On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 23:15 -0700, Bob La Quey wrote: > > It is sounding more and more like I want to do component selection > carefully and then build my own systems. Or pay an arm and aleg for > a higher quality system ... >
What I do now (and what I did when I researched the purchase of this workstation at QUAKE), was look for a package in my (our) price range. Then of those, I look at components and options. I select the package with the options/components that are the most reliable. It took me about two weeks of researching (amongst my other tasks) to select this system. We later bought another similar one, only that one has a M2N-E MoBo, a smaller HDD, and not quite as good of a video card (it's not for development, only for a specific task in production, but running Linux just the same). The places I looked for systems were Dell (for the service contracts mainly), Fry's, Chips & Memory, D&J (Micrtron 2000), The Chip Merchant, PC Club. All places I/we've purchased from before, and all places I'm familiar with. PGA -- Paul G. Allen BSIT/SE Owner/Sr. Engineer Random Logic Consulting www.randomlogic.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
