon]

We should not buy iBall laptop . my friend have it

[Kniwor]

Originally Posted by sms_solver

-> Don't buy floppy drive, I have not used it for 1 year or so

JUST OPPOSITE OF WHAT I SAID....

Originally Posted by Kniwor

Do not assemble a ¨no floppy drive¨ system, spend 250 and get a FDD...

[grinning_devil]

never buy an i-Ball Cabinet...
their build quality s***!!!

[wizrulz]

Originally Posted by parthbarot

tell me abt good mobile around 12 to 13 K and a good digicam/camcorder around 15 to 20 k

hey ur not a newbee that u posted this by mistake.... So if u want to start new thread abt mobile go in proper section.... PLEASE DO NOT ASK A NEW QUESTION IN ANOTHER THREAD...(which is not related in any sense)...


ABOUT what not to buy
=> FDD- absolutely no use if u have pen drive
=> Samsung roms and HDD
=> Motherboards with AGP slot (will be outdated soon)
=> Cheap headphone
=> 256 ram, 128 ram chips (min is 512)

[Kniwor]

Originally Posted by wizrulz

=> FDD- absolutely no use if u have pen drive

let me try and settle this, there are motherboard in market (like ASUS K8S-MX )
for which integrating the SATA drivers for windows does not work somehow, so u need a fdd to install winXP everytime u reinstall....
hardly anyone used FDisk for data transfer so that is not a point, but there are times when u need one, u might just loose ur CD in which u integrated ur drivers... what of an emergency hadd wipe, an emergency boot, emergency admin pass recovery...
and when u are buying a comp of 35000 there is no point in saving Rs. 250 by not getting an fdd,
U can obviously do everything without an FDD, but all the pain is not worth 250/-


either u guys never reinstall, or do anything with ur comp that u dont need an FDD, or u guys are extra-smart to avoid FDD at every single point u need it...

[grinning_devil]

Originally Posted by Kniwor

either u guys never reinstall, or do anything with ur comp that u dont need an FDD, or u guys are extra-smart to avoid FDD at every single point u need it...

thanx for the compliment!!!
b ut i'll go with wizrulz,i havnt used a floppy disc in the last 2 years or so...though i have a drive( diont even remember where i placed it..have to search for it!!)not even once there was a need to get something installed frm a floppy drive.... !!
moreover i think the cabinet looks shabby with floppy drive out there...

[Kniwor]

anyhow so let's leave it to personal choice....

[the mihir]

do not buy a keyboard without palmrest if u type a lot

and i agree with AGENT_SMITH- do not buy pixelview tv tuners

do not buy i ball cabinets

do not buy smps from frontech or i ball even if it says 400w....the psus are as light as a feather...this indicates cheap heat sinks.

do not buy a graphics card that shares the main system memory

do not buy age of empires 3....the graphics s***

do not buy a PATA hdd

[grinning_devil]

Originally Posted by the mihir

do not buy age of empires 3....the graphics s***

dont agree with u !!!