cheapest place for parts

chubbyathy

Is dabs.IE any good for parts planning on doing a first build very soon

AntDub

Best is probably http://www.hardwareversand.de/home.jsp
Also check the below.

http://www.scan.co.uk/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/
http://www.pixmania.ie/index.html

Dabs.ie now and again but above are usually better.

You can also get new gear from advert.ie, just have to get through all the **** in there though.

chubbyathy

Cheers have you had any dealings with dabs

AntDub

chubbyathy wrote: »

Cheers have you had any dealings with dabs

Only through work, never had much problems with them but never used them for computer parts.

hare05

AntDub wrote: »

Only through work, never had much problems with them but never used them for computer parts.

Used Dabs once or twice over the last few years. No issues. Not sure of customer service as I've never needed to use it so I guess that in itself is a compliment.

..Brian..

Also check out http://www.computeruniverse.net//

Prices are almost as good as HWVD, maybe €5 in the difference, sometimes cheaper! Fantastic customer service. I recently spent about €800 on their site and had to contact them, they have an actual call center so things are easy to resolve.

Delivery is good, it was €12 to deliver two GPUs and if you set you country to UK you save 4% in VAT. You need to get your order delivered to Parcel Motel in Northern Ireland though. I saved about €35 off my order using this method incl Parcel Motel fees.

Justwinginit

I used Dabs for a full build about 5/6 weeks ago. Placed order. Everything arrived within about 7-8 days I think. I got 2 items one day, and 2 days later the rest arrived. Also, after placing order, 2 days later i got email saying order is ready for shipping, with only 2 items on it, then following day another email that morning with 'order ready' with more items on it, and that eve another email with the rest of the items. weird, but I got everything and it all works fine. Free delivery! and free Battlefield 4 with my r9 270 card;-) Prices were much the same when you took delivery into account, give or take a couple of euro.

chubbyathy

Justwinginit wrote: »

I used Dabs for a full build about 5/6 weeks ago. Placed order. Everything arrived within about 7-8 days I think. I got 2 items one day, and 2 days later the rest arrived. Also, after placing order, 2 days later i got email saying order is ready for shipping, with only 2 items on it, then following day another email that morning with 'order ready' with more items on it, and that eve another email with the rest of the items. weird, but I got everything and it all works fine. Free delivery! and free Battlefield 4 with my r9 270 card;-) Prices were much the same when you took delivery into account, give or take a couple of euro.

Wat build you do man if ye don't mind me asking

Justwinginit

This is it, I dunno how to do that link thing they do, but I can prob get links for you if you want. I got a copy of windows off ebay. It runs everything I throw at it no problem:-)
**EDIT** I'll put the quiklinx in for ya, just copy and paste into search bar. Prices on the right are correct as of today when doing this up. Check around the site and you can save a few euro.
Name Price

Builder Series CX 80+ Bronze, 500 Watt, ATX, EPS12V, PS/2 €52.02 Power supply Quicklinx: 8CDDWS00 €52.53

Hyper 103 3 Heatpipe 1x92mm PWM Blue LED Fan Tower CPUCooler €21.61 CPU cooler Quicklinx: 8ZCGWS00 €22.02

120GB SSDNow V300 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" 7MM solid state drive €67.33 SSD Quicklinx: 8F75WS00 €69.42

AMD Radeon R9 270 950MHz 2GB PCI-Express 3.0 HDMI inc BF4 OC €176.23 Graphics Quicklinx: 952BWS00 €174.72

FX6-6300 AM3+ 3.5GHz 14MB 95W €102.34 Processor Quicklinx: 8BXHWS00 €102.34

Z11 Plus High Performance Mid Tower Case €63.33 Case Quicklinx: 82RXWS00 €63.33

1TB Blue SATA 6GB/s 7200RPM 64MB 3.5" Hard Drive €56.32 HDD Quicklinx: 8757WS00 €56.32

M6900 Optical Gaming Mouse €17.65 Mouse Quicklinx: 7PG2WS00 €17.65

8GB (2 x 4GB) Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz DIMM 240-pin CL9 Red €83.94 Memory Quicklinx: 7J69WS00 €85.25

