which tbrid should I go with?

[acdub]

I ordered a 1 ghz athlon AYHJAR from OCZ and they have ran out of them and dont know when they will get more. They emailed me these options:

1) You can continue to wait for the AYHJAR chip until we find some more.
2) We can upgrade your order to a 1333 AYHJA Y stepping at NO ADDITIONAL COST.
3) We can upgrade your order to a 1400 AYHJAR stepping for an extra $45.00.
4) We can cancel your order (there are no charges for this, you will get a full refund)

Which would you choose?

 

[p0tempkin]

Assuming you paid around $110, I would go with option 2. I don't think you want option 3, because if you had the money, you would've picked that in the first place.

Option 4 only if you can find a better deal on a 1333MHz AYHJA Y anywhere else.

 

[Tbirdan]

I agree with p0tempkin on this one. The only other place with cheap AYHJA procs is Newegg. They sell em for $114.

 

[acdub]

thats what I was thinkin. I paid 113 shipped, so not a bad price for a 1.33. Thanks for the input.

 

[heffe734]

116 @ newegg.com today...AYHJA 1.333...i would trust them more then OCz.

 

[p0tempkin]

heffe734, before you start tossing around accusations that may complicate this guys life, remember he's just buying a part from OCZ. Not a guaranteed overclock, just a guaranteed stepping; I see no problems with him just sending a quick e-mail to OCZ, and them sending him the product as advertised.

 

[acdub]

yeah i would have ordered from newegg in the first place but I wanted the guarantee that I would get the new stepping. Since they have already charged me for the chip its just easier to have them ship the 1.33.

 

[Mattlock]

As a newbie, where can I learn more about "stepping"? I do not understand that part of CPUs.

thanks

 

[heffe734]

yeah i would have ordered from newegg in the first place but I wanted the guarantee that I would get the new stepping

They do guarantee the AYHJA stepping...

heffe734, before you start tossing around accusations that may complicate this guys life, remember he's just buying a part from OCZ. Not a guaranteed overclock, just a guaranteed stepping; I see no problems with him just sending a quick e-mail to OCZ, and them sending him the product as advertised.

First of all, i'm not throwing around any "accusations"...and while newegg.com is a great retailer w/ good customer support...OCz does not have that good of a rep around here and on the reseller ratings as well. Compare a 6.4 rating to a 4.3...and pls tell me why you would pay 179 bucks for a 1.33 when you could pay 116 AYHJA @ newegg.com. Why pay more... No, i do not work for newegg.com but i'm only trying ot help the guy instead of "tossing around accusations that may complicate this guys life." Maybe you should do a lil research b4 you post something like that...

 

[heffe734]

And here are just a few of the feedbacks they received...you wanna view them yourself go LINK


"I wish I had checked with reseller ratings sooner. I have been trying to get an RMA number for an OCZ Gladiator HSF for over a week. My repeated emails, forum messages, and email messages are being ignored. One previously helpful person who responded to an earlier email by suggesting that I contact the sales line is now apparently no longer working there. On top of this, a critical comment that I posted in their forums was deleted without my knowledge."

This companies customer service is horrible! 5 days after I placed my order (and they charged my CC) i still had not received it!!! (i payed for second day air) They do not answer the telephones or emails and when you post something in their store forum that is negative - they just delete it! Eventually I did receive my order, and to their credit they upgraded me to overnight shipping for free. However, because of poor packaging my order was slighty damaged... Very bad experience with this company, I would not recommend them to anyone. If you want to read what people are experiencing with this company (dont take my word for it ) go to:

I called them the day after I got the CPU and explained that the chip is not hitting the speed they claimed it would. Their 'tech' Matt, was a not helpful at all. He lied to me, and after I returned the chip
for a PARTIAL refund, they kept the chip and gave me no refund and no credit.

Anyways...c'mon...posting complaints on forums and having them deleted and banning the ppl who posted them...now you tell me that they are a "good retailer". And you say i'm tossing around accusations? It's right there...click and read.

here's newegg's feedback Link

 

[p0tempkin]

They do guarantee the AYHJA stepping...
What they don't guarantee is an AYHJA "Y" however. You could get unlucky and end up with an AYHJA "9" from Newegg. However, OCZ does guarantee an AYHJA "Y".

First of all, i'm not throwing around any "accusations"...and while newegg.com is a great retailer w/ good customer support...OCz does not have that good of a rep around here and on the reseller ratings as well.
I agree, if I were to choose a vendor, it would be Newegg. However, they don't provide a guaranteed AYHJA "Y", plus this guy already ordered from OCZ so it would require little to change his order=less time wasted, plus he's ordering a guaranteed stepping CPU which I doubt OCZ will have trouble fulfilling.

Compare a 6.4 rating to a 4.3...and pls tell me why you would pay 179 bucks for a 1.33 when you could pay 116 AYHJA @ newegg.com. Why pay more...
Maybe if you actually read this thread, you'd know by know that he's only paying $113 SHIPPED from OCZ, for a processor Newegg cannot even guarantee. So it's a better deal PERIOD.

No, i do not work for newegg.com but i'm only trying ot help the guy instead of "tossing around accusations that may complicate this guys life." Maybe you should do a lil research b4 you post something like that...
Don't get me wrong, I tout Newegg as my favorite vendor of all time, but maybe you should A. Read the thread completely; B. Put yourself in the man's shoes; C. Weigh the options more carefully.

Yeah, you can post as many bad evals as you want. I've ordered from vendors like Newegg, and from vendors like OCZ, without any problems. I'm not trying to be ignorant, but if you want to convince the man to order from another company, try to find him a better deal first.

Go ahead: find an AYHJAY stepping 1.33GHz Athlon for $113 shipped or less, from a more reputable vendor.

 

[p0tempkin]

Two OCZ CPUs overclocked to ~1600MHz

Another OCZ CPU to 1533MHz...

 

[acdub]

p0tempkin, you have summed up my situation completely. Having said that, I agree with heffe734 that OCZ is not the best place to order from. I placed my order on Wed. August 1st, and just recieved the email about them being unable to get any AYHJAR procs today. The only reason I place my order there was because I was sold on the hype about AYHJARs.

 

[heffe734]

Now...that sounds fishy...why would they advertise 179.00 for a 1.33 and sell you 1.33 to you for 113. Find him a better deal from a reputable dealer? First of all, i wouldn't consider OCz as a REPUTABLE dealer to begin with...maybe reputable in the sense that it's a bad retailer. Your right about one thing, my bad on the misread thread...but don't say i was throwing around accusations like you said i was...cuz at the time of that post i wasn't...that's what got me agitated to begin with. There's no point in arguing over this since you bought it...but i would never recommend anyone to buy from OCz and call that an advice. If i were to put myself in his shoes...i'd pay 10 bucks more to buy from newegg.com then OCz. This will be my last post...don't wanna start a flame war...