Quote from: Sector7G on March 19, 2014, 01:50:58 AM

I am also looking for a recommendation regarding online bitcoin exchanges. I bought a little USB miner on ebay a while ago. It's been hashing away at 2Gh. Not much, I know. Now that I've had some practice, I'm ready to step up. I'm thinking of buying an Antminer S1. Buying direct from them requires I have bitcoins.

I need bitcoins to purchase an Antminer. So I'm looking for an online exchange where I can buy bitcoins with US dollars. I'm looking for recommendations on which exchanges are reliable, or which I should avoid. Also, after all the reading I've done, I prefer to keep my bitcoins in my own wallet on my computer, and back it up myself. So I just need a place where I can make the exchange, then transfer to my wallet. That may require having an online wallet to hold the bitcoins temporarily, and that's OK.

thanks!

I would suggest Coinbase as you are in US.
Of course you can use localbitcoins as well.