TODAY ONLY DEALS - 12/08/2010 - AMD & Seagate!

Gibbo · 12 Aug 2010 at 09:09

Hi there

Two truly epic deals today, check these out:-

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail @ £72.84 inc VAT

At home or at play, AMD Athlon II processors let you both do more of the things you want to do in less time and enhance your digital life at the right price, with energy-efficient, multi-core performance.

- Quad Core Technology
- 3.00GHz Clock Speed
- AM3 Socket
- 2MB L2 Cache
- 64-Bit Technology
- HyperTransport 3.0 Technology
- AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) Technology
- 3 Year Warranty
- Heatsink & Fan Included

Was [£79.99] Inc. VAT

Only £72.84 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST32000542AS) @ £74.01 inc VAT

The Seagate Barracuda LP drive is designed to meet a growing need in the market today - a low-power, whisper-quiet, entry-level drive that delivers green, low power savings over the life of the drive. This drive family has leading performance and is the perfect entry-level drive.

- Capacity: 2TB
- Cache: 32MB
- Interface: SATA-II
- Spin Speed: 5900RPM
- Warranty: 3 Years

Was [£91.64] Inc. VAT

Only £74.01 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

realscot · 12 Aug 2010 at 09:12

Fantastic price on the hard drive, was just going through the checkout when I realised i was gonna be stung £8.95 for delivery, making it just £2odd cheaper than the 2TB's on T-W-O, at which point I cancelled.
Still, its about £8 cheaper than last time this same drive was on offer. Getting better, but still not cheap enough for me to justify spending on.

Gibbo · 12 Aug 2010 at 09:17

realscot said:
Fantastic price on the hard drive, was just going through the checkout when I realised i was gonna be stung £8.95 for delivery, making it just £2odd cheaper than the 2TB's on T-W-O, at which point I cancelled.
Still, its about £8 cheaper than last time this same drive was on offer. Getting better, but still not cheap enough for me to justify spending on.

Well what I can tell you is that our re-buys on 2TB from all makes has now gone up £3-£7 per unit, seems pricing is going up, no doubt due to impending shortages.

But in about 6 weeks time we might start seeing some cheaper pricing again unless the economy collapses.

realscot · 12 Aug 2010 at 09:20

Thats ok Gibbo i still have about 200gb left before I have to buy a new drive. I can wait, hence the holding off till I feel i'm getting a really good deal. I'd probably also be looking at a samsung, as I have the 1TB F3 and am very impressed with it.
This is fantasic for people that don't have the option of free delivery at all, just not so much for us loyal OCUK'ers.

Gibbo · 12 Aug 2010 at 09:24

realscot said:
Thats ok Gibbo i still have about 200gb left before I have to buy a new drive. I can wait, hence the holding off till I feel i'm getting a really good deal. I'd probably also be looking at a samsung, as I have the 1TB F3 and am very impressed with it.
This is fantasic for people that don't have the option of free delivery at all, just not so much for us loyal OCUK'ers.

Well the new Samsung 2TB should be us in 2-4 weeks fingers crossed, unsure on pricing yet but should be a good drive.

realscot · 12 Aug 2010 at 09:29

Ohh whats going to be different about it, compared with the current range? Got any links on info etc?

Slackworth · 12 Aug 2010 at 09:32

It uses new 667GB per platter technology and will be a 5400RPM EcoGreen drive. They are due around the end of September.

redeye_uk · 12 Aug 2010 at 09:44

realscot said:
This is fantasic for people that don't have the option of free delivery at all, just not so much for us loyal OCUK'ers.

Exactly that. Think Gibbo said the other day that forumites only make up a small percentage of sales. Cracking price though, especially if you can offset shipping costs by buying other items.

Gibbo · 12 Aug 2010 at 10:04

redeye_uk said:
Exactly that. Think Gibbo said the other day that forumites only make up a small percentage of sales. Cracking price though, especially if you can offset shipping costs by buying other items.

Yep agreed, but some of the Today ONLY Deals do allow Free Shipping, so were not forgetting forum members but at the same time we do need to attract new customers as well.

jasonjax1 · 12 Aug 2010 at 10:35

nice prices... i like the fact that you can buy these 2 items then get a mobo some ram... and get a really decent computer under £400 {without a expensive OS lol}

Jaysquirrel · 12 Aug 2010 at 10:38

realscot said:
This is fantasic for people that don't have the option of free delivery at all, just not so much for us cheap buggers.

Fixed :>

Servo · 12 Aug 2010 at 12:08

Nice to hear Gibbo. I've added items over the last few days to my basket, only to find postal costs meant that it wasn''t worth buying. I would have bought the 2tb drive today, but the £7.50 turned me off.

I can't see the point of posting these offers here, when it's no advantage to the forum users.

littlepuppy · 12 Aug 2010 at 12:21

Servo said:
Nice to hear Gibbo. I've added items over the last few days to my basket, only to find postal costs meant that it wasn''t worth buying. I would have bought the 2tb drive today, but the £7.50 turned me off.

I can't see the point of posting these offers here, when it's no advantage to the forum users.

This is not meant as a moan but it is..

Please keep it simple OCUK, either free shipping for forum members of jack the prices up and keep it free on these offers... I never like this way of doing things at a**a and I can tell thats where this has come from....

Just keep it nice and easy, you have free shipping or you dont....

My 2 penneth..

davetherave2 · 12 Aug 2010 at 15:03

well needed some more storage and this a fantasic price. was close to buying the 2tb drive that was on a few days ago on today only and glad i waited.

Yeah the delivery has bumped the price up but still think its a decent offer.

Thank you

Gibbo and the team at OCuk.

Fortyseven · 12 Aug 2010 at 15:07

littlepuppy said:
This is not meant as a moan but it is..

Please keep it simple OCUK, either free shipping for forum members of jack the prices up and keep it free on these offers... I never like this way of doing things at a**a and I can tell thats where this has come from....

Just keep it nice and easy, you have free shipping or you dont....

My 2 penneth..

Is it really that difficult to see that these offers are ment for people who don't get free shipping.
If they put the prices up to cover free shipping they can potentially put off the (quoted) 75% of shoppers who don't get free shipping, doing themselves out of business.

Skillmister · 12 Aug 2010 at 17:58

Having some offers with and some without free shipping doesnt bother me, but it would be nice if it was made clearer whether or not it can be used without needing to checkout.

kalvindeane · 12 Aug 2010 at 20:40

Gibbo, I believe that you said if an item was not eligible for free shipping, that you would clearly state so. Might I suggest writing that somewhere on
the product page, as I almost bought the AMD 640, good thing i noticed the shipping fees! Would've been nice though, 3ghz for £73 or 2.9ghz for £80