uk. Peep's.... Theres a sale at maplin's aparantly.

[Just A Girl]

if you dont know what maplin is...
You havent bought enough electronic stuff :)

Check it out.. They are prety good when there isnt a sale.
but i had a cataloug through the door Telling me theres a sale on.
"saw a mother board and amd 64 processor bundle with heat sink and fan for aprox £80."
(Good for upgrades exetera)
Check it out....

http://www.maplin.co.uk/?AID=1029737...SID=ukmaplin3q


Look at this...

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AMD Sempron 3000 Motherboard Bundle Information:
Motherboard bundle using AMD Sempron processor
AMD Sempron 3000 socket 754
Foxconn 760GXK8MC-S mother board
Memory up to a max of 2GB
Integrated SiS high-performance graphics
Supports up to 128MB shared system memory
Includes an AGP slot for future expansion
Expansion Slots 1 x AGP 8X, 3 x PCI
2 x SATA150
2 x ATA133 supports RAID 0 and 1
Integrated, 5.1 channel audio
Integrated Fast Ethernet (10/100)
USB 2.0 up to 8; 4 in rear I/O area + 2 internal 2-port headers
MicroATX form factor (£119.99 or £99.99)

and this.

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EZ Barebone PC + 2.4Ghz Celeron Specifications:
(£109) "add your own HDD and ram from your old pc prehaps" Use ram...
"pc2700 DDR upto 1Gb in each of the 2 slots giving a maximum of 2Gb"
Here are specs...

Power & Case:
Bezel
D1
Power Supply
AC adaptor input 110~240V, 50~60Hz universal
Dimensions(mm)
262 x 162 x 310mm
Speedometer EZ-Watcher
Case material
Aluminum
Front Panel
Earphone x1, Mic x1, USB x1, IEEE1394 x1 (optional)
Rear Panel
PS2 x2, RS232 x1, Parallel x1, VGA connector x1, USB x4, RJ45 LAN x1, IEEE1394 x 1 (optional)
Line in/ Line out/ Mic x1
Card Reader
Supports CF I / CF II / MD, SMC, SD/MMC, MS cards
Device Bay
1 x 5.25", 1 x 3.5"


Mainboard:
Model
S4-2
Dimension
244 x 205mm
Processor
Supports Pentium 4 Socket 478, 533/400 system bus
Core Logic
SiS® 651+962
ACPI v1.0b, AGP v2.0, 3.3V PCI v2.2 compliant
Video & Graphics
Built-in graphic , supports AGP 4X
High Performance 2D/3D graphics engine
Shared 64MB DDR frame buffer
System Memory
Supports 2DIMM DDR 333/266MHz, up to 2GB
Audio
Compliant with AC'97 v2.2
18 bits stereo full-duplex CODEC and 6 channel
Communications
On-board full duplex 10/100 base-T Ethernet, MAC built-in SiS 962
Power Management
ACPI 1.0b compliant
BIOS
Award 2Mb Flash BIOS
Supports password Plug & Play, ACPI, DMI, Smart Fans
IDE Connector
Two 40pins IDE low profile headers, support up to 4 IDE devices
Support PIO mode, ATA 133/100/66
USB Connector
USB2.0 compliant, up to 480Mbps
4 ports USB on rear panel, 2 ports USB on headers
IEEE1394 (Optional)
1394a v2.0 compliant, up to 400Mbps (optional)
rear: 1 port, header:1 port
Rear I/O
PS2 x2, RS232 x1, Parallel x1, VGA connector x1, USB x4, LAN port x1, IEEE1394 x1(optional), Line in/Line out/Mic. x1
On board slot
AGP x1, PCI x1, CNR x1(shared with PCI slot)


Accessories:
Cooling fan
Assembly manual
power cord
External Adapter
Supported CD
Two IDE cables

Or This maby...

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Sempron 2400 Motherboard Bundle Information:
Processor and mother board bundle
2400+ Sempron AMD processor
Socket A processor
Foxconn 748K7AA mother board
5.1 channel integrated audio
AGP 8x expansion slot
10/100 Mbps LAN port
With USB 2.0 ports
Included heat sink and fan
"uses PC2700 or PC3200 DDR ram, NOT SUPPLIED"
(£79.99)

And if you just wanted more space...

