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So I've been in Korea almost two months now...finally receiving first paycheck -.- it's monthly so I don't see them often, but when I do...well let's just say I've heard it feels pretty good. I should be getting paid come this Friday morning.
So my computer broke right before coming here, so, obviously, my #1 priority is buying a computer. I am completely clueless as to how I am going to pull this off. I'm very aware of Yongsan station - it's where I got my PAYG phone from a nice lady that my friend here knew - but I'm also aware of its reputation. I've heard the computer vendors there like to give 'special foreigner prices' that are inflated sky high.
Anyway, a full blown desktop is a totally different story from a cheap phoen. I say desktop because I figure that's going to be cheaper than a laptop, and yes we are assuming that I will be wanting to play SC2 on this, meaning its going to need to be pretty decent. Does anyone know where to go, who's reputable, has fair prices, etc? My Korean is basically nonexistant...learning, though slowly. Obviously part of my paycheck is going to go to some Korean language classes....
Blargh anyway if anyone could share some friendly advice from those of you in Korea, would be much appreciated ^^
PLZ GIVE ME 5 POINTS~
 
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Get a Mac. They'll run SC2 pretty well and their PCs are awesome.
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Jibba, you clearly don't know what you're talking about. Macs are old and outdated. You need to get a Linux. Their PCs and RAM are much superior.
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On July 09 2010 03:21 Saracen wrote:
Jibba, you clearly don't know what you're talking about. Macs are old and outdated. You need to get a Linux. Their PCs and RAM are much superior.
Clearly Solaris has teh best PCs and Accumulatorz and other things to make computationz
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The new Macbooks run the game fine.
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if you know Korean...
http://danawa.co.kr/
if not.... find a Korean who can help you navigate that site 
The merchants at Yongsan are the fucking scum of the earth, and you should never buy anything from them unless you've checked the price of goods beforehand, and even after that, you should boycott them so they go out of business -_-
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Plus OS X ships with the iPhone simulator so when all your friends tell you that you should get an iPhone you can show them that and then tell them to go fuck themselves.
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On July 09 2010 03:19 Jibba wrote:
Get a Mac. They'll run SC2 pretty well and their PCs are awesome.
Gross :\
You should just build one yourself 
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If you're confident in your ability to read labels and manuals you can build a PC yourself for much cheaper than you'll be able to buy one. It seems like a daunting task, but it's really quite easy (literally everything you need to know is labeled on the motherboard, very obvious, or in the manuals). If this is a route you want to take and need some advice, PM me and I'll help you out.
If you'd rather just purchase a desktop, I'll go ahead and agree with the above advice and shop online if you can.
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On July 09 2010 03:19 Jibba wrote:
Get a Mac. They'll run SC2 pretty well and their PCs are awesome.
He's price conscious, I doubt he'd get a mac lol. But yeah rule of thumb for me when making a large purchase in Asia, if you don't have a local with you do it at your own risk.
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If you have someone who will take the time to help you in the states, I'd say order the PC or the parts to assemble it through NewEgg, have it shipped to a US address (best friend/family member), and have them ship you the parts. It's probably not the cheapest way to do it, but it'd guarantee everything was sold at you at a reasonable cost, you have a vendor with excellent customer support and a great return policy, and since you're new to Korea, and probably don't know the language (You better be on it! >:\ ), everything will be easier to understand.
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Aren't there issues with different electrical (and maybe other?) standards?
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On July 09 2010 07:42 Craton wrote:
Aren't there issues with different electrical (and maybe other?) standards?
that just matters on the psu choosen, most good psu's will feature support for both 115v and 230v along with varing amps.
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Haha....these are pretty much the responses I expected. I have considered doing the newegg thing, ordering to US address and having a friend/family member ship it to me.
Waxangel, thank you for the link. I think I will get a Korean friend to help me navigate that site. I have heard about Yongsan, both good and bad. I've heard that they can have some great deals but that like any other large shopping district, you better have the skills to haggle. As a foreigner I don't think I have said skills.
Anyway .... I guess I'm mostly mad at my ignorance of realizing how expensive shit in Korea is? I thought electronics here would be cheap, being that they are such a large exporter of electronic goods. Not - the - case. =(
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