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Who builds the computers and delivers them... and sets it up for you.. components:
AMD ATHLON XP2400+ 266MHz FSB
Coolermaster DP5-6J31C Fan AMD Approved Upto XP & MP 2600
LEADTEK SKT A K7NCR18D-PRO Nforce 2 AGP 8x DDR 400 Motherboard
512MB DDR PC2100 RAM
Seagate Barracuda 80Gb 7200rpm UDMA100 Hard Drive
Alps Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB 3.5 inch internal
Inno3D GeForce4 Ti4200 64Mb DDR AGP DVI TV-Out
Soundblaster Audigy 2 - Pci 24bit Soundcard
Xion Case blue acrylic facia front USB and Audio ports 400w PSU
Liteon 48x24x48 IDE Internal CD-RW Drive
LG 16x48 IDE DVD Drive
Cnet 10/100 Fast Ethernet + Wake On Lan / Network Card
Windows XP
£660 including £15 delivery = £675 Total
All i can say is.. wow Very fecking good mind you i cant buy it yet but its perfect im asking for how much more for a Ti4400 or 4600!What do you guys think?
AMD ATHLON XP2400+ 266MHz FSB
Coolermaster DP5-6J31C Fan AMD Approved Upto XP & MP 2600
LEADTEK SKT A K7NCR18D-PRO Nforce 2 AGP 8x DDR 400 Motherboard
512MB DDR PC2100 RAM
Seagate Barracuda 80Gb 7200rpm UDMA100 Hard Drive
Alps Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB 3.5 inch internal
Inno3D GeForce4 Ti4200 64Mb DDR AGP DVI TV-Out
Soundblaster Audigy 2 - Pci 24bit Soundcard
Xion Case blue acrylic facia front USB and Audio ports 400w PSU
Liteon 48x24x48 IDE Internal CD-RW Drive
LG 16x48 IDE DVD Drive
Cnet 10/100 Fast Ethernet + Wake On Lan / Network Card
Windows XP
£660 including £15 delivery = £675 Total
All i can say is.. wow Very fecking good mind you i cant buy it yet but its perfect im asking for how much more for a Ti4400 or 4600!What do you guys think?
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Smashed wrote:
> Talk about spamming topics,that notable is answering questions no one
> asked
That notable is asking for opinions in his own thread, he's asking questions and answering other peoples questions, your replying to every topic in the forum with such useful insights like "lol. gta3 we must all have played that in our time" and other such twaddle.
> Talk about spamming topics,that notable is answering questions no one
> asked
That notable is asking for opinions in his own thread, he's asking questions and answering other peoples questions, your replying to every topic in the forum with such useful insights like "lol. gta3 we must all have played that in our time" and other such twaddle.
oh,and be careful,some simple stuff aint always inclueded
like modems and moniters, and you mite find your self getting older versions of components
OR
He mite provide you with the cheapest and crapest compents of all time,the ones that stop working one day after your waranty goes
like modems and moniters, and you mite find your self getting older versions of components
OR
He mite provide you with the cheapest and crapest compents of all time,the ones that stop working one day after your waranty goes
Talk about spamming topics,that notable is answering questions no one asked
Whats wrong with Ebuyer,ive bought loads of stuff from there
Printer
Ram
Cd writer
Cd`s
Adls filters
A flat screen moniter
and a new hard drive
And i ordered a pc of it for my brother, He had a problem with keyboard,he rang em up and they send out a new keyboard by the end of the week and gave him an even bettter one
Whats wrong with Ebuyer,ive bought loads of stuff from there
Printer
Ram
Cd writer
Cd`s
Adls filters
A flat screen moniter
and a new hard drive
And i ordered a pc of it for my brother, He had a problem with keyboard,he rang em up and they send out a new keyboard by the end of the week and gave him an even bettter one
Miserableman wrote:
> In fact, on investigating exactly how much this machine is costing him
> to build (knowing where he's getting the parts from), he's actually
> charging you less for the computer than the sum of what he should be
> paying for the parts. Either he's going to sting you with the VAT he
> hasn't told you about or VAT is getting scammed out of the deal
> somehow, and if that copy of Windows XP includes a license I'll eat my
> kneecaps. Don't necessarily be put off by this - what he's doing may
> be illegal, but it's you (and by extension him) that win big. The guy
> has put together a seriously tidy machine, and from his selection of
> parts (down to the brand name, even) it's clear he knows what he's
> doing. Take the following points on board though:
>
> - I don't believe that heatsink is rated for that processor. Certainly
> the site he's buying it from reckons it is only good for an XP2100. In
> any case, throw another fiver on the pile and get a better heatsink.
