Buying a PC should pay attention to the price difference between companies

According to experts, if the store offers equipment, computer components that are 2% or more cheaper than the common ground in the market, it may be those products that need review.

If you are not knowledgeable in choosing a PC, buyers can ask a counselor at the store, but they should not "put all their faith" in this team. Here are some expert advice for those who need to buy computers.

Some "secrets" of price differences

* Products are fake and fake goods.

* Sales are 100% new but the model has stopped production.

* Products have been repaired, warranted but are "refurbished" thoroughly.

* Smuggled goods, tax evasion or unclear origin.

* The device is 'genuine' but entered without official distribution (portable goods), not covered under warranty.

* Genuine products, but some internal parts have been exchanged. For example: The printer is 100% new, the genuine product but the supplied cartridge has been shuffled 'counterfeit' with a price of only 1/3 of the price .

* The cheap sale is a guest question for later, guests will be directed to buy equipment other than the usual price. If you still want the cheap equipment, you will be advised to buy with other higher priced products. Most items that choose to sell cheap will be required to be fitted with other components. For example, the CPU cannot operate without mainboard, RAM, Case, HDD.

In order to identify reasonable prices, consumers should see how salespeople handle when customers request a discount. Usually large reputable companies will list standard prices, almost no bargaining opportunities, unless buying very large quantities. It should be noted that companies are willing to reduce prices compared to listing.

Ask the sales company to issue a financial invoice for the product sold

This helps buyers identify the origin of goods. It should be noted that product information and the amount of money spent by customers must match the figures shown on the invoice. If not matched, the disadvantaged when a dispute occurs will be the customer.

Select the appropriate configuration

At the store, the counselor will ask the buyer about the main purpose of use, the amount of money to spend . In many cases, the customer does not plan carefully so the request is not close to the intended purpose. This makes the advice less accurate. Therefore, explain in detail the needs and cost limits.

It is also not advisable to believe the counselors absolutely because in many cases, to release inventory, they "drive" buyers to old and outdated technology products. For example, the cost for a PC with: Intel CPU 2.66 GHz socket 775, 512 MB DDR2 Kingston RAM, Seagate 80 GB SATA hard drive (new device) is much cheaper than the configuration including: Intel 2 CPU , 53 GHz socket 478, 512 MB DDR1 Kingston RAM, 80 GB PATA Seagate hard drive (old technology). The efficiency of using the first machine is much higher than the second one.

When wondering between a device that wants to buy and a product of the same type but a new technology that costs the same or is more expensive, the solution is to choose a new one to facilitate future upgrades. The technology of manufacturing computer equipment changes quite quickly (usually from 9 to 12 months), so if you do not choose a new one, only about 6 months later if you want to upgrade the configuration, it is difficult to implement because the market There is no equivalent device.

Do not choose to buy 'mixed hotpot'

To save costs, many people buy CPUs at Company A for a few dollars cheaper than the market and then to Company B to buy a hard drive, and main at Company C for the same reason. Perhaps so, a cheaper PC set is about $ 15-20. But then, a series of shortcomings will occur:

* Time spent buying a PC in a "roundabout" way longer than choosing to buy all the equipment at a company.

* Because it is purchased at different companies, it is easy for devices that are incompatible when assembling, but usually company A will blame the equipment that customers buy from company B and vice versa. . The time to exchange and exchange parts will take time.

* If the computer has a problem and needs warranty, the owner is hard to find the person responsible for the quality of the product because the company will push for each other.

Pay attention to the store's warranty

In some cases, the reputation of the business can be measured by the number of customers of that unit. The judgment of people in the gender is this way, although the accuracy is not high, but it is also a factor to consider.

Nguyen Hang