Speed Demon Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 i am pretty much certain i will be buying a computer online now instead of a shop and have had to re-learn some basics about todays hardware so looking around at various websites i have stumbled on this one, because they seem to get regular magazine reviews and have some good bundles http://www.palicomp.co.uk/reviewed-pcs/cat_54.html i know this one is very expensive but it is the first one i have seen with such an impressive low cost specification, it is also available on finance so if i manage to qualify for this then that is always a good way to pay without stumping the whole load in one go http://www.palicomp.co.uk/gaming/amd-gaming-pcs/excalibur-core6-thunderbolt/prod_277.html
Greengeek Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 Asrock Motherboards. Bleaugh:gag: Get one from Dinopc, they use GOOD parts. Their higher end PC's use Asus boards, but you're spending £700 to get that. Avoid.
chinaski Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 I used Dinopc a few months back on the basis that they appeared in some of the magazines and there pc's seemed reasonable priced with decent specs. They had quite a few bad reviews but I went with them anyhow and the experience was shambolic. The pc had a faulty hard drive, USB socket and power supply. It should never have left the factory. All sorted now, but I never received an explanation of why they had to change three lots of hardware. From ordering to receiving a working pc was about 3 months.
Speed Demon Posted November 13, 2011 Author Posted November 13, 2011 Asrock Motherboards. Bleaugh:gag: Get one from Dinopc, they use GOOD parts. Their higher end PC's use Asus boards, but you're spending £700 to get that. Avoid. what you mean about Asrock Motherboards
Greengeek Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 They are very cheap boards. Cheap capacitors, generally lucky to get a reliable stable board. I've worked with these before, they are popular but we had a lot of returns. Most suppliers I speak to have the same issues. When they have bugs in the Bios, they are generally very slow to release updates to correct it. Read the specifications of the computers you are looking to buy. The motherboard makes the backbone of the computer. Don't scrimp here. Look for Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, Biostar and Foxconn. Intel/AMD own brand boards are also good, but less featured. That's not a shining example of service from DinoPC though :S Avoid companies that won't tell you exactly what's in the box. These people are just building computers from parts, nothing is bespoke. Unlike Dell/HP
Speed Demon Posted November 13, 2011 Author Posted November 13, 2011 so what do you thing of the links i have posted, the second one in particular
Greengeek Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 Just saw it, it wasn't loading properly before. It looks OK for the spec, I haven't got time at the moment to compare it to my usual sources, but if you're spending that much try looking at the 3XS systems at Scan.co.uk I wouldn't be looking at AMD chips at that price though. You're well into i5/7 territory there.
Speed Demon Posted November 13, 2011 Author Posted November 13, 2011 i will never spend all that on a computer no way, but was just attracted by the finance offer that is all
Greengeek Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 Actually. Let's sort this once and for all. What are you wanting to do with the computer? How much are you willing to spend? Do you need a keyboard and mouse? How about a monitor, if so, what size? Do you require any additional software? If you can answer those, those of us who are techies can point you in the right direction. There's no point in going for an all out beast if all you do is sit on facebook and type word documents. A lot of applications can do parallel computing, and use the graphics chip to process data. It's orders of magnitude faster than using the CPU on it's own. But all we get to see is random specs of ever increasing price computers!
Paul Blade Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 Actually. Let's sort this once and for all. What are you wanting to do with the computer? How much are you willing to spend? Do you need a keyboard and mouse? How about a monitor, if so, what size? Do you require any additional software? If you can answer those, those of us who are techies can point you in the right direction. There's no point in going for an all out beast if all you do is sit on facebook and type word documents. A lot of applications can do parallel computing, and use the graphics chip to process data. It's orders of magnitude faster than using the CPU on it's own. But all we get to see is random specs of ever increasing price computers! Quote from thread about processor http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8244299&postcount=30 ATM these are the threads up to now http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=882055 http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=887230 The above about processor and this
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