Reply #6: Several suggestions ... [View All]

[RoyGBiv]

For reviews and news:

http://www.anandtech.com/

http://www.tomshardware.com/index.html

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/

For information on motherboards, which are constantly changing:

http://www.motherboards.org/

And for price comparisons:

http://www.pricewatch.com ... as others mentioned.

Now, an important note about pricewatch. Companies have learned how to manipulate it and use it as free advertising for their bait and switch routine. Pricewatch supposedly tries to filter these, but in many cases, the bait and switch is close enough to a legitimate attempt at an upsell that nothing will happen to the company. Also be warned that many of the lowest prices come from companies with which people have had numerous problems. In my view, it's worth paying a bit more for good customer service.

Here's another helpful site I found. It does nothing but provide reviews of online resellers.

http://www.resellerratings.com/find.pl

Before you buy, check it. It may save you a headache.

I'll also mentioned newegg.com as a re-seller. It's not always the cheapest, but still very competitive, and the service simply can't be beaten.