SPONSORED: NCIX Spring Break Sale

[Ryan]

"Mega deals on RAM"

http://www.ncix.com/promo/promosale.php?affiliateid=472595&webid=springbreak2005

It's up!

[g man]

TAIYO YUDEN DVD-R 4X 4.7GB 100 DISC SHRINK WRAP SPINDLE @ $48.98 sounds good. If only I was ordering something else to offset the $13 shipping.

[mavericknm]

KINGSTON VALUERAM PC3200 512MB 400MHZ DDR 184PIN DIMM MEMORY CAS3

link (http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=13212&vpn=KVR400X64C3A/512&manufacture=Kingston&promoid=1048)

what do you guys think about the kingston ram. I wanna get some 512 to add to my previous one and im not looking for anything special. So no over clocking something cheap yet still works reasonably well. Right now I have a King Max pc 3200 DDR 400. Would there be any compatability issues im not aware of?

[synaptech]

KINGSTON VALUERAM PC3200 512MB 400MHZ DDR 184PIN DIMM MEMORY CAS3

link (http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=13212&vpn=KVR400X64C3A/512&manufacture=Kingston&promoid=1048)

what do you guys think about the kingston ram. I wanna get some 512 to add to my previous one and im not looking for anything special. So no over clocking something cheap yet still works reasonably well. Right now I have a King Max pc 3200 DDR 400. Would there be any compatability issues im not aware of?

I'm not overclocking, but I do have my Samsung 2x512 memory set fairly tight in timing and no errors in memtest. It's only a few $$ difference, but still...

[The Digital Dolphin]

The price on the Taiyo Yuden 8x DVDRs is pretty good as well... I'm actually a little surprised by that one! (doesn't happen TOO often :cheesygri )

[Nismo]

how fast can the 4x ty burn. Can they burn at 8x or should i just get 8x ty instead.

[Rehan]

The price on the Taiyo Yuden 8x DVDRs is pretty good as well... I'm actually a little surprised by that one! (doesn't happen TOO often :cheesygri )Still not quite as cheap as the same thing at Blankmedia.ca, though. :)

[Kazaam]

Another weekly dose of <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=37 target=_blank>NCIX's</a> sub-par "sales"

[Spyder187]

I'm not overclocking, but I do have my Samsung 2x512 memory set fairly tight in timing and no errors in memtest. It's only a few $$ difference, but still...


Same here. I would recommend the Samsungs over the Kingstons. Mine at doing 2.5-3-3-6. They won't do cas 2 but they overclock really well at 2.5.

[silvermark]

Another weekly dose of <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=37 target=_blank>NCIX's</a> sub-par "sales"

The really are sub-par. Not that interesting. I wish they made less of these, but better.

[kbjy11]

Another weekly dose of <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=37 target=_blank>NCIX's</a> sub-par "sales"
nobody forced you to click your mouse on this thread.

[Xon]

"Mega deals on RAM"

Pfft, marketing... The demand for ram is low, so the prices have come down everywhere, not only at NCIX.

[monkey-boy]

Yeah, I don't think these sales are to WOW customers and give them 50% off etc. It's just a nice little sale for people that were probably already thinking of upgrading their system and would like a few bucks off of something they were going to purchase anyway. That's how I've always looked at it myself. I usually won't look for a price that's so cheap I'll just buy it because it's cheap, I'll look if I was going to buy some ram or a video card anyway, and to save sometimes $10 or $20.

[Super strokey]

Im gonna grab me some stuff there, my old stuff will be for sale soon i thgink lol

[synaptech]

Yeah, I don't think these sales are to WOW customers and give them 50% off etc. It's just a nice little sale for people that were probably already thinking of upgrading their system and would like a few bucks off of something they were going to purchase anyway. That's how I've always looked at it myself. I usually won't look for a price that's so cheap I'll just buy it because it's cheap, I'll look if I was going to buy some ram or a video card anyway, and to save sometimes $10 or $20.

Yeah I agree. I don't normally buy upgrades on a whim - I'm gonna look about for few days when the need arises and 90% of the time <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>ncix</a> has it at the right price and I'll have it as fast (or faster) than if I waited till the weekend to go buy it. I like that their sale comes out once a week.

