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Scan are a nightmare to return things to, I got some fans that I later found out were incompatible with my system, I didnt open them and they were immaculate but they wanted to charge me a restocking fee.

Fair enough charging me the return postage costs but taking a % off ontop was a bit of a pisstake.

Stuff like GPUs I tend to get from overclockers, you pay a bit more but they have awesome customer service. And I have free delivery being a forum poster.

Amazon are pretty awesome with their returns.
 
iPabs said:
Best off asking in the goth forum

Gaming PCs

My 13yo is man keen on Fortnite and is saving up to buy a gaming PC to replace his xbox He seems to think £700-800 will do it and plans to build it himself(!) Has anyone experience of this? Is his ball park figure realistic? Any tips?
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Schoolboy error?
 
PTR said:
Try to wait for Black Friday if you can
Build it yourself
Get advice on components from somewhere like Overclockers forums - they do great BF deals too
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Sounds like tech lego hell ... ive since looked at the related thread looked at and got some ideas
 
GBSAFC said:
Sounds like tech lego hell ... ive since looked at the related thread looked at and got some ideas
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If you want to get into PC Gaming, its really worth knowing how it all works. You'll pay about the same, but you'll have better components, such as power supply and motherboards. And that means better upgrade opportunities in a couple of years' time.
 
PTR said:
If you want to get into PC Gaming, its really worth knowing how it all works. You'll pay about the same, but you'll have better components, such as power supply and motherboards. And that means better upgrade opportunities in a couple of years' time.
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Tbf gaming is one use
The other main use is deep learning using tensorflow. So I'm after a rig with a decent / good graphics card ...
Dave Herbal said:
Piece of piss. I knew nowt and built one
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Have you ever seen the father Ted episode when dougal is allowed to do a funeral... thats me building a pc
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If you need everything from the ground up your better off buying a pre built one. Might cost about about an extra £100, but you can just take it back if it breaks.

Mate bought all the bits from overclockers and after 6 months it kept randomly shutting down.
Fortunately another mate had bought one very similar, so he swapped every bit one by one until they reckoned it can only be the motherboard.
After many calls and updates he sent the motherboard back to the manufacturer, who said there was nothing wrong with it, but sent another out anyway.
He had made a small mark on his to tell if it had been replaced.
Worked fine from then on but took a few weeks to sort out.

He said never again like, he'd spent about two grand and was ready to chuck the whole thing in frustration.
 
a1970man said:
If you need everything from the ground up your better off buying a pre built one. Might cost about about an extra £100, but you can just take it back if it breaks.

Mate bought all the bits from overclockers and after 6 months it kept randomly shutting down.
Fortunately another mate had bought one very similar, so he swapped every bit one by one until they reckoned it can only be the motherboard.
After many calls and updates he sent the motherboard back to the manufacturer, who said there was nothing wrong with it, but sent another out anyway.
He had made a small mark on his to tell if it had been replaced.
Worked fine from then on but took a few weeks to sort out.

He said never again like, he'd spent about two grand and was ready to chuck the whole thing in frustration.
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I must admit, not having a raft of spares at my disposal would put me off too. Its a fair point.
 

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