[NTLUG:Discuss] Hardware vendors in Dallas

[David Stanaway]

Thanks,
I will definitely check out Fry's.
Now to work out which chipset I want, and which processor, and then
which barebones system fits, or build one from the case up.

Is anyone using freevo?

http://freevo.sourceforge.net/screenshots_blurr.html#freevo_ss2

The one piece of hardware I am certain about is the Hauppauge WinTV
PVR-500 card, which I will probably get from New Egg.

Kipton Moravec wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-08-06 at 08:18 -0500, Jason Mock wrote:
>> I would second the new egg....  I like the review system to because
>> sometimes that has swayed me towards or away from certain products depending
>> on the customer reviews.   Within Dallas, I'll stop by Fry's if I need
>> something quick, when I'm over that way anyways (bit of a drive from
>> Greenville).
>>
>> On 8/6/06, Dennis Myhand <dmyhand at cox-internet.com> wrote:
>>> David Stanaway wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> It has been years (Probably about 7!) since I put together a system
>>>> myself and that was in Australia. The hardware scene has changed a bit
>>>> since then.
>>>>
>>>> I have been looking around at some site like newegg and mwave which have
>>>> some interesting looking barebones systems which you pick with the
>>>> chipset you like and add your choice of everything else. Has anyone had
>>>> any good/bad experiences with any of these?
>>>>
>>>> I am going to be up in Dallas from the 15th to the 18th on business, and
>>>> I am interested in visiting some good PC component stores if any still
>>>> exist. Any recommendations? I have a CompUSA, Best Buy, Circuit City etc
>>>> down where I am at (McAllen down on the Rio Grande).
>>>>
>>>> I am looking at building a MythTV box, so I was hoping for a fairly
>>>> quiet box with a big SATA disk and a graphics card with composite or
>>>> svideo out.
>>>>
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>>> Hi David:
>>>
>>> I have bought from NewEgg numerous times and I have always been
>>> satisfied with the item and the price.  You might also look at Monarch
>>> Computer System at:
>>>
>>> http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv
>>>
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> 
> I like Fry's for everything except Motherboards. Almost everyone I have
> purchased there I have had to return at least once because it did not
> work out of the box. They have no new motherboards, only refurbished,
> and it appears those have not been tested well.
> 
> Kip
>