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Re: Looking to buy a gaming rig - any thoughts?
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Date: 
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 02:31:09 GMT
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Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote:
I ruled out the major mail order houses right off since you pretty much get
what they have to offer with nothing but minor changes, and what they offer
is usually not geared specifically towards gamers.

I just recently got a couple of computers (for work and home) from PCs for
Everyone in Cambridge <http://www.pcsforeveryone.com/>. Their website could
use some cgi scripting, but other than that, they're great -- very
knowledgeable, even pretty decent linux experience. And, you can completely
spec out exactly what components you want (from their selection) -- how many
places will let you specify what motherboard you want?

All in all, very happy -- a nice medium between building a system yourself
and having someone else be responsible for everything. :)


--
Matthew Miller           mattdm@mattdm.org        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux      ------>                <http://linux.bu.edu/>



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