Just wondering.
New CPUs and GPUs coming out huat huat, everyone trying to build new PC/upgrade
where do you guys usually see who's selling what and at what price?
I know LYN site got like 2-3 price lists, but is there anywhere else that lists more PC component sellers?
Closest I can think of is Lazada/Shopee

Use LYN pricelists as reference point for which model to hunt, then open shopee/lazada to find more cheaper offer.

I bought my whole rig from shopee n lazada. No shop can beat shopee prices . Still the cheapest in the market.

Mostly from Shopee. Hate Lazada constantly showing out of stock item and have to sort it to remove them.

Ohh... i thought everyone approaches sellers here on LYN forums, but then, these few days, I never see any big thread for those.

And very hard to get free shipping from Lazada
I only buy from Lazada if there are no better choice or slightly cheaper than Shopee (sometime it does happen, but very rare )

Saw a lazada seller still got stock for 3070 and 3080 for fair price
but there is no comments or rating on this seller ....

scare kena scam , coz i heard lazada refund is quite troublesome

You mean retail resellers?

I did so for my rig back in 2014. Probably will do the same for the difficult and time-consuming parts such as the CPU, mobo, fans and case when I feel like getting a new rig. RAM, HDD, SSD and videocard will buy online locally and DIY myself since those are less of a hassle.

You pay through Lazada / Shopee, nothing to worry about
The money will only be released to the seller after you click "item received"

You pay directly to his bank account, then that's your own problem lah

worse refund is not lazada but at shopee because shoppe protect seller more than buyer

I know shoppee got this function but lazada got ?

Disagree. I always get my refund in Shopee as long as I provide valid proof for the refund
Adalah
You need to submit your refund request before you press "Order Received"

I dint c the "Order Received" option on lazada , shopee got la ..

I use Shopee (new parts) and Carousell/Garage Sales for used parts. In Shopee, I only check out a few shops like EtechPC, PC Byte, NetStore, and a few more other shops.

But how do you guys judge the trustworthiness of those not-established stores. I mean, I see someone selling a Ryzen 5600x for 1.5k saja, and yet other people selling it for 1.8k instead. Feels SO suspicious. And yet, those 1.8k clowns all claim to ship from China. cannot help but feel all of them are scammers

This post has been edited by xKeneshirox: Nov 13 2020, 11:41 AM

Glad I found this thread.

I've been searching around retail stores for the best price for a entry/mid level gaming rig but most seem to be more expensive than purchasing online yourself separately.


I will check out the online shops you suggested.

Anyone else have any reputable shopee stores?

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Newegg.com has consistently been an extraordinary decision for purchasing a wide range of PC parts going from web cams to hard drives to video cards to control supplies to fans, and so forth, and so on ...

TigerDirect.com. ...

Crucial.com. ...

Frys.com. ...

Amazon.com and eBay.

I bought some IT peripherals, an SSD, HDD and other components from the likes of EIT, BananaIT, Livinggears, etc., all of which have 'Preferred' status. So far the items I bought all worked well.

The best advice is to go for 'Preferred' and 'Mall' status vendors (as what the others here mentioned and in other threads) as they're reputable. "Mall' vendors mostly consist of official stores like Nestle, Toshiba, WD, Samsung, etc. but there are also a handful of reputable vendors like All IT which also achieved this status as well.

Preferred seller does not guarantee you reputable , go check their profile -- > some of them selling Used / Open box / faulty Or demo unit to buyer .

In general, most are reputable, and so far I haven't bumped into any issues when buying from them (and yes, I read the reviews of their products before going for it).

But I'm also aware that some of them are not selling 'brand new' items, which will surely be declared in the description and if you checked with that vendor on it before buying.

I have bought a 2nd hand Samsung S9 (US unit) from one of the 'Preferred' vendor there late last month (after doing my due diligence) and it came in pristine condition as if it's still new and working fine. Just that he needs to improve on applying the screen protector, tho.

