[plug] Building new box. Best bang /$ ?

[Ben Jensz]

I've bought from Bestbuy, as have several people that I know, and they've
been very good.


/ Ben

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Bowden" <bowdentj at ses.curtin.edu.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 11:54 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] Building new box. Best bang /$ ?


> Bob wrote:
> >
> > Time for a new machine.
> >
> > I haven't been keeping up with hardware issues as much as I should so
> > I'm a bit in need of pointers. I've been to Toms Hardware and decided
> > that an AMD cpu would be the go but I'm finding up to date info an
> > current hardware a bit thin on the ground... any good sites? (I'm not
> > after the bleeding'est edge stuff, just best bang/$ :)
> >
> > Any pointers to local retailers pro/con would be appreciated as well.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> A good place to try for comparative hardware reviews is anandtech.com,
> especially for m/boards, video, cpu's & such, although reviews are
> windows based with only a rare mention of linux performance issues.
>
> For local prices try bestbuy.com.au.  They seem to be cheap although I
> haven't bought much from them so not sure what their service is like.
>
> Tim Bowden
>