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To: KayEyeDoubleDee; RebelTex
Local FRY'S, ( Los Angeles California ) has a combo deal AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ and ECS GeForce6100PM-M2 moherboard on sale thru Tuesday for $99.00

Looking at Newegg on the processor:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Brisbane 2.9GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail $123.99

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On the Motherboard

AMD AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Brisbane 2.9GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail $49.99

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The motherboard has an integrated graphics adapter....does require DDR2 Memory...

Some of the reader reviews seem to indicate working with Vista....so windows XP should work,...most Linux distros will work...Ubuntu works for me on an ECS board with the 6100.

24 posted on 05/18/2008 9:40:01 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Some of the reader reviews seem to indicate working with Vista...

I don't have a lot of experience with very low end "made in Communist China" electronics.

The price is certainly jaw-dropping.

But the sort of thing I'm talking about - like an older Tyan dual Athlon MP - was a state of the art server motherboard until just a few years ago, and shouldn't have any problem humming along until the year 2020 or beyond [at which point the reliability of the electrical grid as provided by the local utility conglomerate will become more of a problem than the reliability of the mobo, owing to dysgenic fertility].

But, again, I can't argue with the prices on the "Made in China" parts.

28 posted on 05/18/2008 9:55:51 AM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee (const Tag &referenceToConstTag)
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