Big Rant!...products not for sale by US distributors or not available at all.

[AzraelDarkangel]

If I was rich I would start a company who's sole purpose is selling computer and electronics/parts to US (or anybody) that can be purchased in any country. I want to be able to purchase anything that is sold in any country through a single online website without having to fly there in person or track down a citizen of that country and have them send it themselves. It freakin annoys me to no end that there are so many great computer parts or electronics that you can only purchase in Japan or Germany or Taiwan, etc. I'm sure there are political or legal reasons I'm not familiar with why this doesn't happen, but it pisses me off.

Some example of cool products that are hard to get or impossible to get in the U.S.A.:

probably the best mini-ITX motherboard
http://emea.kontron.com/index.php?id=226&cat=61&productid=1336

Chieftec Bigtower series of cases like this. Only the smaller crappier ones are available in the US:
http://www.chieftec.com/products/Workcolor/CA-01.htm

Akasa Eclipse 62 - at least one UK company will ship to U.S.A. but it's expensive because the dollar is weak.
http://www.akasa.co.uk/akasa_english/spec_page/cases/spec_ak_bkcse_01.htm

TEC VGA coolers such as:
http://www.casetek.com.tw/vga-cooler/ma-8280-2.htm
or
http://www.titan-cd.com/em/elena.htm

Sparkle Calibre 8800GTX OC Edition:
http://www.mvktech.net/content/view/3552/39/

Any of the Gainward cards anymore.

Zippy Gaming PSL-6850P(G1)
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=985

and of course Soldam computer cases:
http://www3.soldam.co.jp/case/

Things are getting better with more places that ship to the U.S.A. or specialty companies that import from Japan but it still annoys me.

[tiro_uspsss]

quit ya whinging! j/k - it totally sucks when u cant get something - i have a broke abit ic7 max3, & i'm 85+% its the bios chip - if u go to abit USA site u can buy replacement bios chip, shipped for a mere US$8 - but do they ship international? noooooo

[tiro_uspsss]

sorry for double post, but dammm, that is not abad mobo that first item u got listed - do u wtf those black header things r at the top? there's heaps of 'em

[specofdust]

If it makes you feel any better, I'd far rather be in the US and not have european supply lines, while paying US prices(which are frequently as much as 50% less than UK/EU prices) than have the EU supply lines. Good luck finding a way to get your kit - the mobo does indeed look excellent.

[tiro_uspsss]

u guys also get a lot of old good stuff - like newegg recent influx of socket 478 3.4 extreme editions, then theres ix ncix.com - they have some good DDR(1) PC4000 stuff selling - neither i can get hold of readily cause they dont ship international...