[Gllug] Where to buy hard drives [Summary]

[Dan Stevens (IAmAI)]

I bought a 300GB SATA disk from Novatech and it is quite fine. What
struck me most about Novatech the most was the quick delivery, at
least in comparison to their quoted delivery date: They usually quote
about 5 working days, but I have found both of my previous deliveries
have come in 2 working days, much to my pleasant surprise :)

If you want a rating, I will also give it **** stars. I haven't had to
get in contact following an order so I cannot make a complete
judgement.

> Site                                         Rating
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Overclockers UK    http://www.overclockers.co.uk/    *****
> Komplett                 http://www.komplett.co.uk           ****
> CCL                       http://www.cclonline.com              ****
> NovaTech               http://www.novatech.co.uk           ****
> Dabs                       http://www.dabs.co.uk                 ***
> eBuyer                    http://www.ebuyer.com                ***
> Aria                        http://www.aria.co.uk                   **
> Scan                       http://www.scan.co.uk                  *

I've heard Scan is quite good from a friend, but I found their prices
higher than other retailers. I have had bad experience with eBuyer,
mainly messing up my orders, forgetting items and taking ages to
respond and amend their mistakes. Although, they did send me a much
better version of item I order, which was some retribution for me.
However, since then I have always gone with Novatech.


On 06/03/06, Andy Farnsworth <farnsaw at stonedoor.com> wrote:
> Ok, I created a raw page with the information people replied with, you
> can see it at http://flash.stonedoor.com/uk_vendors.html.
>
> For the archives, here is the text version.
>
> UK Computer Vendors
> ------------------------
> Vendor
> Site                                         Rating
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Overclockers UK    http://www.overclockers.co.uk/    *****
> Komplett                 http://www.komplett.co.uk           ****
> CCL                       http://www.cclonline.com              ****
> NovaTech               http://www.novatech.co.uk           ****
> Dabs                       http://www.dabs.co.uk                 ***
> eBuyer                    http://www.ebuyer.com                ***
> Aria                        http://www.aria.co.uk                   **
> Scan                       http://www.scan.co.uk                  *
>
> Rating System Explained
> *****    Great Vendor, Good Website, Good Customer Service, and Good
> Return Experiences
> ****    Good Vendor
> ***    "Not Bad" or "Neutral" Vendor, No Bad Experiences
> **    Bad Experiences, would only use this vendor again if they were the
> only ones who had the item
> *    Terrible Experiences, "Not even if the last vendor on earth"
>
> Disclaimer: this rating system is based on word of mouth experiences and
> may not reflect real life.
>
> Andy
>
> Andy Farnsworth wrote:
>
> > Hey everyone,
> >  I know this has been asked in many forms before, but I cannot seem to
> > find a good answer.  I am looking for a place to buy a pair of 300 GB
> > SATA hard drives.  For my needs SATA 150 or 300 will work fine and NCQ
> > support is not really needed.  From all the reviews it seems that no
> > drive today really needs the SATA 300 bandwidth and NCQ is better for
> > server loads with a fair amount of traffic but can actually lower
> > performance on a normal desktop system.  I know about Dabs and eBuyer
> > (and of course PCWorld) but what I am looking for is opinion on where
> > to buy as well as other sources besides those three.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andy
>
>
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