anyone bought computer components from taobao before?

[serverxeon]

Im thinking of doing so...
The stuffs almost never fail within the warranty period (SSD, RAM, PSU, GFX, CPU)...

and Mobo only sometimes...

The savings are about 20% than buying locally... (compared to the cheapest store you know)
any of you guys have so before?

 

[gld998]

Im thinking of doing so...
The stuffs almost never fail within the warranty period (SSD, RAM, PSU, GFX, CPU)...

and Mobo only sometimes...

The savings are about 20% than buying locally... (compared to the cheapest store you know)
any of you guys have so before?

.. i tried buying cherry keyboards n ibm keyboards, all spoilted. no point risking it as it will go into the dustbin. I tried with ram as well n the ram spoilted my board.

 

[airplayvpn]

usually i buy part for repair. yes, it is dirt cheap! my experience is, if i gotta buy 2 pieces, i buy 4, and 1 of it will spoilt, after 6 months, 2nd piece will spoilt. so, must have a mindset of "buying insurance"

 

[ragnarok95]

.. i tried buying cherry keyboards n ibm keyboards, all spoilted. no point risking it as it will go into the dustbin. I tried with ram as well n the ram spoilted my board.

Never read comments before buying or you just see cheap whack liao???

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Never read comments before buying or you just see cheap whack liao???

Hoot first talk later mah...

 

[Koenig168]

.. i tried buying cherry keyboards n ibm keyboards, all spoilted. no point risking it as it will go into the dustbin. I tried with ram as well n the ram spoilted my board.

That's useful info. I was looking at some components earlier but now will give them a miss.

 

[harharhar]

I bought quite a bit of stuff from there before. Motherboard, case, fans, thermal paste, sound card

 

[ragnarok95]

That's useful info. I was looking at some components earlier but now will give them a miss.

Actually if you read more sites like from qoo10, amazon, newegg etc, you will see the same pattern too.

 

[Koenig168]

Actually if you read more sites like from qoo10, amazon, newegg etc, you will see the same pattern too.

Looks like I will stick to SLS, Amazon and vr-zone.

Edit: and Lazada when there are good codes.

 

[ragnarok95]

Lazada is good too with the discounts! And yes, i still stick to SLS when the savings isn't much.

 

[ykgoh]

Anyone experienced this kind of scam on Taobao before?

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/hardware-clinic-2/hantol-psu-fake-pfc-made-cement-3694586.html

 

[darkarn]

Taobao is better for parts that cannot be found easily (e.g. LGA 771 CPUs, those small computers with Wifi antenna)

 

[commach]

Bought a few SFF PSUs for Dell/HP slim casing from Taobao.

So far so good, no problem at all, the oldest PSU been using for more than 3 years in a HP SFF system when the default PSU died after 2 years.

 

[Nemesys]

Bought a few SFF PSUs for Dell/HP slim casing from Taobao.

Share the model/s URL?

 

[serverxeon]

just a few parts im looking at...

Taobao price | sls price

intel 6600 - 265 | 291
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2400MHZ 8GB - 39 | 99
Sapphire R9 380 4GB - 314 | 347
Cooler Master 212X - 42 | 69

And also, comparing the cheapest B150 mobos:
on Taobao: ASRock B150M-HDV - 92
in SLS: Asus B150M-C - 165

Can see the difference quiet substantial wor

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

just a few parts im looking at...

Taobao price | sls price

intel 6600 - 265 | 291
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2400MHZ 8GB - 39 | 99
Sapphire R9 380 4GB - 314 | 347
Cooler Master 212X - 42 | 69

And also, comparing the cheapest B150 mobos:
on Taobao: ASRock B150M-HDV - 92
in SLS: Asus B150M-C - 165

Can see the difference quiet substantial wor

if u dun mind of the warranty, den go for it. anyway chances of items break down and send for repairs. its all 50% chances, cos u dunno if u are getting a bad/faulty chips or parts for some of the component.

 

[darkarn]

When it comes to IT (and other things in life?), penny wise pound foolish.

Know when this adage applies and then acting on this notion will let you benefit well in IT.

 

[Koenig168]

Anyone experienced this kind of scam on Taobao before?

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/hardware-clinic-2/hantol-psu-fake-pfc-made-cement-3694586.html

source has been taken down so I would take this with a pinch of salt

 

[commach]

Share the model/s URL?

https://world.taobao.com/item/37388730628.htm?spm=a312a.7700714.0.0.l03Wwb#detail

https://world.taobao.com/item/26198696734.htm?spm=a312a.7700714.0.0.Q20UL6#detail

 

[octacon]

Bought a second hand Dell C6100 blade server from taobao . So what's the problem? I also bought a SGD 60 G602 logitech mouse sometime ago. Planning to buy 4K AOC 28inch Monitor next month.