[Wolves] PC suppliers

[Kevanf1]

On 15/03/06, Daniel Jones <djones9960 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 15/03/06, Peter Cannon <peter at cannon-linux.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 15 March 2006 16:35, Daniel Jones wrote:
> > > I'd shop for the bits online too; it's usually cheaper. (dabs.com)
> >
> > If you can build one cheaper yourself then you had better speak to the 900
> > resellers who went out of business last year due to pressures from the likes
> > of Dell, and PC world (I've even heard of companys buying from ASDA).
>
> Oh gawd.  I'm not talking about the general state of the market.  I'm
> sorry if I gave that impression.  I was talking about the likes of
> PC2000 vs online sellers for bits.
>
> > We ourselves have given up building our own. Please don't try and tell me you
> > can command a better price as an individual when we as a company with bigger
> > buying powers than you cant build them cheaper than Dell.
>
> I'm not.
>
> > I used to use the line you gave of;
> > "Ah well its better to have individual parts everything is on the motherboard
> > with that machine".
>
> That was true for a long while, particularly with the graphics card.
> A lot of mainboards these days though have AGP slots as well as the
> inbuilt stuff.
>
> > That argument cuts no ice anymore the build quality is pretty good these days
> > plus like most people all thats cared about is CHEAP.
>
> True.  But I'd definitely look at like-vs-like.  I'd view most ads
> with suspicion, too; anything not listed almost certainly isn't there.
>
> > Yes my feathers are ruffled!
>
> I can tell; actually, I agree with most of your sentiments.  It's
> annoying that most people will go for inferior product because it's
> cheaper.
>
> The point is, there's a bit more to getting a good machine than cost.
> Someone who has perfectly good knowledge that would allow them to do
> this, IMHO, should do so.  This is why I'm baffled that many people
> who know full well how to build a machine do not do so themselves.
>
> --

Not too long ago I decided to price up a PC both ready built and one I
did myself.  It was purely a thought exercise for fun.  I found a
ready built PC that I would have liked to have.  I made a list of all
the parts and decided to try pricing them up individually.  I used
like for like, exactly the same components, same make where possible. 
My self built PC came out very slightly cheaper.  But then I factored
in my time to build it, guarantees etc.  I can see why people do buy
ready made PC's.

I priced a good deal of the components from Ebuyer, by the way who are
possibly the cheapest retailer out there.  I deliberately did not use
eBay because most of the stuff on there is either second hand or
obsolete.

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