The Mother Board
Computer Info and Shopping Guide

Warning: fiddling with computers is extremely habit-forming and may be contagious.

The Best Places to Shop:

Computer Parts and Pieces:
New Egg   Chief Value  (same folks - diff names)
ZipZoomFly
Tiger Direct
Crucial Memory
Best Byte
BuyXtremeGear
411 Inkjets

Digital Cameras:
BestPriceAudioVideo
Electronics Outfitters

Cord Camera - on Ebay
B&H Photo

Local Computer Stores:
Best Buy
Circuit City
Comp USA
Office Depot
Staples

Find Current Price Ranges:
Price Watch    Price Grabber    NexTag
PriceScan

Tech Info and Reviews:
Extreme Tech    Tom's Harware    AnandTech
Motherboards    Over Clockers    Sys Opt
Electic Tech    Active Hardware    Google

CPU Info:
AMD    INTEL

Heatsink-Fan:
Thermaltake  Cooler Master
Global Win SwifTech  Vantec

Motherboard:
Abit    Asus    Biostar    DFI
ECS    EPoX    Gigabyte    Iwill
MSI    Shuttle    Soyo    Tyan

RAM:
Crucial     Kingston    Corsair
Centon    Mushkin

Case/Power Supply:
Antec    Enermax    Enlight    CoolerMaster
Superpower    Compucase    Min Maw

Hard Drive:
Western Digital    Maxtor    IBM    Seagate

Graphics:
ATI    Gainward    Hercules
Leadtek    Matrox    Visiontek

WARNING - Beware of I/O Magic
Many people, including me, have had trouble with this company honoring it's advertised rebates.

The Silent Computer:
EndPCnoise  Zalman  QuietPC
Nexus  NexFan Vantec  Directron

Sound:
Creative Labs    AOpen
Turtle Beach    Hercules

Network:
D-Link    Linksys    Netgear
Intel    3Com    Belkin   

CD/DVD:
Plextor    Sony    Teac

Modem:
US Robotics    Zoom
Linksys    Toshiba   

Chipset Info:
ALi    SiS    VIA    Nvidia

Other:
Fed Ex Package Tracker


Ross's Tech Notes:

 

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