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In NYC I've had good luck with Amazon Prime Now for urgent computer parts. I've gotten an SSD, power supply, and CPU fan for various work needs within a couple

In NYC I've had good luck with Amazon Prime Now for urgent computer parts. I've gotten an SSD, power supply, and CPU fan for various work needs within a couple hours and without having to go on an excursion. So thank you, Rube Goldberg machine of human misery, for saving my work day on more than one occasion.

mod50ack 7y ago
Microcenter has worked for me in NY. And they match Amazon pricing.
- tombert 7y ago
  Second thumbs up for Micro Center. I like that they have a combination of consumer-level electronics, mid-level stuff like Raspberry Pis, and low-level stuff like resistors and whatnot. It's a bit of a pain for me to get to MicroCenter (about an hour one the train), but it has always been useful for me when I'm in a pinch. When I visit my parents in Orlando, there's a smaller place called "Skycraft" which has a lot of low-level components, but I haven't been able to find an analog to it in NY just yet. Do you know of any?
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  - volkl48 7y ago
    Tinkersphere Electronics, 152 Allen St (Manhattan) - as the name indicates, hobbyist focused. Allstate Electronics - Jamaica Queens - Old school distributor, has basically every electronic component under the sun. If you head out to NJ, there's a couple big shops as well (Wayne Electronics, Green Brook Electronics) but they're not transit-accessible or closer to the city.
    - ocdtrekkie 7y ago
      Used to be an Allstate Electronics in the Chicago suburbs. Fond memories of that store.
    - xxxtentachyon 7y ago
      +1 for Tinkersphere, I walked there a few hours ago to get a micro HDMI-to-HDMI and some headers.
- ansible 7y ago
  Since I first saw the on-going demise of my local Fry's, I've been attempting to buy any computer parts from my local Microcenter, even if it is a little more expensive. I don't want them to go out of business too!
  - rblatz 7y ago
    7 years ago I moved from a place with a microcenter to a place with frys. I was really excited since I heard so many great things, I was instantly disappointed. It just doesn’t compare.
- pixelrevision 7y ago
  Microcenter does the job here. I do miss heading to frys and just browsing around though :(.
- zdragnar 7y ago
  I want to love microcenter, it is the type of store that should be my favorite place to be. Unfortunately, I haven't had a single good experience. Many issues were smaller things, but the single most upsetting was the time I found what I wanted (after being ignore by sales reps for awhile) only to be swarmed by reps trying to put their stickers on the box to get a commission while I walked to check out. And then people wonder why my first instinct to buy anything is to go online and have it shipped to me.
- DrScump 7y ago
  Perhaps ironically, Microcenter's Santa Clara store endured a death spiral a decade(?) ago that looked similar to what Fry's is suffering now.

mod50ack 7y ago

Microcenter has worked for me in NY. And they match Amazon pricing.

tombert 7y ago
Second thumbs up for Micro Center. I like that they have a combination of consumer-level electronics, mid-level stuff like Raspberry Pis, and low-level stuff like resistors and whatnot. It's a bit of a pain for me to get to MicroCenter (about an hour one the train), but it has always been useful for me when I'm in a pinch. When I visit my parents in Orlando, there's a smaller place called "Skycraft" which has a lot of low-level components, but I haven't been able to find an analog to it in NY just yet. Do you know of any?
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- volkl48 7y ago
  Tinkersphere Electronics, 152 Allen St (Manhattan) - as the name indicates, hobbyist focused. Allstate Electronics - Jamaica Queens - Old school distributor, has basically every electronic component under the sun. If you head out to NJ, there's a couple big shops as well (Wayne Electronics, Green Brook Electronics) but they're not transit-accessible or closer to the city.
  - ocdtrekkie 7y ago
    Used to be an Allstate Electronics in the Chicago suburbs. Fond memories of that store.
  - xxxtentachyon 7y ago
    +1 for Tinkersphere, I walked there a few hours ago to get a micro HDMI-to-HDMI and some headers.
ansible 7y ago
Since I first saw the on-going demise of my local Fry's, I've been attempting to buy any computer parts from my local Microcenter, even if it is a little more expensive. I don't want them to go out of business too!
- rblatz 7y ago
  7 years ago I moved from a place with a microcenter to a place with frys. I was really excited since I heard so many great things, I was instantly disappointed. It just doesn’t compare.
pixelrevision 7y ago
Microcenter does the job here. I do miss heading to frys and just browsing around though :(.
zdragnar 7y ago
I want to love microcenter, it is the type of store that should be my favorite place to be. Unfortunately, I haven't had a single good experience. Many issues were smaller things, but the single most upsetting was the time I found what I wanted (after being ignore by sales reps for awhile) only to be swarmed by reps trying to put their stickers on the box to get a commission while I walked to check out. And then people wonder why my first instinct to buy anything is to go online and have it shipped to me.
DrScump 7y ago
Perhaps ironically, Microcenter's Santa Clara store endured a death spiral a decade(?) ago that looked similar to what Fry's is suffering now.