[Pc_Support] MicroATX nForce4 SLI coming to Monarch Computer ...

[Austin Denyer (Ozz)]

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 04:33:28 -0800 (PST), "Bryan J. Smith"
<b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:
>
> FYI, Monarch Computer is selling a MicroATX mainboard with nForce4
> SLI in their new Hornet Pro series of cubes.  I can't find much about
> the mainboard yet, but in their configurator, it's $199 as part of
> the assembled unit:  
> http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=80999&Category_Code=Hornet
> 
> When I find out who the manufacturer is, I'll let you'all know.

One thing I have learned about Monarch is that for individual
components their delivery rocks.

For complete systems, their delivery sucks.

However, the systems, when they finally do arrive, are very well put
together.  In that respect I'd recommend them to anyone.

In the last few months I've bought my workstation (Dual-Opteron 246)
and 4 1U rackmount servers (ranging from single Opteron 246 to
Dual-Opteron 250, 1.6Tb RAID5) and been very happy with everything
except delivery.  They all took best part of a month to deliver.

They were also very sporadic at updating their on-line order status.
Sometimes they would update it several times a day.  Others they could
go a week or more without updates.  On one occasion their website said
my server was at Stage 4 (having the components installed in the case -
a good week away from delivery) and yet I had not only already
received that very box, but I'd installed Debian amd64 on it, installed
it in the rack, and it was happily proxying all of our web traffic...

Monarch just missed out on a $15k order for four more servers thanks
to their delivery. We just couldn't afford to wait for Monarch.  We are
about to move to a new office, and will be buying a TON of new gear.
I'd love to go Monarch, but I'm not sure we can risk their delivery
times...

Much as I hate Dell, I can place an order with Dell on Monday and
have the hardware by Thursday...

Regards,
Ozz.
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