Villuns in Europe--I have a ?

DaKon · Ville Supporter Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 2342

If you could point me towards some good online sites to order some computer part that would be greatly appreciated. I am looking for the European version of Newegg.

The reason I am looking for this is I need to import a video card that is not state side, so they also need to have international shipping.

THanks
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Greebo · Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:46 pm Post subject:

www.dabs.com has always been good to me, don't know how their prices compare but with the dollar/pound exchange rate you won't notice much :-p
I don't know if the ship internationally though, unfortunately.

Will try and think of others
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DaKon · Ville Supporter Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 2342

Cool I will look at that one. I found a few and was getting confused between the Euro and the Pound lol. To me the symbols look similar

No go on dabs. They do not ship anywhere but UK and Ireland..kinda wierd they dont even ship to within Europe.
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Replica · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:08 pm Post subject:

if i may ask... why do you need a non-state side graphics card? while i have no way of helping just wondering what the benefit is
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DaKon · Ville Supporter Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 2342

The reason that I am ordering is I do not want to go to PCI-e untill Conroe, dx10 cards and vista are out.

So I want to get a new AGP card that will last me about 1 more year. And in Europe you can get this for agp:

7900 GT 512MB 1.2ns ram card.
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powdermilkman · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:05 pm Post subject:

well question....will graphics cards work over here from europe. I mean with media such as games and movies it is region exclusive...but also will a video card work with the type of electricity we have over here i mean last time i was in europe i hear my mom scream and her hair drier tried to charbroil her...just curious...cause i would never plug my computer up over there with a convertor...just curious like i said.

PMM

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Mike · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject:

for powder, the cards should take the same amount of power because it going through the PSU anyway. The chips are also made for specific voltages so they they should all take the same amount.

I'm also gonna build a new comp early to mid next year with a conroe, a dx10 card, and vista. I might get some ddr2 ram to go with the conroe, but i've heard that it doesn't help much.
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StrontiumDog · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:30 pm Post subject:

powdermilkman · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:48 pm Post subject:

i'd still be scared to plug in my computer...but im a chicken.

pmm

cobra · Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:15 am Post subject:

frankly, i think you're making a mistake. you'll pay double of an equivalent card in the USA.

Europe is expensive for almost anything, certainly electronics.

hell, i order almost all my stuff from the USA. even with shippingcosts i still spend less then buying it here in Belgium or where ever in Europe.

example:
panasonic x700 cellphone: Belgium: 325$, mine comes from australia and i payed 150$ !!!!

all my dvd's, paperbacks and most of my electronics comes out of the USA or australia.

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cobra · Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:28 am Post subject:

i know your pigheaded

so i did some searching for you.

to begin with, (maybe i looked in the wrong places) but the 7900 GT 512MB is a PCI-e card.

second, price here in Belgium: 378 Euro = 484.294 US Dollar
(i like a high end machine too, but 500$ is a lot for a gfx card.....)

that's without shipping. and i don't really know any shops around here who ship to the USA. then again, if you email them there's a big chance they'll make an exception.
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DJ George · Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:56 am Post subject:

cobra · Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:32 pm Post subject:

like i said, europe is expensive.

i knew there was a reason why half of my stuff comes from the USA.

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