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Gaming PCs - help please

lizzy49

My son wants to buy a gaming PC. His last PC cost him £500 and only lasted a year. Please can anyone advise on reliable places to buy a PC or anywhere I can get good advice. He is obsessed with replacing his PC as soon as possible and is becoming increasingly stressed about it. I dont have the skills or knowledge to help him. Help please

  • Sorry if this is a bit old but I too have been hunting for a PC for my Son.

    lizzy49 - UK gaming PC seems to be "UK Gaming Computers" although its all the same to me! Its actually your post that pointed me in their direction, they seem to specialise in gaming systems for Autistic users: http://www.ukgamingcomputers.co.uk/autistic-and-disabled-community-gaming-pcs-a-82.html

    I have ordered a system with them which should hopefully arrive next week - I am kinda excited for him

    Anyway, I hope this helps someone in the future as this is quite a tricky thing to find.

  • Hello,

    This was posted by caretwo and accidentally ended up in our spam filter.

    First of all, I suggest a visit to the PC Pro website (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/).  This is the link to the reviews of gaming PCs:

    www.pcpro.co.uk/.../gaming-desktops

    Chillblast (http://www.chillblast.com) is a manufacturer which routinely receives very good reviews and allows the selection of a custom built PC based on the required task, e.g. gaming (www.chillblast.com/.../).

    PC Specialist (www.pcspecialist.co.uk/) is another manufacturer worth a look

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    Former Member

    I would tend to agree with outraged hence my comments about resistance to sales people. Having said that, many of the pc guys there are geeky types and my last couple of visits have been ok.

    If your son is old enough to spend that sort of money on a gaming pc then he could well be old enough to replace a motherboard! If it is a desktop type pc then this isn't too big a job.

    John Lewis will sell you a very good pc for that budget. It might not look like a gaming rig but that shouldn't matter if the processor and graphics card are up to spec.

    what sort of computer was the old one? Can he salvage graphics card etc and put them into a bare box?

  • Dont go in PCworld unless you know how to read a spec sheet; they will sell you an obsolete paperweight for £2k...

  • Thanks for your reply. We took the old PC to a computer repair shop who said it was the mother board and not worth repairing as it was a piece of rubbish. It was one month out of its manufacturers guarantee and the manufacturers don't do repairs. Wasnt aware John Lewis sold gaming pc's ? He wants to buy one from UK Gaming PC for £1200 + £300 warrantee. He's saved up the money and Im ok with him buying it if they are reputable but have no idea how to check the reliability of any independant website or store.

  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Is the old pc beyond repair? Do you know what broke? How old is your son? Could he learn how to fix it?

    I use pc world and john Lewis but I know what I'm looking for and am quite resistant to their sales tactics. They will sell you things that you might not really need. I actually find some of the guys at pc world quite good and into gaming and stuff like that. Beware though that some of them are a bit autistic though! Wink

    there are also local independent pc shops and these might be good as they may like talking to your son and he might like talking to them

    Either way it may be worth taking the old pc along to see if there is anything that they can do to fix it