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build custom PC [website]
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:49 pm
by qads
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
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 1:07 pm
by magicrobotmonkey
if by "ify" you mean "orange" then you're right!
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 5:08 pm
by qads
yup, although they did reply to my emails quick and politely.
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 5:49 pm
by patrikG
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

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 6:40 pm
by tim
I built my pc with mostly parts from:
http://www.compusa.com/
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:06 pm
by d3ad1ysp0rk
newegg.com has cheap, good stuff, but it doesn't take paypal (bad for a underage kid

)
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 11:55 pm
by phice
I guess you don't really care what you pay for on your parts, huh?
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 2:25 am
by qads
hmm, US shops dont really workout, cos at the end, the shipping may cost more then the product it self

, 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

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:05 am
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.

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:24 am
by patrikG
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.

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

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:00 pm
by tim
phice wrote:
I guess you don't really care what you pay for on your parts, huh?
'
actually, I found some really great deals. I priced them at misc stores/sites.
I guess u could always ebay ? haha
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:34 pm
by qads
might be getting some stuff from
here, and get a friend of mine to put it together and then ship it to me

(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 :/.
any suggestions on the hardware?

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:05 am
by John Cartwright
thats a nice looking comp

go for it