It’s been awhile since I looked into building a PC, so I’m not sure what some of the better stores may be, or which may have swapped hands/changed approaches and aren’t as reliable as they once were.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions/advice!
It’s been awhile since I looked into building a PC, so I’m not sure what some of the better stores may be, or which may have swapped hands/changed approaches and aren’t as reliable as they once were.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions/advice!
Microcenter is my 1st priority, I’ve heard of Fry’s on the west Coast.
After that, Newegg
Newegg has really gone downhill since 2016.
I can still get great shipping times if I get stuff that’s “shipped by Newegg” but the selection is incredibly limited.
Yeah that’s fair and they aren’t my first choice but I trust them to be reliable. If they have what I need then I know I can buy the product and receive it.
Yeah, they used to be the only place I shopped for parts, until the change in ownership tanked the quality of their listings and customer service.
Fry’s is dead. They do not exist anymore in any real capacity. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2021/2/24/22298616/frys-electronics-going-out-of-business
What pissed me off the most about that: they just closed the stores without any “going out of world sale”
That being said, when i last visited Fry’s, about 6 months before they shut down, there was nothing worth buying. They were putting gamer chairs™ everywhere, because they had an overstock. Printer paper, ink cartridges, canned air dusters and gamer chairs on every isle.
The company had moved to a model where the vendors owned the stock, for the most part. That’s why they had no going out of business sale and it’s also why they never had a damned thing in stock, since very few vendors seemed to be interested in doing business (with Fry’s) that way.
This is just speculation, but the last 5-10 years of Fry’s lifespan felt kinda like some kind of money laundering scheme. There’s no way in hell they were making any money on retail sales, so something else was keeping the zombie alive.
That makes sense, i definitely got a “mattress store under new management” vibe, so you’re probably on to something…