new to town

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well finally got all moved. Now located in north Waterloo. Got almost everything unpacked, just have to organize the second bedroom/compter room. I been basically down in the area for the last month or so, staying at the gf's parents place, so not terribly unfamiliar with the area.

I was just wondering one thing though. I was wondering if anyone local knew of a cheaper computer place where I could pick up a new monitor that had hookups for RCA cables (to play my playstation) I am also trying to update my computer and looking for some RAM. Though I dont know what is compatible with my pentium 3. (as in pins or sd or ddram)

[mbb41]

IIRC I think you need 128 pin ram. Been a while. Ram speed will be like 133 or so as instead of say 333, 400, or 533 for example. As for a monitor. Look for a lcd televison that has a VGA input. This would solve both needs for you for not to bad a price depending on size.

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yeah i did figure out the ram thing. Spent a couple hours reading up on it, been a while so was rusty on some of it. Funny enough I searched on Ebay and found exactly what I needed and got it for dirt cheap.

As for the monitor thing, I would love to go out and buy a larger one, but cash is tight. I should look around ebay for another deal!

[GapBoyPCS]

You may have luck scoping some places near the universities because they cater to starving students, but the flipside is they can equally rip people off because a lot of students can't go store-to-store and find the best prices.

There's usually a place by the Chapters/Canadian Tire on King St., in the strip of stores where there's a Jiffy Lube. I usually see big signs with cheap desktops and used monitors. Might also try buying new, in case some stores are having early Christmas specials and are dropping prices galore.

[98cont-UoG-FSAE]

I was just wondering one thing though. I was wondering if anyone local knew of a cheaper computer place where I could pick up a new monitor that had hookups for RCA cables (to play my playstation) I am also trying to update my computer and looking for some RAM. Though I dont know what is compatible with my pentium 3. (as in pins or sd or ddram)

Check out www.canadacomputers.com
great prices and they have a bunch of stores too.

[joe]

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well i got some ram from ebay, just waiting for it to come in the mail. Though if and when i finally go bigger and better, ill be trying to build my own, justtrying to read up on all the fun facts and tidbits. Right now it would be a challenge, but I dont plan on having to do it for a while, unless my computer craps right out. IM getting some acpi errors, so with any luck my power supply will stay put, though i geuss if it does crap out it wuld be good experience to have to put a new one in