AMD 2800 Pro , hard mounted processor??

[Sephroth57]

http://www.7bytes.com/sys1s.cgi?035+BBAM102

on pricewatch under motherboard combos there is a bunch of AMD2800 setups with hardmounted processors. is there any downside to this other than you cant upgrade? does that affect performance? this is the first time ive ever heard of something like that, there has to be a reason theyre only like 90$

[Sephroth57]

eh i just answered my own question kind of, i called one of the companys listing this system and it was some arabic guy that i could barely understand. but what i got out of him is that the reasons its cheap is cause you cant upgrade, and the killer... its not really a athlon 2800xp its a athlon 1600 overclocked to 2800 or something liek that. he said they order them from the factory like that.... so pretty much its crap

[Sylentwulf]

hah, almost a 50% increase, now THAT would be an impressive feat.

Even more impressive would be the average compudiot installing it and seeing it melt their case

[Zeitgeist]

I saw this on pricewatch today also.
Did a little reasearch & yes you are correct it is an Athlon 1.6 GHZ (not XP) with a 266 FSB that supposedly is equivilent to thier xp 2800s except for cash & fsb - but i can't see how that would happen.
Several sites appear to be selling these cheap (right under $100) Athlon 2800 CPU/Mobo combos.
Justmy 2 cents: Best to just go over to NewEgg & pick up an XP2800 & nforce board for about $175.00
Enjoy
Z

[Psychosylph]

Nah, my choice is still an XP 1700+ JIUHB DLT3C clocked to 166FSB and the Biostar micro-ATX nForce2 board.  Set you back about $120 and get you the same performance.  As for heat, it will do that at stock voltage, so temps shouldn't go up more than 1-2C.