[flowerchild]

woo! 9 cent fans! better stock up!

only 300 available though and i'm sure some jackass will buy them ALL

[ZenOps]

Oooh, looky a 400GB seagate :cheesygri

I don't see anything I need.. LCD prices are continually dropping as usual. The 256MB Samsungs under $40 now are an ok deal (I find most will do CAS 2.5 at PC3200 and CAS 2 at PC2700, beats out most generics)

[Cisco KId]

Same here. I would recommend the Samsungs over the Kingstons. Mine at doing 2.5-3-3-6. They won't do cas 2 but they overclock really well at 2.5.


I would take the Kingston over the Samsung!

[felix]

woo! 9 cent fans! better stock up!

only 300 available though and i'm sure some jackass will buy them ALL
Don't worry, the 9 cent deals are one per customer only! Try adding more than one to your cart. :)

Oh man, all those items I just bought last month have dropped in price by so much already .. and I still haven't put it together yet cuz I'm waiting for a cpu cooler >:(

[Amourek]

I would take the Kingston over the Samsung!

I would as well. Lifetime warranty.

[Traum]

I just put an order in for a single $0.09 fan and nothing else. Wonder what the look on the guy's face is gonna be when I go pick it up. :D

-Rick

[coeternity]

how come nobody mention the benq 17" FP767-12 LCD for $228.98 :-0

[mprielozny]

how you guys you get the listing I still get the banner

[hipwaiter]

I would take the Kingston over the Samsung!

I bought one of the Kingstons from <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a> last week, and it was actually all Samsung chips. Perfect for my second system. Lifetime warranty and Samsung chips (which I think are good).

Of course it was a few bucks more when I bought it :mad: but that's the way with computer parts. :cry:

[Traum]

how come nobody mention the benq 17" FP767-12 LCD for $228.98 :-0
I just bought mine (BenQ FP791) from <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a> during their Boxing Day sale; otherwise, I'd be jumping all over that.

Damn... had I anticipated the this kind of price drops 3 months ago, I would have waited...

-Rick

[The Digital Dolphin]

Still not quite as cheap as the same thing at Blankmedia.ca, though. :)

I don't know what prices YOU'RE looking at, but I see ~$41 vs. ~$38 per 50pcs. Now taking into account shipping, and depending on where you live, you might have a point, but raw cost vs. raw cost is in <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=37 target=_blank>NCIX's</a> favour currently.

[The Digital Dolphin]

how fast can the 4x ty burn. Can they burn at 8x or should i just get 8x ty instead.

It depends on your burner of course ;)

[felix]

i keep on getting this error when I try to add something to my cart ..



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Browser Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) OG/2.1.81 (IP=70.48.196.228)
Remote Address 192.168.1.17
Referrer http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?mode=suggestitems&sku=12413&promoid=1048
Date/Time 09-Mar-05 10:13 PM

[kwangta]

Hmm, i can't even view the page... odd

[kwangta]

i can see them now... after clearing cache

[Spare-Flair]

The cheap monitors all disappeared. Sold out in a flash.

[Spare-Flair]

how come nobody mention the benq 17" FP767-12 LCD for $228.98 :-0

I think that was a pricing error or they just sold them all out and removed them faster than I could reload my browser.

<a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a> will honor pricing errors though I found, I got a set of Viewsonic keyboards, value $20, for $2 each once.

[mprielozny]

does <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a> still have free shipping over 500

[Spyder187]

I would as well. Lifetime warranty.

Hmm... what I've read regarding overclocking of the Kingstons are that they use lots of different chips and lately they haven't been overclocking well is the only reason I would take the Samsungs which are usually the TCCC chips which do about average 225-235 at Cas 2.5. You may get the Winbond UTT's on them (the Kingstons) but they don't do well at all as they are based on UTT's but designed totally differently IIRC. I've seen some ppl with them performing up to UTT spec though. They are good but imo, the cheaper the better. Memory doesn't fail all too often anyways.

