So you’re preparing for your latest build and want to get the components as cheaply as possible – how do you find the best deals on parts? There’s four good sources that I know of.
1. https://pcpartpicker.com/. It’s US stuff by default but you can select country in the top right. When you select the part you need for your build it shows the recent price history of all the big retailers. When planning your build it will ensure your parts are compatible and total up the price from the cheapest seller of each product. There are tonnes of nice features on there to help you plan your build.
2. http://www.pcpricechecker.co.uk/. This helps you quickly view the biggest price drops on Amazon pc products. Looking for a good deal on some DDR3? Select “RAM” then sort by monthly or daily price drop to see which has come down in price the most. It updates hourly so it’s good for catching temporary price drops.
3. http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales – US by default but there are other subreddits for other nationalities. Users scour the net and post up the best deals they can find so sometimes there’s stuff the sites don’t pick up for whatever reason.
4. Finally http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/ – Tracks price history for Amazon products. For pretty much everything “top drops” can sometimes be worth glancing over to get a good overview of what’s dropped in price recently.
This stuff applies to anything you buy online really, spend an hour or two looking over these and you could save yourself hundreds overall.
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