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maybe http://www.tigerdirect.com/
http://apaqdigital.com if you want something already built and tested
@mitgib
wat.
I don't recommend Tiger Direct. I did tech support there for a couple years in the late nineties. Plenty of times parts came in to the depot that customers sent back as DOA or not functioning, and I've seen techs move it from an incoming box straight into an outgoing box for another customer, without even so much as a power on check. When I saw it happen more than a couple times, I left the company.
tigerdirect actually costs more than newegg anyways....
Well I haven't bought from there in about 5 years, but still highly recommended
unixsurplus.com
NewEgg
It doesn't get any cheaper or easier than: http://www.microcenter.com
Read the first post again and fully...
After seeing your suggestion, I guess I confused myself, is @kbar just looking for any hardware or server hardware? I guess I have a 1 track mind
Microcenter has some server hardware in addition to a wider selection of desktop stuff. Their prices are pretty much unbeatable, but the advantage is a lot more on desktops. The downside is you have to buy in person and they only have 22 locations spread around the US. If you happen to live near one then great, otherwise Newegg.
nah i dont live anywhere near a microcenter. and yeah i was talking server hw
Are you looking for just parts or a pre-assembled server?
either or
(whatever is cheaper)
can anyone also suggest a website like newegg who ships in EU? Except amazon. Thanks
http://www.lambda-tek.com/ deliver to EU and are now stocking supermicro parts once again, pricing is quite competitive for the UK
Not sure if you've ever tried ordering SuperMicro from them, or if things have changed since they started delivering to EU again.
But when I ordered a SM board late last year it took a month and a half from ordering to delivery with hardly any unprompted status updates.
Everything else I've ordered has been fine, but even though they always list the SM as having 100 in stock, it's not actually in UK stock and needs to be shipped from elsewhere.
YMMV
EDIT: I should add, they did warn it would take 2 weeks to be shipped, which I was fine with, but it took three times this.
Only used them for a couple of orders few months ago, first had a supermicro board and heatsink. Took around 2 weeks to arrive but they sent the wrong board. Although pissed off I will give them their dues and they did resolve it quick and had the correct board shipped overnight from Belgium to them and then to me.
Immediately after this order they stopped stocking supermicro and have only just started again.
Only other places I have found in the UK for supermicro at a reasonable price is Boston, but not overly keen at their sales approach.
@corpus
Scan.co.uk do stock supermicro, unsure if it's competitive though.
I tend to use them for hard drives and routers mainly >_>
very limited product range of supermicro and far from competitive unfortunately.
I would have suggested Boston too, can sometimes feel like an overactive sales approach for my clear requirements.
If you are after complete systems you could also look at Sentral they will only supply systems, but are usually happy to supply without disks, if wanted. They usually meet their deadlines and do send a quarterly newsletter with their product range but don't follow this up unnecessarily.
Have used both companies and received products as expected within the expected time frame.
ebay is not a good place to buy things, unless you want to get some free cardboards
I have used http://www.rackservers.com in the past, very flexible customization ordering process. Can while away hours just window shopping!! :-)
When I ordered from them (maybe 4 years ago now) they were able to supply without harddrives (there ordering system insists you must have a harddrive)
Not quite sure I fully understand your statement there, but if you know how to use ebay without getting ripped off there are some bargains to be had.
this has never happended to me