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200GB 7200 IDE HDD
£74.99

I like maplin :)

[Mikeus Caesar]

Never heard of Maplin. I typically shop at CCL Online, got my enitre PC for just £500. And it's one hell of a PC, probably the best one on the .Org.

[Just A Girl]

Maplin Electronics Ltd
National Distribution Centre
Valley Road, Wombwell
Barnsley
S73 0BS(Road Map)
South Yorkshire
Tel: 0870 429 6000
Fax: 0870 2646001
Internet: www.maplin.co.uk

Managing Director - Graham Caldwell
Internet Marketing - John Gaukroger
Commercial Director - David O'Reilly
Head of Direct Business - Dave Whittle
http://www.applegate.co.uk/elec/company/co_10680.htm


Maplin are probably 1 of if not THE longest runing mail order electronics company's in the uk. (i say mail order as thats Exactly what they used to be in the days before mass internet usage, If you aint heard of em. You havent been in the buisness long enough.)
http://www.applegate.co.uk/results/00/10/680.htm

P.S

I could not find a Buisness register for ccl online...
( http://www.applegate.co.uk/indexes/c...ctronics-c.htm )
Are they a legitemate buisness.?
Its usualy easy to find Buisness registers Unless of course the buisness has not been registerd...
or possibly does not exist.
and as such i dont think id trust them...

Seems you have bought a pc from them though..
So i guess they just havent registerd there company so they dont pay tax.
Or prehaps there just a small section of a largher company.

[Mikeus Caesar]

It wasn't that hard to find. Just type CCL in google, the first page will have them.

http://www.cclonline.com/

Just looking, i can get a 160GB Hardrive for £39.00, ex VAT.

Anyway, they're based in Britain. I've even been to their headquarters once!

[Just A Girl]

not the web page....

The Buisness register...

All buisneses haft to register them self.

some of the links i provided show Huge numbers of buisneses that ARE registerd as buisneses.
( http://www.applegate.co.uk/elec/company/co_10680.htm
)
CCL online. is not registerd as a buisness.
has aproximatly 80 peopel working for it.
and has not been around to long at all..

any 1 can make a web page and start selling things.
But that dosent mean there a legitemate buisness.

maplin's are a registerd buisness who have been up and running . since 1972
http://www.maplin.co.uk/CompanyHistory.aspx?doy=search
ccl online is not. a registerd buisness and Claims its been running since 1995...

so as i implied they could be avoiding taxes and thus provide a cheaper service.
But i also state they could be a sister company or just a small section of a larger company. so dont need to register as an independant buisness.

maplin offer..a
200GB 7200 IDE HDD
£74.99.

or a amd 64bit bare bone system (needs ram and hdd) for £99.99.

and PC3200 512MB DDR = £39.99

so from maplin you can get a 64bit amd with 200gb hdd and 512mb x2 3200 ram (1gig) for around £300.
and thats without looking for the items that are on sale.

[Mikeus Caesar]

not the web page....

The Buisness register...

All buisneses haft to register them self.

some of the links i provided show Huge numbers of buisneses that ARE registerd as buisneses.
( http://www.applegate.co.uk/elec/company/co_10680.htm
)
CCL online. is not registerd as a buisness.
has aproximatly 80 peopel working for it.
and has not been around to long at all..

any 1 can make a web page and start selling things.
But that dosent mean there a legitemate buisness.

maplin's are a registerd buisness who have been up and running . since 1972
http://www.maplin.co.uk/CompanyHistory.aspx?doy=search
ccl online is not. a registerd buisness and Claims its been running since 1995...

so as i implied they could be avoiding taxes and thus provide a cheaper service.
But i also state they could be a sister company or just a small section of a larger company. so dont need to register as an independant buisness.

maplin offer..a
200GB 7200 IDE HDD
£74.99.

or a amd 64bit bare bone system (needs ram and hdd) for £99.99.

and PC3200 512MB DDR = £39.99

so from maplin you can get a 64bit amd with 200gb hdd and 512mb x2 3200 ram (1gig) for around £300.
and thats without looking for the items that are on sale.

They have definately been around since the 90's, i remember i think in 98-99 my dad coming home with some equipment in bags with the words CCL on them. If they weren't a registered business, how could they have been around so long?