AMD Athlon 2500+ & ECS N2U400-A $70 @ Fry's

[gcy]

AMD Athlon 2500+ (Boxed) 3 years Warranty
Ecs N2U400-A nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset.

PNY SD Card 512 MB $89.99 after MIR ($109.99 -$20.00 MIR)

 

[Granorense]

This is what I was waiting for, will pick it up tonight. I would've been nice it was the 2600 instead what this is nice too. This will be a nice upgrade for my brother from a his Pentium 4 machine!!!

 

[gcy]

There is also a Barebone system with a Boxed Athlon 2700+ and FIC KT-748 with 300W PSU for $179.99 Looks like standard midtower case.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

damn it ... no frys around my way

 

[degeester]

Also boxed XP-2800+ & Shuttle AN34Ultra MB for $149.99 and for Intel fans combo of boxed 3.0 P4 with unnamed MB for $219.99. Western Digital 250Gb HD for $129 after $30 MIR in CA but $119 after same MIR in Texas. Link to OCRegister Fry's AD Dallas Fry's AD

 

[Oakenfold]

I hate FRY"S.
Come to FLORIDA ALREADY.

 

[axelfox]

Originally posted by: Oakenfold
I hate FRY"S.
Come to FLORIDA ALREADY.

If you hate Fry's what do you want it to come to FL?

 

[DrPepper]

Anyone know if this is a Barton?

 

[AtTheGates]

It is a barton.

 

[Harvey]

Holy sholy boly!!! IT'S A BOXED RETAIL CPU!

Linkzilla from Fry's ad in the L.A. Times. You may also want to get the WD 120 GB drive for $59.99 AR. Linkola.

These links will probably only be good today, June 4. Here's the link from the Orange County Register.

 

[Passions]

Originally posted by: Harvey
Holy sholy boly!!! IT'S A BOXED RETAIL CPU!

Linkzilla from Fry's ad in the L.A. Times. You may also want to get the WD 120 GB drive for $59.99 AR. Linkola.

These links will probably only be good today, June 4. Here's the link from the Orange County Register.

Linkalicious, dude!!! :beer:

 

[Showtime]

Anyone know how that 2500/ECS combo oc's? It sounds like a package that was offered before and I'm pretty sure someone has some experience with it. I'm in if it oc's nicely.

TIA

-show

 

[AkumaX]

maybe you'll hit 3200+, maybe you wont

there's no vcore or mult adjust, only fsb

so if anything, since pci/agp is unlocked, you could take the fsb from 166 to anywhere around ~200

 

[Scaramouche]

Running a combo at 3200+ speed (200FSB), memory at 166Mhz (PC2700) with stock cooler which has a copper slug. No errors in Memtest and Prime 95 (8 hour runs each).

Put in some PC3200 and it should run the memory at 200Mhz.

Get a good power supply and don't forget to plug in the extra 12v connector

As AkumaX pointed out there are no voltage adjustements.

As usual YMMV.

 

[Showtime]

Thanks guys I'm in. Frys is a 2 minute drive and my 1.8a will be replaced today.

-show

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: Showtime
Anyone know how that 2500/ECS combo oc's? It sounds like a package that was offered before and I'm pretty sure someone has some experience with it. I'm in if it oc's nicely.

ECS boards are not usually good for o/c-ing because they usually don't include all the controls you need in the BIOS. OTOH, this deal's a no brainer. The lowest price for this chip on pricewatch.com for the retail chip, alone, is $78.99 (plus shipping) so this is a great deal for a strong basic machine. If you want to o/c the chip, buy the combo, sell the board to a friend at a great price, and use the money to lower your cost for the board you want.

 

[blacklit]

thanks! been waiting for something like this too. just bought the shuttle an35 from newegg yesterday but they said i can get a full refund if i refuse delivery.

 

[littletemple]

Anybody know the price at Renton's Frys? It is usually $5 - $10 dollars more there. THanx.

 

[mlt001]

blacklit: Why don't you keep the Shuttle and sell the ECS board. The Shuttle is one of the best valued Nforce boards and has fair O/C options.

 

[kenrippy]

I took back my 2600 OEM/n2u400a combo that i bought last week for $79 and bought this combo. it's a better deal IMO.

I have one of these boards running in a test rig with a 2500+ & corsair value select pc3200 2x256mb at 200fsb (mem & cpu) 2.2ghz totally stable with a speeze whisperrock II @ about 33c idle/47c prime95 load. I'm just now testing it at 210fsb 2.31ghz to see how she handles it.

