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    from having a quick read around they just took the money and ran, racking up a few CCJ's along the way..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stoo View Post
    from having a quick read around they just took the money and ran, racking up a few CCJ's along the way..
    Which is one reason why buying a PC from a reputable company, not just the cheapest, can be a good idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    Which is one reason why buying a PC from a reputable company, not just the cheapest, can be a good idea.
    Indeedy! Such as a certain company who have been trading since 1991 perhaps?
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    I would've hardly called SavRow cheap

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tobeman View Post
    I would've hardly called SavRow cheap
    No, but the build quality of non-review units apparently was, as was the plane ticket for them to high-tail it out of the country
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stoo View Post
    No, but the build quality of non-review units apparently was, as was the plane ticket for them to high-tail it out of the country
    Did you edit the Companies House page about? I swear it was the hexus one earlier (which I forgot to ask why you linked that...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tobeman View Post
    Did you edit the Companies House page about? I swear it was the hexus one earlier (which I forgot to ask why you linked that...)
    Oh right, it must be re-using a sessionID, oopsie
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tobeman View Post
    Did you edit the Companies House page about? I swear it was the hexus one earlier (which I forgot to ask why you linked that...)
    I note Hexus.lifestyle Ltd was incorporated only a couple of weeks ago. New developments?

    This inquisiti is rubbish.

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    along with hexus.pixel registered to a certain address in wiltshire... Hmmm
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    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    Which is one reason why buying a PC from a reputable company, not just the cheapest, can be a good idea.

    was my first thought too....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
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    What people don't understand when they quote pre built PC price and then compare with off the shelf components is the price of labour.

    When you start looking at

    the cost of the building,
    the tooling/equipment,
    electricity, water rates
    business rates
    employee pay
    NI
    complying with all the rules and regs
    aftermarket support
    etc
    etc
    etc

    then the cost of employing someone per hour is not cheap. It is well known that PC manufacturers run on tiny margins per PC. If it was easy to make £1000 per machine then we'd all be doing it

    Search in the hardware forums for topics with regards to people starting their own PC building services and 99% of the threads will say "don't bother it's a nightmare and you'll never make any money and be forever answering the phone with calls from muppets cos windows crashed".

    Labour cost is the reason many build their own pc's. It's not hard to do and there are many guides out there.
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    well i have specced up for £830 a system that will run just as good, from scan as well

    managed to talk the guy out of prebuilt, well he talked himself out after we compared the 2, he is now going to build his own with me on the other end of a webchat no doubt.

    but in the mean time he found his old video card, dropped it in to find its working now ( other cards blown) so the pressure is off and he is holding out for quad core price drops, thanks for the input ChrisP

    that system could do with a major rework, drop the dominator for something that will run the same and you can bump that crappy GTS to a GTX

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    Not a problem

    The changes you have mentioned regd the Dominator and the GTS card are basically down to personal taste and the specifications match the high end title of the system.

    A GTS card will run any game currently out there but you will notice we have the option available to choose standard XMS 2 PC6400 memory and also 2 x GTX options and 1 x ULTRA option to cater for all tastes so the specification will stay the same.

    We list lower spec systems also to cope for the budget gamer, with the option to allow the customer to upgrade in the future

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    I noticed the same with Savrow....seem to have gone quiet.
    I purchased one of their Dream Pc's 2 years ago and while it looked good on paper there were some issues with build quality and paint finsh. Apart from a few niggles I was quite pleased even if it did cost. Working out the cost of equipment I reckon they add 100% for building the rig.....nice job if you can get the work eh

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