BetaguyGZT Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 http://cpuboss.com/cpu/Intel-Core-i5-4690 I was looking at a Core-i7-4790K on Newegg earlier today as my first jump into Intel processors in 17 years (I've been a dedicated AMD user since 1999) .. yours may just make me choose the one you got instead. Yours is way cheaper price-wise ($115~$125 less) and the performance difference won't be noticeable. It's not like I'd be calculating pi or anything with it. Nice, solid CPU you picked. May it serve you well for many years to come. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597241756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 On 20/01/2016 at 09:55, Unobscured Vision said: http://cpuboss.com/cpu/Intel-Core-i5-4690 I was looking at a Core-i7-4790K on Newegg earlier today as my first jump into Intel processors in 17 years (I've been a dedicated AMD user since 1999) .. yours may just make me choose the one you got instead. Yours is way cheaper price-wise ($115~$125 less) and the performance difference won't be noticeable. It's not like I'd be calculating pi or anything with it. Nice, solid CPU you picked. May it serve you well for many years to come. Expand Thanks!! Good luck BetaguyGZT 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597241806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiver Veteran Posted January 20, 2016 Veteran Share Posted January 20, 2016 Thread Cleaned BetaguyGZT and Dot Matrix 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597241904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted January 20, 2016 Member Share Posted January 20, 2016 On 19/01/2016 at 14:05, Dane said: Newegg has a bundle for a motherboard with I5 that I want plus other goodies. $510, plus with their bundle they throw in an HDD. Microcenter has a similar bundle, the board they offer is a bit more (they're out of stock on the same board newegg has). Reading reviews from people though, if you get the board with bent pins, your SOL for however long it takes. Microcenter though comes to $535 with the same goodies as I would get from newegg. Now with microcenter, I'd get the replacement plan which is $20 more, so $556. I also have to pay for tolls to get there and gas...It's about an hour away. I figure if I get it from there, I can just drive there and exchange it for issues. All in all, I'd like to spend the least, however, does anyone else think the extra cost is worth it for just going in person? Expand Please don't self format your text. It's unreadable on the Darkside theme. Mos, might be worth cleaning up. On Topic: Never had a single problem with New Egg stuff. BetaguyGZT and Dot Matrix 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597241936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiver Veteran Posted January 20, 2016 Veteran Share Posted January 20, 2016 On 20/01/2016 at 11:46, MikeChipshop said: Please don't self format your text. It's unreadable on the Darkside theme. Mos, might be worth cleaning up. On Topic: Never had a single problem with New Egg stuff. Expand fixed BetaguyGZT and MikeChipshop 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597241938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted January 20, 2016 Member Share Posted January 20, 2016 On 20/01/2016 at 11:48, Skiver said: fixed Expand Cheers, Didn't mean to call you "Mos" either BetaguyGZT 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597241942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiver Veteran Posted January 20, 2016 Veteran Share Posted January 20, 2016 On 20/01/2016 at 11:53, MikeChipshop said: Cheers, Didn't mean to call you "Mos" either Expand I've been called worse BetaguyGZT and MikeChipshop 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597241948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 So newegg shipped everything yesterday. I get two boxes today, two tomorrow and one Friday. For some reason fedex wont let me have it held at their location, so everything will have to sit out until i get there. Hmm. BetaguyGZT 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597241968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 On 20/01/2016 at 12:20, Dane said: So newegg shipped everything yesterday. I get two boxes today, two tomorrow and one Friday. For some reason fedex wont let me have it held at their location, so everything will have to sit out until i get there. Hmm. Expand I feel your pain. Im nervous to order big things online for this reason. Usually I try to time my orders so they'll arrive when I have a day off. BetaguyGZT 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597241976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