>
> - Ask him to downgrade the soundcard to a simple Audigy and upgrade
> the gfx card to a "Gainward Geforce4 Powerpack Ultra750-8x Tv/agp
> 64mb Ddr Ti-4800 Se Chipset With Tv-out", unless he knows
> something I don't about those cards.
>
> - I would swap that case/PSU for another one - it's very nice, but the
> PSU is invariably bog-standard unless you buy the case and power
> supply seperately. Get a "Hiper 420 Watt Power Supply"
> whatever, and the "Cyber Fusion Black/Blue Tower Case" looks
> good (although the case is subjective, you/he may not like it). This
> combo will set you back another £20 at least, but it's definetly
> worth it to get shot of cruddy own-brand PSUs.
>
> -Make sure the memory he's supplying is Crucial. Pay the extra if it's
> not.
>
> -If he can get hold of one, the EpoX 8RDA+ motherboard is as
> good/better than the (already excellent) motherboard he's including,
> and includes an onboard soundcard said to blow any SB Audigy through a
> brick wall. Might save you some dorrah.
>
> -Get at least one case fan sucking air into the case, preferably at
> the bottom/front.
>
> -If you stick a crap-u-like 17" monitor on this behemoth I will
> come round and thump you personally. Power is nothing if you can't see
> wtf is going on onscreen.
>
>
> Asides from these minor quibbles, it's a high spec, well planned cheap
> b*stard of a machine :O)
take his advice - its a good system but with a few head scratchers and the monitor is the only true 'output' unless you listen to music on this thing
GL with it I hope there arent any catches
> In fact, on investigating exactly how much this machine is costing him
> to build (knowing where he's getting the parts from), he's actually
> charging you less for the computer than the sum of what he should be
> paying for the parts. Either he's going to sting you with the VAT he
> hasn't told you about or VAT is getting scammed out of the deal
> somehow, and if that copy of Windows XP includes a license I'll eat my
> kneecaps. Don't necessarily be put off by this - what he's doing may
> be illegal, but it's you (and by extension him) that win big. The guy
> has put together a seriously tidy machine, and from his selection of
> parts (down to the brand name, even) it's clear he knows what he's
> doing. Take the following points on board though:
>
> - I don't believe that heatsink is rated for that processor. Certainly
> the site he's buying it from reckons it is only good for an XP2100. In
> any case, throw another fiver on the pile and get a better heatsink.
>
> - Ask him to downgrade the soundcard to a simple Audigy and upgrade
> the gfx card to a "Gainward Geforce4 Powerpack Ultra750-8x Tv/agp
> 64mb Ddr Ti-4800 Se Chipset With Tv-out", unless he knows
> something I don't about those cards.
>
> - I would swap that case/PSU for another one - it's very nice, but the
> PSU is invariably bog-standard unless you buy the case and power
> supply seperately. Get a "Hiper 420 Watt Power Supply"
> whatever, and the "Cyber Fusion Black/Blue Tower Case" looks
> good (although the case is subjective, you/he may not like it). This
> combo will set you back another £20 at least, but it's definetly
> worth it to get shot of cruddy own-brand PSUs.
>
> -Make sure the memory he's supplying is Crucial. Pay the extra if it's
> not.
>
> -If he can get hold of one, the EpoX 8RDA+ motherboard is as
> good/better than the (already excellent) motherboard he's including,
> and includes an onboard soundcard said to blow any SB Audigy through a
> brick wall. Might save you some dorrah.
>
> -Get at least one case fan sucking air into the case, preferably at
> the bottom/front.
>
> -If you stick a crap-u-like 17" monitor on this behemoth I will
> come round and thump you personally. Power is nothing if you can't see
> wtf is going on onscreen.
>
>
> Asides from these minor quibbles, it's a high spec, well planned cheap
> b*stard of a machine :O)
take his advice - its a good system but with a few head scratchers and the monitor is the only true 'output' unless you listen to music on this thing
GL with it I hope there arent any catches
§n][pe® wrote:
> so ur saying ebuyer is shoddy ;S
Yes, very. Another company to avoid is aria.co.uk who are, in my humble but absolutely correct opinion, the scum of the universe. SR don't really stock a wide enough range of components for me to buy from them - but their general CS is very good. I have had VERY good experiences with Tekheads, both before and after purchasing stuff: friendly, informative, helpful contact with people prepared sign their emails with their own name - and all within 24 hours. I think it's worth paying the little bit extra for the peace of mind.
