WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:08.880 we have got two huge announcements for you guys today number one april 14th i 00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:14.400 am going to be here at the new memory express location at 1900 west broadway 00:00:11.920 --> 00:00:18.000 in vancouver for a meetup i'm going to be giving away swag i'm gonna be giving 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:22.000 away tech advice if you're into that sort of thing and just generally hanging 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:27.599 out number two right there's a new memory express here 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:32.160 at 1900 west broadway they're a relatively new face in bc but they've 00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:37.760 actually been in business in canada for over 20 years with stores in calgary 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:40.920 edmonton and winnipeg let's go have a look inside 00:00:48.239 --> 00:00:53.920 it's actually kind of bizarre for me walking into this place because back 00:00:52.079 --> 00:01:00.399 when i was a product manager they were one of my key rivals in fact i remember 00:00:56.800 --> 00:01:02.879 one boxing day staying very very late 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:08.479 into the office waiting around for them to post a new deal dropping our price by 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:13.280 two dollars only to have them five minutes later drop theirs by another two 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:17.840 dollars and going back and forth and back and forth i mean now they've got 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:23.200 their uber price beat policy which takes any authorized canadian price online or 00:01:20.880 --> 00:01:26.560 in store and beats it by 10 so that takes some of the fun out of it but 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:30.640 i guess it's good for customers right now this is one of their smaller stores 00:01:28.479 --> 00:01:35.200 they've actually got a gigantic one in richmond bc but they've still managed to 00:01:32.960 --> 00:01:39.360 pack a pretty impressive amount of computers 00:01:36.479 --> 00:01:43.119 technology and system components so let's have a look at what they got 00:01:40.960 --> 00:01:47.600 closest to the entrance they've got the key essentials 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:47.600 Ethernet cables 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:54.479 and RGB fans sorry before anyone gets triggered 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:57.840 over here we've got gaming chairs power supplies 00:01:55.680 --> 00:02:01.520 coolers and then tons of peripherals so gaming 00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:07.920 peripherals brands like razer and Corsair and then less gaming peripherals 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:12.400 so this is mostly dominated by logitech and microsoft we've got your phones 00:02:10.959 --> 00:02:17.040 tablets small compact laptops i 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:21.280 i think it must be some kind of a law that you're not allowed to open a 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:25.280 computer store unless you have like adorable kittens on mousepad somewhere 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:31.440 anyway got your cleaning supplies got your external drives external drive 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:36.879 enclosures if you prefer to provide your own drive got your gaming laptops so 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:42.959 everything from sort of compact mid-tier performance stuff all the way up to like 00:02:39.440 --> 00:02:45.840 gtx 1070 based devices you've got gaming 00:02:42.959 --> 00:02:52.239 pcs from vendors like ASUS lenovo and MSI and then on the other side you've 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:54.400 got gaming monitors from lg benq MSI 00:02:52.239 --> 00:02:58.080 also ASUS and so what you can do is you can have the gaming experience of the pc 00:02:56.560 --> 00:03:02.000 on the gaming monitor and kind of demo both of them on one island 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:06.400 this is a weird one they have gift cards in here 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:12.720 for everything from stuff that makes a ton of sense like memory express league 00:03:09.440 --> 00:03:16.560 of legends team xbox google play 00:03:12.720 --> 00:03:17.599 two things that make absolutely no sense 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:23.599 like burger king usually my significant other can tell 00:03:21.760 --> 00:03:27.760 when i forgot and i just grabbed something from the computer store but 00:03:25.040 --> 00:03:33.280 this way nobody ever has to know tons of gaming headsets right on the other side 00:03:29.760 --> 00:03:35.840 of the gaming mice and then this is 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:41.200 monitor demo land where you can watch someone who's got way cooler ARM tattoos 00:03:39.040 --> 00:03:44.400 than i will ever have build a computer also they've got some other demos that 