built pc

awhir

sorry but my neighbours are buying a new pc and i was wondering what would be the best pc for them what would be the best built pc for about 1000 to 1300 .
thanks

bounty

this is nice: http://www.jes-computer.de/product_info.php?pID=20050

€999

Khannie

Depends what they want it for. Could you give a bit more detail?

awhir

all round pc need it for games,office and thats all

jozi

For games make sure it uses a graphics card and not on-board graphics.
Also i recon you look for something with at least 512mb of ram.
Them pc's from jes have german keyboards which have different keys.
I'm finding it hard to not recomend dell (unless you want to build it yourself ) they are hasle free and sometimes they do have good deals.
/me prepares for major dell bashing

Jozi

Orion

Hope you prepared well Jozi

Dell PCs are cheaply built with cheap parts and show it. They have no bells and whistles at all. At the low end (€700-900) you won't build one cheaper but won't use it for gaming either. If you're going up-market even a little the building it yourself will get you a lot more for your yo-yos.

BloodBath

If you want onsite warranty go Dell outlet (cancelled and returned orders) Just remember to add a monitor to the order.

If you want better value for money without the onsite warranty go Jes.


BloodBath

Orion

Haven't heard good things about Jes's support - just ask Jozi. I've heard very good things about overclockers.co.uk. Komplett seem ok too.

jozi

Macros42 wrote:

Haven't heard good things about Jes's support - just ask Jozi. I've heard very good things about overclockers.co.uk. Komplett seem ok too.

YES

Their not very fast with rma's and comunication a little bad.
Waited over a month on a gfx card rma got a phone number of someone here for them (couldnt find it on site) then he tells me they have none do i want my money back or a different one! Why that wasnt decided much earlier i dont know.
Also had a mobo died, rma'd back, worked for a week then went again, brother got fed up and bought one else where.
Not to put you of them, could have been a dose of bad luck.

Komplett and overclockers i can however recomend, dealth with their customer service a few time are friendly and help full

Just my 2 cents

awhir

what would be a good pc on dell for 1000/1200

neon_glows

Well imho id direct them to tesco's in waterford, im not insane honest, they have a PC for €799 that comes with a 17 or 15" flat screen, dvd dual layer burner, nice case its IQUN or somethnig, at least an 80gig HD possibly 120Gig, Crap proccessor a 2.4 celeron or something but it would work fine as a family PC, it has speakers and loads of software, WINXP and office, a neat desk and really cool has a combo scanner, printer, copier and theres load of extra's in it, i was amazed myself, my fist PC cost me €1600 and was terrible for the money i paid, this PC is well worth the price, but the specs might be a little low for them, its got 256mb ram i tink. But there saving them selves alot of money, oh and it comes with 3 games. not top level games but there okay. Would be absolutely perfect i reckon.

I wouldnt touch dell but i wouldnt touch PC world either so after that i dont know.

neon_glows

That is fairly decent alright

http://www.jes-computer.de/product_info.php?pID=20050

aersat

www.advancetec.co.uk have some very high spec machines for about £700 sterling(1000euro) including delivery,well worth a look.

Aersat

Chalk

that iqon is gonna be the same or worse than any dell.
tbh if its a first pc id adives go with dell,
they have lifetime phone support on the machine,
which will save you getting called in every time they cant connect to the internet.

thats the worst thing i found with getting pcs for people, doing there tech support.

at least with dell when they call you in theyll ahve done some troubleshooting so theyll know what the priblem is.

Nukem

Chalk wrote:

worst thing i found with getting pcs for people, doing there tech support.

Beware never a truer word spoken.

Nukem

Creamy Goodness

Chalk wrote:

thats the worst thing i found with getting pcs for people, doing there tech support.

yup if you build it for them you'll become their tech support guy for the pc's life time, and you probably won't get paid for it.

i never buy/build pc's for people i just point them towards dell

hostyle

Macros42 wrote:

Haven't heard good things about Jes's support - just ask Jozi. I've heard very good things about overclockers.co.uk. Komplett seem ok too.

Since they went phone only, OcUK's support is non-existant. I tried ringing them 8 or 9 times in a week and never got through.