[CLUE-Tech] pricewatch prices in Denver area

[Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Jed S. Baer wrote:

> It all depends upon how picky you want to be, and how far you're willing
> to drive.
>
> PC Brokers, who recently took a return on a mobo I bought last July.
>   5856 S. Lowell #32
>   (303) 347-1160

Pretty picky, but I'm willing to drive a little bit. P C Brokers is
about a half hour drive (minus traffic) so that's not unreasonable
at all.

> I've never found it to be difficult to locate Tyan boards in Denver. I'm
> pretty sure DHE keeps Tyan, ASUS, and ABit in stock. You might find the
> selection of CPUs to be less than you'll have online, but IIRC, DHE can do
> "next day" on whatever you want. I didn't have any trouble with a return
> at DHE - my fault too (but I didn't even take the board out of the
> static-bag, was just a momentary confustion ;-).

Usually, I like to leave with whatever I came for. Having a good return
policy is pretty important, too. There was a store on Colorado that
I liked (Xtreme computers, or something like that) but they went out
of business rather suddenly. I haven't been able to find another store
of comparable quality in Denver yet.

> In fact, the only thing I haven't been able to find locally is a really
> good case. Most of the last box I built, I bought online from Compu-Plus.
> But I got the memory from Mushkin (on Colfax, near Bannock), the power
> supply from PC Power and Cooling, and the case - man, I don't remember,
> but it's way better than an Enlight, for example. I'd have to hunt a bit
> for the mfr. Oh, I bought the monitor at CompUSA. Always like to point my
> beady l'il eyes at a monitor before I buy it.

Is that comp-u-plus.com?

Good cases are hard to find these days.

> Really, a little time spent with the yellow pages making phone calls can
> yield some good results. Also, many of the mfr. web sites will list local
> retailers. Nope, not "pricewatch" level pricing. But you do pay for the
> office space, and being able to walk in and talk to a person, and finger
> the merchandise. When it comes to returns, I've had to return one mobo I
> bought online, and it was a royal pain in the arse.

Yeah, I know. I think online stores are great for some things (CDs, books,
stuff like that...) but I don't like to buy a $200 motherboard without
knowing I'll be able to easily return it if there's a problem.

BTW -- has anyone had experience with a dual-Athlon MB? I think it's time
to upgrade and a dual Athlon sounds really nice.

Take care,

Zonker
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