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Okay so I'm currently planning to build a quite expensive computer (~2000$). It would save me a lot of money, so is it stupid to order items for your build from different providers? If I bought them all from newegg, which is the only one that has all of them, it would be about 300 bucks more expensive. So is it ridiculous to buy from different providers? Just in case you're wondering, I use Canadian currency, at my build plan can be found at: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Heckwheels/saved/2qMq

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Max
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When I do my builds I source everything through one vendor for the simple reason of RMA. If a part is bad, I don't want to sift through receipts and try to figure out where I made that purchase (especially 6+ months later). Just me personally

I do have an observation about your planned build and that is the CPU you have selected, the i5-4670 is a locked CPU - I'd think with that motherboard and the aftermarket cooling selected, the i5-4670k (unlocked) would be a better selection
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Buying all of them from the same retailer can sometimes reduce shipping costs, but sometimes another retailer may offer an item with price+shipping less than just the price at the first retailer.

Also, you can set PCPartPicker to find you prices at Canadian stores - some US stores might not offer shipping to Canada, and for those that do, you still have to consider the complications of customs and possible import taxes.
 
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When I do my builds I source everything through one vendor for the simple reason of RMA. If a part is bad, I don't want to sift through receipts and try to figure out where I made that purchase (especially 6+ months later). Just me personally

I do have an observation about your planned build and that is the CPU you have selected, the i5-4670 is a locked CPU - I'd think with that motherboard and the aftermarket cooling selected, the i5-4670k (unlocked) would be a better selection
 
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Little noobish question: what does it do if it's unlocked?
 
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Heckwheels

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Please tell me how to do this!

 
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PCPartPicker for Canada http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/ - country (if available) is changeable in the upper right of the web page

An unlocked processor allows for overclocking. There are benefits to overclocking in performance. You may not need (or want) to overclock right away but the "k" CPU will allow for that option later.
If not considering overclocking at all for your machine, the aftermarket cooling is unnecessary

 
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