Guest mike-oh Posted October 14, 2004 Report Posted October 14, 2004 Any ideas, as buying a new one is just about as cheap as building your own nowadays.
Guest olly_k Posted October 14, 2004 Report Posted October 14, 2004 I agree, buying a PC is cheaper but you never really know what quality or 'upgradability' you are getting unless you specify exact hardware - in that case you are probably better off building your own ^_^ It also bl**dy annoys me that the large PC outlets charge you for the original windows disk when things go wrong - just how do they get away with this????
Guest mike-oh Posted October 15, 2004 Report Posted October 15, 2004 I was eyeing up a dell system, but i've heard bad things about their after sales service. Anyone else heard much about this?
Guest squall Posted October 15, 2004 Report Posted October 15, 2004 i recently built my own after having a good look about. I decided i wanted to pick all the best components. Its cost me £1200 so wfar without monitor, but is a fantastic pc
Guest RAVENMAD Posted October 15, 2004 Report Posted October 15, 2004 Hi there m8 I make PC's for a shop to sell. I can make you a PC tower for about £300 with all top bits as I can get then cheap. I can also send it in the post which will cost £25 with royal mail or you can kick up from Liverpool. If you want any more info like the type of spec just let me know...
Guest squall Posted October 15, 2004 Report Posted October 15, 2004 you sell tft monitors on there own? i need a 17 - 19 inch which is good enough for playing games / vids
Guest RAVENMAD Posted October 15, 2004 Report Posted October 15, 2004 I don't normally but I can get them I don't know how much for a 17 - 19 inch but the 15 inch are around £150 depending on the type thay have... I can find out by Monday if you want?
Guest mike-oh Posted October 16, 2004 Report Posted October 16, 2004 Hello, I'm a poor student (awwwwww) with a budget around £700, From Dell this well get me a; P4 3.0 GHz 800MHz FSB 512MB Dual Channel DDR2 400Mhz 160GB HD 128MB PCI-Express ATI Radeon X800SE 48x/32x/48x/16x CDRW/DVD-ROM combo drive Stereo speakers and Subwoofer Windows XP with MS Works 17" (16" Visible) CRT monitor Which i think is fairly respectible and at a reasonable price. Over to you Ravenmad...... ^_^
Guest ghm101 Posted October 16, 2004 Report Posted October 16, 2004 www.europc.co.uk for me any day. I got one, lots of my friends buy from them. Always had excellent service. Great prices. They sell a mix of factory refurbished and New machines. I go for monitors from Computer Fairs. second hand 17" CRT for £20. when it dies get another. Or spoil yourself with a 21" for £100-£150.
Guest Dr Who Posted October 16, 2004 Report Posted October 16, 2004 You could try the Dell Outlet. Rock Direct are very good if a little bit pricey. Ditto for evesham.
Guest RAVENMAD Posted October 16, 2004 Report Posted October 16, 2004 Hi mike-oh I can do the same spec for £450 maybe £500. The only broblem I have is that I will need the money first so what Il have to do if you want one is put an add on eBay for you to click BuyNow and then send payment. This is all for your safety in buying it. I have 100% good feedback. Just let me know...
Guest Dr Who Posted October 16, 2004 Report Posted October 16, 2004 Not cussing you Ravenmad, but due to your low post count and recent events in the buy/sell forum I would be very wary of buying from you, or any similar vendor. Only my opinion, obviously.
Guest RAVENMAD Posted October 16, 2004 Report Posted October 16, 2004 Not cussing you Ravenmad, but due to your low post count and recent events in the buy/sell forum I would be very wary of buying from you, or any similar vendor. Only my opinion, obviously. Theres nothing roung with that im the same thats why I use eBay to sell and if I see something I wanna buy from here I ask them to use eBay If you wanna see my feedback on eBay my ID is RAVENWATO.
Guest mike-oh Posted October 17, 2004 Report Posted October 17, 2004 How much to make that a gig of DDR2 RAM and perhaps a 3.2/3.4/3.6GHz? Or perhaps i should just re-word the question.... What would/could you build given a £700 budget? Cheers, Mike
Guest RAVENMAD Posted October 17, 2004 Report Posted October 17, 2004 A PM has been sent with a rar file with info of computer spec...
Guest Chaser81 Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 I just built one for my mate in Bristol who is doing a Masters. Cost me £511 all in and it looks the bomb.
Guest olly_k Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 P4 3.0 GHz 800MHz FSB 512MB Dual Channel DDR2 400Mhz 160GB HD 128MB PCI-Express ATI Radeon X800SE 48x/32x/48x/16x CDRW/DVD-ROM combo drive Stereo speakers and Subwoofer Windows XP with MS Works 17" (16" Visible) CRT monitor I have to say Mike that is not a great spec for £700! You could make a much better system by purchasing components that were great a few months ago but are cheaper now due to advancments... Also I hope the GFX card aint really PCI cos that was outdated 2 years ago :shock: Also who uses MS works these days? I last used that with windows 3.11 ^_^ Software can be purchased at computer fairs round the country on OEM disks. Saves a lot of money! For hardware I would probably go to Dabs or somthing. Memory though from Crucial 8)
Guest mike-oh Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 The graphics card is PCI-EXPRESS! This is the mac daddy that's gonna oust AGP. It's essentially AGP x16! I already have office XP so not too bothered about MS works, its 7.0, think it's a slimmed down version of office 2002. I've heard bad storys about Dabs so i'm staying away from them. I find ebuyer quite cheap but the parts for equivallent system on there comes to just under £700 then there's delivery on top of that i believe. The price for the dell includes delivery and a free printer (which i know wont be upto much so i'll flog it to my sister). Incedentally i can now get that dell system for just over £650 as i've found some promotional codes on the net. ^_^
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