My big list V2

Section one
Online retailers by country

USA
Newegg USA
Circuit City Nice return policy. Good place to order a monitor if you need to get one online.
buy.com
Amazon
Tigerdirect
ZipZoomfly
Provantage
ewiz AKA SuperBiiz
Frozen CPU great for cooling supplies of all kinds and case mods.

Canada
Bestdirect
NCIX
Direct Canada
Newegg Canada
Canada Computers

UK
Microdirect
Aria PC?
Overclockers UK
Misco I need feedback on them... they look good.
Pixmania Just a gadget store but they have some good memory at good prices, and other stuff.
ebuyer
Dabs
http://www.scan.co.uk/

Europe
PC Look (France, has English version) Well organized, have some very high quality parts.
Komplett
Hardware versand

India
Lynx Chandigarh
Swami PC
Techshop
Shopmania

Australia
MSY
Techbuy good selection?
PC Case Gear
Mwave Australia
Umart
Scorpion Technology
IT Estate

International
Conrad International These guys will ship anywhere. Selection is probably better than where you live, if you need them

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Maybe this one too.

ewiz http://www.ewiz.com/ sometimes have good deals

Hiya

Found your list of parts really informative, thanks

I'm about to put together a HTPC and this is what I'm planning to put into it. In your opinion, any conflicts with what I've chosen, anything that you feel I should change and why? Your help would be very much appreciated.

Case: Thermaltake DH 102 - Love the case ( mate has one)
Audio: Auzentech X-Fi Hometheatre HD card
CPU: Intel Core 2 Q 9550
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP 45 - DQ6
Memory: 4 x 2 Gb DDR2
PSU: Antec Signature 850 or Zalman 850
Video Card: Sapphire 4850
Hard Drive: Western Digital 2 Tb
Optical Drive: LG Blu Ray burner
TV Card: Some Happauge???

Look Forward to hearing from ya.

Thanks

http://www.warhammeralliance.com/f [...] p?p=671324 <---- Here's a list of some retailers across the globe.

btw, nice job Proxi

EDIT: This was a question to you Why_Me...
^ Not even your favourite i7 920 comes before that ???

I love them both. It's a toss up between the two. But they are both as good as gold...better...platinum.

Also turbo boost... not to mention hyper threading for the 860 and 870. And peeps have been getting stable and cool o/c's of 3.8 - 4.0 with the 750.

I'm surprised that this mobo isn't on your recommended list given the price point and the award that it won on this site:

ASRock X58 Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail - $169.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157163


-b

When I see ASRock boards in the wild that have survived intact for more than two years, I'll consider it. Until then I only see ASRock as a low budget choice.

I say "survive intact" because I have seen ASRock boards with faulty parts, such as Ethernet, go for 4 years.

MSI gets great reviews as well. Reviews don't assess reliability.

Let me ask you this:
How many people come to the forums looking to upgrade, that have machines 4 years old or more, where those machines have motherboards made by ASRock, MSI, etc.?

I smell a poll in my future.....

Ah here it is

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] oard-years

I notice the only GeForce card you recommend is the EVGA GTX260 Core 2 video card. And yet there are a TON of reports on newegg that this card has either arrived DOA or died after a few days of use. Do you have any other GeForce cards you recommend, or do you think that this is still a good card, despite the apparently high number of deaths?

I generally just pick video cards based on warranty and price and cooling, not always in that order. I'll look at that when i update this sometime soon.

@urbantoaster I'll list any place with a selection when it comes to outside US and UK I don't have enough vendors in other places.

LOL +1 man. asrock blows IMHO, although they are owned by ASUS

btw, good list

I am surprised you have the HAF 932 in your list but missed the 922. Thought its labelled a mid-tower and priced to compete with the Antec 900, its only an inch shorter and less deep than then 932 but is 1 inch wider so its internal volume is the same.




PS - unfortunately two of your monitor links are now inactive.

Thanks to both of you, changes made.

On the HAF, I think it's ugly but effective, would rather not link the 922

Hey Proximon! AC just released MX-3 compound! It's supposedly really good!

Also, what about the GA-EX58-UD5?

I noticed the first 3 GPU's on your list were no longer available at Newegg. Can you provide some alternatives in the mid range that aren't over $200? Thanks

Thank you and thank you for taking the time to make this thread. It is very informative. I realize it's hard to keep up with all the technology it changes from day to day it seems...

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Little late, but another Australian store is Umart Online, just a bit more expensive, if not the same price as MSY.

Edit: Strike OP already added them.

Just a mention i think the P7P55D-E PRO should be on the list.

Full SATA III and Full USB3.0

I'm sorry if your still on vacation but here is another NCIX division in Canada called BestDirect (http://www.bestdirect.ca/).

Canada Computers: Good!
Tiger Direct.ca: bloated!

Ok then: In Canada there is a store named The Source (by Circuit City) but it's not owned by Circuit City anymore so I don't know if it's as good as Circuit City.

Awesome

But "This is a very authoritative thread on monitors" doesn't work - takes you to Anandtech forums main page.

For SSD recommendations, maybe update Vertex to Vertex 2 and/or Intel G2 drives?

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