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~Edit Blondie 8/5 - coupon codes

I started this post because of something that was said in another post.

I had an ECS 478 pin mobo with a Celeron 3.0 Ghz cpu that I removed (both) and installed an ECS 775 pin mobo with an Intel P4 D (dual core cpu) 930 running at 3.0 Ghz.

Guess what the fantastic news is: It only cost $160.00 to make the upgrade. Think about it a complete working, folding computer for $160.

Here are the details:
On June 26, 2006 I went to a Fry's in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove & bought an Intel Boxed D930 (w/fan) (Priced at $126.7 and a ECS P4M800PRO-M MoBo (w/1066 FSB and DDR1 and DDR2)(Priced at $33.20) for a total of $160.00. The sale ended 6/27 but there's other similar sales all of the time.

Example:
At Fyr's: on the Internet at: outpost.com

A boxed Intel D930 (w/fan) #4694638 Costs $184.00
An ECS mobo P4M800PRO-M #4767009 Costs $59.99
.............................................Seperate Total....$243.99

So here is the hot scoop:

The above combined and sold as a combo #4837840 Costs $179.99 +shipping.

And Here is a Hot scoop if you have access to a local Fry's like Chicago:

The above combined But with an Intel D940 (3.2Ghz) sold as a combo #4905961 for $199.99

P.S. My one machine that has the D930 in it is currently running 286 Points per day.

At Fyr's:

A boxed Intel D930 (w/fan) #4694638 Costs $184.00
An ECS mobo P4M800PRO-M #4767009 Costs $59.99
.............................................Seperate Total....$243.99

So here is the hot scoop:

The above combined and sold as a combo #4837840 Costs $179.99 +shipping.

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!

So all that moan that there are no local Fry's:

USE THE internet and save gas money and time not having to drive in traffic.

P.S. I just bought and installed one of these combo's
I am currently running 286 points per day with this Machine.
P2096 at 143 P/D times 2 =286 (Both halves are running the same project)

Fry's online ad

thanks to MonsterBuilder

AMD Athlon 64 FX55 San Diego 2000MHz HT 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - Retail

Free HD/LCD/Memory w/combo purchase, ends 07/16/06

$626.00


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... =BAC-tbcpc

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2131983&CatId=0

Wireless router for 5 bucks, can't be beat Have to wait for the rebate but it will definitely be worth it once that 95$ rebate comes back

I wonder how worthy a $300 Linux system is?

n0b0dykn0ws

They had the same thing free after rebate a while ago.

Socket 754 Athlon 64 for $29

1 year of mpc mag for 4.69

if you already trade at best deal magazines.

$199 for an EMachines desktop. After rebates of cours!

Not a bad little system. It looks similar in specs to the one I have, and it gets a decent amount of PPD.

n0b0dykn0ws

8-10 weeks for a rebate?

Dime a dozen dual core. The Pentium D 805 is just $104 at newegg. It runs at 2.66GHz but overclocks over 3.0GHz with ease. It's low 533FSB allows you to run low latency DDR2-667 at a 1:1 ratio at CPU speeds up to 3320MHz. Beyond that you'll probably want to go with DDR2-800.

At this price everyone can afford to swap out a single core s775 CPU for a dual core but check for motherboard support first. It's a great way to increase computing density and add another CPU with minimal additional hardware.

For the people that haven't been paying attention to price drops. You can get this 3800+ X2 for $154 shipped from ZZZ.

Here's a complete system(Referb) form Computer Surplus.

Compaq P4 2.5GHz/ 256MB/ 20GB/ CD/ XP Prohttp://www.surpluscomputers.com/store/main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=COM10723
for $262 incls shipping. I have bought from them and have no complaints to date.

If you need to expand your network, CompUSA is running a nice deal on a netgear 16 port 10/100 switch. It's $30 after rebates ($40+$10 rebates).

One day sales at newegg, the 805 is down to $96.99.

killing time in frys today, they have the core 2 duo in stock.