Best Place to Buy PC Parts (UK)

[TheRoss0411]

I am building my first PC, i have picked all of my parts on Amazon and am wondering whether there are any Better/Cheaper places to buy from. 

Is scan.co.uk any good ?

Thanks.

[Matsy]

Amazon

Scan.co.uk

Overclockers.co.uk

Dabs

Novatech

 

Are the only places I would buy from depending on prices.

I lean more towards amazon/overclockers though because they have free returns if something is wrong with what you ordered, also I get free 1st class delivery on overclockers and they have discounts every day and the odd deal here and there.  Also get free delivery on Scan, but you have to pay for returns regardless of the reason....

 

Dabs and novatech have decent voucher codes at times, but you have to pay for delivery (unless they have a free delivery voucher at the time)

[Guest]

Depends where you are in the world. I'm guessing the UK considering your .co.uk.

 

I usually like to shop at local retails so there's no shipping charge and you don't have to wait for it to arrive

[Cacao]

Put your components here: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

 

It will tell you the cheapest place to buy that component. 

[Extingquish]

aria.co.uk usually are quite cheap

[Samdb]

cclonline.com is awesome.

[Guest]

ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE

(mhast be cheap)

[IronSoldier]

I stick to Amazon, Aria PC and Novatech.

 

I stay away from Scam after scam took 40+days to replace my graphics cards and hardly communicated to me unless I had aggressive conversation starters.

[xxx_skywalker_xxx]

I opt for Overclockers pretty much all of the time, but google stores for the parts you want, great choice out there :-)

[Sneaky]

I only buy from Scan.co.uk.

[Damien C]

I only buy Hardware from Scan and watercooling kit from Specialtech.

 

There are people who have issues with retailers but you don't know what they will be like with you until you try them.

 

I won't use Overclockers after they banned me from the store for taking faulty items back to them.

 

I won't use Aria because the manager that banned me from Overclockers went to work there.

 

I won't use Microdirect because they don't stock most items that people actually want anymore and there after sales support is the worst I have any seen.

 

I have never used Yoyotech, Novatech or some others simply because I normally drive to the stores to buy the parts as most are within a 30 minute drive from me.

 

If you are on the Bit-Tech forums you can link your Bit-Tech account to your Scan account and get free delivery, and possibly also Specialtech but I have not checked that so don't hold me to it.

 

You may also be able to get free delivery from Specialtech and Aria by being a member of the Overclock3d forums.

[Whiskers]

cclonline.com is awesome.

All of my yes.

Great communication on my orders, rapid delivery, cheap prices and just a great experience.

I stick to Amazon, Aria PC and Novatech.

I stay away from Scam after scam took 40+days to replace my graphics cards and hardly communicated to me unless I had aggressive conversation starters.

I'm never buying from Amazon again. I hate how they don't communicate very much, was frustrated that they only took payment after the item was being despatched and most annoyingly shoved my RAM kit in a completely inadequate cardboard case specifically designed for things like DVDs and games...

[IronSoldier]

All of my yes.

Great communication on my orders, rapid delivery, cheap prices and just a great experience.

I'm never buying from Amazon again. I hate how they don't communicate very much, was frustrated that they only took payment after the item was being despatched and most annoyingly shoved my RAM kit in a completely inadequate cardboard case specifically designed for things like DVDs and games...

I used them for my power supply and case. Arrived quickly. cheapest option and was well protected.

[Jumper118]

Overclockers

Amazon

Specialtech

Ccl are ok but a bitslow sometimes.

Pc world (joke)

[Loe]

Dabs has weird packaging, everything is just under cellophane and they suck for returning items, my friend had to wait a month for a refund on his gpu, I have been waiting around 2 weeks for a refund on my wifi adapter (got my postage refunded though, my friend did not.)

 

Other than that they are good, main reason I bought from them though is because they first time it was cheaper and the second time they had promotion on where you could save money so I got £20 off my order.