[MERGED] Retailer Discussion Thread

That's it. The "intended purpose" is tied to your order.

Note for you and anyone else though: The "intended purpose" is tied to that specific order, and not your account. I found this out the hard way when I re-used the stored details for a second purchase with them.

If you send the money tomorrow, it'll probably hit them by Tuesday, dispatched by Wednesday, with you by the following Monday. Rough estimate.

I can get my build for around the same price on dabs.ie as I can on Hardwareversand.

Am I better off buying from dabs or hardwareversand?

Gumbi wrote: »

How much are you spending? Usually the price difference is significant to be honest, and even moreso when you buy from HWVS via geizhals.de.

HWVS can be awkward to deal with if you need to sort out a return, but I've had nothing but good dealings with them over the past few years.

826 on Dabs vs 830 on hardwareversand. Both include shipping.

I went with Dabs in the end. Saves me having to set up a bank transfer and they have all the parts in stock.

Monotype wrote: »

If they have all the stock, then dabs seems the better choice. I've had stuff from them ship very quickly. Even at their fastest, HWV take longer.

Aye, they did have all the stock in, so I went with them. HWV were missing some parts. The case, the network card and the RAM.

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Does anybody know of any bricks and mortar shops in Dublin (preferably south) that sell computer components? Specifically SSDs.

I normally buy everything online, but I'm in a bit of a hurry as my laptop HDD is showing all the signs of being ready to fail any time now. I've a data backup, but I'd like to clone it to a new disk before it fails.

Your best bet would be to go on adverts and see if anyonse selling one locally in Dublin.

Huh, specialtech has closed?! And they spent ages working on their new site with only launched a month or two ago.

With hardwareversand.de in trouble, I was looking at caseking.de as an alternative for a new GPU. Cheapest shipping to Ireland is via UPS at €18 or so and paypal surcharge is only €2. mindfactory.de charge €30 for delivery but prices are generally more competitive - not too surprising I suppose given that caseking own overclockers UK. Anybody got a preference for either retailer or is it just a case of go with the cheapest option? (I'm normally buy from one of the European amazon's, but they have no stock of the GPU I'm after).

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Cheapest option, both sound to buy from, dunno about returns for either

Cool thanks

Mind factory.de and caseking

Also Dabs is actually pretty decent. Was looking at a new headset (Steelseries H Wireless). On Amazon it comes out at €320, Dabs have it for €278.

Specs?

Ok, I'm confused. I was under the impression you were going to sell off some stuff for the new chip. That's what I was asking about.

I'm not pushed about Broadwell to be honest. Graphics performance is way up, but otherwise it's pretty damn similar to Haswell.

levitronix wrote:

thinking of getting a few i7 6700k , a few boardsies got some stuff off me in January, just wondering if theres interest again

What sort of money we talking? My current i7 is 5 year old now.

superg wrote: »

What sort of money we talking? My current i7 is 5 year old now.

about 75 euro below retail, maybe more haven't got pricing yet, dollar is really strong, will need 3 buyers to order like last time, its takes four days from order and money upfront not needed

How much do they charge for direct shipping? Just wondering if they're worth it vs Amazon for singular products.

levitronix wrote: »

about 75 euro below retail, maybe more haven't got pricing yet, dollar is really strong, will need 3 buyers to order like last time, its takes four days from order and money upfront not needed

Would there be a full warranty?. I'm not a 100% yet but I'm considering upgrading soon. Let me know when you have a price.

EDIT:- Forgot OC'ing voids warranty anyway!

Gumbi wrote:

I don't think it does for K chips, and in any case, they won't know if you damaged your chip via overclocking (very hard to do btw).

I thought that myself but found a reply to the question regarding K cpus from someone at Intel saying any change in frequency voids the warranty. Which is all a bit silly really when they are advertising them as great over clockers!

levitronix wrote: »

thinking of getting a few i7 6700k , a few boardsies got some stuff off me in January, just wondering if theres interest again

Can vouch for Levi there.

I bought an i5 around January I think, and have been loving my move to intel. Was also helpful in advising me about the various models(K, S etc.)

The price was extremely good value also and the transaction was hassle free.

I've spent about a €1000 on ComputerUniverse and would definitely recommend them. They have a dedicated call centre which I've used, so they're very easy to get through to for any queries or to resolve issues. Their prices are fairly decent also. And if you're ordering a high value order, it's worth changing you country settings to UK and getting it delivered to Parcel Motel in Northern Ireland as you can get another few quid off with the UKs lower VAT % Saved me about €40 when buying my 290s!

I love my 4790k. First time I won the silicon lottery was with that chip (though I did have the luck of having the choice of 3 chips lol)

Serephucus wrote: »

Surely you didn't get to bin them though? I got a decidedly ****e 4790. :P

I had 3 chips on hand, and tested them all. 2 normal (probably capping out at 4.5 and 4.6ghz at 1.3v~ which would be a typical max on air give or take 0.02v), and the third hits 4.9ghz at 1.31v HT on of course.

I sold the other 2. My brother got me and himself one via Intel, so we had 3 between us overall and kept 1. I think I could possibly hit 5ghz on air if I tweaked long enough with it, but it would be a stretch, as 1.31v at 4.9ghz gets into mid 80s when being benched.

I gotta say, I was pleased with it. :P One advantage is it basically made any upgrade for a few gens obsolete, as assuming a typical 4.6ghz overclock, my current chip would be superior for at least the next year or two (although I am reading reports of Skylake being cooler due to VRMs being moved back onto mobo and them typically heating higher overclocks than haswell so we shall see...).

Serephucus wrote: »

To give you an idea, AFAIK (because I was playing with it the first few days I got it, and that was months ago) I think this thing needed something like 1.25 for 4.3.

That said, I'm running the thing at stock (it's that bad, I just wasn't arsed with it) undervolted, and the fan on my NH-D15 very rarely spins. I've got a totally silent PC outside of gaming. Even then I can barely hear it over in-game audio.

Stock 4790k is nothing to sniff at. And sweet coolwr too!

I like the overclock for one or two games specifically, I'd run it way undervolted otherwise.

Solitaire wrote: »

Cheer up, under heavy load the Skylake-based i7 typically runs at a stock voltage of 1.3-1.4V for stock 4GHz :eek:

That said, Skylake undervolts well and is very new, suggesting platform stability issues that may be resolved once newer BIOSes are made available... On that note: have you tried OCing that old 4790K more recently with a newer BIOS?

I am using a Z87x-D3H with the latest BIOS, so yes I guess

There was a problem with the 4790ks in that, due to high stock speed (4ghz which turboed to 4.4ghz from a base of 4.0ghz) it gave it REALLY high stock volts of 1.35v~. Basically it was like the auto overclock mode which always applies way too much voltage.

In fact I'm at 4.9ghz at less than the stock voltage technically ^^ at 1.31v.

I imagine this caused a lot of problem for less tech savvy consumers, I know it's not a problem just my motherboard had.