Best ways to transfer Data from one PC to another, From Fastest to Slowest

- Via a Crossover Lan Cable {Fastest Way}

- External Hard Drive {Depending on its size and Transfer Rate}

- Burn all your Data on to DVD's {Having the data on disk is a good way of having a backup of data if your PC crashes}

- USB Thumb Drive {Slowest and most time consuming way}

If anybody is in Melb, Ill do just about any PC Software , Custom Build jobs and Repais

Edited March 16, 200818 yr by SubJimbo

Depending on where you are in Melb, I can do it for you

im in brissie thanks for the offer though.

thanks to everyone for their advise and offers to help build a system if needed. I think I will printout the list on scar69's post and get them to build it for me as im in brissie. sounds like the way to go.

thanks again!

I agree with TAB. (Hard to believe hey TAB) Dell is definately the way to go. And what TAB said, the 530 is the way to go. Relatively inexpensive and a (not too bad) performer. I just bought one as a second computer.

The most important things to look at are the graphics card and the CPU. Nothing else is as important as these two items. I know, I know. Motherboard, FSB, cache....all important but graphics and CPU are the main bottlenecks.

If you go the 530, make sure you choose the 256 MB PCI grahics card and the fastest CPU you can afford. (In that order). Don't choose an intergrated (on the motherboard)grahics chip what ever you buy.

Choose Windows XP Home Edition. Costs nothing more and no compatiblity issues. Not Vista.

3 Year Next business Day Warantee too is good value at $127.60. Look at it like this. Not many parts on a computer will last more than 3 years because dust kills them. And most parts cost more than $127. (Hard drive, monitor, graphics card, motherbord etc)

160gig hard drive is more than enough. If you do like to save movies, go to Office Works and buy an external 1 terrabit hard drive for $299. Great value!

Also if you don't know how to. Dell will for $16.50 partion your hard drive to 40gig and the remainder as backup for movies, music etc. If ever you reinstall your windows, all isn't lost.

Building your own is fine for the enthusiast. I built one 3 years ago and cost me $2500 just for the box without monitor etc.

The 530 is a good starting point, but I wouldn't go any slower (cheaper) than this.

Hope this helps

Cheers

for people who dont know a lot about PC's I would just reccomend dell

there prices are ok and the specs are ussually pretty decent

you could even try a local computer fair and buy a pre built PC

I use a shop in sydney called AUS PC

I dont use MSY because I hate there website

Edited March 20, 200818 yr by TOM1111

Buy Seagate HDD also as they offer a 5yr warranty over Western Digital 2-3yrs.

Have had my old seagate for 6yrs now and going strong but my W.D sh*t itself 2months outside its 2yr warranty!

Dell laptops are cheapest and best by far and service is ace but there desktops can be expensive.

for people who dont know a lot about PC's I would just reccomend dell

there prices are ok and the specs are ussually pretty decent

dont swear please....

DELL!? cmon mate... DELL,Hewlett Packard... all those brands DONT MAKE PC COMPONENTS!

99% of the time with those sorts of "brand name" pc's the components will be made to suit their oddly shaped, stupidly designed cases/ motherboads and when one of those parts dies it costs you an arm and a leg to replace it with those stupid parts again compared to normal OEM computer parts.

better off going to a more modern/funky PC store who tinkers with a bit of gaming/casemod stuff as those sorts of placed ALWAYS build custom PC's and wont talk you into "Brands"

TBH, those "brand name" PCs just make it easier for schools and government offices to order new comps rather than sepcifying a whole parts list. and most of the time their just crappy average joe stuff at top price anyway.

I have a compaq and every thing is replaceable

my 2 other PC's are built from scratch and that's the best way to go but for people who dont need top spec PC's a pre built one should be fine

im not sure what motherboards dell uses so I cant tell you if you can replace parts yourself.

the main reason I recomend dell is its a known brand and if I say some other shop chances are the OP wouldnt buy from there because its unknown just like how people get there net through bigpond.

also go intel not AMD

Sorry mate....but you really have no idea.

Crack a Dell PC open and you'll be very surprised to find industry standard components

Ooooooh oooooh nerds may I join in?

Scotty

Sorry mate....but you really have no idea.

Crack a Dell PC open and you'll be very surprised to find industry standard components

so I take it there fully upgradable??

if so there would be no problem with a dell