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Motherboard/Ram question

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DeRailur

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This prolly isn't what you are expecting for a question, but here goes...

I'm in the Army and am getting assigned to Korea, I'll be leaving in June. I know alot of PC hardware is made there, as far as ram chips, mobos etc. While im there ill def be looking to buy shloads of stuff 🙂 🙂 🙂 Im wondering if anyone knows about buying this type of thing over there or if this for some reason might be a bad idea. Anywho, just gimme a little input. This is the only good thing I can see from this assignment as I just got back from 9 months in Iraq in late November lol.
 
Originally posted by: DeRailur
This prolly isn't what you are expecting for a question, but here goes...

I'm in the Army and am getting assigned to Korea, I'll be leaving in June. I know alot of PC hardware is made there, as far as ram chips, mobos etc. While im there ill def be looking to buy shloads of stuff 🙂 🙂 🙂 Im wondering if anyone knows about buying this type of thing over there or if this for some reason might be a bad idea. Anywho, just gimme a little input. This is the only good thing I can see from this assignment as I just got back from 9 months in Iraq in late November lol.
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Hey, why not see if you can get your assignment changed to Singapore? That's where all of the insanely OCed P4's seem to be coming from! As for the rest of your post, I really don't think that you'll be very happy with the prices on computer components there. From what I hear, we have the best prices, by far, of anyplace else on earth right here at home. Although, who knows, the exchange rate may make such a huge difference, that you'll be able to bring back enough to build yourself a kick-a$$ system for a few hundred bucks in US $'s. Let us know...
 
Will do. I am hoping that it ends up being cheaper, prolly gonna have to find a local to do the haggling for me. If i get some crazy good deals I just might buy in mulk who knows.
 
Yeah, believe it or not, I almost edited that first post to say something about buying quite a few, if you found some good deals. Hey, I would, but only right before I left to come back to the US, because you might end up getting screwed if you didn't. It doesn't seem like anything on earth's price falls faster than the last "best thing on the block", I guess you know.
 
I was in Seoul, Korea, for 2 months back in November and December. First, you're going to find cheaper prices here in the U.S. at shops like Newegg, Zipzoomfly, etc for most electronics and computer components. For most things, the difference isn't huge. It's about 10-15% cheaper here in the USA after factoring in currency conversion. But for some things like videocards, monitors, and LCDs prices it's like 25-40% cheaper here than there. So don't think you'll get cheaper prices there for hardware because you won't.

There are couple of big electronics districts in Seoul where computer parts are sold. But in order to get decent prices there you'll have to visit Korean version of Pricewatch site before you go to know which shops sells for what price. It's all a big hassle and Newegg still has cheaper prices.

Forget about PC hardware while you're there and explore the country and take in some culture while you're stationed there. Food is exotic and wonderful. Women there are beautiful. Lot of interesting places to see and visit. Seoul is one busy city with lot to see and do. Good luck in your assignment. Have fun! 🙂
 
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Heh thanks for the insider info. Now I just hope I can get a decent broadband connect over there.
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LoL. You'll find the entire country is broadband. 🙂 What you consider broadband here like ADSL and cable modem is actually old technology there. Most people use Korea Telecom VDSL which is like 10x faster than ADSL here. Cost? Like $30 a month for insane speed. South Korea has the highest broadband penatration and usage in the world. Almost everyone is on broadband. 56k modem is like ancient history there.

Same with cellphones. Everyone has cellphone and you'll see some crazy cellphones that will blow you away. While US is still on 2G network, South Korea is already using 3G techology with CDMA2000 and WCDMA. That's broadband for cellphones. The cellphones that Samsung and LG sell here to Sprint and Verizon as new phones are actually 1 to 2 year old models that was released there.

I got spoiled with insane download speed while I was there and now my ADSL here feel like 56k dialup.
 
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