If you r from the UK look in here

[ABOU]

i want to build a pc i have a price list for parts and i want to know if anybody from the UK knows any cheaper prices as i live in Northern Ireland and need shippment to the UK here are the prices i have already been quoted

350 watt codegen case+2 neon lights £60
AMD athlon xp 2600 + socket a motherboard £185
256 mb DDR pc 2100 (RAM) £35
128 mb GE-Force 4 ti 4200 DDR tv out (graphics card) £115
Yamaha 5100 series sound card £13
400 watt power supply £20
60.1 gb 7200 rpm hdd £70
52x24x52 cdrw £47.50
1200 watt sub woofer 3 speaker set £25
17" digital colour monitor £95


total £671.50

can anyone improve any of the prices ??

thanks in advance

[RipperRoo]

60.1 gb 7200 rpm hdd £70

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...W5k&mfr_uid=15

for an extra £8 you can get a 120 gig western digital from ebuyer. or you could get a 60 and save £15, personaly i would spend the extra 7

for the motherboard cpu and ram, i would go to novatech.co.uk
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...html?MBB-KT424

this bundle is a slight downgrade on the cpu 2400), but it also includes 512mb of 333 DDR and even taking delivery into account at £169.98 Inc VAT its still going to cost you £10 less

Price: £22.85 (£26.85 Including VAT at 17.5%)

and if that 400w psu your planing to get is Qtec, dont, ive heard bad things about thier 400 watt units, but i got two of thier 550's (about £35 ea) and they are worth the extra money.
in the uk, the place to go for q-tec 550's is Q-tec @ ocuk Price: £22.85 (£26.85 Including VAT at 17.5%) + delivery , if you do decide to stick with the 400w they are Price: £15.65 (£18.39 Including VAT at 17.5%) + delivery

[ABOU]

cheers ripper

the 120 gig is it a 7200 rpm ?? i need a fast cpu i will not be updating again for a while and want the best i can get now so it lasts

the cases i want a case that allaws you to see in to it and i want neon lights so i need a case that will provide that i have seen totaly c-tru cases they look good but add another £200 to the price so a normal case with a c-tru panel would be cool

[Kungfucious]

i would personally advise against a c-thru case since they are really only suitable for demo machines. arylic gets scratched VERY easily and youll find that using a crap cloth to clean the acrylic will also reduce the cases overall appeal as scratches begin to develop.

only go for an acrylic if youll hardly touch your machine. which i doubt!

[RipperRoo]

i just bought a case as well as the hard drive from e-buyer,
an antec plusview 1000amg, LINK £61.86 inc VAT, that and the 60 gig hard drive i got at the same time cost me £125 inc next buisiness day delivery, one thing i will say, tho the case arrived missing 2 fans a set of keys and the fixings pack,and im going to have to wait until tuesday before getting them, so check the box carfully when it arrives and play merry hell if you have any problems.

[geffers]

abou do you get the pc fairs over in ireland like we do in england(im sure you do) if you shop around at them you will find everything on your list at least 20-30% cheaper i got a 52x24x52 cdrw for a mate today for £35.00 and off the top of my head all the other stuff on your list was cheaper at pc fairs i have the web addy for the fairs and traders somewhere i will find it out for ya tomorrow and im it to ya im not sure if all of them ship oversea but i would imagine that they would to ireland

[Colin-uk]

Gladiator computers is a good place to get parts from. ive not used them before but the've been recommended by my friends

[ABOU]

thanks guys ripper im not looking for a totaly c-tru case just one with a panel that has a window. I really have my heart set on one i want my pc to lok its best

geffers we have fairs in belfast you can pick things up but it is a bit dodgey over here most of the stuff is stolen or does not work and you cant exeactly take it back but an ad for the ones on the mainland would go down a treat

i was looking at the complete systems on novatech and they are so cheap like £400 less than on the highstreet im still looking about so

cheers

[LO There!]

http://www.computermarkets.co.uk/ncmhome.html
i use this one all the time no problems.

http://www.computerfairs.co.uk/

http://www.theshowguide.co.uk/

All-Formats Computer Fairs

[ABOU]

oh brilliant guys on gladiator i found a system which is not as good as the one i would like but it is perrfect and £350 1/2 the price i was going to spend yeah

[rastagard]

Just a question for you Brits. What are the Computer Fairs you guys are always on about?


I picture some open air, almost medeviel, market (you guys all live in castles and thatched roof cottages, right?) with chickens scurrying about as the merchants try to hawk all the latest in high-tech gear..........

[Polariz]

Basically it's what you just said hehe. Some people sell some top quality kit while others sell cheap junk, which some times can be really useful. Really cheap and great for looking at stuff you want to buy

[Pasty901]

LOL yer thats about the size of it Polariz, sum of the stuff you can get gud deals on but then agen sum of it your better off buyin online or in a shop - more of a warranty if u get my meanin. But they r gud for little things, CDRs etc and sum of the dealers are really helpful too

[ABOU]

hey you guys when we have computer fairs we all dress up in medievil gear and trade everything in chickens................ is that not the point


j/k



yeah the fairs are basicly other people flogging anything computer related. you know some of the stuff is cheap because it "fell off the back of a truck" you know it might be damaged lol

[ABOU]

anyone know a good place to pick up a monitor ??