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How would someone go about importing a laptop from the USA? Are there any surcharges on top of the original price I need to take into account? If so are there discounts for high school students? Thanks in advance

Oh... Wow. that is quite cheap for what you get even with tax. Thanks I should take a look at that.

it would incur a 10% tax i think because xoticpc is US.

Hi I'm looking for a gaming laptop in Australia for under AU$3000 preferably with a 16" or 17" 1080p screen and a decent graphics card. I'm not looking for much in the way of battery life and preferably under 5kg so i can take it on planes with a 7kg limit for carry on. I game a fair bit but...

ive heard that all x58 chipsets run crossfire or sli.

i can be flexible with the budget but i would like to spend round that 1k. pcmarket has free shipping to where i am and i can pick things up from MSY so shipping costs arent a problem

hey thanks for the reply i already have an isgc-300 to use with it and do you know anything about the evga boards? like the classified and the tri sli LE model. which one would be better value for money and which is better performance?

btw i will use this for overclocking and i buy parts from MSY and Pcmarket

hello i would like to upgrade my gaming pc to an i7 within a AU $1000 budget. i will need ddr3 ram, motherboard and processor. any ideas? i have had a look at the i7-920 and my favorite brands for the mobo are evga and ASUS. ANY ideas close to the budget would be appreciated

YAY ive beaten you :) i got my 9550 2.2ghz to 2.62 and it runs around 35-43C almost silently :D and same problem with both vga and ddr2. im in adelaide so its pretty hot :) im planning on one H version and on L version of the thermalright hr-07 duos because i hve ram sticks in slots next to...

hello all im running 4gb of ddr2 ram in 2X2gb. my problem is when i OC the CPU the ram runs hot. both sticks are right next to each other so no heatsinks for them that ive found will fit. does anyone know of some good slimline heatsinks for the RAM?

hmm i dont know but ive even OC'ed my phenom 9550 2.2ghz to 2.53 and the heatsink works perfectly at around 38C. thats great considering were in the middle of summer in australia here :) . any higher and the ram runs too hot though XD. im gonna do some case mods and vga ram and ram heatsinks for...

hello thanks for the replies i returned it and this one works alot better. my only problem is that the vga ram runs too hot. will get heatsinks :)

its ok i fixed it by plugging it into a pwr fan plug :)

hello all, my new 5770 has so many problems and i was wondering if they can be fixed or not. on stock clocks the whole system freezes and i need to force reset or it Blue screen of deaths and then i need to reset. it sometimes even goes a solid grey or even goes black (yet another reset.). all...