superatoz Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 hi , I like to know where I can get good reputable hardware like motherboards , CPU , ram etc in bangkok ? my gf said to go to fortune , are there any other places then BANANA , JIB and Advice ? Would appreciate advise, thanks regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpanishExpat Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Pantip Plaza is your place to go:) A true paradise for every tech freak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 21 hours ago, SpanishExpat said: Pantip Plaza is your place to go:) A true paradise for every tech freak. Used to be I believe forturen tower or town is now better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Definitely Fortune, of if you have transport Zeer Rangsit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 On 8/20/2019 at 2:35 PM, SpanishExpat said: Pantip Plaza is your place to go:) A true paradise for every tech freak. Maybe 10 years ago Today that's fortune town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 I buy most parts from https://www.jetcom.co.th/ in Fortune (3rd floor) They have most things, they have reasonable prices, and they have staff which is competent enough. For cables, adapters, etc. I go to ZoneLink which is 50m away from Jet Computer. They have reasonable prices and they know their products. In any case it makes a lot of sense to double check on the internet what you are buying. Recently I needed urgently a UPS. I was interested in a model which had connections for extension cables and not the normal power plugs. I saw one and I bought this APC UPS without much thinking. It's a UPS from a brand name company, it should work... Then I brought it to the place where I wanted to install it and the UPS was dead. Also after an hour charging it was dead. And then I looked at the paper with a detailed log when it passed the quality check at the manufacturer. And then I realized that that UPS was for 4 years in the shop. The test report was from 2015, 4 years ago! I went back to the shop and I demanded my money back. First they didn't want that but at the end I got it back. That was the only time that happened to me but now I am obviously more careful, even with "simple" things like a UPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Pantip Plaza is your place to go:) A true paradise for every tech freak. Yes...years ago...but no longer...number of shops/stores has decreased greatly due to internet sales competition and higher rent...I can tell you haven't been there for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timendres Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 The beauty of Fortune is that it is just steps from the MRT Rama 9 station. It is also where I go for mobiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkcanuck8 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 On 8/21/2019 at 7:13 PM, OneMoreFarang said: I buy most parts from https://www.jetcom.co.th/ in Fortune (3rd floor) They have most things, they have reasonable prices, and they have staff which is competent enough. For cables, adapters, etc. I go to ZoneLink which is 50m away from Jet Computer. They have reasonable prices and they know their products. In any case it makes a lot of sense to double check on the internet what you are buying. Recently I needed urgently a UPS. I was interested in a model which had connections for extension cables and not the normal power plugs. I saw one and I bought this APC UPS without much thinking. It's a UPS from a brand name company, it should work... Then I brought it to the place where I wanted to install it and the UPS was dead. Also after an hour charging it was dead. And then I looked at the paper with a detailed log when it passed the quality check at the manufacturer. And then I realized that that UPS was for 4 years in the shop. The test report was from 2015, 4 years ago! I went back to the shop and I demanded my money back. First they didn't want that but at the end I got it back. That was the only time that happened to me but now I am obviously more careful, even with "simple" things like a UPS. I preferred Fortune even when Pantip was close to it's height... less annoying touts... I was happy with jetcom, I think ZoneLink was another that I was happy with but I cannot remember the name exactly so take that with a grain of salt. Pantip for the most part is now a 'Lifestyle' mall... not the computer haven it was before. Yeah, I bought a lot of product from NewEgg online in 2018 (the smaller stuff). CPU, memory, even two IronWolf Pro Seagate Hard drives, Samsung 970 SSDs, and quite a few other things cheaper (with delivery by Fedex) than buying locally. [The NewEgg vendor Seagate Ironwolf drives are no longer available for shipping to Thailand so Seagate might have told them they only have rights to the US for that item]. When I order online from NewEgg they included VAT and duties and delivered using Fedex... so other than watching the tracking number... and having a significant discount from local vendors.... it was no different than ordering online locally. I bought some other stuff from Invade IT (motherboard, Noctua Cooler, fans) (delivered from Hua Hin). The case I think I bought from JIB (I was looking for a specific case and they had it in stock). I bought 3 monitors (all 4K) one from JIB, then the other two from Banana IT because it was 1000 baht cheaper per monitor for the same monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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