[felix]

does <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a> still have free shipping over 500
nope, you wish! :cheesygri

[mavericknm]

wow thanks for the advice. I'l probably look around for samsung now. I'm really just looking for price and I doubt I need a life time warranty seeing that in five years everthing will be obsolete. Either way I'm just happy ram is going down nicely.

[Pyro]

MAXTOR 160GB HARD DRIVE 7200RPM 8MB 8.5MS ATA133 QUIET VERSION OEM 3YR WARRANTY

is this actually quiet? how does it compare to a seagate?

[felix]

I don't know, but I heard the Seagate Barracuda V's are still quietest of the 7200rpm drives. Had to get mine off <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=78 target=_blank>eBay</a> since it's now discontinued.

[Lange]

Question from an ignorant tech shopper. I'm looking to buy a DVD Writer and I was looking at both the BenQ1620 and the LG 4163. They are both on sale at <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a> with this sale. I can still get them cheaper at Canada Computers (http://www.canadacomputers.com/cdrom.html#dvd) but I've heard very good things about the service at <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a>. Should I go local, and buy at Canada Computers or orer online from NCIX? Opinions appreciated.

[crimsona]

Had a pair of Samsung DDR400s running in a FIC Conder SFF

couldn't even run dual channel at DDR400. Defaulted at 333 dual channel.

Moved to Corsair Value, works at DDR400

[synaptech]

Question from an ignorant tech shopper. I'm looking to buy a DVD Writer and I was looking at both the BenQ1620 and the LG 4163. They are both on sale at <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a> with this sale. I can still get them cheaper at Canada Computers (http://www.canadacomputers.com/cdrom.html#dvd) but I've heard very good things about the service at <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a>. Should I go local, and buy at Canada Computers or orer online from NCIX? Opinions appreciated.

I bought the Benq (from <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>ncix</a>) and have noting but good things to say. My previous DVDRW was a NEC 2500 which sounded like a jet taking off and kinda slow to access. The Benq is much quieter and has less access delay.

As for <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a> vs CanadaComputers, well I have read some bad things about CC, but never bought anything from them. I guess I've also read some bad things about <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a>, however, I shop with them almost exlusively now for pc parts. If I order before Thursday noon (EST) with Express shiping I normally get it Friday.

I have had 2 RMAs and both have been handled without a problem. Also, they'll pricematch other places like CC, but I believe CC charges 2% (?) for noncash purchases to <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a> will add this on. And finally, CC will charge you PST, whereas <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a> will not (if you're outside BC).

[Spare-Flair]

Still not quite as cheap as the same thing at Blankmedia.ca, though. :)

Or Wal-Mart for that matter :) Glad I got my TY's there.

Umm, <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a> has free ground shipping in some sales/promotions but not this one. I got free ground shipping on order over $300 once so I made them ship me a CRT :) You can also get free ground shipping with 2500 <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a> reward points which are easy to get if you know how.

If you have an account, you'll get e-mails about each of their sales. Each e-mail is 25 points if you claim it. If you buy a lot of junk $1 (cheap) items and then give product reviews about it, you get 50 points each. Uploading pictures gets you 10 points or something like that. Adding a review link from the internet gets you 2 points. And if you review a product that you didn't buy from <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a> but have, that's an easy 10 points right there.

[felix]

My last few invoices and credit card statements show tax HST (15%) was charged, eventhough I'm in Ontario. I thought it was only 7% GST outside of BC?

[Traum]

My last few invoices and credit card statements show tax HST (15%) was charged, eventhough I'm in Ontario. I thought it was only 7% GST outside of BC?
Then you got ripped off. I think HST is only meant to be paid by the Atlantic provinces?

-Rick

[Spare-Flair]

My last few invoices and credit card statements show tax HST (15%) was charged, eventhough I'm in Ontario. I thought it was only 7% GST outside of BC?

OUCH, I wouldn't want to pay <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=28 target=_blank>NCIX</a> shipping to Ontario AND pay HST tax.
At least you don't have to pay Alberta environmental fee.

[felix]

so I'm like the only one? How strange. :confused:

[The Digital Dolphin]

My last few invoices and credit card statements show tax HST (15%) was charged, eventhough I'm in Ontario. I thought it was only 7% GST outside of BC?

