Hardware Assistance

[Anonymous]

I am currently building a new rig for a customer (personal upstart buisness, first major deal) and I am looking for a good mobo+cpu combo that has a dual core processor (preferrably AMD) and two, count 'em, two PCI-Express slots. Memory requirements are flexable, but at least a gig of DDR2 would be nice.

I know how to build this, but my only problem is that my sources are extremely limited. If any of you know of a good deal out there, and could possibly give me any good leads please let me know, and I'll love you long time.

[Anonymous]

http://www.tigerdirect.com
http://www.newegg.com
http://www.pcclub.com
http://www.pricewatch.com

Check those places, that's my personal preferences. That's just how I roll, Dawg. *flashes gang signs*

[Fuse]

Whenever I build, I start off with a spreadsheet I made up here:
http://fuse.gotdns.com/comp.xls
That version is a bit dated, but obviously you can alter it as you see fit.

I start by pulling up a ton of options, whether I think it's the best option, or one I can fall back on if low on cash. Then I start pricing everything out with it.
The Final Price Colum has a function in there to display the total price for the quantity chosen, or a blank if no quantity is chosen or if "have" is in the notes section.
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Newegg.com is THE best place to go for hardware. Prices are the best, and shipping is usually faster than they even say it is. Tigerdirect would be my second choice. They are a tad bit more expensive, but still quality. Also Tigerdirect has a better selection of mobo/cpu combos.

[Heironymus]

I agree with Fuse and Kayda... NewEgg is what I used to build my computer. I priced it, bought it, and built it. Cost me with a 19 inch regular monitor from another store a total of 990 dollars. But when I priced the same computer with like dell and others it ran around 1500 dollars... so.. yeah... I would recommend newegg..
when I ordered all my parts some got there faster than others for some reason... like the Processor got there in three days and the mother board took the full week they said it would... so... yeah..

[Anonymous]

www.dealnews.com  Site is great with alerting you to deals and specials going on at stores.  Otherwise I agree with everyone else on newegg.com

[Eroz]

Just remember cheap isn't always good with computer parts. Put some good money on a PSU. As far as I can tell now it look like my newegg brought non-Antec PSU is the cause of hardware issues. (Anyone know how to test a PSU?)

[Anonymous]

http://www.ochardware.com/articles/psuvolt/psuvolt.html That is a link on how to test to voltage dont know if that is what you wanted or not. But Sared Like eryone else those are the place i like to go to.

[Anonymous]

Agreed.  Newegg is by far my first choice.

[Avzeke (Khr0n1k)]

Newegg is teh pwnz! just got all my comp stuff from them.