On Jan 31, 2008 3:24 PM, Gabe Rubin <<a href="mailto:gaberubin@gmail.com">gaberubin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Jan 31, 2008 3:17 PM, Tom Greer <<a href="mailto:trgreer@gmail.com">trgreer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>><br>> Fry's regularly advertises motherboard/CPU combo deals. I recently picked<br>
> up a ECS AM2 socket motherboard with built-in nVidia graphics and an AMD<br>> BE-2350 Althlon X2 CPU for about $80.<br>><br>> I'd pursue a deal like that rather than invest any additional money in a<br>> socket 754 system.<br>
><br>><br>> Tom<br><br></div>That is a good point, and indeed, is how I got this current system.<br>The only thing is that the deal was for a small form factor iDeq made<br>by biostar that included the CPU. The computer is similar to a<br>
shuttle. So getting a new mobo is not an option here, although I<br>would certainly wait for a deal like this if I wanted a new system<br>completely.<br><br>I guess the consensus is that I am not going to get much difference in<br>
performance by simply plopping in the new CPU, or if I do, it won't be<br>$50 worth of difference.</blockquote><div><br>I understand. <br><br>I have a Shuttle with a socket 939 mobo. I recently replaced the original Athlon cpu with a X2 version to extend its life. <br>
<br>Good luck.<br><br>Tom<br></div></div>