HST is required to be charged regardless of where the business is located. Any company that does NOT charge the HST (for a product going to a province where it is charged) will probably end up audited by the government and heavily penalized.

[g man]

My last few invoices and credit card statements show tax HST (15%) was charged, eventhough I'm in Ontario. I thought it was only 7% GST outside of BC?

wow, I've ordered a lot from them but never been charged PST - hope it isn't a new policy or I'm gone as a customer. The tax savings usually offset the $13 shipping fee to Ont.

[The Digital Dolphin]

wow, I've ordered a lot from them but never been charged PST - hope it isn't a new policy or I'm gone as a customer. The tax savings usually offset the $13 shipping fee to Ont.

HST is not PST, and it's not a chance in policy, it's the law.

[g man]

Isn't HST just a fancy way to say they got you for both taxes [8% + 7%] tho? Harmonized sales tax - at least they give it a pleasant sounding name, hehe.

All the orders I've ever placed with NCIX I was charged 7% GST only, no 8% for PST since I don't live in BC.

[The Digital Dolphin]

ok, let me put it a different way, one way or the other, it's being paid. The HST is completely run on a federal level, it's not provincial.

[Spare-Flair]

So what exactly are you saying? Every province pays the HST? I only have to pay GST in Alberta.

There is no mention of HST on my receipts. Why would they be on felix's? It's long been discussed that only B.C. customers are charged PST.

[felix]

Well i'm stumped. They added 15% for HST to my subtotal, not including shipping. It does say "No PST - Outside BC residents" however. The first order was placed Feb. 8th.

[cheap_guy]

and wasn't charged any HST... HST is exclusively for atlantic provinces. Every other province charges GST and a provincial tax if its applicable separately. Take a look at the store policies, they should describe the taxes you should be paying. Tiger, for example, charges PST+GST to ontario and quebec, HST for the atlantic provinces and just GST for the rest (if I'm not mistaken). So, on my drive is was 99.98+10 (shipping)+7% ~= 117.

Is the postal code correct on your order?

[cheap_guy]

"All orders shipping within British Columbia (BC) will be charged the applicable provincial sales tax (PST). Goods and Services Tax will be charged for all orders shipped to a Canadian address, except for Government orders and orders bound to destinations where GST is exempt. Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) will be charged to residents of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

For US bound orders, no additional taxes or duties will be charged."

https://secure.ncix.com/customercare/#terms

[The Digital Dolphin]

So what exactly are you saying? Every province pays the HST? I only have to pay GST in Alberta.

There is no mention of HST on my receipts. Why would they be on felix's? It's long been discussed that only B.C. customers are charged PST.

Ok, my bad. I was assuming it was known that HST is only charged by a few provinces. Obviously it is not charged to people who's provinces don't require it.

And nothing has changed by the way, only BC *IS* charged PST by NCIX. But HST is *NOT* PST. It's much closer to GST then it is to PST, as it is collected on a federal level by the same people who collect GST, and it carries much stricter (not to mention swifter) penalties for not paying (for companies mainly).

[felix]

Is the postal code correct on your order?
yes, my postal code and address is correct.

[anonymous2]

HST is used in New Brunswick. PEI and NS use PST and GST like the rest of the provinces.

[Super strokey]

anyone see that they have the new banner up?

[Spare-Flair]

Ok, my bad. I was assuming it was known that HST is only charged by a few provinces. Obviously it is not charged to people who's provinces don't require it.

And nothing has changed by the way, only BC *IS* charged PST by NCIX. But HST is *NOT* PST. It's much closer to GST then it is to PST, as it is collected on a federal level by the same people who collect GST, and it carries much stricter (not to mention swifter) penalties for not paying (for companies mainly).

Yes, I know that. I was just confused because in your many posts, you never addressed the original question of why Felix had to pay HST on his orders. If you look at his name, he lives in Richmond Hill Ontario. He shouldn't have HST charged on his orders.

[The Digital Dolphin]

Yes, I know that. I was just confused because in your many posts, you never addressed the original question of why Felix had to pay HST on his orders. If you look at his name, he lives in Richmond Hill Ontario. He shouldn't have HST charged on his orders.

Yeah, I missed the location detail :eek: