Most over priced PC hardware?

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 4:08 pm

Just wanting your opinion.

Greg

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 7:44 pm

I say videocards are way ouy of wack..followed Closely by power suplies.

Greg

blade · Post by **blade** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 7:51 pm

Not much doubt, video cards.

Who in their right mind would spend over $200 for one?

Perhaps if you are a major gamer. But still, $300, $400 +.

:;

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 7:54 pm

Video cards all the way then processors next... the fastest ones are too damn high in price but vid cards tops the list... 400-500 bucks for hte fastest one out... hell i still rock my 8500 it plays everything i want to play and its still faster than hell...

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 8:09 pm

I say Video cards then the Power Supply

dont wana get a shitty one.

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 10:26 pm

I too will say Video card then Power supply.

Slugbait · Post by **Slugbait** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 11:37 pm

Dunno whatchoo guys are talking about...I can buy a cheap-ass power supply by some company I've never heard of before which can be blamed for major system instability and get "a bargain", or I can buy a quality power supply that allows me to overclock my CPU like a mofo while running my machine 24/7 for a price some consider too much (or consider ludicrious, if it were a PC Power & Computing PSU...)

In layman's terms, you get what you pay for.

While the PSU prices for crap and the PSU prices for quality haven't changed much (if at all) in several years, even comparatively speaking, each new generation of videocards have always started out at astromical prices, only to be purchased at a garage sale three years later for pennies on the dollar.

Thus, CPU pricing based upon value and depreciation would outweigh PSU pricing by a VERY large margin.

xsiled · Post by **xsiled** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:01 am

anything over $25 for a good PSU is a joke, its only a transfomer after all.

with that aside video cards are the biggest rip off, even when they are a few years old they dont get below the $50 range, while you could grab a referb mobo at newegg for $29 and up.

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:22 am

I don't see a 100 dollar PSU as being a rip off... It is the most crucial part of the system as far as i'm concerned. I'd rather kick out for a top dollar PSU than 500 for a video card that 6 months down the road is old technology... most PSU's can be used for years unlike video cards.

Slugbait · Post by **Slugbait** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:23 am

anything over $25 for a good PSU is a joke

I'll make it easy for you. Please supply a link for a truly good PSU under $30. Tens of thousands of people would like to know...if not hundreds of thousands.

I will notify people on other boards about these amazing quality-PSUs you obviously have singular knowledge about.

Considering you think the under-$25 PSU would not be joke, this shouldn't be much of a challenge for you.

xsiled · Post by **xsiled** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:43 am

Originally posted by Slugbait
I'll make it easy for you. Please supply a link for a truly good PSU under $30. Tens of thousands of people would like to know...if not hundreds of thousands.

I will notify people on other boards about these amazing quality-PSUs you obviously have singular knowledge about.

Considering you think the under-$25 PSU would not be joke, this shouldn't be much of a challenge for you.

alright, i will clarify, dick, a good psu should be $25 or less. there is no reason that they should cost more then that.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:46 am

Fortron 300W PS @ newegg for $27
LINK HERE
Im not in this debate,,, however here is a good PS for cheap.

xsiled · Post by **xsiled** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:48 am

Originally posted by RubberDuckie
Fortron 300W PS @ newegg for $27
LINK HERE
Im not in this debate,,, however here is a good PS for cheap.

agreed, but this is not a debate, slugbait failed to read my original post correctly.

i never said that psu's that are cheap are good, i said that a good psu should be cheap.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:52 am

Gotcha...
I need to make a correction however. I linked the wrong PS. It is corrected but the link in your reply is not what I was wanting to show. (you responed to fast)
No biggie.

YES a PS "should" be cheap afterall ... like you mentioned ... it is just a transformer

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:54 am

"ROBOTS IN DISGUISE"

Couldnt resist

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