I haven't personally used the ASRock board, but have heard a lot of good things about them. Newegg has 'AMD Sempron 2400+ 1.667GHz, Socket A Processor - Retail' and ' ASRock "K7Upgrade-880" VIA KT880 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU -RETAIL' for a grand total of $112 incl fedex shipping.
(the retail processor package includes a heatsink and fan, which you need anyway) WMM On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:09:12 -0500, Steve Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hear hear on the PCChips. If you have to buy one, buy 3 - that way you may > get one that works. > > -Steve > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Litt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 4:09 PM > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Hardware reccomendations? > > > On Monday 31 January 2005 03:59 pm, Kevin Flanagan wrote: > > > LUGGERS, > > > > > > > > > I'm looking to get a cheap (not much over $100) motherboard / > processor > > > upgrade. > > > > > > I have some PC266 memory, and would like to use that, I have a case to > put > > > it in, with power supply etc. > > > > > > > > > I'm inclined to go with AMD processors, mostly because of price, and > have > > > had good experience with them. > > > > > > > > > The questions are, > > > > > > - Has anyone got such an animal left over from upgrades? > > > - Have you got a reccomendation to look for, or stay away from? > > > > This is one man's opinion, but I no longer buy PCChips mobos even if > they're > > free. To me, the time lost from the uncertainties of installing a PCchips > > mobo is more costly than the money to buy an Asus or Abit. Here at > > Troubleshooters.Com, you can't get fired for buying Asus or Abit. > > > > That being said, many friends whose opinions I respect like PCchips. > > > > SteveT > > > > Steve Litt > > Founder and acting president: GoLUG > > http://www.golug.org > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- http://warrenmyers.com "Don't let the elephants see what the rabbits are doing." --Ben R Rich -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
