Sigh, my math is sucking tonight. It's $48 difference, before shipping (which varies). That's still enough to buy 1gb ram or a new dvd burner. Take your pick. I'd rather go through the hassle of ordering from newegg than being ripped off by almost $50. cheers, jane On 9/13/07, Jane Lee <applegoddess at gmail.com> wrote: > On 9/13/07, Cody <churst35 at verizon.net> wrote: > > For all of your information, I just purchased a mini wireless finder from > > outlet pc for $13. Try beating that price anywhere else like best buys or > > newegg. I looked at some of the so called specials at newegg and they were > > not specials. Very pricy. > > I have no idea what you're looking at, but for the vast majority of > components newegg has a huge selection of products from reputable and > generic manufacturers and their prices on said products range from > average to really low specials. And to be honest, whether or not it > was actually a deal would depend on the product and what it can do. > From what you've said, I don't know if I should call that a bargain or > not, but you couldn't compare two products that functionally are the > same but have differing specs. And for what it's worth, I will stress > that except for the rare product, cheaper is not better. I've fried > and broken many components that way, and it ended up costing me more > as I bought the more expensive better-built product when the cheaper > one broke...and since then those computers haven't failed (except for > uncontrollable circumstances, that is). > > Just look at the motherboards. Maybe you don't purchase them, but > other people do. OutletPC is a JOKE. I can't stress that enough. > Their selection is comprised of mostly cheaper lower end older > products, and not even many of those. Want a great example of how > much of a ripoff it can be? Their best LGA775 mobo is this gigabyte > one that's priced at $130 (http://www.outletpc.com/c3583.html), while > Newegg has the same one at $82 > (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128017R). > That is a price difference of $52, my friend. Enough to buy an entire > 1 gigabyte more of RAM, or to buy another DVD burner - 18x SATA, if > you wanted. OutletPC doesn't even have the better cousin of that > motherboard that Newegg does > (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128012). > And outletpc also doesn't have higher-up models from that Gigabyte > one, whatsoever. > > On 9/13/07, Cody <churst35 at verizon.net> wrote: > > mounting a processor really isn't that hard. lift the arm, seat the > > processor and then put the paste on, put the heat sync on top and tack it > > down > > It's pretty important that there be an even layer of thermal paste on > top before mounting the heat sink. However, there are some processors > that come with heatsinks that come with a sticker of sorts instead, > it's like a thin layer of thermal compound that eventually melts > properly after the computer's been in use, and it's preapplied to the > heatsink and you only have to take off the protective plastic...that > may be an option for you. > > Haphazardly applying paste is not the smartest way to go about things. > Although it might sound simpler to apply way more than you need and > just smoosh the heatsink down, that will indeed cause heating issues - > to the point that you might just destroy the overheating processor > because the heatsink isn't dissipating the heat correctly because of > the misapplication of paste. What you want is a very thin evenly > spread layer. Best to follow the directions (manufacturers often have > a certain "method" or so they recommend to minimize the chance of > bubbles and imperfections), and to use good thermal paste as well. > > cheers, > jane >
