DKS
Damn Kidney Stones
Premium,ExMod 2002
join:2001-03-22
Owen Sound, ON
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Re: Newegg coming to Canada!!!
said by TigerLord  :PC lovers and modders, REJOICE!!! Newegg is coming to Canada!!! » www.newegg.ca/This is awesome! We'll have fierce competition and NCIX will now be forced to offer good customer service again  Competition is not a bad thing, but I have zero complaints about NCIX. However, if Newegg is coming to Canada, they will have a long way top go to beat NCIX. NCIX not charging 8% PST for Ontario residents is a major competitive advantage, as are their low cost shipping deals. I just purchased an nVidia GTX 260 for $239 plus shipping and PST and after a $40 MIR ($278 total cost).
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Airwolf
Premium
join:2001-10-30
Windsor, ON
clubs: | I'm hoping their prices are lower so I can price match on NCIX. |
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Stewy
Premium
join:2007-12-12
Kitchener, ON
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said by DKS :Competition is not a bad thing, but I have zero complaints about NCIX. yeap me to, their service has been perfect for me no problems there. But I do find that shopRBC can still beat them by price for the exact same product.
just take a look for example at;
Seagate 7200.11 750GB 7200RPM 32MB SATAII Hard Drive, 5Yr
ShopRBC $118 x %8PST = $127.44
NCIX $152.95
Even with the PST it's still cheaper and they have flat rate shipping on no matter how much you buy.
I agree that competition is good.
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The Flash
You don't win friends with salad
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join:2002-10-17
Toronto, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
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| said by Stewy :said by DKS :Competition is not a bad thing, but I have zero complaints about NCIX. yeap me to, their service has been perfect for me no problems there. But I do find that shopRBC can still beat them by price for the exact same product. just take a look for example at; Seagate 7200.11 750GB 7200RPM 32MB SATAII Hard Drive, 5Yr ShopRBC $118 x %8PST = $127.44 NCIX $152.95 Even with the PST it's still cheaper and they have flat rate shipping on no matter how much you buy. I agree that competition is good. For about 130, you can get a 1TB at NCIX |
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Scoop
join:2006-08-05
Ottawa, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
1 edit | reply to Stewy
said by Stewy :said by DKS :Competition is not a bad thing, but I have zero complaints about NCIX. yeap me to, their service has been perfect for me no problems there. But I do find that shopRBC can still beat them by price for the exact same product. just take a look for example at; Seagate 7200.11 750GB 7200RPM 32MB SATAII Hard Drive, 5Yr ShopRBC $118 x %8PST = $127.44 NCIX $152.95 Even with the PST it's still cheaper and they have flat rate shipping on no matter how much you buy. I agree that competition is good. RBC are awesome. I get them to price match and then I pick up the items and save on shipping. They're only 10 minutes from my house.  |
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dennilfloss
Liberal And Loving It
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join:2001-09-09
Ottawa, ON
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said by DKS :said by TigerLord :PC lovers and modders, REJOICE!!! Newegg is coming to Canada!!! » www.newegg.ca/This is awesome! We'll have fierce competition and NCIX will now be forced to offer good customer service again Competition is not a bad thing, but I have zero complaints about NCIX. However, if Newegg is coming to Canada, they will have a long way top go to beat NCIX. NCIX not charging 8% PST for Ontario residents is a major competitive advantage, as are their low cost shipping deals. I just purchased an nVidia GTX 260 for $239 plus shipping and PST and after a $40 MIR ($278 total cost). I just purchased a 1GB 4870 direct from Diamond Multimedia in California for $299 with $15 shipping (total $314) and no taxes whatsoever. Just hoping customs won't do me in the butt too badly but as the Sapphire equivalent sells for $369 in Ottawa, plus taxes, I think I'll come out ahead even with some reasonable duties.
My local reseller is buying my factory-overclocked 3870 and I'm selling some textbooks so this will end up costing me about $50 for doubling my speed and my VRAM (Oblivion sometimes takes up to 950MB of VRAM with the detailed textures I'm using). |
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dirtyjeffer
Lest We Forget
Premium
join:2002-02-21
London, ON
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
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said by DKS :I just purchased an nVidia GTX 260 for $239 plus shipping and PST and after a $40 MIR ($278 total cost). did you have as hard of a time getting it in your case as i did?...i bought the eVGA superclocked model and it is gigantic...that said, it is a fantastic card.
