I know, I know... yet another new build thread, but bare with me. Please?!
I'm passing on my current system to my folks, as they kinda need a new PC. The only thing worth salvaging from my old system is a 7900GT graphics card. That's my starting block!
I was planning to put together a new system myself, but I'm struggling to put something together that is a sensible alternative to Dell. I appreciate Dell systems aren't exactly upgrade friendly, but for the price they're asking I could live with replacing it in a couple of years.
The sort of thing I'm looking at just now from Dell is based around q6600, 2GB, 500MB. That's around £320 delivered (as I'm in the Channel Islands I fortunately don't need to pay VAT, just about another £10 in local tax) and I can easily add DDR2 to it fairly cheaply.
Scan can also offer things VAT free, but I'm not really up to date with PC components any more so I'm not terribly sure what I'm doing! My attempts at putting together a similar system come to a higher price, admittedly with better components, but also without a home warranty which could be handy.
Whaddya think chaps and chapesses? It just seems so easy to go to the dark side![]()


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