episode Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 On 19/01/2016 at 14:05, Dane said: Newegg has a bundle for a motherboard with I5 that I want plus other goodies. $510, plus with their bundle they throw in an HDD. Microcenter has a similar bundle, the board they offer is a bit more (they're out of stock on the same board newegg has). Reading reviews from people though, if you get the board with bent pins, your SOL for however long it takes. Microcenter though comes to $535 with the same goodies as I would get from newegg. Now with microcenter, I'd get the replacement plan which is $20 more, so $556. I also have to pay for tolls to get there and gas...It's about an hour away. I figure if I get it from there, I can just drive there and exchange it for issues. All in all, I'd like to spend the least, however, does anyone else think the extra cost is worth it for just going in person? Expand I've literally bought hundreds of motherboards from Newegg. Only had one with bent pins. And I was able to bend those back myself. I would be more concerned about buying something retail, having worked retail and knowing how stuff gets unloaded from trucks (aka thrown). BetaguyGZT 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597241984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Supervisor Posted January 20, 2016 Supervisor Share Posted January 20, 2016 Hello, I have never had a problem with a motherboard that I ordered from Newegg. I will point out, though, that Newegg recently allowed other vendors to sell through their online store. I always choose Newegg as the seller, though, as if there ever is an issue I would rather deal directly with Newegg and not a third-party reseller. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky +Eternal Tempest and BetaguyGZT 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597242002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Eternal Tempest MVC Posted January 20, 2016 MVC Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) I have in the past and had no issues. (Edit) see +gorestsky's warning about 3rd party sellers. goretsky 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597242032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 On 20/01/2016 at 12:23, Dot Matrix said: I feel your pain. Im nervous to order big things online for this reason. Usually I try to time my orders so they'll arrive when I have a day off. Expand Yeah usually though they have no issue with holding the stuff. I do 10 5 hour days. And with the snow this weekend coming I doubt Saturday would have been good haha. On 20/01/2016 at 12:34, episode said: I've literally bought hundreds of motherboards from Newegg. Only had one with bent pins. And I was able to bend those back myself. I would be more concerned about buying something retail, having worked retail and knowing how stuff gets unloaded from trucks (aka thrown). Expand Can you bend them back correctly? How? Someone said something about using like a Credit Card to line them up. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597242388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
episode Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 On 20/01/2016 at 17:44, Dane said: Can you bend them back correctly? How? Someone said something about using like a Credit Card to line them up. Expand Anything small enough. BetaguyGZT 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597242600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadwen Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 On 20/01/2016 at 12:20, Dane said: So newegg shipped everything yesterday. I get two boxes today, two tomorrow and one Friday. For some reason fedex wont let me have it held at their location, so everything will have to sit out until i get there. Hmm. Expand one of the reasons I quit buying stuff from newegg, I like the service and never had a problem with the products but I use to pick things up at the mailing depot all the time and last time I got told it was newegg's policy not to allow the customer to pick it up there now, (not the shippers) so I switched to amazon and have not had any issue with shipping since. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597242654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
episode Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 On 20/01/2016 at 19:30, Dadwen said: one of the reasons I quit buying stuff from newegg, I like the service and never had a problem with the products but I use to pick things up at the mailing depot all the time and last time I got told it was newegg's policy not to allow the customer to pick it up there now, (not the shippers) so I switched to amazon and have not had any issue with shipping since. Expand I've never had a problem with delivery. In fact, nearly everything I order from them comes the next day regardless of delivery speed I pick. I do have everything delivered to my office so I don't have to worry about it being outside my house, however. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597242714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadwen Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) On 20/01/2016 at 20:04, episode said: I've never had a problem with delivery. In fact, nearly everything I order from them comes the next day regardless of delivery speed I pick. I do have everything delivered to my office so I don't have to worry about it being outside my house, however. Expand I don't mind small stuff delivered to work, but In the past bigger items I would have shipped to my home, come home and grab the miss delivered slip and go to the USP\FedEx and pick it up, and the last time I went there they said newegg had a policy it had to be delivered and could not be picked up at the shipping place (still have a old E-mail chain from Newegg going back and forth with CS with me asking why it's ok for me to tell them to leaving it on the porch was ok, but asking to pick it up at the shipping place was not (pretty much got a cut and paste answer every time) Edited January 20, 2016 by Dadwen Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1286208-is-it-safe-to-buy-a-motherboard-from-newegg/page/2/#findComment-597242742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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