 

[blacklit]

Originally posted by: kenrippy
I took back my 2600 OEM/n2u400a combo that i bought last week for $79 and bought this combo. it's a better deal IMO.

I have one of these boards running in a test rig with a 2500+ & corsair value select pc3200 2x256mb at 200fsb (mem & cpu) 2.2ghz totally stable with a speeze whisperrock II @ about 40c idle/47c prime95 load. I'm just now testing it at 210fsb 2.31ghz to see how she handles it.

i don't normally overclock but i just bought this. i'm considering trying after reading your post. what do you have the voltage set to? sadly i'll still be using my 2x512 PC2100.. until i can shell out more $$.

 

[kenrippy]

Originally posted by: blacklit

Originally posted by: kenrippy
I took back my 2600 OEM/n2u400a combo that i bought last week for $79 and bought this combo. it's a better deal IMO.

I have one of these boards running in a test rig with a 2500+ & corsair value select pc3200 2x256mb at 200fsb (mem & cpu) 2.2ghz totally stable with a speeze whisperrock II @ about 40c idle/47c prime95 load. I'm just now testing it at 210fsb 2.31ghz to see how she handles it.

i don't normally overclock but i just bought this. i'm considering trying after reading your post. what do you have the voltage set to? sadly i'll still be using my 2x512 PC2100.. until i can shell out more $$.

there is no voltage adjustments so you're SOL as far as that goes. the only adjustments are FSB and it's ratio between the FSB & CPU speed. (like Scaramouche said above)

your only real hope of OC'ing with this board is with some good ram & a decent hsf.

update: this rig is totally stable at 210fsb (prime95) 48c with the hardware I listed. (cpu & ram running at 210) 2.31ghz

 

[INGlewood78]

Originally posted by: kenrippy

Originally posted by: blacklit

Originally posted by: kenrippy
I took back my 2600 OEM/n2u400a combo that i bought last week for $79 and bought this combo. it's a better deal IMO.

I have one of these boards running in a test rig with a 2500+ & corsair value select pc3200 2x256mb at 200fsb (mem & cpu) 2.2ghz totally stable with a speeze whisperrock II @ about 40c idle/47c prime95 load. I'm just now testing it at 210fsb 2.31ghz to see how she handles it.

i don't normally overclock but i just bought this. i'm considering trying after reading your post. what do you have the voltage set to? sadly i'll still be using my 2x512 PC2100.. until i can shell out more $$.

there is no voltage adjustments so you're SOL as far as that goes. the only adjustments are FSB and it's ratio between the FSB & CPU speed. (like Scaramouche said above)

your only real hope of OC'ing with this board is with some good ram & a decent hsf.

update: this rig is totally stable at 210fsb (prime95) 48c with the hardware I listed. (cpu & ram running at 210) 2.31ghz

Thats pretty good at stock voltage....

 

[kenrippy]

Originally posted by: INGlewood78

Originally posted by: kenrippy

Originally posted by: blacklit

Originally posted by: kenrippy
I took back my 2600 OEM/n2u400a combo that i bought last week for $79 and bought this combo. it's a better deal IMO.

I have one of these boards running in a test rig with a 2500+ & corsair value select pc3200 2x256mb at 200fsb (mem & cpu) 2.2ghz totally stable with a speeze whisperrock II @ about 40c idle/47c prime95 load. I'm just now testing it at 210fsb 2.31ghz to see how she handles it.

i don't normally overclock but i just bought this. i'm considering trying after reading your post. what do you have the voltage set to? sadly i'll still be using my 2x512 PC2100.. until i can shell out more $$.

there is no voltage adjustments so you're SOL as far as that goes. the only adjustments are FSB and it's ratio between the FSB & CPU speed. (like Scaramouche said above)

your only real hope of OC'ing with this board is with some good ram & a decent hsf.

update: this rig is totally stable at 210fsb (prime95) 48c with the hardware I listed. (cpu & ram running at 210) 2.31ghz

Thats pretty good at stock voltage....

tell me about it. my NF7-S, watercooled 2500+ @ 2.4ghz / 218x11 / 2.0vcore & XMS pc3500 C2 BH-5 doesn't do much better than this budget combo.
:Q

 

[batmanuel]

Originally posted by: littletemple
Anybody know the price at Renton's Frys? It is usually $5 - $10 dollars more there. THanx.

$69.99 according to the ad in the PI today.