Does anyone here know of any reputable overseas sites to buy computer parts from, which also ship parts to NZ? With the favourable $US : $NZ exchange rate I could save a lot of money provided shipping costs are reasonable.
Don't forget to bring a towel
Does anyone here know of any reputable overseas sites to buy computer parts from, which also ship parts to NZ? With the favourable $US : $NZ exchange rate I could save a lot of money provided shipping costs are reasonable.
Fully Foxed
Take this how you like, but with the known failure rate of computer components, buying them from over seas may not end up being as cheap as you think. Warranty is an important thing.
Originally Posted by Mully
Don't forget to bring a towel
I'm thinking more along the lines of an aftermarket CPU cooler.
I would not buy a motherboard/CPU/HD/RAM/video card etc from overseas!
I've had about 5 motherboards fail on me so I'm happy I had my warranty for that.
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Unless you're after something extremely special, its all made in China etc, which are brought in by local suppliers and margins are small. Warranty is important for any component.
God's Evil Twin
Alot of the online NZ stores aint too far off in price (after import etc) are they? as there getting it from their chinese mates anyways & they do all the import crap for you.
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Fair weather rider
there are a few importers that you can buy from at wholesale prices, only way to meet their prices would be to do as they do, buy in bulk from the overseas distributors.
I just recently got my A+ cert, and I'm trying to get a cheap supplier to build custom gaming rigs, so let me know if you get a good supplier.
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can try local pricespy.co.nz first.
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Rider in training
The local market is very competitive. I'd be surprised if you could, in general, bring in stuff any cheaper.
Rider in training
Thought about making your own? Smack in a Peltier with a heat sink and fan on top.
You can buy Peltiers in NZ for quite a reasonable price.
http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=ZP9100
But if I had lost 5 motherboards I'd be thinking it would be cheaper to buy a pre-made computer with a warranty ...
Forum whore
Try this guy, he seems to know what puter stuff is all about.
Don't forget to bring a towel
I was thinking more along the lines of this http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=516316
Rider in training
The Peltier is a lot cheaper and provides actual cooling specifications ...
Don't forget to bring a towel
But will it cool a 1055T at 4GHz? I could always experiment on an old Pentium 4 I have lying around.
Highway Biker
Hyper 212+, $45, rivals everything up to $120. There aren't really any cheaper suppliers short of Newegg who don't ship internationally. Hell even all my Chinese suppliers actually charge more for componentry(there is one cheaper supplier for coolers but they aren't cheaper for the same cooler, just their own coolers which are crap.).
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