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To: library user
My local toy store ( FRY'S) has a special this weekend for a combo AMD Athlon II X2 245 & Biostar MCP6P M2+ for $69.99 less $10 rebate .

That processor may have more power than what 80% of the Freepers out there currently have...rough estimate based on what I see in comments ...like "I have had this computer for 5 years and it still runs great"...

Now a AMD X2 245 is a pretty powerful little chip.

Newegg :

AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor

6 posted on 07/26/2010 10:08:45 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

For those of us who don’t have Fry’s toystores nearby, Microcenter.com is running a similar deal:

AMD Athlon II X2 250 Dual Core Processor
Biostar A785G3 Socket AM3 785G mATX Motherboard
$72.99 - $10 mail in rebate.
http://www.microcenter.com/specials/promotions/0720_AMDbundle.html

a $35 case w/300W PSU, PowerSpec TX366 mATX Case

$20 DVD-RW, Samsung 22x DVD±RW Burner with Dual/Double Layer Support OEM

$39HDD, Samsung Spinpoint S166 HD161HJ 160GB 7,200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5” Internal Hard Drive - OEM

$28 2GB DDR3 RAM, Crucial 1GB, 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-10600 memory module

$194 total before tax before $10 mail in rebate. Only 3.5% sales tax at my local Microcenter.

Could do it cheaper on case and get 2GB RAM if using microcenter’s open box/returns from my local store.

Only downside to the mATX motherboards is the 2 RAM slots, though the one I selected has a Radeon HD4200 integrated video card.

Crazy thing is, this PC would have SATA3 HDD, and DDR3-10600 RAM, both faster than my current PC.


38 posted on 07/26/2010 12:31:34 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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