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Doge

Bazzo wrote: »

I saw people on here saying they refused to use parcel motel instead preferring a competitor not too long ago. Just curious why? I have to order something that's UK only delivery and still have a few euro in my account with them...

DPD Parcel Wizard delivers direct to your door for €3.85 so maybe they're too lazy to go to the locker like me?

Inviere

Doge wrote: »

DPD Parcel Wizard delivers direct to your door for €3.85 so maybe they're too lazy to go to the locker like me?

Or a collection point of your choosing, AND they look after the parcels better imo. Way better service

Calvin

Bit of a strange one, but does anyone know a place around Cork city that would cut a piece out of my PC case? A small 3-4cm piece is stopping me from putting in a 970

Lu Tze

Calvin Leong wrote: »

Bit of a strange one, but does anyone know a place around Cork city that would cut a piece out of my PC case? A small 3-4cm piece is stopping me from putting in a 970

You can get a junior hacksaw in woodies!

Calvin

Lu Tze wrote: »

You can get a junior hacksaw in woodies!

Would that do the job? I'm lazy and was wondering if there's anywhere that does it. Just bought a 970 this evening only to find out it's a couple CMs too long!

Samuel T. Cogley

Just cut the 970 - JOKING

dunworth1

Lu Tze wrote: »

You can get a junior hacksaw in woodies!

can be got in dealz for 1.50

TerrorFirmer

What part of it is actually blocking the card? I hate cases that don't make accomodation for larger cards. It's such an easy design to avoid but they still make some ATX/MATX cases where the hard drive bays block many cards, not necessarily budget cases either.

Depends on what case it is what part is blocking it but some of the cheaper ones you can literally tear metal away from cheap riveted joins using a good pliers. I've done it many a time. Otherwise you can saw two cuts using a decent hacksaw and use a pliers to peel the metal back either.

Digital Solitude

Bazzo wrote: »

I saw people on here saying they refused to use parcel motel instead preferring a competitor not too long ago. Just curious why? I have to order something that's UK only delivery and still have a few euro in my account with them...

I recall someone claiming they basically turn off their customer support from November until mid-January, so if stuff goes wrong in the Christmas rush they don't want to hear about it.

Not sure if that's the biggest issue with them or not though.

Calvin

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

What part of it is actually blocking the card? I hate cases that don't make accomodation for larger cards. It's such an easy design to avoid but they still make some ATX/MATX cases where the hard drive bays block many cards, not necessarily budget cases either.

Depends on what case it is what part is blocking it but some of the cheaper ones you can literally tear metal away from cheap riveted joins using a good pliers. I've done it many a time. Otherwise you can saw two cuts using a decent hacksaw and use a pliers to peel the metal back either.

It's a small metal square that's attached to the metal between CD drive and HDD bays...tbh completely pointless piece of metal. Tried a butter knife but only got so far before I gave up

Lu Tze

Calvin Leong wrote: »

Would that do the job? I'm lazy and was wondering if there's anywhere that does it. Just bought a 970 this evening only to find out it's a couple CMs too long!

I cut a notch out of a case using a junior hacksaw, it had a slide out motherboard tray, and the cooler in the graphics card wouldn't clear the open when sliding back in. Worked fine, if a little rough, was hidden by the tray on the way back in.

Although, the case was aluminium, which is easier to cut than steel.

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Calvin

Lu Tze wrote: »

I cut a notch out of a case using a junior hacksaw, it had a slide out motherboard tray, and the cooler in the graphics card wouldn't clear the open when sliding back in. Worked fine, if a little rough, was hidden by the tray on the way back in.

Although, the case was aluminium, which is easier to cut than steel.

Ah, nice one. Might head into town tomorrow so and find one. See if it'll cut though

Lu Tze

Calvin Leong wrote: »

Ah, nice one. Might head into town tomorrow so and find one. See if it'll cut though

Get a file too to knock off any sharp edges. Make sure you get rid of any debris from cutting

jamescd

The difference between Amazon and Mindfactory customer service is like night and day. I just received a faulty PSU from Amazon yesterday and they are issuing me a refund without having to send the item back. They said I can keep it or donate to charity or some such.

