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Declan D
02-03-2008, 10:18 AM
hey this is mainly for jamie and wise monkey

a little while u priced me a comp at uk prices it was all good but im going to florida in june and was wondering is there anything that is soo much cheaper that i coud get from there that could be brought back to the uk easily(memory or craphics)
i just get frustated by how cheap some things are there compared the uk
thanks dec

The Wise Monkey
02-04-2008, 04:31 AM
To be honest, almost everything is cheaper in the US than over here in the UK... :(

But beware about customs tax - you may get hit pretty badly:

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageTravel_ShowContent&id=HMCE_PROD_010220&propertyType=document

Declan D
02-04-2008, 12:52 PM
i have no intention of telling customs thats y i was looking for the smaller things
also will there be any good releases b4 june to make average things cheaper

here is what was sugested for the build

Asus P5KC, £73.21.
E6750, £118.91.
MSI 8800GT, £169.99.
Geil 2GB memory , £37.59. (after Corsair this is my favorite memory)
Corsair HX520w PSU, £63.31.
Maxtor 250GB SATA HD, £36.89.
LG DVD/RW Rom SATA, £17.34.
Microsoft Vista Home Premium, £61.41. (OEM system builders version)

The Wise Monkey
02-04-2008, 03:15 PM
Thats pretty good, but you might want to consider the new E8400, if the price isn't that much higher - its very good. Also, a few people have been having some problems with the P5K board in the US, so you might want to buy that over here.

Corsair XMS2 is $34 from newegg, so if you can order that whilst you are over there, then you won't find a better deal. :)

iiiprimeiii
02-05-2008, 08:45 AM
to bad those werent dollar signs it would look cheap to me. whats the exchange rate right now??

The Wise Monkey
02-06-2008, 07:09 AM
Its about $1.96 to the £1. :)