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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)
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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.

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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!

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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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