Looking for good company to buy PC from fully assembled

[ArgusII]

I need to a good company to recommend to some one to buy a complete computer system minus the moniter perfer AMD processors.

I could build it myself, but my uncle lives too far away for me to travel if anything were to go wrong.

[Steve R Jones]

Gateway is running some unbeatable deals right now.

[hotrodder]

I think gateway quit offering amd cpus

[Stormtrooper]

Try tigerdirect decent sytems under 400.

[Imperion1]

How good of a system are you looking at?

[Mstoumba]

These guys are good . Ive been buying from them for a year no problems

www.computersurplusoutlet.com:)

[DougM]

http://www.falcon-nw.com/ is supposed to make some VERY nice systems, not cheap but very good.

[phecky]

www.tccomputers.com
Fast delivery, good web site, wide range of parts, nice people or high end you can try www.alienware.com
sorry the post is late. did you buy anything yet?

[Shortnugly]

Best site I've found so far:

http://www.actualpc.com/hotdeals.asp

here's an example:

HD039
Barebone T-BIRD 1.4GHz 266FSB
ELITEGROUPE ECS K7S5A WITH SOUND & LAN, 266FSB, ATA100, 1AGP 5PCI, DDR/SDR, AMD Athlon T-bird 1.4GHz 266FSB & HEATSINK,FAN, ATX Midtower Case 320W P/S. 1 YEAR WARRANTY. $217.00

I think I'm buying this one.

[Beeblequix]

<http://www.totallyawesome.com>

These guys are the best in my state. They absolutely R0cK!

They do NOT use cheap integrated parts. They use high quality parts from various leading-edge manufacturers. I've had my sys for 1.5 years and love it. Got my mom one, and refer all my friends to them. I don't work for them and have no interest in their company except that I hate to see people get abused and taken for dummies when buying less for more.

Generally, I just point people to their own local system integrator. Go into their store and get an invoice and then do some RESEARCH on their parts. Don't let them sell you generic where-the-'ell-did-this-come-from parts. You get what you pay for. In fact, also check the ratings on Tom's site for the vendors, along with resellerratings.com.

Another site to *slather* over is:
<http://www.voodoopc.com>

Oh yeah! .....drool.....

B.Quix

[BigBlue66]

Hey,

You got two votes now for:

www.computersurplusoutlet.com

Here's another one:

www.accessmicro.com

Happy shopping!

Big Blue 66

[TrojanPunisher]

pcnut (http://www.pcnut.com/systems/gamepro.htm)

[bill1971]

I wouldn't hesitate to buy from www.Nutrend.com - very good
bang for the buck for a custom-configured system,and they
always fair well in PC World mag comparisons.

or

Just bought a Dell Dimension 4300 P4 system minus monitor,
speakers, and modem,but w/ 1.6Ghz P4,128MB SDRAM,(I'll add
another stick), 80 GB HDD, floppy,64MB Geforce2 MX card,
24/10/40 CD-RW, Windows XP Home and Works Suite, 1-AGP,
4-PCI, for $638 shipped.
To build this system myself would have cost over $800

[newcentury]

Just wondering what you out there think about this system? It's from www.actualpc.com and is one of there specials. I think it's about what I'm looking for. Any feedback?



SPE127
AMD THINDERBIRD 1.4GHz(266) COMPLETE SYSTEM
AMD TH-BIRD 1.4GHz(266)SOCKET A, ELITEGROUPE ECS K7S5A 266FSB WITH SOUND & 10/100 NETWORK CARD, (1AGP 5PCI 1ISA 1AMR), ATX MIDTOWER CASE(4-5.25"+2-3.5") 320W, 256MB PC-2100 DDR, 3.5"FLOPPY DRIVE, 40GB WESTERN DIGITAL 7200RPM ATA100, 16x10x40 IDE CDRW, AGP 64MB HERCULES GUILLEMOT 3D PROPHET 4500, Cyber Acoustics CA-3060 3-Piece Subwoofer System, PCI56 FAX/MODEM LUCENT VOICE V90, PS-2 KEYBOARD, PS-2 3D SCROLL MOUSE, MS WIN 98 S.E OR WIN ME OR WIN XP HOME EDITION OR WIN NT-4.0 FOR WORKSTATION. 3 YEARS WARRANTY. HOUSE BRAND $764.00

