Best place to buy a desktop PC.

steve1980

I've looked at Dell, PC World, Amazon, but where else?

Looking for a desktop that can handle graphics well so such as Flight Simulator as well as COD, and other similar simulator/RPG's play on high settings.

Budget around £300 - £500 but obviously as usual, the cheaper the better!

Would be great to have a widescreen monitor as well but not essential as unit needs to have the power.

santer_2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Desktop-Processor-Windows-Premium/dp/tech-data/B0046ECQ6W/ref=de_a_smtd

If suitable, you then have £120 to improve the graphics

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3377526

steve1980

I did look at that earlier but the hardrive is first listed at 500gb and then listed again at 320gb.

I know there is a company like Mesh Computers (not Mesh as they don't really exist anymore!) but for the life of me I can't remember who they are!

santer_2

http://www.uknetguide.co.uk/Shopping/Hardware_Manufacturers/Computer_Manufacturers.html

Have used pcspecialist, maybe you could get a base unit and add as and when funds permit

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/

Also novatech have barebones units you can build on

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/barebones.html

steve1980

santer wrote: »

Also novatech have barebones units you can build on

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/barebones.html

That's the one! I could kiss you!

kitschkitty

Hubby used to use novatech as they're local but started using http://www.ebuyer.com/ quite a while ago now as they're prices are very competitive and their customer service and delivery times are very good too. We've bought parts, laptops and PC's from them (hubby is an IT tech).

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?sort=pricelow&q=barebones&limit=10&page=1

steve1980

Found this on Ebuyer which looks perfect!

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/271600

baby_frogmella

Or you could try Scan Computers but ignore their pre-assembled systems. They're one of the cheapest for PC components. Decide on which components you need, give them a call and they'll advise you further based on your requirements. You'll pay around an extra £150-£200 to have the PC built and tested (takes about a week) which also includes a 3 year warranty. You can also ask pre/post sales questions on their excellent forum:
http://forums.hexus.net/scan-care-hexus/

This is the system i got built by them last year for £600 all in:

CASE
Antec P183 Advanced Super Mid Tower

MOBO
Asus P7P55D Deluxe

CPU
Intel Core i3 530 2.93GHz - Overclocked to 4.4 Ghz

CPU Cooler
Corsair H50

MEMORY
4GB (2x2GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600)

GRAPHICS CARD
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5450 512mb

PSU
650W Seasonic X650 PSU 80plus Gold Efficiency

HARD DISK
1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm

OPTICAL DRIVE
Pioneer DVR-S18LBK - DVDRW

CARD READER/WRITER
Akasa AK-ICR-07S 3.5" Internal Multi Mem. Card Reader Incl. M2, Micro
SD & USB port

SOUND CARD
Sound Card Not Required Use On Board Sound

WIRELESS ADAPTOR
Edimax EW-7728In 300mbps 802.11n PCI WiFi Card

OPERATING SYSTEM
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

Tyfelt

Have used Scan for about 10 years now, had 3 PCs from them in that time - all were excellent.

melbury

Anyone know anything about Dino pc? They seem to have some pretty good computers at reasonable prices.

gonzo127

Dino are one that comes up quite often, basically the main thing that people seem to have a problem with is their somewhat optimistic delivery times - other than that the systems are well priced and good spec

anyways the places i go when looking at PC's (i build my own but always find it interesting to look at pre configured)
Dino PC
Cyberpower
PC specilist
Aria
Novatech
Scan
Ebuyer

for parts i tend to look at
Scan
Ebuyer
Novatech
Aria