Kind of derailing the thread for personal intersts so this will be my last one,
UK gov on imports:
Your responsibilities
You may have to pay
VAT, Customs Duty or Excise Duty on goods sent from outside the
European Union (EU) before you can collect them.
Anyway, thx for the ongoing advice
@LukeD .
I am just sniping Prime Day wharehouse deals. so goods returned to amazon that practically new, but have been opened etc, but are lower in price obviously. All of them get an extra 20% off today.
I already got a Sugo 13b, Corsair H60 (am4 compatible), and an SF600 for like 60% the price of new ones.....the hunting goes on.
Edit: I ended up buying same as the lab501.ro guy that got it to 3733 on this board, a G.SKILL F4-3866C18D-16GTZ, but in 2x8gb instead of his 2x4gb. The reddit list confirms that this 2x8 is bdie, but I wouldn't have worried much at this frequency. It was a warehouse prime day deal, and it said used-like new, heatsink scratch. I will report in 2 days how it looks.
Now some actually RELEVANT info for the AB-350 for UK buyers:
At this rate I will get the mobo next week.
I preordered it from Scan.co.uk but their shipment was delayed. apparently they are still confirming with their Gigabyte reseller when they can get it.
I also went to Morecomputers.uk and chatted to a guy, and asked if they actually had stock, because it said in stock on their website, he checked and said that they forgot to update it, (and promptly updated it). Apparently their Gigabyte reseller sold everything out, and their next batch is coming on the 17th.... I wonder if it is the same reseller.
Anyway. I need the mobo to arrive.
And to decide between the 1700 284 gbp the 1700x 328gbp and the 1800x which actually got ANOTHER small reduction and is now 399 gbp.