£80 build labour

Custom PC builds in Staines

A machine built around what it is actually for beats a prebuilt at the same price nearly every time — the money goes into the parts that matter for your work rather than into the ones that photograph well.

From an agreed parts list a build is typically assembled, tested and ready within a few days, depending on what has to be ordered. It arrives with Windows installed, updated, and free of the software that usually comes preloaded.

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What people usually come with

A build starts from a purpose and a budget rather than from a list of components. Most conversations begin as one of these:

A gaming machine for a specific set of games at a specific resolution
A workstation for video editing, CAD, photography or development
A first PC for a teenager, built to be upgraded rather than replaced
An existing machine that needs a graphics card, more RAM or an SSD instead of replacing
A parts list already drawn up that would like a second opinion before checkout
A quiet machine for an office where fan noise is the deciding factor

The parts list comes first

You get a written list with a price against each component and the reasoning for the choices — why that processor rather than the one £60 above it, why the power supply is not the place to economise, and where in the list the money would make the least difference if the budget needs trimming. Nothing is bought until you are happy with it, and there is no markup buried in the parts.

Built, tested, and handed over working

Assembly includes cable management that leaves room for the next upgrade, fan curves set for a sensible balance of noise and temperature, memory profiles enabled — which prebuilt machines routinely leave switched off — and a sustained stress test on both processor and graphics card before it goes anywhere. Windows is installed, updated and activated, with the drivers and nothing else.

Upgrading rather than replacing

A machine three or four years old is often two parts away from being fine for another three. An SSD transforms anything still booting from a mechanical drive, more RAM fixes most stuttering with a browser open, and a graphics card is frequently the only thing standing between an existing PC and current games. Where that is the honest answer it is the one you will get — an SSD or RAM upgrade is £35 plus the part, including moving your data across.

What it costs

A full build is £80 labour, with parts charged at cost against a list you have agreed in advance — no markup buried in the components. An SSD or RAM upgrade to an existing machine is £35 plus the part, with your data moved across included.

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