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Geek Culture / Greeting looking for the help of Tech savvy US people

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Darth Vader
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Posted: 18th Oct 2010 12:12
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Hi all

It's been a while, finally studying 'real' programming (Still love you Dark Basic but now I have an understanding of OOP ) and working so don't have much time lol. Anyway as I'm sure some of you know (yeah I like to think people know and remember me on this forum ) I live in Australia.

Now the exchange rate between Australia and the US is almost a dollar-for-a-dollar so I want to buy some tech from the US (You guys have really cheap prices) and update my build. I've had a look at Newegg but was wondering if anyone knew of a better place? I'm open to all recommendations!

Thanks for the help and I hope this doesn't go against the AUP it's been a while and I've forgotten :S please have mercy!

Cheers!

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The Wilderbeast
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Posted: 18th Oct 2010 12:46
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I did a similar thing as I'm in the UK. Bought my entire build from Newegg and had a friend of mine ship it over. Unfortunately the case was rather too large and cost something like $119 to ship, even then it came out £100 cheaper than buying everything from here.


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Darth Vader
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Posted: 18th Oct 2010 12:51
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Well that's the great thing! I don't need a case or OS and I'll get the PSU from here so I don't have to get any power conversion kits or adapters. Just want to get the internals, CPU, GPU RAM MOBO HDD's etc...

Hopefully can save a bit!

So you reckon Newegg is the way to go?

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The Wilderbeast
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Posted: 18th Oct 2010 19:16 Edited at: 18th Oct 2010 19:17
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They're all standard parts - usually with a little fuse on the back to switch between 110V - 230V depending on the mains voltage in your country.

Yep, Newegg is definitely the way to go, you can fit all the components you need into a reasonable sized box and shipping shouldn't be any more than $50 (US). It's worth noting that they don't actually ship internationally, they only deliver within the US and Canada - so you'll need a chum to send it to and post. You also can't order to a different address than your credit card, so you'll need to get them to order it too.


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Eminent
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Posted: 18th Oct 2010 23:29
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http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849&cm_re=amd_x6_1090t-_-19-103-849-_-Product
More power than you'll ever need(in 5 years)for 300 canadian(like 275ish US)


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heyufool1
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newegg is great! I got free shipping on everything, took about 3 days to get to my house and I got over $120 in discounts BTW, I live in the US.

"So hold your head up high and know, it's not the end of the road"
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