Should I wait for Christmas or Thanksgiving?

pitupepito2000

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Hi,

This is a question that probably all of us are asking. I need to buy, some ram, a new hard drive and a digital camera. I'm probably going to get them from newegg. Should I buy them right now as soon as I find a sale good enough or should I wait for Christmas or Thanksgiving?

Thanks,
pitupepito
 

foodfightr

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Wait until black friday, me personally I'm waiting until the holidays.


There will always be something new and better around the corner, but the deals around black friday and the holidays are a good way to save some money.
 

daake07

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I agree with everyone else here. I would wait till black friday and see what nice deals newegg has. They usually have some pretty good ones then. I guess if they don't have what you want you could always wait until Christmas then.
 

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Originally posted by: pitupepito2000
Thanks guys. Does anybody have a different opinion?

Yes, I do.

I have found some of the best deals just after the New Years parties are over. Five years ago, I picked up a stick of Crucial 256MB CAS2 PC133 for $8 after the sale price, instant rebate, and mail in rebates. I would spread it out over the coarse of two months, get what ever deal you can untill you have all that you need. It takes longer but it is sooo worth it!

EDIT: Save your receipts and do not open packages untill all the sales are over, that way if you find a better deal buy it and return the other one.
 

Cdubneeddeal

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The hard drive and camera I would wait till Black Friday. The RAM..I don't know if you'll find any stellar deals at that time. Maybe on PNY, Kingston, or Centon but not usually on higher quality stuff.
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: ribbon13
RAM prices are pretty low already man. Buy this now

Naa, I have seen better deals, 512MB Sticks for $20. I have seen 1GB kits of DDR500 for that price ($80-90) and OCZ DDR500 1GB Sticks for $101- Venice, San Diego, Toledo, and Manchester owners should take not of that, since those processors support DDR500.
 

ribbon13

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links to name brand DDR400 512mb stick for $20 with lifetime warranty I could actually count on please?
 

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Lifer
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Two weeks ago they were $19.99 now they are $34.99. I know, ULTRA is a questionable brand but it's cheap stuff for the frugal minded.

For that price I would not worry too much about great warrenties. It is just going to get cheaper, so replacement won't be much of a pain in the wallet.
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: ribbon13
Originally posted by: Googer
$31.50 DDR400 512MB

times 2 plus S/H == $70

lets also consider those are Registered ECC with unknown timings.

I'm sorry, Corsair + cas2.5 + heatspreaders would be worth the extra $10 anyway.

But for registerd ram that is usualy more expensive than non registerd that is a hot deal. The timings cannot be any higher than CAS3. With AMD64 CAS latency does not help much, the effect is very little to none at all.

I thought the point was to find the lowest price. The ULTRA Ram I linked above was on sale for a two or thee week period at $19.99.
 

ribbon13

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Indeed (finding the lowest price) it is, but nothing you've posted has beat the corsair value kit yet.

First link: $54.99 each, times two, plus ONE $20 rebate (and that hassle) + s/h == $100

Second link: The fact that those are registered and so cheap isn't a hot deal: Registered being for servers and workstations, I wouldn't trust those sticks for nothing. Samsung chips are good, but unknown brand with no warranty equals not gonna fly for server grade machine. Plus totally irrelevant to OP.