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Hei, Hatsune here and I wonder is pc hardware expensive where you live? Where I live for the moment (Sweden) most computer componets seem to skyrocket from the regular 1 dollar = 6.6 sek to 1 dollar = 9 sek which is insane...
So is it expensive where you live? And if so please post where you are from :3

I prefer that instead of looking at the profile info box thing. Thanks

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Hei, Hatsune here and I wonder is pc hardware expensive where you live? Where I live for the moment (Sweden) most computer componets seem to skyrocket from the regular 1 dollar = 6.6 sek to 1 dollar = 9 sek which is insane...

So is it expensive where you live? And if so please post where you are from :3

I prefer that instead of looking at the profile info box thing. Thanks (♧◑ω◑)☞♡☜(◐ω◐♧)

Yes computer components are expensive where i live. I live in southern Ontario, Canada. Computer parts are a lot more expensive here than they are in places like the United States. 

 

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American Site: EVGA GTX 780 ACX $519.99 USD = $562.08 CDN http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130918

Canadian Site: EVGA GTX 780 ACX $609.99 CDN = $562.33 USD http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130918

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generally yes, pretty expensive here.

There are some exceptions though.

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Hei, Hatsune here and I wonder is pc hardware expensive where you live? Where I live for the moment (Sweden) most computer componets seem to skyrocket from the regular 1 dollar = 6.6 sek to 1 dollar = 9 sek which is insane...

So is it expensive where you live? And if so please post where you are from :3

I prefer that instead of looking at the profile info box thing. Thanks (♧◑ω◑)☞♡☜(◐ω◐♧)

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Compared price to price, yes PC hardware is expensive where I live, compared to the US. 

But if you take the high Danish wages into account the prices become pretty much the same. 

 

Edit: I'm from Denmark if anyone was wondering.

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yes, when i bought my first EVGA gx 780 SC ACX when it first released it cost me $1200, im from new zealand

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Prices are slightly above average here, Hardware in Germany is a tad bit cheaper.





 
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Not particularly :)
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More or less.

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Here in Australia parts get markep up by heaps, for example, the 295X2, which launched at $1499 in the US, launched at $1949 here, a bit of a markup.

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Miku why are you here!!?

Uwaaaah I don't know! ^~^

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I think it is expensive in any country if you compare it to the US. Here in austria PC parts are about 20% more expensive.

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Compared price to price, yes PC hardware is expensive where I live, compared to the US. 

But if you take the high Danish wages into account the prices become pretty much the same. 

 

Edit: I'm from Denmark if anyone was wondering.

Not if you take taxes and moms in to consideration. 

 

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Yes the UK is shit :(

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Compared to elsewhere, prices would be consider above average. Specially compared to the US, maybe EU countries in general. 25% VAT on electronics adds a fair amount to the price.

I'm not going to complain, though. I'm willing to pay a fair amount of tax for all the benefits it brings.

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Yes thanks to EU taxes  ㅜ_ㅜ

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So it seems like the US is the best place to get cheap computer parts :D

Living in Vancouver, its easy to cross the border and pick up some stuff :P

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Nope live in the US, hardware is pretty decently priced.

 

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HELL. YES. Especially in CA, where the tax rate is like crazy high.

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I live in Portugal and i think the hardware here is cheap. :)

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if by expensive you mean that I don't have the money to buy every single piece of hardware that I fancy then yes it is.

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Everything seems cheaper from the US, im from the uk and my 780ti cost £520 which comes to $875.. But the same gpu from the US is $720. 

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yep yes they are most of the time

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