AVADirect, Inc. is an American computer manufacturing company located in Twinsburg, Ohio nearCleveland. They specialize in highly customized computer systems including Microsoft Windows and Linuxservers, high-end workstations and gaming systems, business PCs, and notebooks.

 

AVADirect is a GSA Schedule contractor, and has partnered with some of the hardware industry's largest suppliers.

 

They are Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, Premier Intel Channel Partners, and are one of the few small computer manufacturers to be fully compliant with the requirements of ANSI/ ESD 20:20 standards.

 

History

AVADirect’s parent company, Freedom USA, Inc., was founded in 1998. The company originally specialized in building computers and selling them at trade shows. In 2001 the company changed its business model from retail to web based.

 

Awards

In November 2006, AVADirect was awarded an Editor’s Choice Silver Award from HardOCP, which typically not only reviews systems, but also the buying experience. AVADirect scored an average across the board of 8.8 out of 10, with high marks in technical support, presentation, and value.

 

AVADirect is also an active participant in the Reseller Ratings community, and has the designation of an Elite merchant. (In order to have a Reseller Ratings Elite badge, a company must have a minimum 8.00 rating over a lifetime of customer reviews. Currently, they have a customer rating of over 9.9 out of 10.)

 

In April 2009, AVADirect was awarded an Editor's Choice from CNET on AVADirect Custom Gaming PC. Rated Excellent, with overall score 4 stars.

 

Competitors

AVADirect’s major competitors include large manufacturers such as Dell and HP, as well as boutique vendors Alienware, Digital Storm, Velocity Micro, and Falcon Northwest.

 

Reviews

On September 26 AVADirect had a system reviewed in the premiere episode of Wreckology for machinima.com. The system was stated as being "One of the fastest computer we have ever tested!" and was then sawed entirely in half. In December 2008, AVADirect received 8 out of 10 fromMaximumPC for their Core 2 Crossfire DDR 3 Gaming System, with reviewer Gordon Mah Ung citing the system as “a nice machine and sensibly priced, given the amount of hardware it packs”.

 

PC Perspective’s reviewer told readers in November 2008 that AVAdirect is for “those of you that don't have time, or really like the idea of having someone to call when things go wrong, AVADirect looks to be a great company to look for your next gaming system”.

 

In March 2009, AVADirect's Core i7 computer was reviewed alongside two other boutique manufacturers, Alienware and Cyberpower, on Tom's Hardware.