From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Dec 16 23:22:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA18114 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 23:22:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from MindBender.serv.net (mindbender.serv.net [205.153.153.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA18096 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 23:21:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michaelv@MindBender.serv.net) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.8.8/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA07285; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 23:21:47 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199712170721.XAA07285@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: NetSonic cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Speaking of hardware In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 17 Dec 97 00:15:14 -0600. <3.0.32.19971217001511.00a14130@207.250.84.2> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 23:21:45 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Anyone have any recommended hardware vendors. I have used tccomputers and >cdw and have been happy.. just looking for alternatives for the servers >(Pent Pro 200's and PII 300's) as we are adding a box every six weeks so we >should probly find one reliable vendor. I have been very happy with both CDW and Insight for general PC stuff. They're both very highly recommended (by me). Bason is where I usually get hard drives: http://www.basoncomputer.com/. I buy a lot of memory from The Chip Merchant: http://www.thechipmerchant.com/. They also have good prices on CPUs, and sell boxed CPUs if you like a little more warranty and the warm fuzzies that your chip is genuinely marked (though I trust them enough to sell me correctly marked chips unboxed). TC is a good place to go for motherboards, with the limited experience I've had. Do NOT buy from Aberdeen -- they're nice and all, but it takes two months to get service for defective parts, many times. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net Contract software development for Windows NT, Windows 95 and Unix. Windows NT and Unix server development in C++ and C. --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------