Speed Demon Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 i am wanting a desktop computer with a monitor from comet and i am allowed £650 on a comet finance payment card, so am in desperate need of an upgrade from their website, who would say can suggest the best deal and performance for the best system... http://www.comet.co.uk/ cheers
Ghozer Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 For the PC... Product Code: 735108 And Monitor... Product Code: 744417 about £570 in total, leaving £80 for anything else you might decide you want later (additional/external hard drive, different keyboard/mouse, maybe Blu-Ray Drive for it, some different speakers or something etc)
Greengeek Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 Good luck finding a reasonably sized external hard drive for £80! Prices have rocketed.
Paul Blade Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=2tb+ext+hd&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a#q=2tb+ext+hdd&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=uLI&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&prmd=imvns&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=d7OtTvusCtTe8QORzNnECw&ved=0CHgQrQQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=f943678988def4bf&biw=1440&bih=790 Seagate 2 TB External hard drive - 480 Mbps - 7200 rpm £58 online WD Elements Desktop 2 TB External hard drive - 480 Mbps £61 online
Greengeek Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 All out of stock. They won't be that price when they come back in stock either.
Speed Demon Posted October 30, 2011 Author Posted October 30, 2011 have had a look at those links, i would really rather not have to do any upgrading for quite a while once a get a system i wish my card would work at pc world as comet have a poor selection of computers in my view
denomis Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 All out of stock. They won't be that price when they come back in stock either. I keep plugging the pc world discount store in chesterfield 1tb networked external drives for £50
fake Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 Argos have in stock and ready to collect Segate 1Tb = £59 or 2TB = £79
richardtj Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 Hard drive prices have gone up 40% due to flooding in Thailand. However, it's more a con, with the markets trying to price in for any eventual shortages on the global stage
floyd77 Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 Hard drive prices have gone up 40% due to flooding in Thailand. However, it's more a con, with the markets trying to price in for any eventual shortages on the global stage No they haven't. There is an expectation that around mid-november leadtimes from the main players such as WD will increase, and possibly we may see some prices rise as much as 25% Follow Mercato ITelligence on Twitter. Search for @M_ITelligence Special Alert 2 - Thailand Flood Impact The Thailand floods have continued to impact the ICT supply chain, particularly Hard Disk Drive production and stock. At the start of the floods in Bangkok, the IT industry had four weeks or 28 days of finished disk drive stock in the supply chain. If the rains stop today it will be a minimum of 56 days before production can re-start. In comparison, when the Japan Tsunami struck, component stock in the supply chain sat at over 80 days enabling recovery time before stock would become depleted. Stock levels in the supply chain act as a cushion for supply continuity. The Thailand floods have hit and the stock buffer ’of finished products is low. The impact of the floods in Thailand will be felt worst in the IT industry during 1Q2012 and some of the recovery process will still be influencing the supply chain into the later part of 2Q2012. The message is plan your buying now for those periods. Disk drive plant status in Thailand Please note the top 5 suppliers of hard disks in the world (% supply) are as follows: WD 32% Seagate 31% Hitachi Global Storage Technologies 16% (being purchased by WD in approval process) Toshiba/Fujitsu 11% Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd 10% (being purchased by Seagate approved) Recovery issues The authorities in Thailand are quoted as saying they are expecting the process to remove water from flooded areas will take a minimum of two weeks and in some areas will take as long as four weeks. This is before any actual ‘clean-up’ can commence. However, the past weekend was the peak flooding period as high tides clashed with water coming down stream. Thailand has shut down for a five day public holiday during the worst danger periods relating to tides. Market demand Last quarter demand for hard disk was 177m units or approx 59,000,000 units / month. Next quarter demand is expected to rise to 180m units BUT production levels could be as low as 120m units, which equates to a short fall of 20,000,000 units per month. Prices will rise with forecasts of up to a 25% increase in the cost of hard disks. Manufacturer status Western Digital WD shipped 57.8M units in the last quarter and has stopped production at both plants with knock issues arising in its supply chain. WD has a disk slider factory under water. Some electronic parts have been moved to upper floors but the team faces major recovery issues with a need to replace some plant machinery in 1Q2012. However, some parts of the plant will need machines that cannot be supplied in less than nine months. WD will be looking at alternative sources of component supply in the meantime. Full recovery for WD is expected to take up to the end of 2Q2012 as a minimum and could extend into 3Q2012. There is talk of expanding production to WD Malaysia but the problem is machinery to grow production in Malaysia they need equipment from Thailand and plant access simply isnt possible by road. Other methods of extracting the equipment from the Thai plant are being considered. WD production is expected to be approx 20M units in the next quarter, which equates to approximately a 30M unit shortfall. WD predicts the worst impact of the flooding will be felt in 1Q2012 as it has a significant amount of product at sea in the delivery phase. Separately, WD is buying Hitachi to enable them to build market share in the enterprise HDD market but the business is still waiting for EEC approval to complete the purchase by year end for integration in 2012. Seagate This business is not as badly impacted as WD and all Seagate plants are still producing. However, its biggest problem is component supply more than any other issue. Seagate is currently producing 25 product lines across plants in Thailand, China, USA and South East Asia but it does need mechanical parts such as motors and sliders (from Nidec and others). Any issues will show themselves in the supply chain during 1Q2012. Last quarter Seagate shipped 50.7m units. Separately, Seagate is buying Samsung disk division. The transaction is to be completed by year end with integration planned to start in March 2012. Nidec NIDEC has shifted some production to other countries namely China. It currently has five out of seven plants flooded in Bangkok that deliver disk drive assemblies to all the top five disk suppliers. Nidec is saying it will take a minimum of 45 days from the day the plants are dry to re-start production. Based on the government's estimated 14 to 28 day forecast to dry plants, Nidec is estimating at least two months to re-start production. These plants are clean rooms, so production yield at the start of a run will be an issue. This will take time to purge and stabilise back up to full capacity. Toshiba This plant is now shut down and evacuated. Toshiba is having trouble getting staff to the plant. Toshiba uses Nidec as the source of base plates and spindle motors. Hitachi Status unknown, however, Hitachi also uses Nidec baseplates and spindle motors. Samsung This manufacturer uses Nidec but appears not be effected by flooding so far.
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