[CentOS] [OT] DirectDial.com ....

[BRUCE STANLEY]

--- "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam at HiWAAY.net> wrote:

> Chris Mauritz wrote:
> 
> > William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> .... does anyone onlist have any 1st-hand experience (good or bad) w/
> >> DirectDial.com for procuring computer components ? Thanks in advance
> >> :-). I am interested in them as a potential source for parts to build an
> >> Opteron box running Linux, probably CentOS, to bring this slightly on
> >> topic ....
> >>
> >
> > Never heard of them.  For building whitebox systems, I've always had 
> > pretty good luck with Newegg.com or Monarchcomputer.com.  Their prices 
> > are usually nearly the lowest and both provide a good variety of gear 
> > and have decent customer service.  Also, if you just want to buy cheap 
> > whitebox rackmounts rather than build them from scratch, I've also had 
> > good luck with pogolinux.com and 8anet.com.  If you need help 
> > integrating the system, shoot me an email off list.
> >
> > Cheers,
> 
> 
> I like both NewEgg & Monarch, but neither has the mbd I am looking for 
> (Tyan Tomcat K8S, S2850G2N), so off into the weeds ....
> 
> -- 
> 	William A. Mahaffey III
>

You can also try  mwave.com.