[ALUG] Where to buy basic system unit for Linux?

[Chris G]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 12:55:06AM +0100, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 22:25 +0100, Chris G wrote:
> >  
> > I want something like - desktop/tower system, intel core two quad
> > processor, 4Gb RAM (with space for more), 500Gb or thereabouts hard
> > disk.  My last system was a 'select the bits yourself' custom build
> > from Komplett but they no longer exist.  A company like them would be
> > good.
> 
> Sounds similar to the system I built for myself last year. I did it all
> from ebuyer bits. I ended up with Core2Quad 4GB 1TB of raid5 and a good
> graphics card for less than £700 using quality bits and I am guessing it
> would be even cheaper now. Nevermind that over £100 of that was the GFX
> card.
> 
> For business customers we tend to buy off the shelf brand name machines
> simply because for general desktops it isn't worth our time assembling
> them and dealing with warranty support etc. But for personal machines I
> have always built them myself partly because I take pleasure in it and
> partly because in the interests of Linux compatibility and upgrade paths
> I like to have full control of the components used.
> 
> I think at the time I built my box a Dell of similar spec came out over
> £1000.
> 
> If you are not happy with self assembly then there is
> http://efficientpc.co.uk/ who I haven't used but heard reasonable things
> about. I have just roughly spec'ed out my box on their site and it comes
> to £636 inc VAT
> 
Thanks, I've built all my systems myself so far, I might go that
route. However I'll look at efficientpc.co.uk too.

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Chris Green