Question for the locals here.

Do retail stores in Lowyat or Digital Mall ever match prices from Lazada or Shopee? I'm from Canada and often retail stores would match prices from online stores.
I don't know if that is practiced here or not.

I have all the parts/prices that I want waiting in my shopping cart on both ecommerce stores.

But wanted to see if the stores would match so I don't have to wait for shipping.
Was debating on going to Digital Mall or Lowyat tomorrow to see, but if they don't match then I don't want to waste time.

For in demand items (i.e Ryzen 5000 series and RTX3080), most if not all Digital Mall & Lowyat stores will require you to bundle with other items (ryzen CPU with motherboard and 3080 with full build mostly), very rarely do you get to buy these items standalone, unless you have good standing with them.

If you're not hunting for these hot items, then there isn't much difference between physical and online stores, other than peace-of-mind and speed. Shopping at physical stores can get you some discount if paid in cash, but some stores also charge "vendor fees" for using credit card (at least this was the case when I bought my PC from Digital Mall 5+ years back). Also worth bearing in mind there are 0% installment options for online purchases, which may be a plus to some buyers.

Some more reputable and large vendors are Thundermatch (changed name recently to TMT), c-zone and Aone Plus (all three stores are in both digital mall and lowyat plaza I think), and also All-IT Hypermarket at the top floor of digital mall.

I suppose there is no harm to shop physically first, then if prices or conditions are not favourable, you can always get them online. Happy hunting

Thanks pcbuilder420!

For this case I'm looking for a Ryzn 5 / GTX 1660 Super full PC so I don't mind bundling since I need all. I guess it won't hurt for me to head to the shops to see if anyone can match/come close to the online shops.


Which is a better place to go to?

Lowyat or Digital Mall?

hi all

sorry for the repeat but I'm going to head out to the retail stores to try my luck today.

Which mall would be better to see if they can match online?

Lowyat Plaza
or
Digital Mall

Would appreciate any input!

I stay nearby Digital Mall so I'm biased lol

Lowyat Plaza is bigger so it might have more variety and more things in stock, Digital Mall is basically a smaller version of Lowyat cause most retailers in Lowyat also has branches in Digital Mall

Word of worning, don't get ripped off cause they might try to hardball you if you are clueless about tech/pc parts, and especially cause you're a foreigner

Hi pcbuilder420

Thanks for the advice. I actually ended up around the lowyat area cause my wife wanted to go to pavillion so ill leave over soon.

Appreciate the warning. I know enough about pc hardware and I have the lazada/shopee links all with me, so worse case if they can't match ill just walk away and buy online.

Best of luck over there, mate.

As for the 5% surcharge when using cards, I can concur with the previous post above mine that it happened to me when I specc'ed my rig in 2014, but I recall that nowadays, this charge is either waived or its priced into their products. I recently bought an external HDD from one of the vendors at Digital Mall last year and didn't encounter this surcharge.

But the best part about getting the parts exclusively from one vendor is that they can assist with assembling your PC FOC from my last experience. Probably for my case in the near future, I may do the same, but only for the difficult components such as CPU, mobo, case, fans and AIO cooler to name a few. Other components such as GPU, HDD, SSD, etc. I plan to buy online and assemble it myself.

So I ended up going to Lowyat and spent a good 2 hours there going from store to store to see who could price out my rig as close as they could to the online prices.

Went to TMT, Viewnet, All IT Hypermarket, C-Zone, PC Image, and one more I forgot which one.

All were able to quote but at least RM 300-800 more than what I could get online. Though some of them listed out the prices line by line and I asked whether I can buy individually.

Only Viewnet let me pick which ones I wanted whereas the rest said it's a package deal.
Only restriction with Viewnet is that I had to buy the CPU/mobo together, not a problem for me since I'm looking for the whole PC.


So 4 out of 8 parts I was able to pick up today, the rest I've just ordered on Shopee (since you guys recommend shopee more).

