Online parts

[Geekay]

Hi, I'm new here and I'm going to build my first computer. I have been reading these forums for about a week and one of my questions regards online suppliers.
I know newegg seems to be a reliable place to get parts .
Has anyone bought from Tigerdirect ?? they seem to have a large selection of parts.
How reputable is tigerderect??? any problems with them ??
Any other places I should look ??
Thanks, this is the first of what will probably be many questions.

[Alaron]

Welcome to PCMech.

We always recommend Newegg over Tiger. Tiger has very poor customer service. And they push a lot of low quality products.

You can always check retailers here: www.resellerratings.com

[Geekay]

Thanks for the reply, and the link.
I saw a ratings site that gave Tiger a 1 of 5 rating so that made me somewhat skeptical.
I'll check out some other venders

[TwoRails]

ZipZoomFly.com
mWave.com
eWiz.com
Geeks.com

and one some folks don't like, but I shop at occasionally over 3 years or so:

buy.com

Don't forget special deals that can be found at

BestBuy.com (and, often, store pickup) and other similar places.

[Geekay]

Thanks, I know about bestbuy, sometimes you can catch a sale and get a pretty good deal.
Thier selection is not the greatest, but if you catch them at the right time you can make out pretty good. ( I like the order online and pickup in store feature).