Looking for help updating/building high end gaming PC
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Hey all never looked in this part of PH before! I’m looking for some advice/a service provider for maintaining/building/updating a high end gaming PC. I used to have “a guy” but he seems to have disappeared off the face of the planet and I’m a complete technomong so need someone who can help upgrade/build new high end gaming PCs. Does anyone know of anyone or a company based Southampton way that can do call outs and assist with this sort of thing please?
I've been happy with PCSpecialist.co.uk
There's little advantage I can see in looking for a local specialist. They won't have the buying power or volume to match prices with PCS (or Scan, Overclockers, etc) or offer the variety of build options
Buy the cheap extended RTB warranty and in the unlikely envent it goes wrong, or if you want them to do any upgrades for you, ship it back to Yorkshire
Just avoid spending on stuff you don't need (for me that includes water cooling, SLI, lighting, windowed cases - unless you are 14 in which case knock yourself out)
There's little advantage I can see in looking for a local specialist. They won't have the buying power or volume to match prices with PCS (or Scan, Overclockers, etc) or offer the variety of build options
Buy the cheap extended RTB warranty and in the unlikely envent it goes wrong, or if you want them to do any upgrades for you, ship it back to Yorkshire
Just avoid spending on stuff you don't need (for me that includes water cooling, SLI, lighting, windowed cases - unless you are 14 in which case knock yourself out)
mikef said:
I've been happy with PCSpecialist.co.uk
There's little advantage I can see in looking for a local specialist. They won't have the buying power or volume to match prices with PCS (or Scan, Overclockers, etc) or offer the variety of build options
Buy the cheap extended RTB warranty and in the unlikely envent it goes wrong, or if you want them to do any upgrades for you, ship it back to Yorkshire
Just avoid spending on stuff you don't need (for me that includes water cooling, SLI, lighting, windowed cases - unless you are 14 in which case knock yourself out)
Jeez windowed cases with coloured fans that brings back memories. Someone had one once that had strips at the front that were illuminated and looked like two strips with bubbles in them. About the only extra add on piece of kit I actually bought was affront header unit for a creative sound card.There's little advantage I can see in looking for a local specialist. They won't have the buying power or volume to match prices with PCS (or Scan, Overclockers, etc) or offer the variety of build options
Buy the cheap extended RTB warranty and in the unlikely envent it goes wrong, or if you want them to do any upgrades for you, ship it back to Yorkshire
Just avoid spending on stuff you don't need (for me that includes water cooling, SLI, lighting, windowed cases - unless you are 14 in which case knock yourself out)
Techiedave, I thought you'd have a windowed case with a picture of the Abbopotamus in it looking like she was trying to get out 
Anyway, I've just upgraded my video card to a gtx 1050ti for £160 and it is great. I think it is tough to do a home build now which is cheaper than getting one of the above mentioned shops to do it for you and you'll also get it tested and warrantied.
Anyway, I've just upgraded my video card to a gtx 1050ti for £160 and it is great. I think it is tough to do a home build now which is cheaper than getting one of the above mentioned shops to do it for you and you'll also get it tested and warrantied.
Thanks for all the feedback guys. For me it's about finding someone that can do upgrades on my current system. I've bought most of my hardware from Overclockers and just need someone that can modify upgrade my system without the need to send it off somewhere and being without it for a week. As an example I've recently upgraded sound card and due it having to take up 2 slots in the motherboard it is now very close to one of my graphic cards (running 2x 1080)right on top of the fans reducing cooling ability, so I'd like to upgrade mother board/CPU and potentially add a 3rd gpu(I'm running triple monitor in 7680x1440 with 165hz refresh rate) so like the idea of 1 GPU per screen. Also means I need a new case!
I don't have a budget, cost isn't an issue, but finding someone to do everything and using existing gpus without sending the machine off is proving tricky!
I don't have a budget, cost isn't an issue, but finding someone to do everything and using existing gpus without sending the machine off is proving tricky!
M5MarkM said:
Thanks for all the feedback guys. For me it's about finding someone that can do upgrades on my current system. I've bought most of my hardware from Overclockers and just need someone that can modify upgrade my system without the need to send it off somewhere and being without it for a week. As an example I've recently upgraded sound card and due it having to take up 2 slots in the motherboard it is now very close to one of my graphic cards (running 2x 1080)right on top of the fans reducing cooling ability, so I'd like to upgrade mother board/CPU and potentially add a 3rd gpu(I'm running triple monitor in 7680x1440 with 165hz refresh rate) so like the idea of 1 GPU per screen. Also means I need a new case!
I don't have a budget, cost isn't an issue, but finding someone to do everything and using existing gpus without sending the machine off is proving tricky!
I'd forget about the third GPU - there are virtually no games around that make use of them and in some cases games even ignore more than one.I don't have a budget, cost isn't an issue, but finding someone to do everything and using existing gpus without sending the machine off is proving tricky!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCCEBfoUUPU&t=...
Reading the OP's posts again I think what he is after is a small specialist shop that can offer good advice install and replace components as and when. Where my brother lives there is a shop like that. Unfortunately though such shops are losing favour and are becoming something of the past.
Reading the OP's last post, I'm thinking that good advice might be to return the last lot of parts unopened, go to Chillblast and tell them what you hope to achieve gaming-wise, factor in some headroom and let them build and test a well-matched system then game on it until ready to sell it on and buy the next-gen system a few years down the line
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