Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Building a PC-HELP!

[Jasper]

I am building myself a new pc.Have all the bits except dvd writer,floppy drive,case(psu+fans) and dvd rom.I have used e-buyer for some bits,but wondered where else does a good deal on pc stuff,as they don't have what i want.Any help would be appreciated(having never done this before).

[TP]

I used www.aria.co.uk when I built mine. They are fast, cheap and will even answer the phone!!

I built my PC myself with bits from there and upgraded it last year with more bits from there. Might get myself a DVD burner soon - very cheap!

[rcgbob44]

Try simply computers as well but don`t buy from pc world!

[antonye]

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ for me

[rockhopper]

I wouldnt use E-buyer, my dad had problems with them and checked them out on various consumer forums and found literally hundereds of people who had problems with them. They may be cheap but when something goes wrong then forget it! Customer service doesnt exist, they dont have a phone number or an address to write to and if you return faulty or incorrectly supplied goods they deney having recieved them.

I used to find that local computer fairs offered very good prices.

[Edited on 21-4-2005 by rockhopper]

[antonye]

I've used ebuyer many, many times and never had a problem.

My mates have also used ebuyer and have had problems with stuff they've bought (ie, dead parts which is no fault of their own) and they've been quick to replace them.

As with any high turn-over company, you'll get your fair share of people who no matter what you do for them they will still feel bad enough to tell everyone about it.

The reason ebuyer don't have a phone number is because it's far more efficient for them to process everything when they receive it back - you can't diagnose problems over the phone! - and keep their electronic system upto date, processing people's returns in the order they come back rather than people jumping in and chasing them on the phone!

[JPM]

Never had a problem with Ebuyer myself, also use Scan and Aria quite a bit, no problems with either of those, although it took about 2 months for a refund on a printer that was lost by the courier that Aria used, as the blame went back and to constantly, which wasn't helping me or my customer

[Bionicle]

@Jasper, I have a floppy drive and a DVD writer you can have, and most likely a PSU kicking around someplace amongst the junk on my deskand got 1 stick PC-100 32 MEG RAM and one stick PC 133 128 MEG RAM and some crappy cases lurking out in the shed, if any of its any use to you drop me a line, you have my email addy

[Jasper]

Paul,you have mail.Ok,having completed overloaded myself with too much stuff.Can anyone reccomend a Black case with 400w psu and fan,easy to get into (ie quick release screws!).'cos i have too much choice now!

[Jasper]

Anybody?