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Old Jan 2, 2010, 02:55 PM   #1
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UK component sites

www.scan.co.uk
www.ebuyer.co.uk
www.novatech.co.uk
www.pricelover.co.uk
www.watercooling.co.uk
www.chilledpc.co.uk
www.specialtech.co.uk
www.dabs.com
www.maplin.co.uk
www.aria.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk
www.coolercases.co.uk
www.thecoolingshop.co.uk
www.thewatercoolingshop.co.uk
www.kustompcs.co.uk
www.cool-and-quiet.co.uk
www.quietpc.com
www.cclonline.com
www.yoyotech.co.uk
www.overclock.co.uk
http://www.kikatek.com
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/
http://www.memoryc.com/index.html
http://www.ginger6.com/
http://www.videocardshop.co.uk/default.aspx?cat=0
http://www.shinyhardware.co.uk/prods...t.asp?cid=2915
http://www.aria.co.uk/
http://www.ballicom.co.uk/
http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/home.html
http://www.kikatek.com/
http://www.it247.com/
http://www.internetreadypcs.co.uk/

Aquacooledpc.co.uk
Unknown location / not listed on site, fair range of components from all major brands.

Candccentral.co.uk
Located in Worcs, again most of their range is made up of well known brands but they also carry plenty of Phobya products.

Chilledpc.co.uk
Located in bridgend, offering many well known brands and some self branded items along with modding services such as case powder coating, also known to have produced custom blocks. Good range of bitspower fittings.

Overclockers.co.uk
Located in Stoke, OCUK carry regular PC components and have a separate, limited water cooling section carry a decent selection of parts from Dtek, XSPC and others.

Specialtech.co.uk
Located in Wales, they offer conventional PC components along with a wide selection of major brand watercooling parts and in particular a large range of AC Ryan modding products.

Thecoolingshop.com
Located in Lincoln with their own selection of pre built ready to go cases and broad selection of most of the bigger manufacturers especially Koolance.

Thewatercoolingshop.co.uk
Located in Redditch, good selection of parts from all well known brands.

Watercoolinguk.co.uk
Located in Manchester, offering most prominent manufacturers products along with their own pre-modded WC cases. Good range of Thermochill options.

Watercooledpcs.co.uk
Located in Brigton, broad range of parts and offering case modding services along with a large compliment of Zalman's line.

Watercoolingshop.co.uk
Based in Durham, supplies almost exclusively XSPC products.



European
http://geizhals.at/eu/
www.caseking.de

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Old Jan 2, 2010, 03:00 PM   #2
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www.scan.co.uk
www.ebuyer.co.uk
www.novatech.co.uk
www.pricelover.co.uk
www.watercooling.co.uk
www.chilledpc.co.uk
www.specialtech.co.uk
www.dabs.com
www.maplin.co.uk
www.aria.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk
www.coolercases.co.uk
www.thecoolingshop.co.uk
www.thewatercoolingshop.co.uk
www.kustompcs.co.uk
www.cool-and-quiet.co.uk
www.quietpc.com
www.cclonline.com
www.yoyotech.co.uk
www.overclock.co.uk (same as overclockers uk)

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All of the above and:

Dabs if desperate (they have poor stock IMO)
Maplin if even more desperate (they tend to stock older parts and low end stuff mostly)

Overclockers.co.uk have supplied most of the parts for my rigs over the years, though some people here don't like their customer service (which i've never had trouble with tbh, though if some peeps here say they've had problems then maybe only use overclockers if you can't get the kit elsewhere).
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There's also dabs and OCUK (Overclockers.co.uk). Some people on this forum have had trouble with OCUK regarding RMAs. Personally i've had a good experience with ocuk on my 2 RMAs.

EDIT: beaten to it :P
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Old Jan 2, 2010, 03:08 PM   #5
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Everyone's forgot aria.co.uk

Love that place, amazing deals, quick delivery, the chances of actually talking to someone are slim though, all their stuff is automated, even the RMA system (had to return 2 things, was fine both times).
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Old Jan 2, 2010, 03:16 PM   #6
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Can OP compile all those etailers to a nice list and a mod to sticky it up for future ref?
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Old Jan 2, 2010, 03:47 PM   #7
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Everybody forgot about Amazon.co.uk!
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Scan, Novatech and Ebuyer are my usual stores, and they all accept PayPal which makes life simple.
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Old Jan 2, 2010, 04:19 PM   #9
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http://www.coolercases.co.uk/
http://www.thecoolingshop.co.uk/
http://www.thewatercoolingshop.co.uk/
http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/
http://cool-and-quiet.co.uk/index.php
http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/home

Just a couple I dont see mentioned.
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Old Jan 2, 2010, 04:21 PM   #10
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OverclockersUK if you want to take the risk with RMA's. There stuff is cheap but I've had loads of problem's trying to RMA, late deliveries etc. RMA'd alot of things as well but I still buy from there.
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*sits and waits for this thread to turn into an OcUK hate thread*

Anyways...

Paypal ones do make it alot easier, and use this site to check the sites mentioned. OcUK is my favourite search: 3/10... lol.

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Overclockers_co_uk
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*sits and waits for this thread to turn into an OcUK hate thread*

Anyways...

Paypal ones do make it alot easier, and use this site to check the sites mentioned. OcUK is my favourite search: 3/10... lol.

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Overclockers_co_uk
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OverclockersUK if you want to take the risk with RMA's. There stuff is cheap but I've had loads of problem's trying to RMA, late deliveries etc. RMA'd alot of things as well but I still buy from there.
It usually isn't cheap, that's just it. Only occasionally stuff is cheap. Given their rubbish customer service, which I've been on the wrong end of several times now, I'm surprised they're still in business.

Perhaps it's their website which is very easy and quick to browse? I look at it all the time for reference, but only buy from them if I have no choice, such as a clearance special I particularly want. I must admit to not having any problems with those.
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I do like their website it's nicely organised. I still use ocuk over ebuyer even though every time they get an RMA request from me they must be like wtf does he do to his stuff !!!
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I ALWAYS use http://geizhals.at/eu/ for checking prices. There are a lot of these websites in Europe that list all the online suppliers, and rank their prices and user ratings. I havent seen any for the UK that are good and reliable (ie actually give you the best price).

Try http://geizhals.at/eu/. They sometimes have UK suppliers, or try a foreign supplier and ask for the UK postage costs. Might be cheaper.
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Bump! Op, can you compile all the websites in the first post? Otherwise, Moonpig can do it. I can summarise and you just edit your post. PM me.
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www.cclonline.com
www.yoyotech.co.uk


And BTW overclockers.co.uk are bastards
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has anyone tried http://www.overclock.co.uk/?

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has anyone tried http://www.overclock.co.uk/?
Owned by overclockers.co.uk

Owned as in same company.
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Owned by overclockers.co.uk

Owned as in same company.
ahh ok...thanks for the info...
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If anyone wants to PM me a list, urls or not, i'll edit post #2. Too busy to do it myself.
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based in conventry not sure if its any use to you.

i personly go the shop they have but they do sell online to i think.
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based in conventry not sure if its any use to you.

i personly go the shop they have but they do sell online to i think.

NEVER works for me, always 404.
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