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- Jun 24, 2016
Happy Independence Day fellow American overclockers!
I'm in the process of building a new computer. After careful consideration, I've chosen the components I'd like to use in my build and I've begun purchasing them all individually part-by-part. In order to get the best prices possible, I'm carefully searching the vast wasteland known as the interweb to find the very best deals. For example, the motherboard I've chosen for my new rig is the MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION LGA1151. The price of that board at various sites is as follows:
-Newegg $284
-Amazon $284
-Walmart $320
-Mwave $299
-Tigerdirect $311
-B&Hphoto $299
-Superbiiz $279 (after $10 4th of July sale discount)
Not only does Superbiiz have the best price, but they don't charge tax for my state, which for this mobo ends up being around $20. So ultimately, the mobo is $25 cheaper. If the difference between Superbiiz and Newegg was only $5, I'd go with newegg because I know them to be an incredibly trustworthy site with fantastic customer service and 100% free returns. However, $25 is an amount worth saving. If I can save that much on each component, it's going to add-up!
Here's the kicker: as I was placing my order at superbiiz (which for the record I've never used before), I read through the terms-of-service and I saw this little doozy "ALL returns require an RMA number and there will be a restocking fee of 15% on all returns for refund." Wait what? So if my mobo is fried and I send it back I'll have to pay $45? Hmmmmm, suddenly saving that extra $25 seems slightly risky.
Naturally I have a few questions for you, my experienced computer building brethren. Do you think it's worth saving the extra $25? Has anyone used Superbiiz before? Do you have any special techniques you use to filter the very best prices out of the internet? Is there a list of 'trustworthy' websites that I can defer to?
I'm in the process of building a new computer. After careful consideration, I've chosen the components I'd like to use in my build and I've begun purchasing them all individually part-by-part. In order to get the best prices possible, I'm carefully searching the vast wasteland known as the interweb to find the very best deals. For example, the motherboard I've chosen for my new rig is the MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION LGA1151. The price of that board at various sites is as follows:
-Newegg $284
-Amazon $284
-Walmart $320
-Mwave $299
-Tigerdirect $311
-B&Hphoto $299
-Superbiiz $279 (after $10 4th of July sale discount)
Not only does Superbiiz have the best price, but they don't charge tax for my state, which for this mobo ends up being around $20. So ultimately, the mobo is $25 cheaper. If the difference between Superbiiz and Newegg was only $5, I'd go with newegg because I know them to be an incredibly trustworthy site with fantastic customer service and 100% free returns. However, $25 is an amount worth saving. If I can save that much on each component, it's going to add-up!
Here's the kicker: as I was placing my order at superbiiz (which for the record I've never used before), I read through the terms-of-service and I saw this little doozy "ALL returns require an RMA number and there will be a restocking fee of 15% on all returns for refund." Wait what? So if my mobo is fried and I send it back I'll have to pay $45? Hmmmmm, suddenly saving that extra $25 seems slightly risky.
Naturally I have a few questions for you, my experienced computer building brethren. Do you think it's worth saving the extra $25? Has anyone used Superbiiz before? Do you have any special techniques you use to filter the very best prices out of the internet? Is there a list of 'trustworthy' websites that I can defer to?
