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Hot Kabini quad-core mini-ITX CPU / mobo / case combo $100 @ Newegg

I really want to love these Kabinis, but I'm not getting it if you are not a gamer. Near as I can tell they are barely an improvement over newish Baytrails like the J1800 in CPU performance but they are 25 W TDP compared to 10 W TDP. And you can get a J1800 SoC motherboard/CPU for under $60...
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- Post #30
- Apr 21, 2014
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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HTPC - Shuttle SN68SG2 Barebone - $100AR

Fry's does this deal about once every 3 weeks. That is a heck of a big rebate. Anybody have any luck with it in the past?
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- Post #17
- Aug 4, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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AMD x2 5600+ & ECS GeForce6100SM mobo combo sale $188.99

Its in the Bay Area, one day only, Saturday April 7th. Also, until Tuesday the same mobo and a retail X2 3800+ for $90. Several other 1 day Fry's deals, as well: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=2030046&enterthread=y
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- Post #2
- Apr 7, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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EDIT: BA & some other Frys: Athlon 64 X2 3800+ CPU & ECS Geforce6100SM-M mobo for $90 extended to 4/10

One day only sale Saturday at BA Fry's: Same mobo and an AMD X2 5600+ for $189. Also, a FAR Antec Smarp Power 2.0 350 watt PSU for $40, $40 MIR. http://newspaperads.mercurynews.com/ROP...2664&adid=4362219&subid=15717616&type= FAR USB card reader, $6 MIR...
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- Post #35
- Apr 7, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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EDIT: BA & some other Frys: Athlon 64 X2 3800+ CPU & ECS Geforce6100SM-M mobo for $90 extended to 4/10

That's great, if true. I scanned the online ads and didn't see it: http://newspaperads.mercurynews.com/ROP/ads.aspx?advid=32664 Also not on the Techbargains roundup of Fry's deals. I've got to go to the South Bay today so I guess I can check it out.
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- Post #31
- Apr 6, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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EDIT: BA & some other Frys: Athlon 64 X2 3800+ CPU & ECS Geforce6100SM-M mobo for $90 extended to 4/10

Actually, you're getting the motherboard for -$2. The lowest price on PW for the retail X2 3800+ is $92 from the Egg. And it is really a pretty nice M-ATX boards with very decent onboard graphics. Arbeit macht Fry's often has combos that essentially give away an ECS motherboard, and really, I...
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- Post #19
- Apr 5, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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EDIT: BA & some other Frys: Athlon 64 X2 3800+ CPU & ECS Geforce6100SM-M mobo for $90 extended to 4/10

This rig isn't really for hard core Windows gamers though it should have enough pop for Vista Aero if you've got enough RAM. However it would be great for desktop use and as a HTPC (well, it would be even better if it had S-Video out). I'm going to install MythTV on mine when I get around...
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- Post #16
- Apr 5, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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EDIT: BA & some other Frys: Athlon 64 X2 3800+ CPU & ECS Geforce6100SM-M mobo for $90 extended to 4/10

Probably not. ECS boards are not known for tons of overclocking features. Here's a review. Also see this review: http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/ECS_GeForce6100SM/index.shtml Specifications: CPU Socket AM2 with AMD Athlon 64 FX/ Athlon 64/ Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core/...
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- Post #14
- Apr 5, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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EDIT: BA & some other Frys: Athlon 64 X2 3800+ CPU & ECS Geforce6100SM-M mobo for $90 extended to 4/10

Edit: This deal was 1 day only, April 5th, but was in the Friday Bay Area Mercury ad, so the price is good until Tuesday, April 10th. The deal was originally apparently in the Bay Area, but there are reports of it in Houston and Socal (O.C. Register) now, and it may be elsewhere. Link-fu...
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- Apr 5, 2007
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- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Alcohol 52% now FREEWARE

Its always been trivial to mount an ISO image in Linux. # mount myiso.iso /mnt/iso/ -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 That's how my cousin watches the Netflix he returns before he's had a chance to see them. Probably a violation of the DMCA, but he deletes the images after he watches them. I don't...
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- Post #86
- Jan 27, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Fry's - Hard drives - 10GB $9.99/14.99, 20GB $27.99/39.99

Not every box has to host your entire pr0n and mp3 collection, ebaycj. Nobody is buying these to act as file servers. Even a 3 GB drive is enough for a basic Linux installation. I've got a Slackware box on my back porch for with KDE, Firefox, Nvu, Mozilla, OpenOffice, Abiword, Gnumeric...
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- Post #15
- Aug 1, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Fry's for Today & Tomorrow: Sempron 2800+ & ECS Nforce3 250 m/b $89.99

AMD added 64 bit extensions in Sempr0ns in August in response to Intel 64 bit Celerons. They are slowly percolating through the retail channel. Last time I looked a few weeks ago you could find 64 bit Sempr0ns on Pricewatch down to the 2600+ level for as little as about $63. As to a case...
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- Post #10
- Oct 19, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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FIC Ice Cube IC-HU61 SFF NForce3 Barebones $119.50 + Shipping

OOS
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- Post #4
- Oct 10, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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BA Fry's: Retail Sempron 3000+(Socket 754) & board $100

Actually, there have been 64 bit Sempr0ns on the retail market since August. In July AMD announced that Semprons as low as 2600+ would have 64 bit register support (the cost was trivial and Intel was introducing 64 bit Celerons). Check Pricewatch. It turns out that the Fry's Via combo...
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- Post #16
- Sep 22, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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BA Fry's: Retail Sempron 3000+(Socket 754) & board $100

I guess I was just using the term "gaming rig" as a shorthand for a very powerful box, something that would be ideal for video editing, etc. In that case you'd want to drop a few more bucks on a processor (as well as a video card, I gather). You wouldn't really want to have a 2 slot...
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- Post #8
- Sep 19, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways

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