EXHIBIT 5.1


                                                          August 20, 1998

CHS Electronics, Inc.
2000 N.W. 84th Avenue
Miami, Florida  33122

         Re:      REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         On the date hereof, CHS Electronics, Inc., a Florida corporation (the
"Company"), sent for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). The Registration Statement
relates to the offering and sale by the Company of up to 800,000 shares of the
Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), pursuant
to stock options ("Options") granted or to be granted under the Company's
Directors and Officers 1997 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). We have acted as
special counsel to the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of
the Registration Statement.

         In connection therewith, we have examined and relied upon the original
or a copy, certified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company; (ii) records of corporate
proceedings of the Company authorizing the Plan, any amendments thereto, and the
preparation of the Registration Statement and related matters; (iii) the
Registration Statement and exhibits thereto; and (iv) such other documents and
instruments as we have deemed necessary for the expression of the opinions
herein contained. In making the foregoing examinations, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to
us as originals, and the conformity to original documents of all documents
submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies. As to various questions of
fact material to this opinion, we have relied, to the extent we deem reasonably
appropriate, upon representations or certificates of officers or directors of
the Company and upon documents, records and instruments furnished to us by the
Company, without independently checking or verifying the accuracy of such
documents, records and instruments.

         Based upon the foregoing examination, we are of the opinion that the
Company presently has available at least 800,000 authorized and unissued shares
of Common Stock from which the 800,000 shares of Common Stock proposed to be
sold pursuant to the exercise of Options granted under the Plan may be issued,
and, assuming that the Company maintains an adequate number of authorized and
unissued shares of Common Stock available for issuance to those persons who
exercise Options granted under the Plan and the consideration for shares of
Common Stock issued pursuant to such Options is actually received by the Company
as provided in the Plan, the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the
exercise of Options granted under and in accordance with the terms of the Plan
will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

         We hereby consent to the use of this opinion in the above referenced
Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we
come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

                                                     Sincerely,

                                                     /S/ Greenberg Traurig, P.A.