Will PCS do Black Friday sales?
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I'd say its because it will increase sales massively on that day (or during that period), everyone loves a sale or a bargain
But I very much doubt PCS will do a 'black friday' sale of any kind (although I'm here to be proven wrong
!!)
nathanjrb
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It may be American, but it's catching on! Tesco are doing it (couldn't care less) - but more importantly, CVP (camera/broadcast supplier) are doing it and I for one am hoping to grab a bargain
nathanjrb
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I just don't see why we are doing it here as well other than to make money.
Back to the reason you want something cheap, have you considered overclocking? Its even cheaper than something in the sale
I think the whole point of it is for companies to make money
I haven't considered overclocking! Although I bought my CPU with it in mind... however quite frankly the idea scares me a little as I have no idea how to go about doing it safely and stable-y. It's something I intend to learn but haven't got around to doing yet! But you may be right - perhaps now may be the time!
Overclocking won't grab me a bargain on another Caviar Black though
DeadEyeDuk
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It has become a bit of a bandwagon thing this year. More and more companies joining in. It isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it does rather smack of "we couldn't come up with anything, so let's just copy Amazon and Asda"
DeadEyeDuk
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nathanjrb
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Awful analogy there Wozz...because you can only burn your CPU once
*takes out knife and starts scraping*
nathanjrb
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I have AI Suite III... is it easy as just clicking '4-way optimization'?!
I just don't see why we are doing it here as well other than to make money.
Back to the reason you want something cheap, have you considered overclocking? Its even cheaper than something in the sale
Overlocking is the last thing i would do on my not-cheap computer, lol.
Overheating is not healthy for any electric, due to the leadless joins/solders. Thermal extension and contraction could do a big mess in the plate.
Even if the temperatures are fine, remember they are only temperatures that comes from thermometer device on the part. In reality, cooling doesnt occur uniformly, based on what type of cooling you have. Those microscopic temperature fluctuations will lead to microscopic damages.
Making this short, overlocking most likely will shorten your pc life.
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Most components are built with overclocking built in these days and many have a turbo option to clock past its factory settings. You would literally have to go out your way and completely stupid to actually break something from overclocking, there are safeguards in place to prevent damage, especially to CPUs because they are not an optional peripheral unlike a GPU so has close links to the motherboard etc
DeadEyeDuk
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I'm slightly addicted to Amazon at the mo...the Lightning sales have me hooked...it's like a Steam sale, but quicker, and with stuff other than games
(I have not at all bought things I really don't need JUST because they were 50-70% off )
(I have not at all bought things I really don't need JUST because they were 50-70% off
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I don't understand why anybody would complain about Black Friday ? I don't care if its American, Brazilian or North Korean thing. If I can get my goods at massively reduced price.. bring it on baby anyday, anytime !
Enjoy your £20 off ;-) I managed to talk PCS into a £15 discount on my £2,101 laptop the Thursday before last. That's a massive 0.714% reduction!!
To be fair, I couldn't find any better prices than PCS - Scan were about 12% more expensive, for example, and declined to even attempt to match the quote, let alone beat it. £20 will get you a good chunk off an NVidia Shield but as soon as you're spending £1,000, it's 2% and on £2,000 it's 1%. The price of parts fluctuates more than that on a weekly basis. I can only assume PCS already have their profits cut to the bone.