[NCLUG] Fighting TigerMP

[NIESEWAND,OLIVER (Non-HP-FtCollins,ex1)]

If you are considering an internet vendor, then might I recommend one? 

I have had nothing but good experiences with www.newegg.com and I have heard
nothing but good things about them from other home enthusiasts.

They have a good user rating, a good selection, excellent pricing on most
hardware, and they have always been very efficient in dealing with my
orders. They seem to stay on top of manufacturer's price cuts and pass them
on quickly to the consumer as soon as they happen.

They're also an excellent resource for those of you sad enough to regularly
go out and wistfully price your own God box. 

And no, I don't get a cut for recommending them. But I have discovered the
painful way that a lot of online merchants are not really efficient or (in
some cases) trustworthy so I'll happily pass on the details of those I know
to be good. 





-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Reifschneider [mailto:jafo-nclug at tummy.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 4:14 AM
To: nclug at nclug.org
Subject: Re: [NCLUG] Fighting TigerMP


On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 11:24:38AM -0700, Michael Dwyer wrote:
> o Best Buy - Yes, it is sad, but true.  But good luck finding a power
>supply there.

They have a not bad selection of some stuff.  I was pretty shocked when
I found I could get a motherboard there, and not at a bad price either.

> o Computer Rennaisans - Or however you spell it.  Sort of expensive,
>IMHO.

They do have some good stuff, but they tend to be quite expensive and their
policies kind of suck.  They have lots of SCSI stuff though.  I mostly
avoid them after they tried to sell me some RAM for nearly twice was Best
Buy wanted, and wouldn't warranty it at all unless they installed it.  I
went to Best Buy instead.

> o RunPC - Unknown -- but they seem to have more homebrew equipment

They're also not bad.  THey usually carry 3-wire CPU fans which Computer
Ren hasn't seemed to the last few times I was there.  They also tend to
have 53c8xx SCSI boards in stock, though we've had better luck finding
these other places more recently.

> o DSC - Might be your best bet -- they seem pretty sharp.  Worth a try.

They tend to be pretty good, and over all have not a bad selection.  Of
particular relavence to this discussion, however, is that I thought they
were HORRIBLY overpriced on the last power supply I got from them.  I don't
recall how much, but I seem to recall that it was a substantial fraction of
$100 for a regular ATX power supply.

> o Hayes - Are they still around?  Also good homebrew store.

I've gotten some stuff from them in the past.  I wasn't very impressed over
all, they seemed to expect me to have the IQ of a carrot.  I don't recall
what it was all about though...  They moved from Elizabeth and Shields to
Elizabeth and Overland, by the grocery store there.

Other places:

   Circuit City -- I've been pretty happy with them, no problems returning
   stuff we've had problems with (which doesn't happy often, admittedly),
   and they have a pretty good selection of computer stuff.  I just got a
   24x burner, 40x ripper (TDK VeloCD) from them for $120 after rebate.
   They even usually print you extra copies of the receipt to send in for
   the rebate.

   Office Depot/Office Max -- Whatever you need, they don't have it.  No,
   really...  They have a computer section, but except for CDs I think that
   every time we've been in there looking for a computer thing, we've been
   denied.

   My spare bedroom, but unless you're a member, the prices are outrageous.
   Great selection though.  ;-P

   Wintronic -- Good for cables and stuff.  Particularly networking cables
   of all sorts.  Fairly good prices for a local shop...  A fair bit of
   SCSI stuff, too.  Not bad for rack hardware, unless you need shelves
   (IMHO).

   The Internet -- I order most of my stuff from the net.  For power
   supplies, I frequent pcpowerandcooling.com, they have a good product.
   Heck, you can even order on-line these days.  their power supplies and
   (most importantly) fans seem to last forever.

Sean
-- 
 The day that Linux invades the desktop market is the day that I start
 believing in people again.
Sean Reifschneider, Inimitably Superfluous <jafo at tummy.com>
tummy.com - Linux Consulting since 1995. Qmail, KRUD, Firewalls, Python
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