online pc hardware stores in Europe?

[canadageek]

well, i'm in germany, right? and i have no PC of my own as of yet, and i've also just discovered that insuraing a car is very, very expensive. (145? per month for a 1992 mini cooper) so i'm wanting a gaming PC. but i want to build that baby myself, and not buy some girly-man ready made PC that works on the first try. but, of course, i can't use the usual places i used to shop at (specifically, futureshop and atic.ca) so can anyone help a Kraut Brother out? where would you buy your parts if YOU were in germany for four years?

 

[Lonyo]

www.komplett.de is one I know of.
I've used the UK branch (komplett.co.uk) without problems.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Komplett
Alternate (if you don't mind ordering from the Netherlands)

Isn't there free trade between EU countries anyway? You could order from anywhere then and not worry about outrageous shipping costs.

Could try OverClockers

 

[loic2003]

uK: overclockers.co.uk great prices, sh!t returns policy (at least, 18 months ago it was).

Dabs.com are also sweet.

 

[canadageek]

awesome, thanks...
also, i was only worried about shipping from across the pond....its outrageous

 

[Lonyo]

www.geizhals.at/deutschland Price comparison website.
http://www.mindfactory.de/

 

[chcarnage]

Another vote for Mindfactory and one for Alternate.DE.

// http://www.kmelektronik.de is good, too.

 

[Mardeth]

A friend has used Alternate and was satisfied...

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: loic2003
UK: overclockers.co.uk overpriced, sh!t returns policy (at least, 18 months ago it was).

Fixed.

 

[TheDro]

www.promarkt.de - they have store locations too, just find out if theres one near you (ProMarkt is sorta like Fry's Electronics in the states)

Also try MediaMarkt (more like Best Buy)

Google maps will show the local computer shops in your area too.

 

[Jahee]

Dabs.com I've Always Used

 

[herbiehancock]

You could head over to www.xtremesystems.org/forums and ask around over there. A lot of "overseas" posters hand in that forum and I've seen a lot of EU-based stores spoken about there. Just a thought.....

 

[Roguestar]

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Why has no-one mentioned scan.co.uk ??

They often have the best prices out of the dabs/scan/ebuyer/OCUK quad.

OcUK have a very good selection of specialist stuff but they're often rather overpriced (more expensive and then you realise you're looking at the pre-VAT price )

 

[jjzelinski]

I too am curious about shipping prices from the UK. I'm posting from a US AFB in Germany and I'd like to see how feasible it is to purchase a bit more locally than newegg (huge APO shipping penalty.) I'd consider purchasing from the two german outlets mentioned but my Deutsch ain't so hot (even reluctant to use a translator like google.)

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: loic2003
uK: overclockers.co.uk great prices, sh!t returns policy (at least, 18 months ago it was).

Dabs.com are also sweet.

Overclockers are crap. They sent me an HDD in an empty box with no padding. Needless to say it arrived DOA.

Prices ARE NOT great anymore either.

Dabs.com, yeah, they are very good. You could also try ebuyer.co.uk. Ultra cheapr and they once sent my order twice and charged me once...

 

[Roguestar]

Go for it, the product names and model numbers of CPUs and RAM and stuff is the same in all languages . Shipping from here to Germany wouldn't be great I imagine, they sting us really hard over here in Northern Ireland for shipping from mainland UK, depending on the company. Dabs is traditionally better for delivery but you'd need to look up their policies to see if they'd deliver to mainland EU at all.