Cheap PC until Nehalem

[moogle]

I was gonna point that out
Maybe Scan have a bad batch and you shouldn't feel sorry. You would be the one ending up with a crud one out of the bunch. I doubt you'd get one from eBuyer like that I got mine from them although long ago it's working fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SiM]

Its £10 more from ebuyer though... I would rather get one second hand tbh, at least that way you know how much it clocks.... Moogle, don't you need a Q9450 to test out your new water cooling?

[moogle]

Its £10 more from ebuyer though... I would rather get one second hand tbh, at least that way you know how much it clocks.... Moogle, don't you need a Q9450 to test out your new water cooling?

I was thinking that since my dad's going to the states
*checks current exchange rate*

[shaffaaf27]

well IMO, go for either OcUK or ebuyer then. i have had perfect RMA's and phonecalls and customer services and emails from them

[SiM]

Well its either scan or ebuyer... Don't usually order from elsewhere... Will have to think about if its worth the risk in ordering from scan to save £10... I think it might be as there is only one isolated case... no one else has complained about having a similar problem...

I was thinking that since my dad's going to the states
*checks current exchange rate*

Well if you are going to do that, then I might be interested in your Q6600 if you decide to sell it (let me know asap!)... although I am itching to get the PC up and running this week

[staffsMike]

Surely you could just buy it from scan and if it sucks send it back under DSR? Bit dishonest I guess but treat the box nicely and clean it up etc..if it does have to go back.

[moogle]

dont forget if you're getting it from scan add the normal q6600 as the today only one is a bit more

Well if you are going to do that, then I might be interested in your Q6600 if you decide to sell it (let me know asap!)... although I am itching to get the PC up and running this week

I've no idea yet as he's going in a weeks time and isn't coming back till september

[SiM]

dont forget if you're getting it from scan add the normal q6600 as the today only one is a bit more

Yeh I noticed that. £125 proper price, £128 today only, £135 ebuyer... Unless I get OEM...

[SiM]

Surely you could just buy it from scan and if it sucks send it back under DSR? Bit dishonest I guess but treat the box nicely and clean it up etc..if it does have to go back.

That's not dishonest IMO... I want one with a proper thermal sensor on the chip! Its a pity I would have to use the DSR if it comes with a faulty thermal sensor.... but I think that this is the best idea. I would have to pay shipping back to scan, but that is probably going to be less than £10 anyway...

[staffsMike]

I should think it would be less than £10 yeah and chances are it will be a goodun anyway, havn't heard of many duff ones.

[SiM]

Will order tomorrow from scan then. Thanks guys

The drama will finally be over

[moogle]

can't wait

now you'll have something to take pictures of in your antec 1200

[SiM]

Well I can put some pictures of naked ladies in my antec 1200 now and then take photos of that. That would be l33t.
Now I just need some new hard drives... well I'm not sure actually, was thinking of getting 3x320gb single platter WDs in raid 5, but I already have 1x160gb wd, 1x250gb wd, 2x320gb seagate 7200.10, 500GB wd aaks and a 1TB seagate. I will also be buying 2 or 3 more 1TB for the NAS. Then I will combine all these hard drives on to that and sell the old ones.

[staffsMike]

Just a small collection then

The single platters would make a nice Raid setup though

[SiM]

I am not sure whether to save that until nehalem. I have mirror the two 7200.10s and will still have enough space for everything once I have the NAS sorted... Speedwise, the aaks is probably the fastest, so I can make that the OS drive... then I can sell the rest. That would save me a bit.

How much do you think I can get for these drives:
1x160gb wd, 1x250gb wd, 2x320gb seagate 7200.10, 500GB wd aaks?
I reckon £10, £20, £30, £40 respectively. Total £130 minus about £15 on postage. So £115. The WD3200AAKS cost £45 from scan, so it would cost me £135 in total. So this upgrade is estimated to cost only £20... That's ok I suppose.

[moogle]

£10 for 160?, thats 80gb prices isn't it. Depends if they are sata or not.