BUK

Looking to buy a new PC tomorrow

wheres the best place to buy one ?

Jim Galbally

dell direct (www.dell.co.uk)

cant beat em for the money. (just dont expect to play the latest games on it!)

even the bottom of the range ones are still over-specced for your average home user too no need to spend 1k+ on a PC nowadays, times have changed

BUK

i have been looking at dell , wots their delivery time usually like ? id like it pretty quick.

I aint looking to play any games on it to be honest

Jim Galbally

within a week normally but i think they quote 28 days.

if you wanna go a bit more upmarket then i'd be looking at HP stuff, but its the same PC for more money, just less likely to fall apart 3 years down the line.

i wouldnt be swayed for cheap ebay deals and small name manufacturers, for the small saving you'll make on price you'll lose out on the good bits that come with buying from proper companies (ie waranties etc.!)

Stu.H

hi mate

heres a quote i did for shings, just to give you a rough idea on cost so ur not ripped.

im sure Jim will point you in the right direction tho!

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...405&highlight=

st3v3

As stu.H said

I built my own also for not much more than stu's quote,

By the way Stu's a good guy, wouldnt fleece any one, you could do worse by not asking him to do you one

*note to stu *10% commision my way pls m8

Anonymous

Acer. Ł260 (also comes with XP)
Not a games PC but good enough for most stuff. Easy add more RAM etc

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=80436

Jim Galbally

no diss to stu (as i build my own too) but for your average home user the fact that youve got some comeback if anything goes wrong is worth having imho.

bit like cars really... i for 15k you can build a well fast nice saph etc. etc.
or you could go out and buy a nice new ford focus.

the saph might have all the "right bits" and be a superior car, but your average joe on the street wants a new car that drives nice and if it goes wrong they can take it back to the garage and get it fixed for free

Eagle

iTrader: (2)

and there is nothing better than geting irate fone calls at silly hours from a so called mate you built one for to help em out ... complaining they have no idea whey they can not burn a cd

thats a good spec tho .. keep thinking this one needs an update ....

Stu.H

thanks steve


thats the problem isnt it, you can do a MUCH better machine than the likes of pcworld who use crap combo motherboards etc, but then there is the problem, as said above, that the people you build it for cant burn a cd at 4am in the morning

Joris_FRST

Buy a Dell,

but call them, don't order through the web, and blag some,

you can easy get 25% off if you're persistent.
You have good games spec PC's at dell, but they cost a bit

Just take one with 4 or 5 years warranty and you're laughing

Oh I like Dell better then HP, but they're both good,

just stay for away from packard bell, they use crap components.

Stu.H

me personally wouldnt WANT to keep a pc for more than a few years.

things move on too fast now.

Joris_FRST

yeah well, if you sell a pc in 2 years time still with 2 year warranty left, some poor sucker might even pay you for it, instead of having to throw it away