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dennilfloss
Liberal And Loving It
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join:2001-09-09
Ottawa, ON
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1 edit | said by dirtyjeffer :said by DKS :I just purchased an nVidia GTX 260 for $239 plus shipping and PST and after a $40 MIR ($278 total cost). did you have as hard of a time getting it in your case as i did?...i bought the eVGA superclocked model and it is gigantic...that said, it is a fantastic card. Heard it's almost as big as a 4870X2 (which I did not buy because that would leave me me only a 1/4" free space between the hard disk drive cage and the graphic card (that plus it's beyond my financial means).Also I'm an ATI fan (my only nVidia card ever was my first one, a nice Diamond Viper V770 back in 1999). |
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elwoodblues
Elwood Blues
join:2006-08-30
Toronto, ON | reply to Stewy
I think you guys are getting taken
Greytech (Ontario , single retail store) is selling the same drive for $119.95 |
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The Flash
You don't win friends with salad
Premium
join:2002-10-17
Toronto, ON | reply to dennilfloss
If they shipped via UPS, prepare to drop your pants. |
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dirtyjeffer
Lest We Forget
Premium
join:2002-02-21
London, ON
·Rogers Hi-Speed
| reply to dennilfloss
i was actually going to buy a 4850 and probably would have bought a 4870 if they had it...instead, i got the GTX 260 for $100 (i gave them my older card that wasn't working anymore).
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dennilfloss
Liberal And Loving It
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Ottawa, ON
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said by The Flash :If they shipped via UPS, prepare to drop your pants. Yup. UPS. Pants ready. |
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Guru
join:2005-12-01
Canada
| I hope it's not a crippled version of U.S. Newegg, like the Amazon.com and Amazon.ca.
said by dennilfloss :said by The Flash :If they shipped via UPS, prepare to drop your pants. Yup. UPS. Pants ready. Why such dislike toward UPS? |
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The Flash
You don't win friends with salad
Premium
join:2002-10-17
Toronto, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
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| said by Guru :I hope it's not a crippled version of U.S. Newegg, like the Amazon.com and Amazon.ca. said by dennilfloss :said by The Flash :If they shipped via UPS, prepare to drop your pants. Yup. UPS. Pants ready. Why such dislike toward UPS? Crazy brokerage fees when shipping across borders. |
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TigerLord
Resident Pentaxian
Premium,Mod
join:2002-06-09
Montreal
·Videotron
Host:
International Broa..
Videotron
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said by Guru :Why such dislike toward UPS? Why do you ask? Never heard of United Parcel Smasher before? |
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Anav
Sarcastic Llama? Naw, Just Acerbic
Premium
join:2001-07-16
Dartmouth, NS
1 edit | reply to DKS
DKS, you just did that to make me feel bad, I just made the plunge for an 8800GT this summer, geez, keepin up with the ole fart is going to damn near ruin me!!
Maybe I will look at the 4870 just to make you salivate! |
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DKS
Damn Kidney Stones
Premium,ExMod 2002
join:2001-03-22
Owen Sound, ON
clubs:
·Bell Sympatico
| reply to dirtyjeffer
said by dirtyjeffer :said by DKS :I just purchased an nVidia GTX 260 for $239 plus shipping and PST and after a $40 MIR ($278 total cost). did you have as hard of a time getting it in your case as i did?...i bought the eVGA superclocked model and it is gigantic...that said, it is a fantastic card. Nope.
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Last Parade
One of the Brightest Stars
join:2002-10-07
Port Colborne, ON
·Acanac
·Cogeco Cable
| said by DKS :said by dirtyjeffer :said by DKS :I just purchased an nVidia GTX 260 for $239 plus shipping and PST and after a $40 MIR ($278 total cost). did you have as hard of a time getting it in your case as i did?...i bought the eVGA superclocked model and it is gigantic...that said, it is a fantastic card. Nope. looks like an Auzen X-Fi and 2 Deskstars amirite |
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DKS
Damn Kidney Stones
Premium,ExMod 2002
join:2001-03-22
Owen Sound, ON
clubs:
·Bell Sympatico
1 edit | said by Last Parade :looks like an Auzen X-Fi and 2 Deskstars amirite Indeed you are. The Auzen sound card IDs as a Creative, however.
Motherboard
CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 2400 MHz (9 x 267)
Motherboard Name Asus P5Q Pro (2 PCI, 3 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Eaglelake P45
System Memory 2048 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
DIMM1: Kingston HyperX KHX8500D2/512 512 MB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM
DIMM2: Kingston HyperX KHX8500D2/512 512 MB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM
DIMM3: Kingston HyperX KHX8500D2/512 512 MB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM
DIMM4: Kingston HyperX KHX8500D2/512 512 MB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM
Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 (896 MB)
Monitor Samsung SyncMaster 940BF/MagicSyncMaster CX903B/CX916B (Digital) [19" LCD]
Multimedia
Audio Adapter Creative CA20K1 X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio Processor
Storage
Disk Drive Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 (500 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
Disk Drive Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 (500 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
Optical Drive TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S183L
Partitions
C: (NTFS) 465.8 GB (400.0 GB free)
D: (NTFS) 465.8 GB (428.9 GB free)
Total Size 931.5 GB (828.8 GB free)
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dirtyjeffer
Lest We Forget
Premium
join:2002-02-21
London, ON
·Rogers Hi-Speed
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said by DKS :Nope. is that a custom built rig? the mobo in my comp doesn't appear to be designed as well in terms of placement of connectors etc (thinking about future upgrades). a few of the connection jacks for my sata drives are in the place such a long card would go, whereas it doesn't appear you have anything in the way to install such a large card.
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