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| SirPeale:
--- Quote from: Ovalblue on April 23, 2004, 01:08:35 pm ---Also...keep a lookout for deals at your local Fry's Electronics... (not sure if they are a nationwide store) --- End quote --- They're not. >:( I'm often ticked that I see sweet deals that I can not act upon because of this. |
| ErikRuud:
I like TigerDirect. They have a warehouse outlet about 30 minutes from my house, so I save on shipping. The GioCade cabinet was upgraded with a 1.4 ghz duron machine that cost about $80.00. It has a Soyo motherboard and case. So far it works great. GameLauncher appears to have a problem with the video driver and locks up when you exit a game, but MAME, Daphne and Visual Pinabll all work great on it. I'll be putting Kymaera on that machine the next time I get to the guy's house. My cabinet has a 1.6 ghz Duron Mercury motherboard in it. That deal came to $180.00 after rebates and include CD-RW, 40gig HD, ATI Radeon 7200, memory, case, power supply, mouse, and keyboard. I also bought a D-Link DI-604 broadband router there for $20.00. |
| Oldskool:
--- Quote from: Peale on April 23, 2004, 02:08:30 pm ---They're not. >:( I'm often ticked that I see sweet deals that I can not act upon because of this. --- End quote --- And they're not INTERnational either. ;) |
| GadgetGeek:
--- Quote from: Ovalblue on April 23, 2004, 01:08:35 pm ---Also...keep a lookout for deals at your local Fry's Electronics... (not sure if they are a nationwide store) Ive seen mobo and Athlon Barton 2500+ cpu deals for $70! --- End quote --- Y'all know that Outpost.com is Fry's online site, right? |
| krick:
I can't speak for Athlon motherboards but if you're in the market for a cheap P4 motherboard, I'd personally recommend anything with the VIA PT800 chipset. Great performance and lots of features. There's quite a few on Pricewatch for under $50... http://castle.pricewatch.com/search/searchmc.idq?cr=pt800&qc="PT800"*+AND+%40ctd+2&i=2&ct=Computer&c=Motherboards&mi=N&m=N Mwave has Shuttle and Chaintech boards for $50, or you could spend a little more and get a board from Abit for $62. I personally bought the Shuttle board from Mwave... http://www.mwave.com/mwave/DeepSearch.hmx?scriteria=pt800&Dname=Motherboards&Pname=SHUTTLE&DID=MB&PID=MB-SHU&ALL=y |
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