What's the best site for buying parts for building?

phillo74

Hows it going, I'm new to the whole PC gaming scene and I'm doing my first build. So far www.dabs.ie seems to be the cheapest site I've found, with the biggest range.

I've also found: pixmania, komplett, custom pc ireland, digistore, hardwareversand.de. While decent enough, none of these sites seem to be as good as dabs, for both price and selection.

(I wonder if amazon.co.uk is any good? just a thought. I'd search it now myself only i've already spent half the morning building a wishlist on dabs to get an idea of my checkout price, and now I have to go to work. So I figured I'd ask in here.)


Which - in your opinion - is the best (and cheapest) site to buy your parts?

Thanks folks

Eboggles

Hardwareversand for full builds, anything over the €400 mark. Dabs or Komplett for everything else.

deejer

Scan.co.uk has a great selection also and shipping is reasonable. I agree with HWVS for full builds but if you want to pick up individual parts it would be a case of looking around all the sites you have mentioned above.

Another would be memoryc.ie

phillo74

deejer wrote: »

Scan.co.uk has a great selection also and shipping is reasonable. I agree with HWVS for full builds but if you want to pick up individual parts it would be a case of looking around all the sites you have mentioned above.

Another would be memoryc.ie

cheers, but I'd rather build myself rather than going with the full build. It's a project I'm setting for myself. At least then I'll be able to upgrade (myself) when the time comes.

Serephucus

I've found Dabs to be equal to HWVS up until anywhere between €200-300, then you start to see HWVS pull ahead. I've used Dabs a lot in the past. There's also Specialtech for modding and watercooling parts, as well as Scan and Overclockers (though they tend to be on the expensive side).

As well as those, there's MemoryC for basically anything flash-memory-based, and QuietPC for a couple of silent PC speciality parts.

Then of course there's the ones you already know of - Amazon, Komplett, Pix, etc. The one last one I use is DealExtreme. Very handy for random bits and bobs that you don't need right away.


All of the sites above I've used more than once (with the exception of Scan and HWVS), and have all been great to deal with (Dabs being the minor exception - the one RMA I've had with them took a while). I tend to not bother with Scan, as they're login process always gives me trouble. I was going to go with Dabs for my server build, but I've decided to give HWVS for the first time, seeing as everyone here uses them.

Hope that helps...

phillo74

Serephucus wrote: »

I've found Dabs to be equal to HWVS up until anywhere between €200-300, then you start to see HWVS pull ahead. I've used Dabs a lot in the past. There's also Specialtech for modding and watercooling parts, as well as Scan and Overclockers (though they tend to be on the expensive side).

As well as those, there's MemoryC for basically anything flash-memory-based, and QuietPC for a couple of silent PC speciality parts.

Then of course there's the ones you already know of - Amazon, Komplett, Pix, etc. The one last one I use is DealExtreme. Very handy for random bits and bobs that you don't need right away.


All of the sites above I've used more than once (with the exception of Scan and HWVS), and have all been great to deal with (Dabs being the minor exception - the one RMA I've had with them took a while). I tend to not bother with Scan, as they're login process always gives me trouble. I was going to go with Dabs for my server build, but I've decided to give HWVS for the first time, seeing as everyone here uses them.

Hope that helps...

thanks man. i'll check out those sites! but if they are more expensive - like u say - then chances are ill stick with dabs. I'm looking to build an entire rig, peripherals incl, from scratch. As u c below. It's already costing a pretty penny!




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Tea_Bag

phillo74 wrote: »

cheers, but I'd rather build myself rather than going with the full build. It's a project I'm setting for myself. At least then I'll be able to upgrade (myself) when the time comes.

you do build it yourself on HWVS. well, strictly speaking, you can get them to build it for you for an extra €20 if you wanted.

I'm used HWVS numerous times with no problem. I've had to RMA once with them and it was painless. its a €30 flat rate for shipping, no matter how large or small the order, which means it only becomes worthwhile over the ~€400 as said before.

phillo74

phillo74 wrote: »

thanks man. i'll check out those sites! but if they are more expensive - like u say - then chances are ill stick with dabs. I'm looking to build an entire rig, peripherals incl, from scratch. As u c below. It's already costing a pretty penny!




