Where do you buy your PC parts?

[Jeff]

Hey everyone, what online stores do you use to buy PC parts? US, UK, and Europe

[Bender10]

I use Pricewatch to find product pricing. But they don't show everything, you should search other places (I google after I pricewatch).

Check Anandtech for product reviews.

I also check the Fatwallet "Hot Deals" forum sometimes for computer parts. Sometimes you can get lucky.

And I try to shop at Newegg (dependable shipping so far), But I will go where the best deal is.

[Lagu]

I bought my Intel C2D from www.komplett.se (http://www.komplett.se) Parts by Shidas of Sundsvall:icon_wink:

[NeoGen]

Because I live in Portugal, and alot of stuff takes 6 to 12 months to be distributed here (or sometimes it never reaches the country, AMD Opterons are one example) I have to order from the closest places around me, UK and Spain mostly.
Another problem is that most online stores don't ship abroad, so that makes it even more difficult to get parts to be shipped to Portugal.

For PC Parts I've recently ordered stuff from here:
http://specialtech.co.uk/

And for accessories for my Nintendo DS I ordered from here:
http://www.divineo.es/

I'm quite happy with both so far :)

[BlackAdder]

I buy most all of my parts off Ebay...check reviews and pricing elsewhere to see if I'm getting a deal or not. I have only got screwed twice in 198 purchases, I got a bad xp3200 processor and a bad Shuttle MB. Both I waited too long to test them to send them back.....the XP cpu boots but will not fire up at 3200 specs no matter what I do, but I have not tried more voltage.Overall a very good buying experience... :)

[gatekeeper53]

Newegg, Newegg, and then I try Newegg. Prices are fair and they have a customer support group that I would expect from a top level store. If the problem is that I ordered the wrong part they even paid the return shipping, if it's a doa board they paid return shipping and gave me overnight on the reship.

[LeBo]

I have been using Newegg for about 2 years now. Good prices and fast shipping.

[AQUAJOE]

Newegg, Newegg, and then I try Newegg. Prices are fair and they have a customer support group that I would expect from a top level store. If the problem is that I ordered the wrong part they even paid the return shipping, if it's a doa board they paid return shipping and gave me overnight on the reship.

I agree 110% with gatekeeper53.

[Frederic Brillouet]

I mostly use http://www.azerty.nl
I also use http://tweakers.net/pricewatch with azerty hardware to look for the cheapest prices in holldna. mostly azerty is one of the cheapest. My speakers (Creative Progamer G500, 320 watts of RMS power and THX certified) came from there and they were half the Belgian price. Thats the store that has the Sapphire HD2900XT for around 340 euros (at least they did when I last checked)

[spikey_richie]

Newegg in the USA, overclockers.co.uk or ebuyer.co.uk in the UK

[Lagu]

Because I live in Portugal, and alot of stuff takes 6 to 12 months to be distributed here (or sometimes it never reaches the country, AMD Opterons are one example) I have to order from the closest places around me, UK and Spain mostly.
Another problem is that most online stores don't ship abroad, so that makes it even more difficult to get parts to be shipped to Portugal.

For PC Parts I've recently ordered stuff from here:
http://specialtech.co.uk/

And for accessories for my Nintendo DS I ordered from here:
http://www.divineo.es/

I'm quite happy with both so far :)

I can confirm what NeoGen say. I tried buy a AMD Athlon 4200+ from UK but they don´t shipped it to Sweden. It was Strongbow as should help me. Their price was equal to what I should buy for a 3800+ here. My Rextron Nova View KVM Universial Slim USB-PS2 Switch have I got thanks to Vaughan. He bought it out in Australia and shipped it to Sundsvall. This KVM was over 1000 SEK cheaper than Komplett. I guess I´m alone among all members outside Australia as have a part from that country.:icon_wink:

You guys as live in USA alvays comes to a serve up table and can shose among the latest parts. Here they can sell AMD Semprons long after they are out of bussiness.

NeoGen, Komplett can be found in other contries than Sweden. Komplett is a Norwegian internet chop with a turnover of 2 milliard/bilions SEK krowns.

Komplett.be i Belgien
Komplett.dk i Danmark
Komplett.fr i Frankrike
Komplett.nl i Nederländerna
Komplett.no i Norge
Komplett.ie i Irland
Komplett.co.uk i Storbritannien
Komplett.de i Tyskland
Komplett.at i Österrike

Lagu:)

[Ototero]

From the UK, I use www.ebuyer.co.uk for nearly everything.

www.leadsdirect.biz is good for cables and gender changing (keep it clean you lot :)).

www.pcnextday.co.uk is good for systems.

[drezha]

I use www.cclonline.com mostly when I can because they have a fantastic service and they're local to me. They offer a collect at counter service as well.

eBuyer is another one I've used in the past as they seem to buy huge quantities in bulk and thus sell cheap. Novatech is also nice. Very nice delivery from them.

[Strongbow]

I used overclockers.co.uk for my last HTPC stuff and they were good, probably use them again without considering looking elsewhere as they have a great selection of kit and thier forums are very active - even though no one has answered my last post there :-(.

[gamer007]

I haven't bought any parts lately, but I use a local computer store called A-Power. It's a small store, but it sells hardware far cheaper than Best Buy and Future Shop. :)

http://a-power.com/home.php

[drezha]

[QUOTE=Strongbow;48047]I used overclockers.co.uk for my last HTPC stuff and they were good, probably use them again without considering looking elsewhere as they have a great selection of kit/QUOTE]

Thats why I use CCL. Fantastic service, nice staff (when I've met them at the counter) etc mean it's my first port of call to buy. I'm don't mind paying a couple of pounds extra either. (But not to many pounds!:icon_wink: )

[PoorBoy]

Mine are all hand built with Tender Loving Care ... I buy the Parts, slap them together, Overclock the bejeezus out of them and let um rip up the Projects ... I figure their Overclocked enough when the CPU Heat Sink starts glowing Cherry Red ... :icon_mrgreen:

[tek182]

Hi spjeff69,
In the US, I use Newegg, Geeks and Tigerdirect. They all have good service! Just a question for fun, what was Newegg's name before it became Newegg? Any takers?
Hope you find what you are looking for.....:D

[moderna]

Was Newegg ABS computers?

I use Newegg for most everything except cooling stuff and then I use PetraTechShop.com.

[tek182]

Egghead was Egghead Software orginally then Egghead Direct, then Newegg! I have been using them since the 80's :D

[PcManiac]

lol, that is cool!
Egghead is a good name, I like it better than Newegg..

well, I use newegg for 95% of my computer purchases. the other 5% are comprised of Tigerdirect.com, zipzoomfly.com, and local retail stores.

[tek182]

Hi spjeff69,
By the way, a great for store for computer modders is http://www.directron.com or http://www.PCModz.com
They are the same company, just different links.

Tek182