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Where should I buy wholesale/OEM computer parts?

My friend and I own a computer business and one service we offer is building custom system. I've looked online and I know that Newegg and NewBiiz are both very cheap, but I read a review a guy left for a processor and he said that since he was a professional system builder, he was able to get that processor for a fraction of the price. Another guy confirmed, saying he got it for 1/4 of the retail price. So my question is, where do I get wholesale/OEM parts that are drastically cheaper (i.e. more than 15%) off the retail price? Or how do we go about getting a professional system builder discount?

Public Comments

1. One have a licence and go to the companies and apply to be a retailer or wholesaler, none of the prices I've found on the places you have talked about had deals that I couldn't beat
2. Ingram Micro, but you have to buy a certain amount to maintain an account. Personally, I find building systems to be too much a hassle and it's hard to compete with dell and others.
3. Have you tried alibaba.com the chinese site they sell pretty much every electronic ,computer parts at good wholesale prices if you buy them at bulk.
4. try newegg . com