Hinouchi
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Brack Friday? Racist! I'm waiting for this.
shut up Rir!
Deals might not be as good as US Black Friday, but it's alright if you don't want to wait another month for boxing day sales.
[NEED HELP/THOUGHTS] Custom Rig
- Thread starter shoottomaim
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shut up Rir!
Deals might not be as good as US Black Friday, but it's alright if you don't want to wait another month for boxing day sales.
shoottomaim
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Nice Maim, with a killer rig like that you got me shaking in me boots! I'm now afeard to face you in GO. muhahaha.
MUDDAFUCKA IMMA BE ROLLIN YOU SO MCUH I BE LIEK
"dey see me rollin"
"dey hatin"
shoottomaim
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Got more info from the technician:
Turns out he forgot to add the motherboard to the price >_>.
Motherboard: Gigabyte z87x-d3h OR MSI z87-g43
SSD: Kingston v300 (120 GB).
RAM: Kingston DDR3 1600 16g.
Video Card: Zotac GTX 660.
For the price of $1430.
Turns out he forgot to add the motherboard to the price >_>.
Motherboard: Gigabyte z87x-d3h OR MSI z87-g43
SSD: Kingston v300 (120 GB).
RAM: Kingston DDR3 1600 16g.
Video Card: Zotac GTX 660.
For the price of $1430.
MetalLobster
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Ahh I see. It makes much more sense now to just buy your own parts. NCIX got some early brack friday sales, check them out.
shoottomaim
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thought black friday was US only O.o
i may just tell the tech to wait until boxing day and see how much i can save c;, althoguh it probably won't be much since he has the parts excluding the ones i custom ordered.
MetalLobster
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It is, but some Canadian retailers are doing it too to stop cross-border shopping. Good for you, you may not have to wait until boxing day.
shoottomaim
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Thanatos
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Are you in the GTA? I know the others around here will lambast me for this because they hates CC but Canada Computers not only price matches (even online ads) but they will HOLD stock for you if you call them and tell them you're coming to get it.
Tiger Direct if you get them at the right time does have some rock bottom prices, but you have to watch them like a hawk they will change the price throughout the day on the same damn item.
I didn't have the greatest experience with NCIX, I ordered online for in store pickup and was backordered for weeks on end because they couldn't figure out how to transfer the damn stock from BC but the price was teh awesomez.
Also with buying an Nvidia graphics card make sure you get the free games! Don't buy it from some place that's not offering 2-3 free games with it. While you may not want the games it's still "money back" for you and possibly can even trade them for keys/buds on the black market.
Tiger Direct if you get them at the right time does have some rock bottom prices, but you have to watch them like a hawk they will change the price throughout the day on the same damn item.
I didn't have the greatest experience with NCIX, I ordered online for in store pickup and was backordered for weeks on end because they couldn't figure out how to transfer the damn stock from BC but the price was teh awesomez.
Also with buying an Nvidia graphics card make sure you get the free games! Don't buy it from some place that's not offering 2-3 free games with it. While you may not want the games it's still "money back" for you and possibly can even trade them for keys/buds on the black market.
Hinouchi
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You can always try kijiji too for a rig :P like this one
http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-...ng-Computer-Liquid-Cooling-W0QQAdIdZ543466586
http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-...ng-Computer-Liquid-Cooling-W0QQAdIdZ543466586
$alvador
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1) you will never use 12GB of RAM on a desktop board
2) the WD Black drives cost a premium for their speed, if you're getting an SSD as the main drive anyway you can easily downgrade the Black to a similar Green drive without suffering
3) people still use DVD drives?
4) $1400 for a rig with Gigashit and Zotac parts? Wow, I'm really curious to see how badly you'll get ripped off on the PSU. Not to mention, the "2GB Zotac GTX 660" has three versions, with a $100 range in price differences. Will you get the AMP! edition, or will you get the low-spec version billed as the AMP! version?
I'm guessing the shop isn't going to bother itemizing the parts carefully, or listing their individual price and being honest about how much they're taking for labour. I'm not sure if I should be upset or just open my own fucking PC build shop, I mean any idiot with a business license (turns out I actually have one since they're free to apply for) can pick up parts at factory prices from a warehouse in Markham and rip people off by charging retail, talking up the worth of the rig and offering a cash discount so they can lie like a fucking fox on tax forms. You want to see corruption? The Chinese got that shit down to a science
2) the WD Black drives cost a premium for their speed, if you're getting an SSD as the main drive anyway you can easily downgrade the Black to a similar Green drive without suffering
3) people still use DVD drives?
4) $1400 for a rig with Gigashit and Zotac parts? Wow, I'm really curious to see how badly you'll get ripped off on the PSU. Not to mention, the "2GB Zotac GTX 660" has three versions, with a $100 range in price differences. Will you get the AMP! edition, or will you get the low-spec version billed as the AMP! version?
I'm guessing the shop isn't going to bother itemizing the parts carefully, or listing their individual price and being honest about how much they're taking for labour. I'm not sure if I should be upset or just open my own fucking PC build shop, I mean any idiot with a business license (turns out I actually have one since they're free to apply for) can pick up parts at factory prices from a warehouse in Markham and rip people off by charging retail, talking up the worth of the rig and offering a cash discount so they can lie like a fucking fox on tax forms. You want to see corruption? The Chinese got that shit down to a science
$alvador
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sorry what i meant by corruption was actually tax fraud, which, funny thing, i technically support by going to chinese businesses knowing they will do better prices than big retailers and accept some negotiation, since we both know the master accountant can find something to fudge on tax forms for the sake of a satisfied customer.
shoottomaim
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shoottomaim
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OG buckshot jr
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Yes, you shop for it. If you're not going to shop and build a rig, then don't get someone do it - that's a bigger mark-up than even someone like Best Buy would do. That, and as Sal mentioned, you'll get really shit parts.I'm Chinese
Know anywhere else I can order a custom rig for honest prices then?
Shoot - either you man up, do some reading (fuck, even use Glocky's PC Part-Picker chart, screw the reading) and build a great rig at a great price, or you get fucked and buy some premade bullshit Zotac for $4000. But, for the love of God, decide and stop making these endless threads that end up in no action lol
shoottomaim
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okay ^-^
Hinouchi
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I'm Chinese
Know anywhere else I can order a custom rig for honest prices then?
There's no such place, you fucking research shit yourself, compare price from place to place. That's why you never buy all the part at 1 place, unless you know for sure they're the cheapest out of EVERY computer store. DIY dude. That's the only option without getting rip.
shoottomaim
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I looked at a couple of video guides though; the process looks confusing and delicate, and if I break something it'd be my fault and I'd have to pay extra for new parts/someone to help me. I just thought if I paid someone else to build it for me it would be better :c