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Originally posted by Neil Neil wrote:

Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

personally, I can't recommend these guys highly enough:
 
 
Just tried them.  Their search angine is not very good as it couldn't find what I wanted but when I looked through a list of items they did actually stock it.
 
Then I tried to register but every time I clicked no for their marketing e-mails it threw me out.
 
Then when I get to checkout it tells me that I can only deliver to my own address for the first order which is of no use to me at all because I'm not in.
 
Not convinced I'm afraid.
all the online PC stores are much of a muchness - www.ebuyer.com, www.dabs,com, www.scan.com, www.novatech.co.uk  can sometimes be good, othertimes not. I use novatech because it they are local to me - if something goes wrong I can sling the PC in the back of the car and take it back to their depot in person.
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that's fair enough...sorry Neil, I just had a very good experience with ebuyer, who are used regularly by my local techie friend (who incidentally, wouldn't touch PC World with a barge pole..Embarrassed)
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

that's fair enough...sorry Neil, I just had a very good experience with ebuyer, who are used regularly by my local techie friend (who incidentally, wouldn't touch PC World with a barge pole..Embarrassed)
 
That makes 2 of us!! LOL
 
 
ebuyer and overclockers for me everytime.
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I was going to use DABS to buy my external drive.  They also let me use PayPal, which is very useful for me.

When I eventually buy a desktop machine again, I shall buy it in parts, as I always have done.  I don't think I've ever bought a bog standard PC.

Build it yourself, if you know what you're doing. Tongue
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Build it yourself, if you know what you're doing. Tongue
*shudder* - buy a built and tested motherboard & processor at least - nothing worse than buying a £200 processor and killing it before you've even powered it up. Wink
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

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Build it yourself, if you know what you're doing. Tongue
*shudder* - buy a built and tested motherboard & processor at least - nothing worse than buying a £200 processor and killing it before you've even powered it up. Wink
 
It's not as bad as it sounds tbh.
 
I've been building them for my family, friends and myself for many years now.
 
You can easily save yourself a third of the price of an off the shelf PC.
 
The likes of PC World are renowned for using sub-standard parts.
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Oh I obviously buy a Motherboard/Processor together.  I would never buy them separately.  I always research before buying too.

I am referring to the rest of the PC.  It can indeed turn out cheaper.

Many unsuspecting PC World buyers also end up with Celerons (or whatever the equivalent is now) and I would never even touch a Celeron with that barge pole that someone was using above.
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Horses for courses James, Celerons (still called) - or even Intel Atoms, will perform just fine for most home and business tasks and most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Web-surfing, emailing and word processing doesn't get any faster with faster bigger processor. Then, a stick of Celery has enough processing power for some users LOL
 
 
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^^^
 
...and then there is Jared with his hamster powered machine! LOL Big smile
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I thought he sold that to Richard Gere

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Originally posted by progmetalhead progmetalhead wrote:

^^^
 
...and then there is Jared with his hamster powered machine! LOL Big smile
 
nah...I went to those nice people at ebuyer.com and got a gerbil powered one...Big smile
 
although my ultimate ambition will be to get one of the top of the range chipmunk powered machines... apparently, they go like the clappers (in the direction of your trouser-leg..Pinch)
 
 
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That'd be a ferret.

Chipmunks will just bite.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Horses for courses James, Celerons (still called) - or even Intel Atoms, will perform just fine for most home and business tasks and most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Web-surfing, emailing and word processing doesn't get any faster with faster bigger processor. Then, a stick of Celery has enough processing power for some users LOL
 
 


I'm not a typical home user though. Wink
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Some interesting and amusing results from my Red Cross First Aider  refresher course today, even a little black humour!   the latest CPR procedure is .....count 10 seconds with ear to mouth to establish if the patient is / is not breathing and administer CPR :
 
 30 compresssions - two breaths - 30 compressions at the rate of 100 beats per minute,
which is a very similar beat to the Bee Gees song "Stayin' Alive" which is 105 BPM.
 
 The Queen song "Another One Bites the Dust" is exactly 100 BPM,  but is not  recommended to sing out loud while administering CPR! LOL
 
 


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Originally posted by James James wrote:

Oh I obviously buy a Motherboard/Processor together.  I would never buy them separately.  I always research before buying too.

I am referring to the rest of the PC.  It can indeed turn out cheaper.

Many unsuspecting PC World buyers also end up with Celerons (or whatever the equivalent is now) and I would never even touch a Celeron with that barge pole that someone was using above.
 
Was the case.  Now you are hard pushed to build anything from scratch that is as cheap or as reliable as an off the shelf unit.  The only time it's worth considering building your own is if you want something completely non standard for a specific purpose, like serious gaming for instance.  Or if you just do it for a hobby.
 
Why would you not touch a Celeron?  Methinks you've been reading too many techie reviews in Which PC.  My experience of Celeron chips is that they do the job perfectly adequately.
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Originally posted by Neil Neil wrote:

  My experience of Celeron chips is that they do the job perfectly adequately.


Are they like beetroot crisps?

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Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

 The Queen song "Another One Bites the Dust" is exactly 100 BPM,  but is not  recommended to sing out loud while administering CPR! LOL

 

 


CPR? Wasn't that David Crosby's latest combo?

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Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:

Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

 The Queen song "Another One Bites the Dust" is exactly 100 BPM,  but is not  recommended to sing out loud while administering CPR! LOL

 

 


CPR? Wasn't that David Crosby's latest combo?


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Originally posted by Neil Neil wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:

Oh I obviously buy a Motherboard/Processor together.  I would never buy them separately.  I always research before buying too.

I am referring to the rest of the PC.  It can indeed turn out cheaper.

Many unsuspecting PC World buyers also end up with Celerons (or whatever the equivalent is now) and I would never even touch a Celeron with that barge pole that someone was using above.
 
Was the case.  Now you are hard pushed to build anything from scratch that is as cheap or as reliable as an off the shelf unit.  The only time it's worth considering building your own is if you want something completely non standard for a specific purpose, like serious gaming for instance.  Or if you just do it for a hobby.
 
Why would you not touch a Celeron?  Methinks you've been reading too many techie reviews in Which PC.  My experience of Celeron chips is that they do the job perfectly adequately.


I'd probably just get a Dell Desktop in the end, 'cause they can sort of customise it for you.
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Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:

Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

 The Queen song "Another One Bites the Dust" is exactly 100 BPM,  but is not  recommended to sing out loud while administering CPR! LOL

 

 


CPR? Wasn't that David Crosby's latest combo?
 
Crosby, Pills and Rash.  That's what old age will do to you I'm afraid.LOL
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