Desktops & Servers > Evesham Desktops & Servers > Personal Computer

Advantages: Excellent Customer Support
Disadvantages: Slightly pricy but worth it

...brief history as to why Evesham are a Top Class Company (and, No, I don't work for them!) I first bought a PC in 1996 after studying the PC magazines for months. I chose a (then) Evesham Vale Platinum TX with a Pentiun 233MMX chip. I've had a few problems with it (the only hardware fault being a graphics card which was replaced without quibble). They have NEVER refused to help with technical queries or even with general questions about my PC. I ...
...bought a second PC from Evesham - an Origin PC with AMD Duron 650 processor. That has also worked faultlessly ever since. The only call I made to their technical department was a query I had about the motherboard and the maximum processor speed I could use on it(both were answered). I have been so happy with the PC (I work in the IT industry and have built my own PC's too) that whenever I know somebody is looking for a PC I refer them to Evesham. ... Read review

Advantages: Good combination of bits well put together
Disadvantages: Noisy fan, limited software supplied

...a little and finally selected Evesham for three reasons: First, it seemed to offer the maximum bang for each buck. Compared to its competition most components were of slightly higher specification. Second, the various magazines I read gave Evesham high marks for its machines and during my period of research it won various monthly awards for being best in class, which I saw as positive. Third, it was offered with a three year warranty, the first ...
...my latest acquisition on the Evesham website when I noticed that there was a new top of the range machine available, and at a price not greatly dissimilar from the spec I had ordered. A panic phone call followed and with absolutely no fuss the salesman agreed to modify my order. I ended up with an 1800 processor for another £40. The machine arrived without notice on 21 November in an assemblage of boxes of varying sizes and weights. Fortunately ... Read review

Advantages: None I can think of!
Disadvantages: Loads!

When I got my Evesham computer just under a year ago I immediately had problems! The CD Writer produced poor results, the system locked up and crashed. Phoning their customer support is a nightmare. You hang on endlessly until you may if you are lucky get hold of an operator. The person on the other end of the phone is obviously trained to be rude, abrupt, and making sure the blame is placed on the user. Any faults must be the software and is therefore ...
...isn't covered, unless you use their separate £1 a minute phone line (clever of them!). Eventually after reinstalling the operating system myself and dumping all their supplied software did I get a reasonably stable machine. Now almost a year on the hard drive is dieing on me. The engineer took 7 hours to phone me back, and of course blamed my software for causing this latest problem. He said that sending an engineer down to replace it would cost ... Read review

Advantages: Quick, Cheap
Disadvantages: Better (albeit more expensive products) are out there

...* Hard disk controller HP Embedded 6 Port SATA Controller with embedded RAID (4 ports for HDD) * Internal drive bays Four 3.5" Non Hot Plug SATA * Optical drives DVD-RW * Internal mass storage Maximum 2 TB (4 x 500 GB) SATA System features * Chassis type Micro ATX Tower * Chipset Intel 3200 Chipse Networking & Expansion * Network interface Embedded NC105i PCIe Gigabit Server Adapter * External I/O ports Parallel - 0; Serial - 1; Pointing ...
...- 1; USB - 8 total (4 rear, 2 front panel, 2 internal (one for USB Tape connectivity)); Network RJ-45 (Ethernet) - 1; Management: Optional Lights-Out 100c Remote Management port * Expansion slots Expansion Slots: Slot 1: 32-bit/33MHz PCI at 3.3V slot; Slot 2, 3: PCI-Express x8 connector with x1 link; Slot 4: PCI-Express X8 connector with x8 link Power * Power supply type 365 Watts Power Supply * Power requirements 90 to 132 VAC, 180 to 264 VAC; ... Read review

Advantages: Can play the latest games, fast boot-up, reliable, runs cool, runs quietly
Disadvantages: Price is a little steep, not all games are compatible with Quad Core processors

...built XPS 420 directly from Dell which contains a 2.40GHz Quad Core processor, 4GB RAM, an Nvidia GeForce 9800GT, and all the other good stuff a computer needs. I ordered it late night on a Sunday, and I had it setup and working by the Thursday. Best of all? Shipping was free! Between pressing the power button and the computer being ready to use, you are looking at around 30 seconds. This includes me entering my password to log on. I see this as ...
...hadn't been for the current Dell offer and a discount code I had at the time. I will admit, I wouldn't have paid £920 for the system, no chance! Since starting the computer for the first time, I haven't had a single problem with it that wasn't caused by a faulty disk or my lack of patience. I would recommend it to anyone, even gamers. ... Read review