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BAPC Sales Canada

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Canadian sale subreddit for your PC needs. Deals on monitors, cables, processors, video cards, fans, cooling, cases, accessories, anything for a PC build. News and current events related to PC building in Canada. Inspired by /r/bapcsalescanada

Posting Guidelines

Any websites directing to PC hardware available in Canada, please provide essential information, sale price and savings details (rebates, coupons, bundles, etc.).

Posting good deals with no significant reductions or savings of some sort is fine.

Check the item is in stock and available for purchase online at the time of posting.

Mark it has expired by following these steps.

Titles Titles should be formatted as follows:

[type] description (price) [store]

Price Breakdown Round up ($29.99) to the nearest dollar ($30).

($30 - $10 = $20) ($30 - $5 MIR = $25) ($100 - 30% off = $70) Examples [GPU] Sapphire Radeon R9 280 DUAL-X OC ($280 - $50 = $230) [Canada Computers] [Monitor] Alienware AW2518HF, 25" 1080p, 240 Hz, Freesync, TN ($450 - 10% = $405) [Dell]

Tips Retailer Reviews Threads Common websites for deals in Canada

Amazon.ca Canada Computers Dell.ca Memory Express Newegg Canada PC Canada Vuugo

Price Matching

Price matching your products can save you a lot of money. Several websites (Memory Express, Future Shop, Best Buy, Staples etc...) give such service.

Learn more here:

RedFlagDeals thread for Staples Memory Express price beat

Mail In Rebates

The date given for a Mail In Rebate is the date the item must be purchased by. It must be postmarked (basically stamped / mailed by Canada Post) within ~30 days[1] from the purchase date.

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[โ€“] Nogami@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That a SMR drive if memory serves. Depends on your use case.

For an archive drive that you dump stuff on occasionally as a backup, sure. For general purpose storage or a server, never.

[โ€“] AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Yup, I had a dozen or more of these a few years back -- they're quiet & cool, but slow as fuck, and NOT good in arrays. If you need an offsite backup drive, or a NAS with a mirrored setup, or a drive for all your "Linux ISOs" for viewing on your television or tablet, this works just fine.