[Ifish25]

Ebay is a good place to look for custom made unit suppliers. Also, use the free download Copernic Shopper program (http://www.copernic.com) to search for what you want. The program will arrange systems in either ascending or decending order of price as well as rate the company. We have one supplier here in Texarkana that builds units with a 3 year warranty, but they use only Intel stuff, unless their policy has changed. I too prefer the AMD offerings. Check out the warranty package and the number of years in business. A long warranty is of no value if the supplier is planning on a chapter 13 filing. Get address of company and contact Better Business Bureau in that town for information.

[rclark18]

Try:
http://direct.mwave.com
:D

[Rugor]

Try Monarch

www.monarchcomputer.com

They have a very good sales/customer service department that actually thinks about what you're ordering and how it fits together. Also they'll custom assemble the system with the components you pick. None of those OEM mobos that give me the willies.

I had them build a T-bird 900 system in the summer of 2000 for someone. Very well assembled, and on an ASUS motherboard.

Good system, good quality parts, good warranty, good prices.

[x51out]

Atlas Micro Logistics Inc. Although. you'll have to know a bit about computers as their documentation and telephone tech-service is not good. WWW.BUY-ATLAS.COM

[SearchSkillzzz]

Originally posted by Shortnugly
Best site I've found so far:

http://www.actualpc.com/hotdeals.asp

here's an example:

HD039
Barebone T-BIRD 1.4GHz 266FSB
ELITEGROUPE ECS K7S5A WITH SOUND & LAN, 266FSB, ATA100, 1AGP 5PCI, DDR/SDR, AMD Athlon T-bird 1.4GHz 266FSB & HEATSINK,FAN, ATX Midtower Case 320W P/S. 1 YEAR WARRANTY. $217.00

I think I'm buying this one. Wow man, that is a good price!:D

[Ifish25]

MAN! I wonder where they stole that one? Das a vewy good pwice! :D

[x51out]

You got that right. And reeks of refurb. I dunno, if it sounds too good to be true... yup, you know it... refurb-city.

[Jackmc]

Stay away from that ECS K7S5A board a lot of problems

[jmichna]

Check out ResellerRatings.com (http://www.resellerratings.com) for customer satisfaction rankings of all kinds of vendors, big and little, good and bad.

Myself, I've had two great :D systems built by Outside Loop Computers (http://www.outsideloop.com). OLC caters to computer enthusiasts and overclockers. They build solid, very fast machines with top name components. They will custom build to your specifications. Two years ago, had a Slot A Classic Athlon 700@850 (using Golden Fingers device) using Abit K7A-100 mobo, last year had a T-Bird 1.2@1.4gHz using an Asus A7V133 mobo, IDE raid, Elsa Gladiac Ultra vid.... etc., etc. Both machines are solid, and run great... excellent gamers and business use. :D

The owners, Bill and Dave Jeffers know their clients by name, outstanding tech and customer support. Have recommended them to several friends who have also been very satisfied. Can't say too many good things... :D

Best of Luck!
jmichna

[BlackThorn]

Originally posted by Jackmc
Stay away from that ECS K7S5A board a lot of problems Absolutely. That board is a liability, not an asset. My friend got a barebones deal with that board, and it's given him no end of trouble. It's currently dead, (by no fault of his own) and he's trying to work through the process to get it replaced.

[ArgusII]

I have built several systems using the ECS K7S5A and haven't had the first problem with any of them.

I haven't had to RMA a single board yet.

The systems are completely stable.

None of my customers have complained at all about their computers using the K7S5A.

But I only use 300 Watt or higher AMD approved power supplies, and Crucial memory.

The ECS motherboard sucks for overclocking.

[Nixona]

It seems to be that the problem with those boards is caused by a combo of (but not limited to) XP Processors, DDR, and WinXP. They are great SDR boards, and work fine with DDR at 200 fsb, but damned if I've seen more than about 25% work at full speed with DDR.

[cjh]

newcentury, that 1.4 266fsb sounds like a very decent deal. Be cautios of vague ads ---the last one sounds good though.