I've heard quite a bit about it, but never been to a Fry's, before.  Since I am in the Atlanta area this week, and there's one close by, I decided to take a trip and see what all the fuss is about.

The whole place is like a Sam's club for electronics.  It's huge, and seems to have a really great selection of almost anything.  Unlike some other stores, their Networking section actually has a good variety of cable, racks, punch-down tools, and patch panels.  The salesmen all wear ties, and seem moderately knowledgeable, which is pretty weird.

They have very cheap DVI/HDMI cables.

The motherboard selection is nice.  Beats buying them online, especially when things break.

Doom3 at 60fps?  Meh.

I picked up a 3-pack of 12oz compressed air for $12, and a USB light.  They didn't seem to have the fan housings for my Antec case, but eBay doesn't seem to, either so I'm not counting that against them.

Charlotte definitely needs one of these.  I suppose Best Buy and CompUSA wouldn't last too long, though.

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