Price comparisions for a rig - Check this out! Newegg VS OC.UK

[RPGWiZaRD]

I felt like I had to do this just cuz of interest as the price differences like we all know are quite huge, depending where you order from. I choosed a rig I might order in very near future. As comparision online hardware selling sites I used the highly popular US site newegg.com and one of the popular sites for European PC enthusiasts, overclockers.co.uk.

Newegg:
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AMD Athlon 64 San Diego 3700+ - Retail $329
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103539

Zalman CNPS7700-CU - Retail $47
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118115

DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR - Retail $196
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136151

Leadtek WinFast PX6800GT TDH 256MB DDR3 - Retail $378
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814122209

OCZ Gold VX Dual DDR PC4000 2x512MB - Retail $184
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227206

OCZ PowerStream 520W - Retail $139
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104152

CoolerMaster Stacker Full Tower - Retail $161
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119042

NEC ND-3520A/GNB 16X DL DVD/RW (Black) - OEM $49
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152038

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 THX Sound Card - Retail $93
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102162

Total cost: $1576

Overclockers.co.uk:
(All prices are incl VAT 17.5%)
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AMD Athlon 64 San Diego 3700+ - Retail £241 ($441)

Zalman CNPS7700-CU - Retail £29 ($53)

DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR - Retail £135 ($248)

Leadtek WinFast PX6800 TDH 256MB DDR3 - Retail £258 ($474)

OCZ Gold VX Dual DDR PC4000 2x512MB - Retail £176 ($323)

OCZ PowerStream 520W - Retail £113 ($206)

CoolerMaster Stacker Full Tower - Retail £110 ($201)

NEC ND-3520A/GNB 16X DL DVD/RW (Black) - OEM £33 ($60)

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 THX Sound Card - Retail £70 ($129)

Total cost: £1165 ($2135)

(xe.com was used as currency converter)

Price difference: $559 :eek::eek2::eek2::confused:

Conclusion:
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Whoa! I could have guessed the price difference would have been in the range $300 - $400 but not $559. But to be fair we also have to remember all countries are different. We Finns I would say for example got free education (even Uni lvl), tax is quite low, the child allowance which lasts until age 18 is quite high and yearly health checkups & dentist visits for free until age 18... and we get quite a good sum money from summerjobs here should make us young Finns have more money in our pockets than most americans in same age has, let's say 15 - 18 year. So having that and perhaps other factors in mind, it evens out the price difference pretty much, but still $559 was a shock to me. But it still bugs me a bit when thinking like this that if I was in US right now and ordered from newegg I could swap that 6800GT for an Ultra or X850 XT PE and buy some watercooled setup and could still afford it.

I hope this comparision was useful to others as well except me, thx :)

[QuikSilver]

If you dont want to pay the high tax get someone trusted in the US to order from neweggg for you and then ship it to you as a gift. It will save you a lot of cash for sure.

[RPGWiZaRD]

If you dont want to pay the high tax get someone trusted in the US to order from neweggg for you and then ship it to you as a gift. It will save you a lot of cash for sure.

In case I had some relatives living over there I could have considered it but I don't even have any "trustable" friends over there. Hmm btw... that price for OCZ Gold VX PC4000 on newegg was pretty amazing imo (if u compare with oc.uk) :p:

[bxa121]

If you dont want to pay the high tax get someone trusted in the US to order from neweggg for you and then ship it to you as a gift. It will save you a lot of cash for sure.

why thank you :p: