In article , John
Rumm scribeth thus
On 20/12/2012 13:33, tony sayer wrote:

WOC are good if you live near them and are going by there to pick stuff
up, but online suppliers provided you are ordering sufficient to get
free on inc carriage can be cheaper..

and less reliable.

What your saying that a hard disk in a sealed pack is less reliable?.

Depends on how it has been handled. I have used suppliers in the past
that supplied new disks in a jiffy bag! (as opposed to the proper shock
protecting padded drive boxes)

Aren't they supposed to be OK with the some i00 odd G or similar?...


An LCD screen in the same makers box is less reliable?.

Unlikely

A CPU in an Intel sealed box is less reliable.

If its been installed in an Asrock motherboard rather than the Asus one
you might have specced yourself, then yes.

Why?, having dome just thats the other month MB and CPU are doing
fine!...


Build quality also varies - one that has been sensibly put together with
all lose cables neatly bundled and tied down will likely arrive with
them all still connected even after the courier has used the box for a
game who can drop kick the furthest, whereas one that is an internal
birds nest might not.


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Tony Sayer