> so ur saying ebuyer is shoddy ;S
Yes, very. Another company to avoid is aria.co.uk who are, in my humble but absolutely correct opinion, the scum of the universe. SR don't really stock a wide enough range of components for me to buy from them - but their general CS is very good. I have had VERY good experiences with Tekheads, both before and after purchasing stuff: friendly, informative, helpful contact with people prepared sign their emails with their own name - and all within 24 hours. I think it's worth paying the little bit extra for the peace of mind.
Well i came up with this from ebuyer.... where he probably got the prices..
LEADTEK SKT A K7NCR18D-PRO Nforce 2 AGP 8x DDR 400
Xion Case blue acrylic facia front USB and Audio ports 400w PSU
Seagate Barracuda 80Gb 7200rpm UDMA100 Hard Drive
Alps Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB 3.5 inch internal
SoundBlaster Audigy Player - 24Bit 64 Voice PCI SB1394 6 spk support
Liteon 48x24x48 IDE Internal CD-RW Drive - LG 16x48 IDE DVD Drive
Cnet 10/100 Fast Ethernet + Wake On Lan / Network Card Coolermaster CP5-6J31C Socket A Upto 2700XP AMD Approved
AMD ATHLON XP2400+ 266MHz FSB
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Gainward Geforce4 Powerpack Ultra/750-8x Xp Golden Sample Oem/agp 128mb Ddr Ti-4800 Se Chipset With Vivo And Dual Crt Or Crt+dvi Output
£846.75 INC VAT and shipping quid adding on RAM from cruical is even more o.O bout 900 something quid i can either go for a blueprint, hand picked pc i built using the novatech site and probably get 100% assurance or trust some with building one and delivering it himself.
LEADTEK SKT A K7NCR18D-PRO Nforce 2 AGP 8x DDR 400
Xion Case blue acrylic facia front USB and Audio ports 400w PSU
Seagate Barracuda 80Gb 7200rpm UDMA100 Hard Drive
Alps Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB 3.5 inch internal
SoundBlaster Audigy Player - 24Bit 64 Voice PCI SB1394 6 spk support
Liteon 48x24x48 IDE Internal CD-RW Drive - LG 16x48 IDE DVD Drive
Cnet 10/100 Fast Ethernet + Wake On Lan / Network Card Coolermaster CP5-6J31C Socket A Upto 2700XP AMD Approved
AMD ATHLON XP2400+ 266MHz FSB
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Gainward Geforce4 Powerpack Ultra/750-8x Xp Golden Sample Oem/agp 128mb Ddr Ti-4800 Se Chipset With Vivo And Dual Crt Or Crt+dvi Output
£846.75 INC VAT and shipping quid adding on RAM from cruical is even more o.O bout 900 something quid i can either go for a blueprint, hand picked pc i built using the novatech site and probably get 100% assurance or trust some with building one and delivering it himself.
novatech blueprint :p
so ur saying ebuyer is shoddy ;S
I wouldnt buy a Dell or compaq or tiny pc.. but this company is better than them i reckon... you can pick your components yourself and htey build it for you...
I wouldnt buy a Dell or compaq or tiny pc.. but this company is better than them i reckon... you can pick your components yourself and htey build it for you...
§n][pe® wrote:
> What is ebuyer?
The cheapest store with the nicest website on the Internet
> Who are you talking to?
You, because eBuyer's customer support is less than non-existant :D
> No way would i buy a pc from ebuyer anyway..... unless its components.
Nope, don't even buy components.
> What is ebuyer?
The cheapest store with the nicest website on the Internet
> Who are you talking to?
You, because eBuyer's customer support is less than non-existant :D
> No way would i buy a pc from ebuyer anyway..... unless its components.
Nope, don't even buy components.
§n][pe® wrote:
> What is ebuyer?
> Who are you talking to?
> No way would i buy a pc from ebuyer anyway..... unless its components.
The parts he was buying came from Ebuyer, which is how I was able to look up the prices. If you go and get a 'name PC' over that computer he's offering, just because you're worried about 'customer service', then you're the biggest muppet on this forum, bigger even than ftozzi. You won't get anything like that spec PC for less than £1000 - retail PCs are invariably shoddily built, badly designed, unbalanced and a laughable rip-off.
> What is ebuyer?
> Who are you talking to?
> No way would i buy a pc from ebuyer anyway..... unless its components.
The parts he was buying came from Ebuyer, which is how I was able to look up the prices. If you go and get a 'name PC' over that computer he's offering, just because you're worried about 'customer service', then you're the biggest muppet on this forum, bigger even than ftozzi. You won't get anything like that spec PC for less than £1000 - retail PCs are invariably shoddily built, badly designed, unbalanced and a laughable rip-off.
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