So, CompUSA no longer has physical stores...

[Eteocles]

Besides local shops, who carries a large variety of computer bits n parts in physical stores, in the US, like CompUSA did? I'm contemplating another total upgrade of my hardware just to start fresh(my main HD atm has been in use for years upon years...and my 2nd HD in there has been in use for over 8 years through multiple computer upgrades changes and even OS changes from 98se to XP pro..I have shit on there Creation dated pre-2k and it still works fine lol)

Best Buy? EB? I know CircuitCity had an okay selection of stuff but not quite as large as CompUSA had...I don't go shopping too often :p And I don't like shopping online, I'm too impatient to wait on deliveries and would rather take it home physically and get right to workin on it. :P

I'm most likely aiming for specs posted in other threads here...an 8800, I've already got an unused SATA drive, will be moving up to a quadcore processor(Need suggestions on a mobo/processor combo for non-overclocking and least-friction between them though; intel or AMD and what mobo brand/model works reliably with it) and probably jumping up to 4+ gb of ram(NO VISTA THOUGH >P); just gonna make a 2nd system from scratch pretty much just in case I need my old one or I literally 2-box later :p Plus my current case is old enough to be in middle school by now and I want something more awesome looking than the beige box of boredom.

[Kedash00]

i would highly advise ordering all the stuff from newegg.com it's gonna be half the cost for better equipment. That is if you know how to put a pc together, it's not real hard, just find the plug that fits the other end and plug it in lol.

I bought my first pc from circut city but never again, and as far as i know all they carry now days are officy computers, they dont have a big selection of gaming computers and if they do you are prolly lookin at spending 2 grand to get a decent one, but you can build the same pc without the monitor for 600 bucks if you order from newegg.com

Just my two cents though

[Bovidae]

I will go to Fry's Electronics if I need something TODAY or want to physically inspect something, but anything I can wait three days for is bought through Newegg.com

[Catamer]

CompUSA in Forida was taken over by Tiger Direct.
They still have the CompUSA name but I think they are improved over the old CompUSA.
newegg.com is a place I frequent if I'm doing online shopping, i have no complaints about them and I like their user comments about the products, very helpful to weed out stuff I should avoid.

[Eteocles]

Yeah I just don't like online shopping...like I said I wanna see it, inspect it and take it home to fuck with immediately, not wait on shipping lol; if I can't find anything local though I may have no choice =\

I'm not sure if there's a Fry's local...will look into it though, thanks :p And as for CircuitCity yeah I'd be buying parts not pre-builts...I don't trust prebuilts, I put 'em together myself, not too complicated and lets me get the best bang for my buck without a bunch of useless shit thrown in I'll never use lol

[Havelcek]

I order everything I can from newegg but I get large stuff like monitors from BestBuy to take advantage of much easier returning/warranty servicing.

[Xaedra]

I can only think of Circuit City, Best Buy, Staples, and Office Depot (Yes, both of the office supply stores sell computer parts, not a TON like Best Buy and CC, but a decent amount, here anyway).

Good luck!

[Polymorph]

Yeah, the buyout took place a few months ago. My vendor works for globalcomputers.com He said they bought out CompUSA and they would be phasing out all the stores except for a few larger locations. They changed the name of their site to compusa.com since so many people knew that site, but ended up going back to their original one for some apparent reason. I know globalcomputers.com and tigerdirect.com have the same web designers and use the same warehouses. I haven't exactly looked into if they are both owned by the same company, assuming so. Just looked and it seems tigerdirect and global computers are the same company.... At least that's what I gathered. The only difference is, tigerdirect is the retail consumer side where global computers is the commercial.

If my orders are in the warehouse I get them all within 3 days. So the wait isn't too terrible. Even though I can relate to the whole lay my hands on it before I buy it thing. It's like buying a car without ever driving it or seeing it. Feels weird on some products. hehe

[kllrwlf]

Fry's Electronics[/url] if I need something TODAY or want to physically inspect something, but anything I can wait three days for is bought through Newegg.com

Same here. Usually the Anaheim one.

[Nitro]

same as alot of other people I order from Newegg.com and if its an emergency and i need something now i will make a trip to Fry's Electronics.