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Buy or Build

Unless you have a really good reason, and you know whats inside a PC, don't build one. PCs are so well priced these days that you can get a really well spec'd PC that will last you for years to satisfy all your surfing, document writing and photo needs.

A good reason... well, unless you have special graphics needs like serious gamers, or professional video editing, or some special data processing need you don't have a good reason. You may be able to save perhaps £100 by getting all the components separately but you'll lose all the testing that the big manufacturers put in. Not to mention the difficulties you'll end up with should it not work !

 

Buy Dell

DellWhere should you go to buy a PC? confusing isnt it! Go to Dell. Why? Quite simply, because they are good. Dell PCs are reasonably priced (as they build to order and ship direct) are designed and built well (I have placed hundreds over the years with a tiny failure rate). Do I use Dell? Yes, my home PC is a Dell and my office PC is a Dell and I even have a Dell PDA. Don't try and find them on the High Street, they're not there... just click here

 

Buy EuroPC

EuroPCEuropc is one of the largest suppliers of discounted, surplus and factory refurbished computer equipment in the UK. EuroPC supply Dell, amongst others, and you already know what I think of Dell. I have bought two Dell PCs from EuroPC personally and also placed another. All have been excellent and significantly cheaper than direct from Dell. Why? Well Dell PCs are built to order so when a PC is ordered incorrectly or the payment/finance fails there is a PC built with no home )-: It gets shipped back and is refurbished (if its been opened) its tested again then as there is no shelf to put it back on it is sold at a discount.

 

Buy a laptop

Laptops DirectIf you need a laptop you are unlikely to get it for a better price than at Laptops Direct. Not much more to say really.

 

Build a PC

QuietPCAs I have already said, I don't recommend building a PC unless you have a really good reason... one good reason to build or modify a PC is to make it quiet, particularly if it is a home PC. QuietPC supply many many components that are engineered to be quieter as well as cases and acoustic kits that absorb the sound that is enevitable made. Definately worth a visit. I have a server that runs 24x7 (doh) and it doesn't wake the kids...

If you do have a really good reason to build a PC and you know how to do it you'll know where to get the bits so I'm not going to suggest anywhere else here...

 

Useful Links

Savastore - Watford Electronics
Dell
EuroPC
QuietPC
Amazon - Computer Peripherals

 


A computer is a machine for manipulating data according to a list of instructions - a program. Computers are versatile. In fact, they are universal information processing machines. According to the Church-Turing thesis, a computer with a certain minimum threshold capability is in principle capable of performing the tasks of any other computer, from those of a personal digital assistant to a supercomputer, as long as time and memory capacity are not considerations. Therefore, the same computer designs have been adapted for tasks from processing company payrolls to controlling unmanned spaceflights. Modern electronic computers also have enormous speed and capacity for information processing compared to earlier designs, and they have become exponentially more powerful over the years (a phenomenon known as Moore's Law).

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