Shopping for low-cost bare-bones

[Aaron]

> It's hard to beat DTech for price - they've got the volume.

Ugh...  Horrible customer service.  I wouldn't buy anything from them.  AND
thier prices aren't that good.

> It's also hard to deal with them if anything you buy has a problem.  They
> are not unusually high in their failure rate, but they are very difficult
to
> deal with if you do have a problem, and there is no assurance that
something
> you buy from them based on price is actually any good at what it's
supposed
> to do.  They will stock stuff that's too cheap to be any good.
>
> Other places vary, but several of us have had very good luck with Payless
> Computers at 81st. and Wornal.  They stock decent hardware that they build
> into machines which they stand behind very soundly.  On those occasions
> where something does go wrong, they are decent and civil about dealing
with
> it.  When it comes to pre-built systems from them, they provide excellent
> post-sale customer support.

I used to sell Payless all thier product.  I wouldn't buy from them after
that experience.  :)

Currently I purchase all my parts from  Hypertech and ASI.  I build 3-4
machines a week.  Today I bought a P4 1.8Ghz, 60GB Drive, 1GB RAM and I
spent less then $450.  If there's a problem I take the part back and they
give me a new one, no questions asked.

Aaron