AMD AM3+ 970 4*DDR3 GBE LAN 4*USB3.0 ATX MOTHERBOARD €57.56 Motherboard Quicklinx: 8XGNWS00 €58.48

Delivery .30

Total €698.63 Incl VAT.

chubbyathy

Justwinginit wrote: »

This is it, I dunno how to do that link thing they do, but I can prob get links for you if you want. I got a copy of windows off ebay. It runs everything I throw at it no problem:-)
**EDIT** I'll put the quiklinx in for ya, just copy and paste into search bar. Prices on the right are correct as of today when doing this up. Check around the site and you can save a few euro.
Name Price

Builder Series CX 80+ Bronze, 500 Watt, ATX, EPS12V, PS/2 €52.02 Power supply Quicklinx: 8CDDWS00 €52.53

Hyper 103 3 Heatpipe 1x92mm PWM Blue LED Fan Tower CPUCooler €21.61 CPU cooler Quicklinx: 8ZCGWS00 €22.02

120GB SSDNow V300 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" 7MM solid state drive €67.33 SSD Quicklinx: 8F75WS00 €69.42

AMD Radeon R9 270 950MHz 2GB PCI-Express 3.0 HDMI inc BF4 OC €176.23 Graphics Quicklinx: 952BWS00 €174.72

FX6-6300 AM3+ 3.5GHz 14MB 95W €102.34 Processor Quicklinx: 8BXHWS00 €102.34

Z11 Plus High Performance Mid Tower Case €63.33 Case Quicklinx: 82RXWS00 €63.33

1TB Blue SATA 6GB/s 7200RPM 64MB 3.5" Hard Drive €56.32 HDD Quicklinx: 8757WS00 €56.32

M6900 Optical Gaming Mouse €17.65 Mouse Quicklinx: 7PG2WS00 €17.65

8GB (2 x 4GB) Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz DIMM 240-pin CL9 Red €83.94 Memory Quicklinx: 7J69WS00 €85.25

AMD AM3+ 970 4*DDR3 GBE LAN 4*USB3.0 ATX MOTHERBOARD €57.56 Motherboard Quicklinx: 8XGNWS00 €58.48

Delivery .30

Total €698.63 Incl VAT.

Sounds good man does it play on highest settings can ye give link for mother board if not too much hassle

Justwinginit

Mobo link http://www.dabs.ie/products/msi-970a-g43-amd-am3--970-ddr3-atx-8XGN. Quicklinx: 8XGNWS00

I play everything on high or ultra, I'll check what fps I'm getting the next time i'm on. I know I'm getting over 100 on everything I'm playing:-)

chubbyathy

Justwinginit wrote: »

Mobo link http://www.dabs.ie/products/msi-970a-g43-amd-am3--970-ddr3-atx-8XGN. Quicklinx: 8XGNWS00

I play everything on high or ultra, I'll check what fps I'm getting the next time i'm on. I know I'm getting over 100 on everything I'm playing:-)

Cheers man very helpful only a noob like to take on projects keep the mind sane ha

Justwinginit

chubbyathy wrote: »

Cheers man very helpful only a noob like to take on projects keep the mind sane ha

Heh heh, I'm am a total noob when it came to this. A friend and neighbour built, and I wasn't going down the console route, so I went with this build. Delighted I did, the only hassle I had was installing windows as no optical drive, used a memory stick and created an iso file and the only program that worked for me was rufus. That was totally new to me, but if you got a buddy beside you that knows a little bit it helps. It took only a few hours altogether, the longest was the windows updates etc as my broadband aint the feckin hottest:mad: Best o luck and give a shout on boards if ya get stuck, there's lots o folk here who know what they're talking about, unlike me:eek:

Justwinginit

Ok, I ran Max Payne 3 with everything on highest settings I think and was getting an average of around 250fps, Dead Space 3 @ 1440 x 900 all settings @ highest average of about 200fps. Using Razer Gamebooster to count fps. Most importantly, gameplay was smooth......It'll do me for a few years anyway:-)