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Bloomfielda
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada43 Posts
July 13 2011 03:19 GMT
#21
who would you recommend skyR? I have bought from Newegg before and haven't had issues.
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Charger
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2405 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-13 03:22:45
July 13 2011 03:19 GMT
#22
On July 13 2011 12:19 Bloomfielda wrote:
who would you recommend skyR? I have bought from Newegg before and haven't had issues.


I think he just means newegg.ca has terrible prices compared to other retailers in Canada.

edit - Although the i5 on newegg.ca is cheaper lol. And ncix.com is more expensive than both on the i5. I'm sure skyR has an alternative retailer he can recommend.
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JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-13 03:24:15
July 13 2011 03:23 GMT
#23
NCIX pricematches. Makes them better, since you can shop around and get the best prices, without having to suffer on shipping.
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
July 13 2011 03:25 GMT
#24
Newegg ships most of their components from state side warehouses so you're paying extra shipping and waiting longer than buying from any Canadian retailer such as NCIX. Not to mention they do not pricematch whereas most Canadian retailers such as NCIX will pricematch.

NCIX, pricematch the Core i5 2400 to $181: http://www.vastech.ca/intel-core-i5-2400-sandy-bridge-3-1ghz-cpu.html
Newegg at $190: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115074

NCIX, 4GB for $31, $26 after mail in rebate: http://ncix.com/products/?sku=55546&promoid=1331
Newegg, 4GB for $31 + $10 shipping (because its shipping from the states... lol): http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231396
Charger
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2405 Posts
July 13 2011 03:25 GMT
#25
On July 13 2011 12:23 JingleHell wrote:
NCIX pricematches. Makes them better, since you can shop around and get the best prices, without having to suffer on shipping.


Have you ordered from them before? Wonder even with the price match if the shipping would make it more expensive to the US.
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skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
July 13 2011 03:26 GMT
#26
NCIXUS does not pricematch. Only NCIX.com pricematches.
Charger
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2405 Posts
July 13 2011 03:27 GMT
#27
On July 13 2011 12:26 skyR wrote:
NCIXUS does not pricematch. Only NCIX.com pricematches.


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Profile Joined January 2011
Canada3485 Posts
July 13 2011 03:28 GMT
#28
On July 13 2011 12:19 Charger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2011 12:19 Bloomfielda wrote:
who would you recommend skyR? I have bought from Newegg before and haven't had issues.


I think he just means newegg.ca has terrible prices compared to other retailers in Canada.
Yeah Newegg.ca is a place to buy stuff on sale from, not an entire PC or anything at regular price. I bought some parts of my PC from there, the rest from a local retailer (which is actually priced about equal with shipping factored in compared to Newegg and NCIX in most cases, plus they're locally owned, awesome and super helpful. They answered any questions I had and gave good advice, mainly for setting up wiring, as I'd never done that before). For example, I bought my RAM (back when it costed an arm and a leg no matter what), for 20% off on Newegg, my video card on sale on newegg, and my PSU for 40 bucks off. I did compare to TigerDirect and NCIX and they were cheaper on Newegg at the time only because of the sale.
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Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States14176 Posts
July 13 2011 03:49 GMT
#29
I-5 is the greatest thing I've ever bought I entirely recommend it. never had a problem with any game

Get a pair of cheap nividia cards that can be slied together AMAZING performance. did crysis 2 extreme graphics and just fine steady 30 fps.

Gskill RAM get 2 duel channeled 2GB sticks you'll love every moment.

A bigger thing to think about is your mouse and headset. you can go your whole life with ear buds and you'll never know the beautfy of a headset. there 80$ish for a good one. a mouse is a mouse Steel series has a cheap one thats good. keyboards

all the companies mentioned are esport supporting companies Huge props on that I did it too not disappointed.

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JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-13 03:54:02
July 13 2011 03:53 GMT
#30
On July 13 2011 12:49 sermokala wrote:
I-5 is the greatest thing I've ever bought I entirely recommend it. never had a problem with any game

Get a pair of cheap nividia cards that can be slied together AMAZING performance. did crysis 2 extreme graphics and just fine steady 30 fps.

Gskill RAM get 2 duel channeled 2GB sticks you'll love every moment.

A bigger thing to think about is your mouse and headset. you can go your whole life with ear buds and you'll never know the beautfy of a headset. there 80$ish for a good one. a mouse is a mouse Steel series has a cheap one thats good. keyboards

all the companies mentioned are esport supporting companies Huge props on that I did it too not disappointed.



Uhm. why would you suggest SLI for an HTPC? You generally don't want that kind of noise.

Also increases costs significantly by the time you factor PSU and mobo for it.

That's ignoring the extra effort involved in having it work fully, and the cases where scaling sucks.
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