New PC - Recommend a site?

[Rawns]

I'm going to get myself a new PC very soon I think. I'd like to get a base unit pre-built and it will have to be under finance. My last PC was from cyperpowersystems.co.uk and I was very impressed with them, but I always like to have options.

Any recommendations?

[HaleStorm]

pcspecialist.co.uk

scan.co.uk (under the 3xs systems)

Dell's XPS systems are good to

[MK-2]

Despite a few little niggles, OverClockers have prebuilt systems aimed at gaming, and I think finance is on offer there too. They also do pre overclocked mobo/mem/cpu and you can buy the rest yourself if you choose

[nephilim]

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[tech_guy]

I purchased a Dell Studio i7 XPS and then stuffed 16GB of Ballistix RAM, a Crucial M4 SSD, and an AMD Radeon HD 6950 in it. Works okay for gaming and photoshop which is all it's used for.

[JoeBloggs]

What's your budget mate? What will it be used for? Games? Office work?

Different companies do different deals for different uses.

[MK-2]

I purchased a Dell Studio i7 XPS and then stuffed 16GB of Ballistix RAM, a Crucial M4 SSD, and an AMD Radeon HD 6950 in it. Works okay for gaming and photoshop which is all it's used for.

How much did that come to if you don't mind me asking?

[apeo]

pcspecialist.co.uk

scan.co.uk (under the 3xs systems)

Dell's XPS systems are good to

Personally i wouldnt get anything from scan, dont have good experience with them. Out of a batch of 12 PC, 1 wasnt working at all, 2 had missing elements and 1 had to have a part replaced.

[tech_guy]

How much did that come to if you don't mind me asking?

XPS: 749
BALLISTIX: 80
CRUCIAL M4: 350
AMD RADEON HD 6950: 220

Used the redundant bits out of the XPS to build a little media centre PC.

[sonofsanta]

I purchased a Dell Studio i7 XPS and then stuffed 16GB of Ballistix RAM, a Crucial M4 SSD, and an AMD Radeon HD 6950 in it. Works okay for gaming and photoshop which is all it's used for.

Works okay? Works okay?! At that spec I'd warrant it does a fair bit more than just okay!

[HaleStorm]

My network manager has just bought a gaming PC from novatech and says its very good indeed, but i dont know if they do personal finance, might be cheaper in the long run to get a bank loan and pay cash in some cases though

[MK-2]

XPS: 749
BALLISTIX: 80
CRUCIAL M4: 350
AMD RADEON HD 6950: 220

Used the redundant bits out of the XPS to build a little media centre PC.

I take it the SSD is something like 256GB for that price?

[SYNACK]

Works okay? Works okay?! At that spec I'd warrant it does a fair bit more than just okay!

Depends on your expectations, besides he could be running iTunes in the background leveling it out with a budget desktop

[j17sparky]

Depends on your expectations, besides he could be running iTunes in the background leveling it out with a budget desktop

First we had single core PCs and everyone laughed when dual core came out. Then we realised the second core could be the "Norton core". Then quad core came out and we realised we could have an "itunes core (or 2)" aswell...

[browolf]

I make my pcs from parts from Overclockers UK they do pre-built ones too.