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Am just looking at these two pairs of RAM sticks for my new build, only differance I can see is the CLatency - is it really worth paying another £30 for CL4???:
http://www.dabs.com/compare.aspx?&ql...lectedId=11150
Btw My new build is a Gigabyte GA 965P-DS3P board, probably with a E6600 or E6700 duo.
Thanks,
It doesn't make much difference to Core 2 Duo's.. but dabs..get it from a decent company :p
I'll take your word, where do you suggest?
Cas4 is faster than cas5 and even cas3 in the tests I did. It isnt £25 faster, and chances are that the cas5 ram you mention will actually run at cas4 anyway.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=402849
or
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=255300
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Is it £15 faster though?Quote:
Originally Posted by Clunk
I'd pay the £15 if it were me..and I would buy from scan. Dabs have no phone number so all customer service related issues are net based chat..and they are freakin numpties imo. Scan are always helpful whether they are on the phone or in the care forum here on Hexus.
I also use OCUK but they always get flamed on here.
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I need saturaday delivery! you get this cheaper too?Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulm@scan
(edit) Wow - 26.28 delivery charge for a Sat!!
I would say not, for the average user.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulm@scan
Where are you based?
Scan is Bolton I think
Overclockers is in Stoke
Saverstore are in Luton .. if they have anything useful
can pick it up from any of these.
Im in Suffolk, I can't pick up.
Anywhere close to here?
dont know them but..
http://www.1stgc.co.uk/products.php?...html&NOLOGIN=1
seems to be in ipswich
EDIT: wrong RAM sorry but they have some stuff.
If saturday delivery is cheap with Dabs then go with them but be warned lol
i brought the best ram i could afford at the time, that was 3 years ago, and apart from adding another 1gb stick last year i will never regret buying the fastest i could afford, it future proofed me for a couple of years.
its only worth it if you can afford it :)
you can always arrange friday delivery and pop along and fetch it if the city link depot is within reach ?
a fiver in petrol is less than the special delivery charge !
What am I going to do with the petrol, Drink it?
lol, if it can power you to walk to scan and back then yes :PQuote:
Originally Posted by poindextermatic
same here dabs isn't very good. anyway do u need the ram asap? saturday deliveries are always exspensive.
What I didnt know that, what do u mean exactly?Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulm@scan
20 posts or more, then u can get free delivery at scan. you just have to enter some details and such. only for orders over £20 tho, check the official thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harkin
Yeah, this is one thing they drastically need to improve (along with finding the warehouse dwelling numpty who keeps re-stocking RMA'd stuff and beating him to death with a turnip:) ).Quote:
Originally Posted by poindextermatic
Free delivery is very good though so it'd be worth the wait imo.
Ive paid for city link saturday delivery about 4 times in the last year or so, and not a single one turned up. Wasnt from scan by the way, just thought I would add my £26.28.
w.o.wQuote:
Originally Posted by Clunk
big spender eh :D
I orderd an ATI GPU from Scan for Saturday Delivery, arrived JUST before it was time to go to work, so early in fact, I had time to unwrap it, install it and install the drivers and have a little play on CS:S online :)
PS. I think one the mods should put a sticky about OcUK and Initial Citylink, mainly highlighting that service is dependant on the region you live in as i've only had one bad experience with Citylink in all of my 2 - 3 years of using them.
No, needed for jobs.Quote:
Originally Posted by moogle
Citylink is unfortunately another heavily franchised carrier network and thus very heavily regionalised in it's quality. Generally speaking if you get a bad experience more than once, you'll always get bad service from that carrier in your area.
AFAIK only Parcelforce still runs it's own network in it's entirity, and that's only because they can still use the Royal Mail's offices and if needs be, postmen, to carry out it's business.
I wouldn;t care about any of the memory timings. The differences can only really be seen by benchkmarking and you'll never notice them playing a game.
However if every last second counts when encoding some video for 10 minutes plus or other then I suppose you might appreciate lower latency RAM
I've never had any issues with ordering from dabs, never had a order go bad, nor a dud product, their system is automated, they don't charge extortionate delivery fees, and I actually prefer not having to waste my time phoning clueless call-monkey's and putting up with queues if I can avoid it.Quote:
Originally Posted by staffsMike
I'd order from scan if they sorted out their website so I could make orders from Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by staffsMike
Because they're money grabbing bastards who don't give a toss about their customers, and that's me putting it nicely. It's ok for you because you can brick their windows if they don't deal with your problems, so they do deal with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by staffsMike
Anyway, back OT, you're better ordering high bandwidth sticks over tight timings.
somebody has their knickers in a twist :sleep:Quote:
Originally Posted by aidanjt
suppliers don't control whether you get a "dud" but they do control how they deal with them...which is badly in the case of dabs..read any forum..no one has a good thing to say about them...
and at least ocuk have a shop you can go to and moan at them...and a phone number...and a forum..
dabs have nothing but their chat system which is rubbish but you've never had to use it have you
..and watch your language..theres kids present! :p
The dont have a forum that you can moan at them in, because they ban you for breathing wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by staffsMike
Last phone call i made to them cost me £3.50, and then £2.70, and I ended up speaking to a brain dead imbecile called rob who told lie after lie.
eBuyer (I know I know) are doing £10 off £30 for all orders if you pay with google checkout. I have used this 3 times, and chosen 5 day delivery for repeated and pleasing savings.
Kingston DDRII 667 CL5 for ~£22. Then ordered it again! You save on each order.
i dont use the ocuk forum so i wouldnt know but im sure you can get their attention that way.
i am biased as im not far away but they have always been good over the phone for me too..so i guess its just luck of the draw.
all dabs will do in their chats is copy and paste from a list of answers they are allowed to give and it gets really annoying.
I've only had the misforune of dealing with OCUK twice and both times they were effing awful in all respects. Bad RMA, thick, rude, unhelpful staff who knew nothing about computers. Never again:surprised: