Intel Bad Axe 2 for $175.99 and cheap shipping. (DEAD)

[Desslok]

Originally posted by: vfrjim
I just ordered one, is this the retail or OEM? Is there a difference?

Now I just need memory and a CPU Waiting for the Intel price drop....

Looks to be a retail box.

You get a 3 year warranty, box with cables and a back i/o plate.

the OEM is only a 1 year warranty I believe and very limited accessory bag.

 

[herbiehancock]

Originally posted by: Desslok

Originally posted by: vfrjim
I just ordered one, is this the retail or OEM? Is there a difference?

Now I just need memory and a CPU Waiting for the Intel price drop....

Looks to be a retail box.

You get a 3 year warranty, box with cables and a back i/o plate.

the OEM is only a 1 year warranty I believe and very limited accessory bag.

This IS the retail boxed version. I've mentioned it before in other threads about MicroCenter. I live close enough to two of their stores that I go once in a while.....they do not have an OEM version of this board anywhere in their store. I don't think I've ever seen an OEM version of any motherboard anywhere in the store, actually. I'm sure they do exist, but they certainly don't advertise them at all. (What's neat is there is a Fry's, MicroCenter, BB, CC, and CompUSA all within a mile of one another.....makes for some interesting PM'ing!)

They do sell OEMs in some things on the sales floor.....some Samsung hd's, Samsung opticals, and two Sony opticals. The prices on those are very competitive, but that's about all I've ever noticed. Everything else is a retail-boxed product, as they should be as they are primarily a retail B&M store.

 

[vfrjim]

Thanks for the info. Cannot wait to get this board and build another system.

 

[Zebo]

Got mine this morning and run 370 easy 1:1 with the cheapest ballistix 5300 4-3-3-14... Great to be using such a quality board!

 

[13Gigatons]

Quad Overclocked to 3.66Ghz: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/395/4/

 

[Odeen]

After spending a day wrestling with a P5N-E which, which I can't get to boot 100% of the time at stock speeds (E4300, 2gb Kingston ValueRAM DDR2-800), I'm this close to giving this beast a try.

 

[13Gigatons]

To much money to spend on something that will be obsolete in a year.

 

[vfrjim]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
To much money to spend on something that will be obsolete in a year.

Still using your 486sx?

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: vfrjim

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
To much money to spend on something that will be obsolete in a year.

Still using your 486sx?

Plenty of good 775 boards on the market that don't cost $176.

 

[PDS]

Is intel gonna make such a board with the P965 chipset or the ICH8 bridge at least?

PDS

 

[BlancoNino]

Doesn't appear to support the quad...

 

[vfrjim]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Doesn't appear to support the quad...

http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/BX2/BX2_proc.htm

 

[BigShroom]

Originally posted by: vfrjim

http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/BX2/BX2_proc.htm

So I guess that means the e4300 won't work with this board?

 

[Keitero]

I still haven't gotten mine yet and I ordered it on 1/31/07. Is MC this bad in shipping my order? Heck, they don't even have a way to check the status online.

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: vfrjim

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Doesn't appear to support the quad...

http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/BX2/BX2_proc.htm

Forgive me.

Microcenter.com would be wise to update that. I may just go for that motherboard when I do upgrade.

 

[IGBT]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: vfrjim

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Doesn't appear to support the quad...

http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/BX2/BX2_proc.htm

Forgive me.

Microcenter.com would be wise to update that. I may just go for that motherboard when I do upgrade.

..will the price of this board soften up in the next few months?

 

[vfrjim]

Originally posted by: BigShroom

Originally posted by: vfrjim

http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/BX2/BX2_proc.htm

So I guess that means the e4300 won't work with this board?

Here is post on another forum with a user that has the e4300 on this board: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1981210&postcount=1512


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=124131&page=54

 

[BigShroom]

Originally posted by: vfrjim

Here is post on another forum with a user that has the e4300 on this board

Thank you. Have been looking for a confirmation on this for a few days.

 

[vfrjim]

Originally posted by: BigShroom

Originally posted by: vfrjim

Here is post on another forum with a user that has the e4300 on this board

Thank you. Have been looking for a confirmation on this for a few days.

From what I read, it looks like the only limitation is the max bus speed that the board is capable of. I, personally will be using the board for a high-end cpu and it needs to be pretty close to silent, so that is why I chose it.

 

[Damn Dirty Ape]

looks like any orders made at least since last Saturday are in limbo... not in BO status but not shipping or processing either. Their "time to ship" estimate has gone from 1-3 days when i ordered, to 5-7 days, now back to 1-3 days..

Never ordered from MC before, what is their processing time to shipment? I called this AM and got 'your order has not gone into BO status yet, but it may'. How freaking long does it take to KNOW if you have enough of something to satisfy 'xx' number of orders?

 

[hijacker]

Same with me....Ordered mine sat.

Said 1-3 day on shipping which should have been by yesterday.

Called them and they said it hasnt shipped yet....but not backordered. And they could not tell me if it would even ship this week or not.

 

[vfrjim]

Ordered min on the 5th, shipped on the 7th, due here on the 9th via fedex from PA

 

[Damn Dirty Ape]

Originally posted by: hijacker
Same with me....Ordered mine sat.

Said 1-3 day on shipping which should have been by yesterday.

Called them and they said it hasnt shipped yet....but not backordered. And they could not tell me if it would even ship this week or not.

exactly what happened here too. I was pretty close to canceling and ordering one for $16 more total from mwave, but the fellow at MC said "the order is kind of in limbo at the moment, I can't cancel it until it goes into backorder". So...

 

[BlancoNino]

How does this chipset compare the the Nforce chipset when it comes to games? I'm becoming very interested in this board.

 

[Keitero]

The Bad Axe 2 board rocks overall and if don't want or use SLI, even better, seeing that the board has been out for much longer than the 680i boards, the board itself has had time to mature and become more stable. If you do however, the 680i board is the only option really.