Skoobie Dhu

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Looking to replace our Dell desktop, it's approaching 5 yrs old and I'd rather replace before we lose some of the stuff on the HD (yes I do backup but experience tells me that something important will be lost regardless...)

So, is it good value building a new base unit or should I just plump for summit off the shelf. Doesn't have to be ultra high spec'd just Internet, email, photos and the odd game - flight sim being most taxing.

Ebuyer have this case on offer just now - looks like a good starting point.

Coolermaster Elite 330 Black Case With CM eXtreme Power 460W PSU *SPECIAL OFFER* £42.99! - HotUKDeals Forum

Or off the shelf..

HP DX2250 Athlon 64 x 2 5000+ 2.6GHz £233.83 - HotUKDeals Forum

Quite happy in the guts of the PC so building would be a good experience - but id it good value?

Anyone care to offer advice?

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

Not worth it building yourself to be honest the cost savings are minimal.

Iain Young

Cost saving may be minimal, but at least you know that you have decent components in it (unlike many of the cheap off the shelf boxes).

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

100% agree !!

You can match a shelf version for cost but with much, much better bits ! and only the bits your need !!

None of this cheap memory **** too