Looking for parts

edhunter

Hello all,

I just discovered this forum, and looks like like-minded people around. I am looking to assemble a decent system that would handle almost anything I throw at it...from heavy spreadsheet calculations, gaming, etc.

I have been facing some trouble in locating a Z77 chipset mobo. I wasn't able to locate a dealer here yet that has one on shelf. I am particularly interested in Gigabyte UD3h/UD5h WB, but to no avail. pcandparts has one listed but currently not available and no ETA.

So what does one do order from US through a forwarding agent?

Would love to hear your advice.

Cheers.
ED

Nabs

Depends on how much a hurry you're in, mate. Some of the members here order stuff every now and then. You could place an order with someone, or just wait a bit.

edhunter

Thanks Nabs, that would be appreciated if I can find someone to order with. Else, I will be looking like crazy and writing to every hardware store in town.

Nabs

I'm ordering from Amazon soon. Can the needed parts be found there?

edhunter

Sure it can: "Gigabyte Intel Z77 LGA1155 CrossFireX/SLI Dual Lan Dual UEFI BIOS with Bluetooth 4.0/Wi-Fi Expansion Card GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB WiFi - $195.98"....how much do you think it will cost to get here?

MohammedSF

@edhunter, check the AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 at amazon, it's a professional board designed by the same ROG engineers "ASUS", it was $287.89 couple of days ago but it's on sale now for $194.99 and only 3 boards left in stock !

If you can get one of those boards before restocking you'll save $92.90, that's a great deal..

yasamoka

edhunter, to calculate how much it costs to ship from USA to Lebanon, you need to factor in:

1) Shipping costs - variable from one service to another - Aramex, Borderlinx (EasyShop, DHL), UPS all have different rates and some do not consider volumetric weight below a certain threshold, while others do. You'll have to check their rates and conditions. And pay attention to the volumetric weight part! Some like Borderlinx charge for Fuel Surcharge as well. Scales with weight, not linearly I believe. It's estimated upon shipping I guess.

2) Customs duties: 5% for Computer parts I believe, according to my experience. However, make SURE it is labelled as computer parts else you'll get higher customs fees.

3) Other fixed cost duties: $7 clearance fees, $5 insurance (included with shipping)?, etc...

4) Taxes. 10%.

Good luck!

edhunter

Thank you Mohammad and yasamoka. I just went ahead with GA UD5H WB....I am kind of relieved that I didn't see your post before about he AsRock! there is always one more mobo that you can check, compare, assess....it was becoming this constant cyclical thing which was finally broken by ordering one from amazon.com through Borderlinx.

Mobo down....the rest to go:)!

MohammedSF

@Yasamoka, there is no Customs duties on Computer parts, am 100% sure cuz I always get 0% on every part except phones and their accessories which is 5%

Check here :

http://www.customs.gov.lb/customs/index.htm

Do not search for words like "Computer, Hardware, PC...etc" cuz you'll find nothing, it's listed under the name "Integrated Circuits and PCB's" or something like that I don't remember...

yasamoka

MohammedSF wrote@Yasamoka, there is no Customs duties on Computer parts, am 100% sure cuz I always get 0% on every part except phones and their accessories which is 5%

Check here :

http://www.customs.gov.lb/customs/index.htm

Do not search for words like "Computer, Hardware, PC...etc" cuz you'll find nothing, it's listed under the name "Integrated Circuits and PCB's" or something like that I don't remember...

Yes, that's what i know, they have 0 percent customs, but i almost never get zero. I usually get 5 percent.

Do you have any idea why that happens?

MohammedSF

yasamoka wrote Yes, that's what i know, they have 0 percent customs, but i almost never get zero. I usually get 5 percent.

Do you have any idea why that happens?

I don't know why, maybe you mean the "VLU/STM/EXC/OVT..." thing..
Well that's not customs, check out my posts here :

http://lebgeeks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=13318

I've explained every thing and I'm using Aramex's S&S service..

yasamoka

Yeah, I read your reply before. Not those values. I'm talking about the percentage itself, which is CUS. The others are generally fixed values.

I'll double check invoices, I guess.