Buy entire setup from newegg?

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stoney_titan

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Well i'm buying an entire new set up within the week.

Cpu: E4300
Motherboard: Gigabyte DS3
Hsf: Big Typhoon
gpu: 8800 GTS 320
HDD: Seagate 160gb
RAM: 2gb ddr2 giel
case: Ceterion 5

Now I've looked all over the net and i can find a better price on just about everything over newegg. Should i bust my ass and buy from different sites to save some dough or go the secure route with newegg? Newegg has been real good to me so it is a tough decision.
 
Even if i coulnd have saved $5 or $10, I usually will just buy the whole rig from newegg. service is great, and ordering it all from one place is much simpler.

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I bought all my stuff from new egg. Already had a good price with the rebates but they have good service and ship fast - worth just sticking with them
 
I buy where ever saves me money. Within reason of course. All the major etailers have good services, I would not hesitate to buy from Egg, ZZF, outpost, even Tigerdirect (not always good, but sometimes they get pretty sick rebates). If someone else can do it the same or better at a lower price, why not?
 
When I make big purchases like this, I take two things into consideration:

What about shipping cost? I often find that even if I could save 5-10 bux here or there, often the increased shipping costs from using multiple vendors makes the discounts null.

Rebates? Personally, I don't consider rebates into the cost of the rig, since the return on them is often less than 50% for me.

The one thing I would consider is that if you are going to buy an LCD monitor, other vendors often have better return policies on them than newegg.
 
i just compared my new build I've got wish-listed at Newegg with ZZF. Half the items I want ZZF doesn't have, and the rest are either the same cost, or maybe a bit lower.

Not enough to split the order.
 
I split my order into chunks. Ordered most everything for pc from newegg (they were also the cheapest after their rebates so easy decision). Newegg didn't have the cooling setup I wanted so I ordered parts from Jabtech. The case I picked up from local store as it was the same price as online. If newegg had everything I would have ordered from them as they are good at what they do in my experience.

You just have to do the math to figure out your answer really. If the difference is <15$ then I would only order from one place to keep it simple.
 
stoney_titan said:
Well i'm buying an entire new set up within the week.

Cpu: E4300
Motherboard: Gigabyte DS3
Hsf: Big Typhoon
gpu: 8800 GTS 320
HDD: Seagate 160gb
RAM: 2gb ddr2 giel
case: Ceterion 5

Now I've looked all over the net and i can find a better price on just about everything over newegg. Should i bust my ass and buy from different sites to save some dough or go the secure route with newegg? Newegg has been real good to me so it is a tough decision.
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I just upgraded my entire rig about a month ago and I ordered everything from NewEgg except the PSU and the case. I got both at CompUSA since they were going out of business and had a helacious sale. In fact, I bought the _exact_ case you want and it cost me ~40 after local tax with the discount. Look for a CompUSA in your area and see if you can save some dough thanks to the sales.
 
And use a credit card too, you get extended warranty with it...

my system was bought entirely at the egg...
 
Depends if its worth it to split it up.

I did, because I got some big rebates/sales from other places. ClubIT was having a good PSU sale/rebate, newegg didn't have the HS/Fans I wanted so I went with SVC/Nextfan. Frys had the case I wanted for a lot less + free shipping so grabbed it there...

Rest was with newegg though. I prob saved ~$50-100 or so (depending on rebates...)
 
I would just buy it all from newegg, their customer service and return policy is fantastic. I've had issues with other online resellers before, but never with newegg, and I have had to return A LOT of stuff to them and each time they took it back and credited me more for shipping than it cost me to ship it back to them.
 
I try to order as much as I can through Newegg, and if I don't, I still use their awesome site for reviews and pictures. Shipping costs usually go down the more you order. Plus they have a lot of stuff other sites don't have. The best thing to do is use Newegg to get a list of parts, then Google each part to see if you can find it cheaper. If the difference is significant enough for you, split it up.
 
The parts for my current rig were bought from all around the net. I bought the Antec P180 from Bestbuy.com when they were selling it for $86 shipped. The E6400 came from Ebay BNIB for $190 shipped. I bought the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 from someone on this forum for $110 shipped with a Thermalright HR-05 NB cooler. The Corsair 520HX 520W Power supply came from ZipZoomFly for $113 shipped. The only items I bought from Newegg was the RAM and hard drive.

While I was able to save about $200 by buying from all over the net, it was kind of a PITA having to track so many different packages. So what I'm saying is that if you don't have the time or patience to buy from multiple sites, it's just best to buy everything from Newegg.
 
I'm ordering my entire system from new egg once the intel price cut comes to play (for the E6600 that I'm buying).
They have a 6 months no interest, no payments for orders of $500 and up and free rush shipping, and I have an account with them with a credit line of $3600, so cant go wrong there!
My whole thing will cost me less then $1300 with preffered savings and rebates. :cool:
 
I usually divide stuff into three parts.
Cases: I like Performance-PCs, best Lian-Li stuff anywhere, great service. These guys will mod your case and could sleeve your grandma:eek: for the right price.
Hardware: Newegg really cant be beat. Once in a while I go to mwave for GPUs and MBs.
Cooling: FrozenCPU is the best. Great prices and always ship same day. Great selection of sleeving material and mod stuff,too. PPCs also has great mod stuff.

I usually dont worry about shipping prices and dont really factor it in. I think the convienience of having it all delivered to your door is the deal, rather than having to drive all over creation. Plus if you use only a small number of vendors, the shipping will about be a push versus getting it all from one place.

Dont get me wrong.....80&#37; of my stuff comes from the egg......Ive never used "rush shipping" and my stuff always gets packed and shipped the same day......just order early in the morning, eastern time.
 
If my total savings would be on the order of several dollars by shopping elsewhere, I won't do it. This was how my current machine was broken down:

Power supply (Corsair 520): cheapest at ClubIT by like $15 even after shipping, so I bought there.
Video card (8800GTS 320): pretty much same everywhere, so Newegg
RAM (2 GB Firestix PC-6400): Newegg had it in stock
Case (Centurion 5): everywhere priced the same, but ZZF had free shipping, saving me $15.
DVD writer (Lite On 16A7S): ZZF had it in stock, as well as free shipping
Hard drive (Seagate 400 GB): Fry's had it (retail kit) for cheapest
Motherboard (Gigabyte DQ6): ClubIT had it in stock, Newegg didn't at the time.

So basically, I do jump around between places. Hard drives I usually purchase through ZZF because I like their packaging more. Newegg does have the largest selection though, so I tend to buy there more often than not. Not to mention Newegg is blazing fast compared to ZZF and ClubIT, who aren't exactly slouches either.

I ordered my 8800GTS on Tuesday, it was at my door on Wednesday, and Newegg only sent me the invoice yesterday night, haha.
 
Speaking of late invoices.. I just got one last night for a product that arrived monday, ordered thursday :p

Also I think you meant to have a negative in your first sentence?
 
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