A colleague of mine researched this extensively for a high performance PC that he wanted to assemble (not a gaming machine but lots of multimedia work) and he ended up going with Dell (outlet) once he realised that there were no savings to be made and Dell could cutomise a PC to his required spec.Hi, i just wanted to know if it was true but i heard via a friend that getting a pc custom built is alot cheaper than going through the usual way. ie off the shelf or from Dell.(mainly if you want specifics, like speed & performance)
Is this true and how do i go about doing this?
Thanks!
I wonder...?It WILL be half the price but beware
Half the price for a non working PC isn't much use?a friend of mine has gotten PC's custom built twice from different sources (high spec gaming machines) and has experienced problems not with his spec or quality of components he asked for but with basic electrics, ie overheating, components not being matched electrically - not an expert on it, but that was a problem. An electrician fixed it to sum it up, not a techie.
Iqon in Dundalk should also be good for this.
I have first hand experience of IQon laptops going very wrong and breaking down shortly after the 1 year warranty has expired.
I'm sure it can happen to any brand and it might be a coincidence but I would be careful about them because of my own experience of it happening to my sister and also to a friend.
The most important thing for you is the Graphics Card - this will have a direct effect on the quality of the image and gameplay, next is memory. If it is a Vista PC go for 2 Gb of RAM. If your PC is 4 years old you should go for a new PC get a Dual Core if you can afford it.Hi, thanks all for you replies!
I'll look at the koplett website, thanks CCOVICH!
I was told that having a high GHz eg. 2.8Ghz+ doesn't really make your pc any faster than a 1.8GHz pc if you have the same vid card, RAM etc.. in the pc, it this true?
I really wan't a pc that can handle heavy games, because my current pc seems to be getting slow with these new games that are coming out now. And there's some new technology called "pixel shading" that really flattens your graphics card.
Would i be better buying new hardware for my current pc like a new motherboard & new graphics card. Or should i bite the bullet and get a whole pc?
And would my current pc be able to hold a DualCore board because it's a single cpu now from 4 yerars ago?
Thanks!
Have you had a look on [broken link removed] ?
Also try Maplin.
...problems ...with basic electrics, ie overheating, components not being matched electrically....An electrician fixed it...
....I was told that having a high GHz eg. 2.8Ghz+ doesn't really make your pc any faster than a 1.8GHz pc if you have the same vid card, RAM etc.. in the pc, it this true?
I really wan't a pc that can handle heavy games....
Would i be better buying new hardware for my current pc ....it's a single cpu now from 4 yerars ago?
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Custom rigs offer high end performance and expandability at a mid level price if you are a techie and you know what you are doing otherwise stay away.
The Dell XPS Generation 5 and subsequent models are a great PC for gaming if they are within your budget.
Depending on how far you want to push things you could check out an Alienware PC if you really want extreme gaming capabilitites.
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