Building a PC

cd02

Hey.. i'm looking to build my own pc which about 4 years ago i could have done easily without any problems but now i've lost all my contacts etc.

anyone know of websites to get parts from ?

also, anyone know what type of spec i'ld be looking at now a days for about £600 ?

i know i could get a great machine for £500 from dell etc but really wanna build it myself..

cheers ppl

chunter

www.valuelist.co.uk
www.ebuyer.co.uk
www.aria.co.uk

valuelist - their online credit card facility not working. Anybody used them lately?

icebergx

Overclockers.co.uk
Pixmania.co.uk (Good prices but deliveries are a little slow.)

Rex_Mundi

https://www.cclonline.com

https://www.microdirect.co.uk (I like these because you can select a guaranteed Saturday delivery)

I always found overclockers reviews OK, but their prices can be expensive.

wolfman

I'm another one that likes Microdirect. Overclockers are good to, as mentioned a little more expensive, but they'll often have the best selection of custom parts.

What do you need to get for £600? Everything including monitor, or just a new base unit.

If possible I'd go for an Intel Core. Get one of the Allendale's (E6300 or E6400). Such a system, with a reasonable graphics card would cost you around £450ish (no monitor or mouse etc...). Plus if you're willing to look into it, the Intel Core's are very easy to overclock. Basically just by running it slightly faster you could out perform an AMD 64 X2 4800+ (a £240 cpu).

Amalea

Another overclockers fan here, always get my components from there as range is great and customer service/delivery is good. It can be pricey, but the offers of the week can be quite good and save the pennies.
I personally would steer clear of ebuyer, too mnay have had bad experiences with customer services (myself included).

Little_John

https://www.scan.co.uk check out their daily todayonly offers which usually on Friday and the whole weekend include all components to build a new machine motherboard, cpu, memory, hard drive and graphics cards. or their weekley bundles where the put parts to gether to be bought as a bundle.

cd02

thanks ppl.. great sites/tips from everyone..

just to add a bit more to it..

i'll be lookin to get a whole system not just the base unit, something with at least 1gig of ram, dvd re-writer and a decent graphics card..

I've just got this from a local shop/web site.. what do ppl think..

Processor
Intel Pentium 4 524 3.06GHz 64-bit LGA 775 Retail Processor £43.81
Motherboard
Asrock 775Dual-880Pro S775, PCI-E,DDR1/2,Lan,1394,7.1Snd,ATX £42.95
Memory Slot 1
1024Mb DDR2 533Mhz Memory Module £37.69
Memory Slot 2
1024Mb DDR2 533Mhz Memory Module £37.69
Graphics Card(s)
256Mb (512Mb Hiper) GeForce 7300LE PCI-Express16 VGA Card £31.57
Hard Drive 1
160Gb Maxtor DiamondMax 10 SATA I/II 300 7200rpm Hard Drive £35.65
Optical Device 1
NEC ND3550 16x+R 16x-R Dual Layer DVD Writer -Black- £17.95
Optical Device 2
16x DVD 48x CD-Rom Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive £8.95
Floppy Drive Bay 1
3.5 1.44Mb Floppy Disk Drive -Black Facia- £4.45
Case
Gladiator Black/Silver ATX Case, 500W PSU, 12cm Blue LED Fan £26.95
Monitor
19 Inch TFT Monitor £113.17
Speakers
600W PMPO Subwoofer with Satelite Speakers -Black- £5.95
Desk Managers
3in1 Desk Manager Keyboard Mouse Speakers -Black- £5.95
USB Storage
512MB USB2.0 Flash Drive £9.95
Operating System
MicroSoft Windows XP Home Edition -OEM- £51.95

Total price £560 inc. vat

espresso

:think:

Forgotten something haven't we!

:rotfl:

Toxteth_OGrady

LOL - bet it wont boot!

:cool:

TOG

Rex_Mundi

espresso wrote:

:think:

Forgotten something haven't we!

:rotfl:

Toxteth_OGrady wrote:

LOL - bet it wont boot!

I do hope it's a typo on the OPs part....lol