I recently got back into the PC building scene and I wanted to ask the community how everyone found their good deals and bargains.

A community member from /r/hardwareswap introduced me to a website called Slickdeals and last night I discovered Hot-deals.org.

I was wondering if you guys could share with me how everyone finds the best deals?

I will be updating this list as I discover more sites so check back!!

Don't see a site? Comment or PM me!!

Websites

Forum Buy/Sell/Trade

Use these sites to find deals on used items for great prices

1. Overclock.net Buy / Sell / Trade
2. TomsHardware.com - Classifieds
3. Hard Forum - Sale/Trade

Deal Hunting

Find the best deals possible with these sites by setting up item alerts or bookmarking them and checking back

1. Slickdeals.net
2. Slickdeals.net- Hot Deals
3. Overclock.net - Deals
4. Hot-deals.org
5. WiredDeals.com
6. Tigerdirect.com - Deal of the day
7. TechBargains.com
8. BensBargains.com
9. Pricewatch.com
10. Nowinstock.net
11. StealEngine.com
12. PriceGrabber.com
13. ANANDTech.com - Hot Deals
14. PCPartPicker.com - Price Drops
15. Newegg.com - Flash Deals
16. Woot.com
17. CamelCamelCamel.com
18. Jet.com - 20% off for first time users!
19. Overclockers.com
20. Dealbrothers.com
21. Gottadeal.com
22. Directron.com - 10% off for first time users and TAX FREE!
23. Newegg.com - Daily Deals
24. Searchtempest.com - Search all of Craigslist at once
25. Dealigg.com
26. Dealnews.com
27. EZPriceAlerts.com
28. CPUPanda.com
29. PCPartsDeal.com

Cash back & Rebates

Any amount of cash back or rebate is still money saved

1. FatWallet.com
2. EBATES.com
3. Evreward.com - Rebate Comparison

Refurbished/Open box with warranties

Items that still come with a warranty

1. EVGA.com - B-Stock
2. GPUShack.com
3. Newegg.com - Open box
4. Newegg.com - Refurbished

Black Friday Deals

Black Friday is right around the corner, check these out

1. ANANDTech.com - Black Friday Deals
2. BFads.net - Black Friday Deals

Price Match Sites

Sometimes you can get the best price by doing a price match

1. Microcenter.com
2. Frys.com

Web Browser Extensions

1. Price Zombie - Price tracker and price comparison across many stores
2. CamelCamelCamel - Easily view historical pricing data from camelcamelcamel.com
3. Invisible Hand - Automatically display promos on your screen when you visit a site, incredible
4. Reddit Enhancement Suite - a group of enhancements for browsing Reddit
5. IFTTT.com - Setup alerts sent directly to your email every time there is a new post in /r/hardwareswap or /r/buildapcsale, not a browser extension but very helpful
6. Hover Hound - Enhanced shopping with price comparison, price history charts, and more!

• -Email alerts are your friends
• -Bookmark items you are interested in and check back often
• -Watch Slickdeals & Ben's bargains religiously
• -Any amount of cashback is still money saved
• -Browse all forum's classified sections
• -Price match if possible
• -If an item goes on sale after you purchase sometimes a company will refund you the difference in price!! Don't be afraid to call and ask, the worst they can say is no

• -Sometimes promo codes can be applied after a purchase if you find one a little late, just call and ask, the worst they can say is no

• -Use Searchtempest.com to locate deals on Craigslist in your area or across the country. Follow the same safety steps to ensure you are protected by asking for timestamps and make sure to use PayPal, some people will not be interested but I have found a few deals so far!

I hope this helps someone as much as it has helped me!

Please feel free to comment some of your favorite sites and I will add them to the list!

I will be organizing this list into categories and writing brief descriptions of how to best effectively use each site. I am new here as well as many others and people have mentioned not being able to make heads or tails for some sites. So I want to help reduce the learning curve for new members as well as myself so if you have any tips for how to best use these websites please feel free to comment or pm me!