00:03:42.640 --> 00:03:49.280 they run on here throughout the day networking land has everything from 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:52.480 simple usb to Ethernet adapters to those like massive routers that look like 00:03:51.440 --> 00:03:58.959 scary upside down crabs attack its weak point 00:03:55.599 --> 00:04:01.120 and never one to abide by these sorts of 00:03:58.959 --> 00:04:04.159 restrictions from your mortals criminal scope i'm gonna bring you guys around to 00:04:02.720 --> 00:04:09.200 the back as well so this is where you'll find memory cards uh more external 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:13.200 drives this is where actually the bulk of the external drive stock is and then 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:18.639 the good stuff oh so 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:21.359 many cpus and then even more important than that motherboards they've got all 00:04:20.239 --> 00:04:25.759 the major brands so you got your Gigabyte you got your MSI you got your 00:04:23.840 --> 00:04:30.160 where's ASUS they've got their whole loan section 00:04:27.440 --> 00:04:34.960 here and this is cool if you buy CPU RAM and motherboard they will actually for 00:04:32.320 --> 00:04:38.000 free mount the CPU and the RAM check and make sure everything's working and even 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:40.800 install the latest BIOS so that you don't have to deal with the hassle 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:49.680 pretty cool moving over here we've got the even more exciting stuff they've got graphics 00:04:44.400 --> 00:04:54.840 cards what 560s 570s 580s gtx 1050 tis 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:57.759 1060s 1070s 1070 ti 1080s 1080 00:04:54.840 --> 00:05:01.680 ti do you guys have look at them all look at all of these things do you guys 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:04.000 have any idea how much these things are worth you got them just sitting here 00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:10.639 like any random jackass could just you know 00:05:07.520 --> 00:05:12.240 get come out of here and like 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:15.440 come around to the back this is where you'll find anything that's being held 00:05:13.919 --> 00:05:20.880 for a customer or anything that doesn't look as sexy on the shelf so you've got 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:27.039 all kinds of ssds two and a half inch NVMe wd samsung kingston you pretty much 00:05:24.479 --> 00:05:30.960 name it RAM is also back here all the major brands so you got your kingston 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:36.800 you got your g skill you got your Corsair desktop laptop pretty much all 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:40.320 back here they've also got hard drives back here lots of different selection 00:05:38.880 --> 00:05:45.280 there and even more graphics cards 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:49.120 look at this that's where the shortage is coming from 00:05:47.440 --> 00:05:54.080 memory express was hoarding them all for their grand opening over on this side 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:58.720 we've got all the kind of less sexy looking stuff so you got your 00:05:56.160 --> 00:06:02.720 battery backups that you know still have packaging like it's straight 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:07.280 out of the 90s although they are important you got your backpacks you got 00:06:05.039 --> 00:06:11.759 your you know bathrooms a small office this is printer corner full of printer 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:16.800 toner that kind of thing they've got some monitor overflow they've got some 00:06:13.919 --> 00:06:22.960 cases they've got wow look at this 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:24.880 spindles of dvds 00:06:22.960 --> 00:06:28.560 people still buy those closing out the tour customer service 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:33.360 land is a big part of the customer for life philosophy so they do 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:36.960 15 day returns and exchanges with no restocking fee on approved items with 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:41.360 all the original packaging and accessories and then around this corner 00:06:39.440 --> 00:06:46.720 they've got their on-site technicians who handle rmas system build system 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:50.800 repairs and they even do it business solutions so come check it out it's 00:06:48.960 --> 00:06:55.360 going to be on april 14th they're actually open already and there's free 00:06:53.199 --> 00:07:00.080 parking in the back the vancouverites be like what free parking wow that's the most 00:06:58.960 --> 00:07:04.240 exciting thing about it but it's actually not on the 14th i'll be here 00:07:02.400 --> 00:07:07.759 all morning they're gonna have deals they're gonna have swag and it should 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:11.120 just be a pretty fun atmosphere so i hope to see you guys there there will be 00:07:09.520 --> 00:07:13.759 more details at the link in the video description