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Monarch Combos Reflect Upcoming AMD Price Cuts ~~ Major action in the new computer arena
HardOCP ^ | Tuesday July 18, 2006 | Kyle

Posted on 07/18/2006 8:02:40 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Update: Monarch has contacted us and we will be updating this information with another post in a bit. Monarch explains they will have a lot of inventory on AM2 and 939 AMD processors for next week.

The rumors of the AMD price cuts have been batted around everywhere and we have verified that they are coming, but Monarch Computer is the first retailer we have seen put the prices in writing on this page. Keep in mind these prices reflect Combo Deal purchasing that will be shipped next week, and is not yet available on single AMD processor purchases. Undoubtedly the dual core 3800+ AM2 is one of the ones to keep your eye on at $149. Not shown in the picture below is a single 3800+ AM2 OEM processor for $109.00! You can contrast these prices with Intel’s new Core 2 Duo and Extreme pricing shown on this page.

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Posted by Kyle 12:32 PM (CDT)


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: amd; amd64x2; computerdeals; computers; monarchcomputer
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

21 posted on 07/18/2006 9:10:45 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: Echo Talon

Damn....I paid 350 for both of my X2 3800+ , course it's been almost a year ago now...over 18 months for the first one....


22 posted on 07/18/2006 9:15:19 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
crazy stuff... have you overclocked them at all? im planning on overclocking them 250MHZ...

this mobo seems to run great at 250MHZ... 10X250 = 2.5GHZ 4xHTT

23 posted on 07/18/2006 9:19:32 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

yea as we speak the X2 3800's are going for $297 ... in a couple days they will be $160-170


24 posted on 07/18/2006 9:21:33 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: Echo Talon

I'm pretty content to just get them running....I've been trying all of the different Linux flavors....amazing variety of stuff.....lot's of neat stuff....


25 posted on 07/18/2006 9:22:47 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
do you have to do anything special to get both cores working in linux? SMP?

IM WAITING FOR MEPIS 6 FINAL IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASED TODAY!!! GRRRRRRRRR :)

26 posted on 07/18/2006 9:24:35 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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do you have to do anything special to get both cores working in linux? SMP?

Yes, the kernel has to support it and have the right setup....or be able to detect and adjust.....Ubuntu, Fedora core 5 and Suse 10 and Frugulware (slackware derivitive do....I've tried those....

I am not competent to do my own Kernels....

27 posted on 07/18/2006 9:28:50 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

When Mepis 6 comes out should be sometime tomorrow... gibe it a shot.. you should like it. :) its Debian/Ubuntu... :D


28 posted on 07/18/2006 9:30:39 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: Echo Talon

You really should look at the latest from Novell, the Enterprise Desktop...I am running the 64 bit varient....with the special effects....love it....


29 posted on 07/18/2006 9:31:00 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Echo Talon

What does Mempis do that is nice?


30 posted on 07/18/2006 9:32:10 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Mepis 6 is one of the easiest distros i've ever tried... really easy and uses the same synaptic update utility like Ubuntu.. some of the same repos also..


31 posted on 07/18/2006 9:32:40 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
What does Mempis do that is nice?

Well... its easy.. stream audio/radio over firefox by just download a few packages from synaptic, watch dvd's by just downlaoding a couple packages from synaptic... etc... simple.

32 posted on 07/18/2006 9:34:22 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
+ its free and its a live CD(that can be installed easily)...

It has a great hardware detection, very good for laptops with WiFi too.

33 posted on 07/18/2006 9:41:08 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: Echo Talon
Just came across this:

July 18, 2006
HP Has Got Novell's Back

IBM is going to support the offering also....

34 posted on 07/18/2006 9:44:05 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
cool, i trued SuSE.. i didn't like it to much... This is the the ones that i like ranked in order

1. Mepis
2. PCLinuxOS
3. Ubuntu/Kubuntu

35 posted on 07/18/2006 9:54:34 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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I didn't care that much for any of the SUSE 's prior to this SuSE 10 Enterprise Desktop Edition....it is a real improvement in a lot of ways....I dumped Fedora Core 5 for it....


36 posted on 07/18/2006 9:59:23 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

$50 for a year huh? hmmm :\


37 posted on 07/18/2006 10:03:26 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Whats the difference between the 10 Enterprise edition and the Open SuSe 10.1?

here

38 posted on 07/18/2006 10:16:58 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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I'm not sure ...I plan to figure that out,...cause I am actually running RC3....so I need to understand how to get a decent upgrade...I do have a paid copy of 10. and 9.1.....neither of which I ran very long....

I also have a paid copy of Zandros 3.0 deluxe......which is a really easy one....there is a down;load free copy of that also....it is Debian based....but is very well put together....

Vector Linux is really good and FAST....beats about anything else I have tried....

39 posted on 07/18/2006 10:27:37 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

yea Vector Linux is fast but in cant stand IceWM, Fluxbox, and XFce yuck... its gotta be KDE


40 posted on 07/18/2006 10:30:50 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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