al wrote:
Very tenuous DIY link here in that I'm looking to DIY myself a new PC ....!
I know there's no dearth of opinions in here though about most matters from
politics to cement ...

I've been looking around recently for a one around about the £2k mark. As I
already have a monitor, I just want to buy a box with top end bits in it.
Panrix have always come out good in the past in magazine benchmarks, but I
found their website to be thoroughly crap and the choice very poor. Dell
are starting to look more towards gaming with their top end systems, but
they ruin it by not letting you customise it enough. Also, their prices for
upgrading RAM are enough to make the average person faint!

VoodooPC in Canada (www.voodoopc.com) have caught my interest however.
Their machines look the business, can be fully customised exactly the way I
want (and without monitor!!) and North American currencies are pretty weak.
My only worrys are faults and returns.

Any thoughts?



a



Don't forget the cost of delivery and excise duty (and VAT I think)
which is helpfully levied on the goods value plus the insurance plus the
carriage.
The tax is collected by the carrier on behalf of HMCE who allow them to
charge a extra admin/commission fee on top. There is little chance of
escaping this tax. Personal experience!!

Bob

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