Hardware Bargains

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d7e7r7 said:
Can you put a link to the HelloPeter complaint?
I also did the same, went to store, no stock, got slip saying I came in before special end date and am due the drive at the special price, was told I would be contacted... still waiting...
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Can't find the link now. It seems it depends on which store. See there are still a lot of complaints that have not been resolved. I was phoned by someone at our local store.

WoDotNant? said:
How many hours of your time for that R400?
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Actually took less than 15 minutes.

MR.C said:
While you were waiting, did you play with the xbox or ps3 ?
Justasking.
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See above.
 
avk said:
Can't find the link now. It seems it depends on which store. See there are still a lot of complaints that have not been resolved. I was phoned by someone at our local store.



Actually took less than 15 minutes.



See above.
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Hats off to you, it takes me longer than 15 minutes to find where to post in Hellopeter, not to mention that I keep forgetting my password and have to reset it... then there's the two trips to Game which takes a few minutes despite me living close, then there's the discussion with the manager which you say you managed to convince 'eventually'. We won't mention that finding a staff member who is actually working is a challenge in itself.

All in 15 minutes... I need to learn that kind of time management! Or move to a town with more efficient people :p
 
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Friend of mine fried his graphics card. Dunno what he did but his words .. "smoke came out".

Looking for any specials on a decent-ish (GTS 450+) gfx card. Budget is R1000. The places I've tried today all have no stock.

Anyone?
 
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evilstebunny said:
Friend of mine fried his graphics card. Dunno what he did but his words .. "smoke came out".

Looking for any specials on a decent-ish (GTS 450+) gfx card. Budget is R1000. The places I've tried today all have no stock.

Anyone?
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I have a MSI GTS450 Cyclone OC Edition. Send me a message if your interested.
 
evilstebunny said:
Friend of mine fried his graphics card. Dunno what he did but his words .. "smoke came out".

Looking for any specials on a decent-ish (GTS 450+) gfx card. Budget is R1000. The places I've tried today all have no stock.

Anyone?
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He let out the magic blue smoke :eek:...
 
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What do you think of this great offer for tomorrow only: a Verbatim 3TB, 3,5 inch desktop external hard drive for R1099.95 (save R700.00!)
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I need 3TB internal.....do you guys think its gonna be a mission, taking the hard disk out?

Edit:USB2 or USB3?
 
bar1 said:
I need 3TB internal.....do you guys think its gonna be a mission, taking the hard disk out?

Edit:USB2 or USB3?
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I don't think it's going to be very fast tbh. I may be wrong, but those externals are usually slower platters.
*EDIT* which is OK if it's not your OS drive.
 
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WoDotNant? said:
I don't think it's going to be very fast tbh. I may be wrong, but those externals are usually slower platters.
*EDIT* which is OK if it's not your OS drive.
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You think they use different drives for external vs internal??

O/T - i once read an article where they partitioned a 2tb Seagate LP drive IIRC to like 300gb, and benchmarked it - it was as fast (or faster) than a WD VelociRaptor. Likely due to platter density - if you use all the space, its normal (slow) speed.
 
JustinB said:
You think they use different drives for external vs internal??

O/T - i once read an article where they partitioned a 2tb Seagate LP drive IIRC to like 300gb, and benchmarked it - it was as fast (or faster) than a WD VelociRaptor. Likely due to platter density - if you use all the space, its normal (slow) speed.
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He means they're probably 5400rpm/Green units rather than 7200rpm.
 
Yeah - density would likely have an effect. I do think they are different... or at least I know they have been in the past - 5400's going into externals and 7200's for internal. It might not even be noticeable. Q is - why are desktop drives so expensive when compared with externals then?
 
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