Big Custom Built PC Retailers - Any Experiences?
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In before being told to build one: I've built probably hundreds of PCs over the course of my life either for work or mine or the Boy's gaming. I'm not doing it, I can't be bothered.
Ok, the question at hand: Has anyone any direct experience of buying a high end custom gaming PC from Scan or Overclockers (or any I may have forgotten?) and how was the process and end result? Hassle free is my mantra.
Thanks.
Ok, the question at hand: Has anyone any direct experience of buying a high end custom gaming PC from Scan or Overclockers (or any I may have forgotten?) and how was the process and end result? Hassle free is my mantra.
Thanks.
I've been here and thought exactly the same but eventually caved and just bought the bits and did it myself ... Only took an afternoon and it was built exactly how I wanted it.
I did loads of research and heard good and bad ...
If I could be 100% sure of the quality of the build then yeah for the £100 quid odd extra it would have cost I would have gone for it but I couldn't so I didn't
If you do buy a decent spec prebuilt and are please with it do post back because I may go with them next time !
I did loads of research and heard good and bad ...
If I could be 100% sure of the quality of the build then yeah for the £100 quid odd extra it would have cost I would have gone for it but I couldn't so I didn't
If you do buy a decent spec prebuilt and are please with it do post back because I may go with them next time !
Slowboathome said:
I've had a couple of PCs from PCspecialist. One mid range and one poverty spec. Both experiences were hassle-free, both machines have been fine. Their support line and user forum are good too.
My experience also. I didn't have to phone them after delivery. Everything spot on, but they were very helpful for deciding what to include in the build.As an update, Scan have just got my money after what I can only describe as the most fantastic customer service I have experienced from an online retailer.
I went on the online chat to ask a couple of config and delivery questions and the chap I was talking to (Robert S.) absolutely knew his onions and basically saved me £2,000 whilst ending up with a better machine for my purposes. He did all the config for me, got rid of all the RGB rubbish for black and grey, swapped a few bits and bats and I just went to a payment link and paid. I'll bet he was helping me for well over half an hour.
If they deliver as well as they pre-sale, I'll be a happy bunny.
I went on the online chat to ask a couple of config and delivery questions and the chap I was talking to (Robert S.) absolutely knew his onions and basically saved me £2,000 whilst ending up with a better machine for my purposes. He did all the config for me, got rid of all the RGB rubbish for black and grey, swapped a few bits and bats and I just went to a payment link and paid. I'll bet he was helping me for well over half an hour.
If they deliver as well as they pre-sale, I'll be a happy bunny.
Slight segue on this one as it won;t be till April at the earliest before I replace my PC and Scan is the fore-runner.
Any one any knowledge/experience of CyberPower ? I'm thinking of their offerings through Costco as these differ spec wise from their website. Presently Costco has this one at £300 off. Looking at lower spec ones in store yesterday I note it does not come with the Corsair disk caddy installed (so I'd have to pick that and some additional cables up).
Any one any knowledge/experience of CyberPower ? I'm thinking of their offerings through Costco as these differ spec wise from their website. Presently Costco has this one at £300 off. Looking at lower spec ones in store yesterday I note it does not come with the Corsair disk caddy installed (so I'd have to pick that and some additional cables up).
colin79666 said:
I had a bad experience with PC Specialist (probably 15 years ago now). They snapped the SSD sata connector which was hanging by a thread and then refused to deal with it. SSDs weren’t cheap back then! They lost my custom for life.
Friend has something similar about 10 years ago, hopefully they’ve got their customer service sorted now. Another friend used Chillblast and was happy with how they helped him.
Bought my lad a PC from CyberPower ~£2200 Dec 2020 for Flight Sims. 9 months later The LED controller failed. They replaced it straight away.
Colleague at work just bought a ~£3.5k PC from PC Specialist. It seemed to spend quite a few days in testing but then when it turned up - one bit of RAM wasn't working properly. It was replaced quite promptly (exchanged by DPD). They got the day wrong, but the early email meant we sorted it. He loves it.
Colleague at work just bought a ~£3.5k PC from PC Specialist. It seemed to spend quite a few days in testing but then when it turned up - one bit of RAM wasn't working properly. It was replaced quite promptly (exchanged by DPD). They got the day wrong, but the early email meant we sorted it. He loves it.
Digger said:
Baldchap said:
Digger said:
Can we critique your chosen spec for the next few days until it arrives?
Absolutely not. 
What's the spec?
My G9 Oddessey OLED monitor has just arrived from Samsung...
Better get clearing a space...
Baldchap said:
Digger said:
Baldchap said:
Digger said:
Can we critique your chosen spec for the next few days until it arrives?
Absolutely not. What's the spec?
My G9 Oddessey OLED monitor has just arrived from Samsung...
Better get clearing a space...
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