best place to buy a pre-built high spec pc?

[Adams_16v]

Alright folks.

Iv been looking around the net and found allsorts of crap.

Im looking for a top notch machine bundled with a 22" flastscreen. I Also want it to look like a good pc! I love the look of the Dell XPS machines!

http://i.dell.com/images/us/segments/dhs/xpsdt.jpg

Looking for a dual or quad core, 2gb ram, 500gb hdd, etc, etc

About £1kish worth!

Thought about Dell but guy at work said he's had trouble upgrading his. Are they a problem for upgrading does anyone know?

Evesham Technology look ok - any good?

same with mesh - any good?

Any other recommendations?

I cant be arsed wtih building my own this time, I dont really have the time to build one.

Cheers very much!
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[Mike_182]

Give me a budget and what you want from it and I can do something through my company.

Dell are an arse to upgrade as they use their own power connector (which just happens to have the same connector as ATX, so you blow the board and components up if you plug a normal ATX supply in...

 

[rustybolt]

Alright folks.

Iv been looking around the net and found allsorts of crap.

Im looking for a top notch machine bundled with a 22" flastscreen. I Also want it to look like a good pc! I love the look of the Dell XPS machines!

http://i.dell.com/images/us/segments/dhs/xpsdt.jpg

Looking for a dual or quad core, 2gb ram, 500gb hdd, etc, etc

About £1kish worth!

Thought about Dell but guy at work said he's had trouble upgrading his. Are they a problem for upgrading does anyone know?

Evesham Technology look ok - any good?

same with mesh - any good?

Any other recommendations?

I cant be arsed wtih building my own this time, I dont really have the time to build one.

Cheers very much!
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i build my own, but can recommend these guys, i buy all my parts from the them and they are top notch.

www.cclonline.com

build service

http://www.cclonline.com/product-categories.asp?category_id=81

 

[cliobritt]

alienware? they are good aparentley.

 

[Rob_]

Alienware are the dogs but also the most expensive

 

[BenWall]

Alienware are the better version of the Dells, as Dell own them.

Best custom PC builders in the UK Vadim. http://www.vadim.co.uk/

 

[Adams_16v]

cheers for the links!

iv looked at alienware, foookin pricey man! quite a bit over my budget!

tempted with the dell ones, can anyone confirm any probs with upgrading them or anything like that?

 

[Mike_182]

cheers for the links!

iv looked at alienware, foookin pricey man! quite a bit over my budget!

tempted with the dell ones, can anyone confirm any probs with upgrading them or anything like that?

Already posted, yes Dells are a bugger to upgrade as they use proprietary power connectors.

 

[RSi Dave]

build yourself, best choice of components and can fit the PC to exactly what you do, look out for special offers on components and go from there. I hate preinstalled s**t that come with computers.

 

[Adams_16v]

Sorry mate, missed your first post! Cheers for the info

cheers for the links!

iv looked at alienware, foookin pricey man! quite a bit over my budget!

tempted with the dell ones, can anyone confirm any probs with upgrading them or anything like that?

Already posted, yes Dells are a bugger to upgrade as they use proprietary power connectors.

 

[rich[182]]

Alienware look cool but when put through group tests in various mags they are out performed, and thats before they even start about value for money

 

[Neil_Mk1]

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

?

 

[seb]

self build for that price imo.

 

[Toypop]

I have had a couple of top spec machines from MESH that were ok. Like all PC builders their software builds suck and the tech support ain't up to much but then I always format the thing as soon as I get it and install everything myself.

I bought one from them because a, some of the components like the GFX cards were so new that only the big builders had them and you couldn't get them seperately in the shops and b, they were selling it pre-built for less than I could buy all the bits seperately! That was a couple of years ago, dunno if they are still so good on price.

Also a lot of thought had gone into how they had built it so that upgrading was easy. Just in terms of how they had located cables, what slots they had used etc.

 

[C.slicker]

cube247 are good IMO.