Coincidentally, the 2 out of 4 parts I picked up today were parts that would have taken 10+ working days to get to me, so provided I get my parts next week I can start playing games a week earlier


Thanks for the advice all, from the much grateful foreigner

fesbuk le best hottest deal across maresia

Glad you benefitted from the thread. Ye, i went LY a couple of years back to check prices. Lotsa "don't buy this one, buy this other one", lotsa direct haggling, which is always a lil bit scary for me cause you can't take time, look at what they have on offer, and they pressure you.
But I HAVE found some good deals in LY before. Just, ya know, gotta spend a lotta time walking around. And haggling. Which i suck at

i buy from Lesapda.

Got a few reputable local sellers there

i just need two tabs..one for shopee page and another for google to search the best recommended value for money components. When it done straight checked, compared price and order preferred parts on shopee..by next day afternoon the things delivered on my door step..it's mind blowing how convenient shopping pc nowaday as i recall when build my last pc 6 years ago i spent like 2 days at digital mall browsing all components yet not all what i wanted availaible.

When refund, they refund you via shopeepay? Or direct back to your bank?

Depends on how you make the payment
If you pay using ShopeePay or FPX (direct bank-in) they will refund to your ShopeePay
If you pay using credit card, they will refund directly to your credit card

If they refund to your ShopeePay, you can just withdraw the money to your bank account later

Good old days people buy from lowyat sales section. Nowadays its Fagbook, Shopee, Lazada, etc. Buy from most reliable seller.

It seems they are pushing the shopeepay extra hard....kind of "force" me register for into shopeepay for refunds

Same goes for Lazada and Grab as well when it comes to their 'E-wallets'. Even going as far as to promote credit cards tied to the above services. Starting to sound like they want to create their own ecosystem.

Too many e-wallets floating around the market these days, and sometimes do regard it as a hassle to 'reload' them whenever you need to buy something to take advantage of their promo/perks.

Lowyat Garage sales
Shopee
Mudah

Mix new and used parts to complete my Ryzen 3 3300X build.

All online purchased.

Just returned Asus mobo to seller due wrongly give mATX instead of ATX as in actual product.

If from Shopee Mall just follow step by step even give free MAWB for return to the seller.

Bro .. i beg to disagree with you about shopee.

I bought a car spare part cost 19 RM . on shopee .
The Seller send me car lamps . in chat he said a mistake and ask me to send back the part . which i have no time for this .
i open a dispute with shopee .
after a few chat s Shopee release the money to seller , saying seller agree to send you your order.
Till today i have not receive what i ordered .
i decide to let it burn .

So the majority complains you read about shopee protecting the Seller has some truth .

As far as the money refund to wallets/bank . both shopee and Laz or OK . no complains .
I have been shopping online laz/ shoppe for 4 years . this months Nov ...i already made 16 purchases. due to 11.11 and now 12,12

Best experience is when the logistic lost my item in delivery .
Laz gave me a 20rm cash voucher.



This post has been edited by Momo33: Nov 28 2020, 04:43 AM

How is that shopee's fault?
Shopee offers return & refund

You don't have the time to return the item, that's not Shopee's fault. It's your fault for thinking you can just keep the wrong item and at the same time, getting a refund
Just return and you'll get your money back

I've returned tons of things in both Shopee & Lazada and always get my money back

yes that s right its not shopee fault BUT its the fault of the SELLER ... yes ?

why should i PAY for sellers mistake ...
it will waste 2 hours of my time .
i dont mind if they have some thing like to come collect from me for the return .
that is why these days i try buy from sellers in KL only. if case things go wrong.

