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build custom PC [website]

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hi,

i am looking for a new computer, dont wanna buy it from PCworld this time lol, anyone know a good site where i can choose what i want in my computer?

i found one, it lets me choose most of the stuff, but the site looks "ify" :/.
you can view the specs i selected here: http://www.tcpcsystems.co.uk/pcbuilder. ... CPC1683754

thanks
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if by "ify" you mean "orange" then you're right!
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yup, although they did reply to my emails quick and politely.
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Very good articles and tutorials on hardware and how to hammer it together (as well as a US-shop): http://www.tomshardware.com/

Here in the UK I've been buying stuff at http://www.ebuyer.com, who are generally the cheapest I've found, but use http://www.kelkoo.co.uk for price-comparison, once you know which components.

A PC-builder as in your link: you don't really need others to put one together once you know which components you want. Saves money as well :)
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I built my pc with mostly parts from:

http://www.compusa.com/
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newegg.com has cheap, good stuff, but it doesn't take paypal (bad for a underage kid :P )
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tim wrote:I built my pc with mostly parts from:

http://www.compusa.com/
I guess you don't really care what you pay for on your parts, huh?
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hmm, US shops dont really workout, cos at the end, the shipping may cost more then the product it self :P, i do have few friends over there who can buy the stuff for me, but the shipping still maybe a problem.

i will found out the shipping costs, if it works out to be not much, then i might aswell put it together my self.

thanks guys :D
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Post by m3mn0n »

qads wrote:yup, although they did reply to my emails quick and politely.
That's usually a sign of a bad business.

We all know it takes days upon days to get a reply from any respectable business via e-mail. :wink: :lol:
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Sami wrote:
qads wrote:yup, although they did reply to my emails quick and politely.
That's usually a sign of a bad business.

We all know it takes days upon days to get a reply from any respectable business via e-mail. :wink: :lol:
or none at all, as was the case very recently with a hosting company I had a website on. Website went down, I phone, I email, I phone, I email, rinse & repeat. Took them seven days to get it back up. Very good business practice indeed. Fasthosts.co.uk pride themselves on their "xXxtreme Support" available 24/7 - and then a scenario where they assure me three(!!!) times on the phone that things will get fixed right away...

/hijack off

Back to the hardware issues ;)
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phice wrote:
tim wrote:I built my pc with mostly parts from:

http://www.compusa.com/
I guess you don't really care what you pay for on your parts, huh?
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actually, I found some really great deals. I priced them at misc stores/sites.

I guess u could always ebay ? haha
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might be getting some stuff from here, and get a friend of mine to put it together and then ship it to me :D (hes in US).

about £600 for this stuff, inc tax and some of the shipping...which i am not sure about, wonder how much it will cost :/.

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any suggestions on the hardware? :roll:
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thats a nice looking comp :)
go for it
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