1700 XP MOBO COMBO $129 TCWO.com

[U2ForNow]

TCWO has a motherboard combo with a Biostar M7VIF, XP 1700+, and the coolermaster DP5 for $129
Link

 

[Oakenfold]

Woa...! Wish this was the Biostar AMD 761 not sure about this other mobo, but hey hey hey it's time for a smoking TWCO deal!
Carl where you at?
Hmmm,...Thought's about the board?

Courtesy of NEWEGG!


North Bridge
Chipset Name:
VIA Apollo KT333(VT8367)
Manufacturer: VIA
AGP FSB: 4X
CPU Type: AMD Athlon and Duron Socket A
CPU FSB: 200/266
Memory Type: DDR
Memory FSB: 200/266/333
Max Memory: 4G
Sourth Bridge

Chipset Name:
VT8233A
Manufacturer:
VIA
Number Of USB: 6
Version Of USB: 1.1
Support IDE Data: ATA 66/100/133
AMR/CNR/ACR* : ACR


@ Newegg the board is 74+shipping
The cpu is 78.00 + shipping.
So not a bad deal overall but nowhere near the M7MIA-R deal with the 1700..
Might be a good rig for my mother in law though...

Thanks for the post U2!

 

[U2ForNow]

Forgot to add that fedex shipping is only $3.95. Seems to be a good board for a basic system.

 

[RONType1]

here's a thing from Tom's on the MOBO

 

[ave]

Not a good deal, I think.

I just bought Abit KR7A raid from computer geeks for $60 shipped. And XP1800+ retail in tcwo is $90 shipped. So $20 more but big improvement in quality!

 

[Praxis]

I recently got a Biostar M7VIG from TWCO, along with a XP1700+ & a Thermaltake Volcano V for about $145 with about $5 shipping. This deal spanks that. The M7VIG is KM266 chipset with onboard video & an AGP slot plus 2 SDRAM & 2 DDR slots, but TWCO doesn't seem to carry it this week (and its price is a little higher on the XP1700+). The M7VIG shares the same VT8233A chipset with the KT333 Biostar M7VIF & only have passive cooling, so I'm afraid they may get rather hot. RONType1 referenced a Tom's blurb about the M7VIF that said in part:

At first glance, you notice the temperature sensor depicted in the Quick Guide. This makes it clear that the motherboard is not equipped with active thermal protection for AMD. The temperature of the CPU die is measured by way of a thermistor (PTC) underneath the processor. The temperature sensor on this board is also not beyond reproach: BIOS shows a CPU temperature of 15 degrees Celsius, even when the processor works with a heavy load.

I sure hope the temperature sensor is not accurate. Mine shows that the XP1700+ is something like 52C on a cool day outside of the case and 57C inside its case under very little load. The same CPU shows as 37C in an Asus A7N266-VM. I can't imagine that the boards are responsible for such a swing in temperature.

 

[larciel]

well.. who'd believe me that the same deal was here more than 8 months ago

time is everything

 

[spanky]

hot!!!

 

[aerialcombat]

this is rather unrelated question. but what's Athlon MP as opposed to XP?

ok. nevermind. I learned that it's for servers.

 

[Coraanu]

Great find man! =]

Time to eBay my 1.4 and K7S5A...

 

[MrHans]

Heh, thats a good deal but what about an <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.accubyte.com/applications/search/itemdetails.asp?sku=MBC-SAK18X&sc=pi">XP1800+ and a mobo w/hs/f
</a> for the same price?
Just surf over to PriceWatch and look in the mobo combos. Just dont forget to surf ResellerRatings to check in on any particular web store.
Hans

 

[Oakenfold]

XP1800+ and a mobo w/hs/f

Because the shuttle is a kt266a. I'd take the biostar with the 1700 over it.
The AMD 760 chispet and 1700 at the time was extremely hot due to the pricing of the 1700 was near 130.00 or so If I remember right.
I'd go with tcwo or newegg over your average pricewatch vendor, and yes I do pay more for peace of mind. I like having no worries over RMA'ing products.
Actually debating this purchase, would really make a good mother in law box.

 

[RadioactiveMagpies]

I got in on the m7mia-R + 1700 for $130 deal that was back in feburary.
It was a good deal at the time, but the via southbridge has alot of irq_not_less_than_equal problems.
I think this deal is just as good, even with the price drop of the xp1700 now compared to then.
If you take out the cpu $71 that mean you're only paying $59 for a kt333 chipset with a cpu fan.
I think the overall performance improvement of a kt333 over the old 761+ via southbridge is almost 10%, and maybe even more.

 

[Oakenfold]

over the old 761+ via southbridge is almost 10%, and maybe even more

It is, it's just that there a better KT333 boards that are inexpensive to be had.

irq_not_less_than_equal problems

I blame that on XP.

If you take out the cpu $71 that mean you're only paying $59 for a kt333 chipset with a cpu fan.

True but that still doesn't equal a free motherboard. The original 1700 w/AMD board, you basically bought the cpu, got a heatsink free and motherboard free with raid.

That doesn't equal paying 50.00 for a motherboard that you may not have chosen in the first place.

For an extra 20.00-35.00 on top of the 50.00 and a little searching you can get one with more features.

Now what I'd really like is for AMD to run another retail employee purchase dealio.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Given that I just needed an AMD mobo with zero features, I decided to jump on this one.

This will be a nice foundation to the rest of the system that I have put together for myself - all courtesy of AT

AMD Athlon XP 1700+
Biostar KT333 Motherboard
512MB Samsung Original PC2700 DDR
ATi Radeon 8500 LE 128MB
3Com PCI NIC

- amazingly all for less than $330 so far