If your computer usage consists of surfing the internet for cat videos, keeping up with social media, book keeping or other light work. Upgrading and or refurbishing an existing machine can save you money.
Diagnostics fee starts at $35*. After a diagnostic the correct price can be established or the job can be stopped at the diagnostic fee.
*Diagnostics involving water damage, extra cleaning or resoldering will bring the fee up to $60.
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If your machine has already been to Neguac Computer in the last 10 years, your previous test results and part list can be looked up for a more accurate quote.
Here is a list of common upgrade scenarios and their estimated prices.
Factory Reset + SSD
A fresh start, Solid state drive and Windows 11.
This is ideal way to reuse a machine for an office or home environment and not leave any personal or confidential information behind.
- Temperature check
- Component testing
- Swap slow mechanical disk drive for a fast solid state drive*
- Dust cleanup
- Fresh Windows 11 install
- Remove all non essential and personal data.
*With the diagnostics and target usage type we can guide you on what type of solid state you should purchase
**Priced with a 240gb SATA solid state drive
Update + SSD
Keep all data!. Zero to minimal data loss* and latest version of Windows 11.
We understand that your data and settings are important and we take extra precautions to ensure your data is kept safe.
This is ideal if you already have everything you need in place and just want it faster or if your current machine is still running Windows 10 ,8 or 7 and just want it upgraded without losing important data.
- Temperature check
- Component testing
- Full backup before job starts to our network storage
- Clone slow mechanical disk drive to a fast solid state drive**
- Dust cleanup
- Operating system maintenance
- Upgrade to the latest version Windows 11
*Some data loss may occur in cases where applications are no longer supported with Windows 11. We do our best to retrieve passwords but evolving technology makes it harder in some scenarios.
**With the diagnostics and target usage type we can guide you on what type of solid state you should purchase
***Priced with a 240gb SATA solid state drive.
Video games
So you want to play video games...
Playing video games on a desktop demands a lot of resources. But in some cases the family computer can be upgraded to entry level gaming.
This option is not available for laptops and small form factor desktops
- Temperature check
- Component testing
- Full backup before job starts to our network storage
- Clone slow mechanical disk drive to a fast solid state drive*
- Dust cleanup
- Operating system maintenance
- Upgrade to the latest version Windows 11
- Entry level video card**
- 8gb of memory**
- Power supply upgrade**
*With the diagnostics and target usage type we can guide you on what type of solid state you should purchase
**AMD RT5500XT, the extra 8gb of memory to reach 12gb or 16gb of memory and the power supply to run the extra load ***Priced with a 480gb SATA solid state drive. Price may vary depending on existing memory and power supply output.
Still got questions? want a quote? Contact me.