where to buy PC

bsod

which operating system is on it, why the move to desktop

andrewf75

bsod wrote: »

which operating system is on it, why the move to desktop

can't remember and its not with me at the minute, but its 7 or 8 years old so needs replacing

We have a tablet for portable use so makes sense to get a desktop I think

jaydeeuk1

Nowt wrong with buying from PC world, just a case of turning down their offer of £99 anti virus with free mouse. I bought a Lenovo laptop from there, fan was really noisy (was an ultrabook so should have been quiet). Was expecting a battle to get a replacement, let alone refund but PCW Derby Meteor centre refunded me straightaway. I wouldn't touch PC world for their aftercare or extended warranty, or advice about switches, projectors etc, but as a convenient place to buy from they're miles ahead of ebuyer, laptopsdirect, scam, sorry, scan etc if you need to return something within 30 days. If you can find the identical model cheaper from Amazon, then I would go there, simply because their customer service is the best in the UK.

Other good thing is if buying from PC world, and say PC is £500, buy £500 worth of PC world vouchers from morrisons and get 50p off a litre of fuel, which is worth up to £50 by itsself (although balance this up with the fact you get protection if you spend at least £100 of the total on credit card - Amex is good for this)

andrewf75

Yep I'm not against buying from PC world. I just need to get advice elsewhere first!

enfield_freddy

my mates wife bought some batteries from them once , pestered and pestered about warranties etc , till it blew her head away


mate looked at the debit card receipt


batteries £2.99
warranty £9.99

[Deleted User]

I bought a second hand Fujitsu Esprimo with Windows 7 off Gumtree nearly 3 years ago for £30. I have upgraded the hard drive to 500GB and the RAM from 2GB to 4GB (used RAM cheap off eBay).

There are still loads of these machines to be hard cheap of eBay too.

I much prefer corporate class machines to the boxy consumer ones you find in PCW, plus it's a bargain!

fred246

I make my own PCs but the last one I bought was from a company called ginger6.com. Looking at their website they do seem to make quality PCs using components I would use. 80 plus power supplies - expensive but quiet and reliable. Asus motherboards - don't get any better. Samsung SSDs. If I was buying a PC from a company I might use them again. You can buy cheaper but I like engineering and quality.

Pincher

If we are going down the Custom PC route, check out YoYoTech.
http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/

Upgraded a five year old laptop to Windows 10.
It was getting sluggish, but it's gained a new lease of life under Windows 10.

Surprisingly, I bought a laptop from Argos recently.
Full price £229.99, but it was down to £169.99, during a three day event. A genuine reduction. Lighter than normal, because it has no DVD, at all. The battery life is a quantum leap from the five year old laptop. I can browse for three hours on battery easily.

wealdroam

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

Other good thing is if buying from PC world, and say PC is £500, buy £500 worth of PC world vouchers from morrisons and get 50p off a litre of fuel, which is worth up to £50 by itsself (although balance this up with the fact you get protection if you spend at least £100 of the total on credit card - Amex is good for this)

I'd just like to point out that you don't need to spend £100 on a credit card to get the protection for the whole of the purchase price.
The rules for a 'section 75' claim are that the purchase price is at least £100 and 'some' of that must be paid via a credit card. As little as £1.00 on the card is ok if the seller will accept that.

A short quote from MSE's Section 75 Refunds article:

As long as it costs more than £100, pay for even a fraction on a credit card and you're protected.

fred246

I've been playing with PCs for years. I've never had a processor or RAM fail. I've been through stacks of mechanical hard drives. I've had MSI, Elite, ASROCK motherboards fail, never an Asus or Gigabyte.
I don't think the case really matters - just a structure for the components.
I used to use cheap PSUs about £7. Nasty things with noisy fans and thin wires. Often failed. Now I use 80 plus. Pay about £40. Energy efficient, cool, heavy. Ooze quality.
Motherboards. Asus or Gigabyte. Quality capacitors. Choose your chipset according to your needs. Your copy of Windows is linked to your motherboard. When it fails you will lose your PC - expensive.
RAM and CPU need to be chosen according to your needs. Pay more you get more capacity or speed NOT reliability.
SSDs are fab. Need to check transfer speeds. Normally buy about twice the size that OS needs. I use Samsung. Add a large capacity mechanical disk drive for music, photos, videos etc. Recently been using Western Digital black.
Most sellers sell on the basis of RAM and HDD capacity and CPU speed. If you buy the cheapest PC with say 4GB and 500GB you surely will get the cheapest PSU, MOBO etc. To me they are the most important part because I want long term reliability and a quiet, cool, efficient PC. When buying a PC try to check each component not just RAM,HDD size and CPU.