Sticky for the UK
Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 2:30 pm
We have stickies for Canada and Australia. Now we have one for the U.K.
I shall edit this post from time to time, trying to keep it reasonably up to date. Please contribute any additions you think are useful. Some brief comments on the suppliers might be worth having too.
[EDIT by ADMIN: Much thanks to Bat for his initiative and long work on this thread, and now to Spoon Boy for his thorough update on Aug 24, 2012 -- This is exactly the kind of effort from members of the community which makes the SPCR forums great! 8)
http://www.chilledpc.co.uk/ Cases and everything for air-based and water-based cooling. Fans include Yate Loon, Nexus, Noctua, Zalman etc. (2010-02-14)
http://www.halcyonics.co.uk Zalman heatsinks, Nexus PSUs, iStyle damped cases... (Dead? 2010-02-14)
http://www.koolnquiet.co.uk Barebones systems based on Via epia;
fans, Innovatek liquid-cooling, Via C3 and Epia, passive heatsinks, soundproofing... (outdated and obsolescent in 2010)
http://www.wetandchillychips.co.uk Manufacturers of watercooling kits and parts.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk Heatsinks, fans, watercooling... Fortron-Sparkle FSP400-60PFN 400W PSU �64.63 inc VAT cheapest in UK? (1 Nov 2003)
http://www.overclock.co.uk All the things you'd expect, plus wetandchillychips kits (but not parts) slightly cheaper than buying them from the makers.
http://www.over-clock.co.uk All the usual, plus cases with watercooling pre-installed and lots of watercooling parts (including blocks from Dangerden and Innovatek)
http://theoverclockingstore.co.uk Normal things plus Eheim pumps, Maxxxpert watercooling, other watercooling things.
http://www.quietpc.com Mostly Zalman products.
aquatics-online.co.uk
Water pumps: look in the "powerheads" section. (Note: the home page tries to put a voice through your speakers, but this link takes you to a silent page listing the pumps.)
http://www.thecoolingshop.co.uk Air and water cooling
http://www.cpemma.co.uk/links.html A page belonging to cpemma, an SPCR member. Links to suppliers of electronic components and a few of computer parts, and to some news/review websites including this one. Each link has a useful little description by it, like this one.
http://www.dabs.com Very big, general computer stuff. Usually decent prices, but their Fortron PSUs cost a lot.
Price comparison sites (not quiet-specific):
http://www.pcindex.co.uk (was good in 2003, near-useless in 2010).
http://uk.kelkoo.com
http://www.google.co.uk/products
I shall edit this post from time to time, trying to keep it reasonably up to date. Please contribute any additions you think are useful. Some brief comments on the suppliers might be worth having too.
[EDIT by ADMIN: Much thanks to Bat for his initiative and long work on this thread, and now to Spoon Boy for his thorough update on Aug 24, 2012 -- This is exactly the kind of effort from members of the community which makes the SPCR forums great! 8)
http://www.chilledpc.co.uk/ Cases and everything for air-based and water-based cooling. Fans include Yate Loon, Nexus, Noctua, Zalman etc. (2010-02-14)
http://www.halcyonics.co.uk Zalman heatsinks, Nexus PSUs, iStyle damped cases... (Dead? 2010-02-14)
http://www.koolnquiet.co.uk Barebones systems based on Via epia;
fans, Innovatek liquid-cooling, Via C3 and Epia, passive heatsinks, soundproofing... (outdated and obsolescent in 2010)
http://www.wetandchillychips.co.uk Manufacturers of watercooling kits and parts.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk Heatsinks, fans, watercooling... Fortron-Sparkle FSP400-60PFN 400W PSU �64.63 inc VAT cheapest in UK? (1 Nov 2003)
http://www.overclock.co.uk All the things you'd expect, plus wetandchillychips kits (but not parts) slightly cheaper than buying them from the makers.
http://www.over-clock.co.uk All the usual, plus cases with watercooling pre-installed and lots of watercooling parts (including blocks from Dangerden and Innovatek)
http://theoverclockingstore.co.uk Normal things plus Eheim pumps, Maxxxpert watercooling, other watercooling things.
http://www.quietpc.com Mostly Zalman products.
aquatics-online.co.uk
Water pumps: look in the "powerheads" section. (Note: the home page tries to put a voice through your speakers, but this link takes you to a silent page listing the pumps.)
http://www.thecoolingshop.co.uk Air and water cooling
http://www.cpemma.co.uk/links.html A page belonging to cpemma, an SPCR member. Links to suppliers of electronic components and a few of computer parts, and to some news/review websites including this one. Each link has a useful little description by it, like this one.
http://www.dabs.com Very big, general computer stuff. Usually decent prices, but their Fortron PSUs cost a lot.
Price comparison sites (not quiet-specific):
http://www.pcindex.co.uk (was good in 2003, near-useless in 2010).
http://uk.kelkoo.com
http://www.google.co.uk/products