On 02/04/12 10:39, I Close wrote:
> On 04/02/12 09:34, Ian Park wrote:
>> A few years back, on a recommendation from someone on this list
>> (sorry, can't remember who), I bought a custom-built PC from a company
>> called Vadim. At the time I bought it, it was pretty high spec: 2x
>> 2GHz dual core Opteron CPUs, 4GB RAM, 640MB RAM on the graphics card,
>> 150GB + 2x 320GB hard drives, T-Balancer temperature sensor + fan
>> controller subsystem... I've done some upgrading: added another 4GB
>> RAM, swapped out the graphics card for one with 1GB RAM, added another
>> 3x 320GB HDD to make a RAID5 array; but I'm wondering whether to go
>> for a fresh system with faster processors. Unfortunately, Vadim have
>> gone out of business. Does anyone know of a similar company they'd
>> trust to do a decent job of building a similar system but with a more
>> up-to-date (spelled f - a - s - t - e - r!) processor etc?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help.
>>
>> Ian
> Hi Ian,
>
> This crowd -> http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/ appear to be quite good, I
> have owned one of their builds myself and recently a family member paid
> large cash for their dream pc and appear to be very happy with it. They
> are not the cheapest, which is, imho a good thing.
>
> hope that helps,
>
> Isaac
>
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Thanks to all for your suggestions. I've used PC Specialist myself a
couple of times: once for a meaty laptop and more recently for a
straightforward desktop for my wife. They will certainly be on my short
list.
Ian
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