RedSZ Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Hi My home PC has just died and I want to replace it with something new and cheap. Are you able to get new desktops for approx £300? and where, other than Dell website, should I be looking? I don't need any fancy graphics capability. Just something as fast as my old one 1.7Mhz, with more than 40Gb HDD and with XP installed Any advice welcomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Dell PCs are very good value for money but they'll always upsell you on the offers they advertise. Delivery is expensive too. (We often challenge our customers to actually buy what they've seen as they make it very difficult!) At a risk of being slapped for hawking our own goods.... We have PCs available from 324 inc VAT. You can tailor the PC to whatever you want. http://www.midlandcomputers.com/default.asp?area=&prodid=&stage= (Courier delivery £15 ex VAT) If you register on the site then you get the better prices across all products. Maybe I should set up a club discount scheme or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burna Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Might be having a PC off you soon Pete. Discount would be nice too Ill have a trawl through your site when I've got a minute but could you tell me what spec the PC is you sell for £324 inc VAT? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 I always use http://www.novatech.co.uk because their prices are good but also cos they're local to me. Worth a look though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 I always use http://www.novatech.co.uk because their prices are good but also cos they're local to me. Worth a look though. Work out about the same prices as ours once you add/remove various software bits. Their delivery is cheaper at £7.49 though. We don't try to compete with these kind of people. We're SME really and only use quality components and are authorised disties for all the big players. Our business customers like us simply for the stability of the systems and our customer service. We build a good rapport with people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Aldi on a Thursday... believe it or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Aldi on a Thursday... believe it or not They are VERY cheap and usually come with everything. We've seen inside a few when they come for upgrade. Pretty well built too. Usually a big german manufacturer that we don't hear of over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letmeshowyou Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Tesco's have got some surprisingly good deals too atm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIL Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 If you do go to DELL then call them up `it will always goes to a far eastern call centre` and firstly spec up the PC you want with the minimum of additions, eg basic spec leaving out things like DVD writer, go for CD writer only etc and get them to give you a price. (NB IMO as a basic starting point your better going for a Dimension 5000 rather than the cheaper 3000 as the 5000 is component/motherboard upgradable for the future). Wait until the end of the month or even better today the end of the calander quarter as with all IT companies they have to make targets. Get your haggling head on and then start building up the spec but at the same time try to keep them adding in things at the minimum costs they can do it for. You might be supprised what you can get and end up with! Its amazing what they will throw in to get the deal, printers, extended warranties, additional software, upgraded monitors, additional RAM etc. The key is to get them to give you things that would be of value to you and low cost to them and you will drive the deal! NB always good to have an imagionary spec of a PC and pricing that you can use to drive down the price and be prepared to walk away from the deal if you cant get the price you want. DELL to be honest are good, and their service/build quality is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilocruzy Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 If you do go to DELL then call them up `it will always goes to a far eastern call centre` and firstly spec up the PC you want with the minimum of additions, eg basic spec leaving out things like DVD writer, go for CD writer only etc and get them to give you a price. (NB IMO as a basic starting point your better going for a Dimension 5000 rather than the cheaper 3000 as the 5000 is component/motherboard upgradable for the future). Wait until the end of the month or even better today the end of the calander quarter as with all IT companies they have to make targets. Get your haggling head on and then start building up the spec but at the same time try to keep them adding in things at the minimum costs they can do it for. You might be supprised what you can get and end up with! Its amazing what they will throw in to get the deal, printers, extended warranties, additional software, upgraded monitors, additional RAM etc. The key is to get them to give you things that would be of value to you and low cost to them and you will drive the deal! NB always good to have an imagionary spec of a PC and pricing that you can use to drive down the price and be prepared to walk away from the deal if you cant get the price you want. DELL to be honest are good, and their service/build quality is good. Ill back that! My flatmate just got his from these guys this morning, great P4 2Gigs Ram 60 Gigs hard disk, flat screen, colour printer and free delivery for £450!!! S**t vdeo and sound card though, but you should really make your own pick on these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobyg Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 My main computer is a Dell. But I got a cheap one from http://www.ginger6.co.uk/ I have had no bother, with it, and it was cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliAl Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 If you do go to DELL then call them up `it will always goes to a far eastern call centre` and firstly spec up the PC you want with the minimum of additions, eg basic spec leaving out things like DVD writer, go for CD writer only etc and get them to give you a price. (NB IMO as a basic starting point your better going for a Dimension 5000 rather than the cheaper 3000 as the 5000 is component/motherboard upgradable for the future). Wait until the end of the month or even better today the end of the calander quarter as with all IT companies they have to make targets. Get your haggling head on and then start building up the spec but at the same time try to keep them adding in things at the minimum costs they can do it for. You might be supprised what you can get and end up with! Its amazing what they will throw in to get the deal, printers, extended warranties, additional software, upgraded monitors, additional RAM etc. The key is to get them to give you things that would be of value to you and low cost to them and you will drive the deal! NB always good to have an imagionary spec of a PC and pricing that you can use to drive down the price and be prepared to walk away from the deal if you cant get the price you want. DELL to be honest are good, and their service/build quality is good. I will back that as well. I ended getting 3 free upgrades plus if you say you don’t want to take their warranty they seem to throw even more thing in for free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotasuprauk Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Have you thought about ebay? There are some compaq ones from big sellers for good prices. I got my P4 3.0 512mb ram, dvd writer, 160gb etc etc for £245 from jarvisonline which I thought was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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