Yes, seller made a mistake for sending the wrong item but it's your obligation to return the wrong item back to the seller so you can either get a refund or get the seller to ship the correct item

But how is it Shopee's fault when you refuse to return the item? You don't even have to pay for the courier charges if you submit the return request properly
The courier charges for returning the item is borne by Shopee and they offer multiple courier options from which you can choose whatever courier branch is the closest to you

During MCO I was bored so I bought a cpu, used gfx, main board, ram, WiFi card from Taobao.

you don't have time, they also don't have time too. i will never release payment to seller until i got the right item, no matter how many promises a seller give.

which is why i some parts i buy from seller near kl selangor. just last month ordered for LEFT driveshaft. seller send me RIGHT. it was pretty simple stupid mistake because the left side is way shorter, you can tell it's left just with a glance.

pm the seller how to settle, he said to post back . i said no, let me go to your shop to replace. it was a short 30 minute drive away so after replace the right part, give the seller 2 star. guy seems to be cool with it.

I almost kena scammed with scammer sending IDU half only of an aircond. description got write spec for IDU and ODU (indoor/outdoor weight, noise, size)
When ask where the ODU is he ask me top up money.
He pandai, dont use the pee pee or lapsapda channel to contact me but he whatsapp me.
Ding dong ding dong I have to return back at my own cost. ok la at least i get back my money but i rugi the return shipping about 35 bucks summore not my fault.

This post has been edited by ceo684: Nov 28 2020, 07:47 PM

Kek. Just browsing shopee. Looking at people selling 3080s for 1.5k.
Ok kawan. Cmon la, wan scam people must rajin a bit. Must research

I usually buy and sell computer hardware from BuySellRam- best prices and quickest payment options (usually 1 day)

Good luck!

doesn't hurt to cross check prices on shopee and at these sorts of large vendors (on the lowyat main page there is a pricelist for some of these vendors). So if the vendors don't have the part you want, or it cost way more, then just buy those parts on shopee/lazada.

But if you are buying a new pc rig, and you don't want to install it yourself, you can just buy it from those vendor stores and they can install it for you. Shopee/lazada won't do that, unless you bought some sort of prebuilt system of sorts

other places are like dotatech and level51 where you can buy full completed pc systems. Dotatech won't do it unless you buy graphics card as well (they are probably getting a lot of customers if they can turn down customers for such petty things), but level51 is more flexible where they allow you to use your own graphics card if you prefer. these 2 places basically sell you prebuilts systems, however your options are limited to what they have for offer, if it's not in their list, your out of luck.


This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Nov 27 2021, 09:50 PM

Hey all I plan to get CPU/Mobo combo.

Is it still good to order from Lazada/Shopee?

Can order from vendor listed on the lowyat.net pricelist front page?

I buy from tiger direct or new egg

Can. Just buy from those reputable sellers. Should be OK. My recent upgrade, I bought everything CPU, board, RAM & SSD from Lazada and Shopee. During sale, prices tend to be lower than shops. If buy from shops, I usually go Viewnet or ALLIT in LYP.

This post has been edited by soonwai: May 17 2022, 02:19 PM

Usually in Lazada but i prefer to just walk into digital mall for better inspection.

99.99% Shopee. I abandon Lazada since last time they waste my 1/2 year time to refund me the money instead put at wallet due to their system issue, not my issue.

Is it ok to buy ssd from livinggears?

Need ssd currently. Looking at 4TB capacity now.

Need a sata ssd, nvme ssd way too expensive.

that seller is fine

PC Byte on Lazada pretty good. I’m not associated to them but bought several stuff like a 34” ultrawide even. Competitive pricing , quick and good packaging. Just wanted to give them a shoutout.

I usually get from Shopee, like for example I got something from acer the other day and they had 6.6 sales going on so it was a steal! But I always try to look for the official stores though, don't really go for resellers unless I can't find the product on their official page.

How safe is buying a case with TG online? My past experience was a case came in dented.

I bought online a case with TG recently, receive everything intact.
Previously purchased online a case, it came dented at the back.

Depends on how well it was packaged and how the courier people handle it.

I think ebay is a good platform

Some sellers in shopee allows in-store pickup. Go for those and you can take delivery from there like buying in a brick & mortar. Dotatech, Enotex(Etex), JustIT