On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 09:06:33AM -0500, William A. Mahaffey III enlightened us: > 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 .... I've always had good luck with Insight.com. They beat CDWG hands down every time on price and service. Their non-educational prices don't seem to be too bad, either, and they've got the board you're looking for. You might include them in future searches. They're usually a little more expensive than NewEgg, but in the end they don't screw you as bad on shipping (i.e. 2 items does not mean $shipping_cost * 2, it's $shipping_cost + a little). http://insight.com/site/product/detail/index.cfm?item_number=S2850G2N $239.53 Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263