Whereas I still haven't received my refund from Mindfactory for a faulty GPU. They said they initiated the refund 2 weeks ago, but now 2 weeks later there's still no sign of the money. Not to mention I had to return the item twice, since the 1st time I returned it they apparently missed an obviously dead fan and claimed there was nothing wrong with it.

K.O.Kiki

That sucks; Guess it's back to recommending UK stores for now.

Inviere

Amazon are top class. Anywhere else, I try to use PayPal where possible, it cuts the bull**** when you can just light a fire under them if there's a problem.

ED E

So are we not talking about THAT video? :pac:

EDIT: its in the vega thread.

Shougeki

jamescd wrote: »

The difference between Amazon and Mindfactory customer service is like night and day. I just received a faulty PSU from Amazon yesterday and they are issuing me a refund without having to send the item back. They said I can keep it or donate to charity or some such.

I have a tendency to do my shopping for kinds of crap via Amazon.co.uk. Not looking forward to what happens after Brexit. Was kinda hoping they would have a fulfillment center here at this stage, but being realistic we are to small for that.

AlmightyCushion

Shougeki wrote: »

I have a tendency to do my shopping for kinds of crap via Amazon.co.uk. Not looking forward to what happens after Brexit. Was kinda hoping they would have a fulfillment center here at this stage, but being realistic we are to small for that.

We'll probably have to start using .de or .fr. They might create an .ie site and just ship stuff from France/Germany etc.

Inviere

It's always worth checking the .fr, .it, .es, and .de Amazon sites...sometimes they can be significantly cheaper than .co.uk

Redfox25

Inviere wrote: »

It's always worth checking the .fr, .it, .es, and .de Amazon sites...sometimes they can be significantly cheaper than .co.uk

This is a handy site for that, can sometimes pull in ebay too though.

https://www.curiua.com/

Shougeki

Redfox25 wrote: »

This is a handy site for that, can sometimes pull in ebay too though.

https://www.curiua.com/

You can set up trends and alerts for various AMZN stores with camelcamelcamel also

cherryghost

The Ryzen 3s look bloody fantastic for the price range.

EoinHef

Anyone using a Oculus Rift with a Z77 chipset? AsRock extreme 4 Z77 to be exact

Gonna buy a rift but the compatibility test is saying is the USB controller is not supported. Might have to buy a PCI card

Not a big deal but if my current board could work with it id save a few bob

dunworth1

anyone here have any experience with an ak racing chair?

http://akracingeurope.eu/

Nolars

Anyone know if ya can return Amazon items from another country bought from Amazon or does it have to be sent back to the same country ?

Samuel T. Cogley

Nolars wrote: »

Anyone know if ya can return Amazon items from another country bought from Amazon or does it have to be sent back to the same country ?

If it's from Amazon themselves they'll usually give you a prepaid label. Had some issues with them though on occasion, not for computer bits though. They've always sorted something though.

savemejebus

Nolars wrote: »

Anyone know if ya can return Amazon items from another country bought from Amazon or does it have to be sent back to the same country ?

A couple of times, lately, with Amazon.de and Amazon.fr I've had to send it back at my own cost and then send them proof of postage for them to refund the cost.

Xenoronin

EoinHef wrote: »

Anyone using a Oculus Rift with a Z77 chipset? AsRock extreme 4 Z77 to be exact

Gonna buy a rift but the compatibility test is saying is the USB controller is not supported. Might have to buy a PCI card

Not a big deal but if my current board could work with it id save a few bob

Using the AsRock Pro3 Z77 at the moment. Yes there are problems with the USB controller. However, that translates to not being able to use the inbuilt Rift Headphones as they will randomly stop working, requiring the sound device to be disabled and reenabled. Removing the headphones and using your own solves the issue.