My wishlist

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Product name Stock Status Quantity Item price Line price Move to basket Copy to basket Remove Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard - Command Pad PC & MAC
Quicklinx:5DWJWS00 | Mfr#:920-000947
In stock €87.24 €87.24 Cyborg R.A.T. 7 5600 DPI Gaming Mouse
Quicklinx:75M6WS00 | Mfr#:CCB437080002/04/1
In stock €81.03 €81.03
LG Electronics LG E2251VR-BN - LCD display - TFT - LED backlight - 22" - widescreen - 1920 x 1080 - black
Quicklinx:7R9TWS00 | Mfr#:E2251VR-BN
In stock €157.93 €157.93 Asus ATI Radeon 7950 HD 900MHz 3GB PCI-Express 3.0 HDMI TOP OC
Quicklinx:7Z52WS00 | Mfr#:HD7950-DC2T-3GD5
Ordered upon request €447.53 €447.53 Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) Vengeance Blue DDR3 1600MHz DIMM 240-pin CL9 LP
Quicklinx:7KHNWS00 | Mfr#:CML8GX3M2A1600C9B
In stock €42.71 €42.71 StarTech.com Mini 4 Port USB 2.0 Hub
Quicklinx:5FRCWS00 | Mfr#:ST4200MINI
In stock €11.90 €11.90 Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black 3.5" SATA6GB/S 7200rpm 64MB
Quicklinx:6LXVWS00 | Mfr#:WD1002FAEX
In stock €178.68 €178.68 Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme Rev.2 Universal CPU Cooler
Quicklinx:73WJWS00 | Mfr#:UCACO-P0900-CSB01
Ordered upon request €29.07 €29.07 CoolerMaster HAF-X Full Tower (Extended ATX) Black
Quicklinx:7BNWWS00 | Mfr#:RC-942-KKN1
Ordered upon request €183.13 €183.13 Best Value Duratool Antistatic Wrist Band
Quicklinx:7GHGWS00 | Mfr#:ZD-152/87-1520
In stock €5.80 €5.80 Cyborg PC V.5 Keyboard UK
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Due in more than 4 weeks €49.35 €49.35 Microsoft Windows Home Premium 7 SP1 64-bit EN 1pk OEI OEM DVD
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In stock €88.48 €88.48 TP LINK AV200 200Mbps Mini Powerline Adapter Starter Kit
Quicklinx:7KJ7WS00 | Mfr#:TL-PA211KIT
In stock €42.61 €42.61 Corsair 750W Enthusiast Series TX750 Modular Power Supply
Quicklinx:7LGLWS00 | Mfr#:CP-9020003-UK
In stock €103.61 €103.61 Sony 24x DVD-RW SATA Black Bare Internal Drive
Quicklinx:7QC0WS00 | Mfr#:AD-5280S-0B
In stock €16.72 €16.72 Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 USB Gaming Headset
Quicklinx:7RNGWS00 | Mfr#:CA-9011112-WW
In stock €88.57 €88.57 Asus P8Z68-V/GEN3 S1155 Intel Z68 DDR3 ATX
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Delivery (31.197kg) €5.87

Total (inc VAT) €1,763.71

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uncle_sam_ie

I ordered most of my stuff from Komplett.ie and so far no issues. I like the fact that they give me 2 years warranty and have free delivery on everything. I don't know about Dabs.ie. I odered a mouse 2 weeks ago and it still hasn't arrived yet. Is this the normal delivery time frame for them, 2 to 3 weeks?

Serephucus

If it was in stock, you should have got it inside of a week. Otherwise, I've no idea.

phillo74

uncle_sam_ie wrote: »

I ordered most of my stuff from Komplett.ie and so far no issues. I like the fact that they give me 2 years warranty and have free delivery on everything. I don't know about Dabs.ie. I odered a mouse 2 weeks ago and it still hasn't arrived yet. Is this the normal delivery time frame for them, 2 to 3 weeks?

Not quite sure, man. have yet to order from them. Is Komplett not pricey though?

uncle_sam_ie

phillo74 wrote: »

Not quite sure, man. have yet to order from them. Is Komplett not pricey though?

I don't think it's pricey at all especially when you consider they included free delivery. For example my CPU cost me 190 Euro at the time and the cheapest was on the German site for 180, but when you factor in the delivery it come's out cheaper. My SSD that I bought a few weeks ago was about 10 Euro's more but again the free delivery makes it abut the same. I also like the fact that if there is an issue I can speak to someone in Dublin about it. Although, if you are buying a whole system the German site would work out a lot cheaper. The only thing that isn't great about Komplett is they don't have a wide selection of stuff to choose from. But, saying that the stuff they do have is excellent.