The space is a 5-story mall/showroom with several flagship stores (mostly selling completed builds) and is connected to a more dense space where parts are sold. The parts section feels akin to a market, and prices can be negotiated. The first ASUS computers and parts were also sold here. Definitely a must if you are around and like tech!
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Another cool detail is that stores have their full inventory and pricing lists on display in front as seen in the third pic! I think this is to save time, although I’m not sure so if anyone knows please share!
I think I’ve been there. Definitely a cool place to just walk around in.
You can even give those stores full rig specs and they build one in about 30 mins for no added cost
EU and north america outsourcing electronics manufacturing to china was pretty short-sighted after all
Only 5060s and 5070s on the wall… Im sure they also have 5080 on the display somewhere else, but this picture makes me think.
Also that one AMD card:
*chuckles* Im in danger
No 4080 or 4090
Can’t even imagine something like this living in a small European country. There are stores that have 10 components in stock and that is it.
https://preview.redd.it/pifhssn03x3f1.png?width=1284&format=png&auto=webp&s=3cc47fe4139ebb49f20c4d0a50795656a587842c
That 9070xt’s is about to get Piper Perried…
I wonder how much negotiation room there is. I just converted some of the prices and they are higher than what they are here in the US. I would figure the store’s cost is less than US stores so in theory you could get a better deal.
I read the book title as “Graphic Arts Academy of Fire Ants in Krakow”
Legend has it, that this store actually has EVGA 50 series cards in its depths. What an absolute treasure that would.
(Cries in no more EVGA cards)
Kraków!
How were the prices compared to other countries?
One of the big store have a online price evaluation system as well. https://coolpc.com.tw/evaluate.php
This reminds me of the old days at Fry’s Electronics. I miss trips to the back corner section and looking at the pricing board and the laid out mother boards so you could inspect them. Oddly enough. I’m still rocking a 970 I got there.
What Guanghua Electronic Plaza misses the most is used goods. Akihabara has SO many good used pc parts stores, how come there are so few in Taipei and nothing close to Janpara?
I used to live in Kaohsiung Taiwan. There was a tech street there that had electronics stores up and down the street. I priced out a build back in 2016 that would be 3100USD if I built it stateside. I got all the parts I wanted and saved 1100 dollars building that same spec build in Taiwan. Taiwan is the PC gaming Mecca.
It’s interesting to see the hometown on reddit. There are similar stores in many cities in Taiwan (even many small computer stores run by individuals), and Guanghua Market is one of the largest clusters. Usually they provide complete host assembly services, you buy all the parts, and the retailer assembles it and sells it.
However, because I have been using laptops for many years for convenience, I haven’t bought a new host for many years. It is said that due to problems such as insufficient supply in recent years, some of the latest GPUs may be included in bundled sales and cannot be purchased separately. (I haven’t been to the store in person to understand the situation, so I can only say that I have seen similar complaints on the Internet)
Didn’t linus get a crazy PC built here?
WTF?!
What keyboard is that? I want it
Edit: nvm I found it. Ofc the one i want is out of stock.
Taipei china you mean, under ruling of the supreme leader
That place is super fun to visit, though I probably wouldn’t buy anything. The toy floor is fun too. Across the train route from there is an old warehouse area with pop ups and stores that is also really cool. Taipei is super neat.
And its all stocked because of the price of them over there too.
I like the keyboards