when did you 1st use ocuk....
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Soldato
in '99
I read the forums first though and thats what convinced me to buy here. I built my first system from info and recommendations on this forum.
I read the forums first though and thats what convinced me to buy here. I built my first system from info and recommendations on this forum.
I found the site not long after it had started (I think) as I was looking for a new heatsink and fan for a k6-2 processor.
After I received a rather rude response to an enquiry about a different product (after having no problems with my first order) I didn't use them for a while.
Few years later I placed my first order for £600 worth of stuff, but again I fell foul of the legendarily bad customer service of OcUK in the early days and was forced to move part of my order elsewhere.
I then didn't use them again until 2006 when I took another chance, this time the order didn't progress so smoothly but a pleasant suprise was that the customer service is now top notch and have pointed other people in their direction since.
After I received a rather rude response to an enquiry about a different product (after having no problems with my first order) I didn't use them for a while.
Few years later I placed my first order for £600 worth of stuff, but again I fell foul of the legendarily bad customer service of OcUK in the early days and was forced to move part of my order elsewhere.
I then didn't use them again until 2006 when I took another chance, this time the order didn't progress so smoothly but a pleasant suprise was that the customer service is now top notch and have pointed other people in their direction since.
Same here. 300a.
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I placed my first order in July 2005, which was in fact my 1st build which I'm still using to this day & I can tell you that I spent £1038 with them 
Joined the forums a few months latter.
Joined the forums a few months latter.
Man of Honour
It actually came in 3 flavours from (something like) 375, 450 and 505 and Pete guaranteed them at those speeds.
its so long ago, its just a vague distant memory - the website was so different then and i don't think the forum even existed.
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I first went there before he bought out the place next door about 98 I think...
It was Spie that served me, in a small little room with a desk...
It was Spie that served me, in a small little room with a desk...
Soldato
And what an upgrade! It seems liked a good idea at the timeReplaced an MX 400 or something..? can't really remember.
haha, I did that same upgrade, went from an MX440 to an Nvidia Geforce 5200 128mb. What a Beast
Soldato
It was the cheapest place I could find a Dell 2405 WFP, back in oct 2005, got good service, so stayed with them ever since.
Caporegime
About 9 years ago now, i've spent far far too much money both personal and business at OCUK, going on my usual spends of 1 - 1.5k personal and about 4k business (per year) (Past 4 years for company use) thats over 25K!
Don
either 1999 or 2000, been a forum member since then too, back when you could email spie to request "this week only"
i use ocuk a fair ammount, but free shipping on another place gets my custom if i'm just buying 1 item
i use ocuk a fair ammount, but free shipping on another place gets my custom if i'm just buying 1 item
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Twas back in the day. Like a few others I bought a bundle containing a 800Mhz Duron overclockable to 1Ghz. It came with a Abit KT7A-Raid mobo and a Thermoengine heatsink - that thermoengine was a beast!
Although if anyone else remembers the thermo was one of the ones that didn't have the drilled out core (unlike the early ones - mine just had a stamp to make it look like it was drilled)so my cooling performance was not as 1337 as it should have been!
KT7a raid, that was my board i got with my D750 > 950 as well.
how long did it last? am guessing it would have been from the same era as mine with the crappy caps onboard