LA/OC Fry's B&M 4/2-4/6 Barton 2600+ combo $89.99, WD2000JBRTL $99AR, PNY MX440 $19.99AR + more

[pxc]

There are several pretty good deals this weekend:
Athlon XP2600+ (Barton) & K7VTA3 $89.99

Built by ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB retail $199.99
PNY GF4 MX440 AGP 64MB $19.99 after $30MIR

Western Digital WD2000JBRTL (8MB, 7200RPM) $99.99 after $90MIR
Western Digital WD1600JBRTL (8MB, 7200RPM) $74.99 after $50MIR
Western Digital 36GB Raptor SATA (8MB, 10,00RPM) $119.99 after $50MIR

ATX midtower case and 350W PSU $14.99 after $10MIR

$4.99 DVDs: Cut Throat Island, The Peacemaker, The Last Castle, Captain Ron

Far Cry PC $29.99
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow PC $29.99
$19.99 games: Enter the Matrix PS2, House of the Dead Xbox, Skies of Arcadia GC
$9.99 games: ICO PS2, Rygar PS2, Top Gun GC, Mystic Heroes PS2, Shenmue II Xbox, SSX Tricky Xbox, Formula One PS2, Activision Anthology PS2

la times ocr

 

[SJGiant]

The Bay Area Fry's Ad has the WD 200 gig HD for $79.99 AR. 169 in store, 90 rebate. Hope that helps someone looking for a new HD.

J~

 

[rhacquer]

Gotta check the Dallas area stores for the WD 80 GB/8 MB cache HD, $49.99 after rebate!

 

[easy2kill]

For those people who are thinking of purchasing the Athlon XP2600+ (Barton) & K7VTA3 combo for $89.99, I personally would recommend that you wait 'til Fry's runs the Athlon XP2000+ (Thorton) & K7VTA3 combo for $49.99 again. At least with my board, I was able to simply bump up the FSB to 166Mhz and it boots up as an XP2600+. I've been running Windows XP and it has been working flawlessly. I pretty much have it running 24/7 as a server, and I'm very happy with it thus far. Not sure if there is a huge performance difference between this and the Barton core, but for $40 buck less, I'm a happy camper.

 

[Silex]

Same here easy! I got in on that deal yesterday and althoguh some other places like DFW are running the same ad for $39.99 we still got an excellent deal....because no matter how you look at it, we're still in Cally .

 

[Diz2K2]

Fry's please come to Philly..........

 

[salfter]

Originally posted by: pxc
There are several pretty good deals this weekend:
Athlon XP2600+ (Barton) & K7VTA3 $89.99

The same deal's running in Vegas (again) at the same price. I don't know if the others are also available...that's just what I noticed when I was over there at lunchtime.

 

[Probedude]

Originally posted by: easy2kill
I personally would recommend that you wait 'til Fry's runs the Athlon XP2000+ (Thorton) & K7VTA3 combo. At least with my board, I was able to simply bump up the FSB to 166Mhz and it boots up as an XP2600+.

Isn't the real 2600+ running at 266Mhz FSB?

 

[whiteboy81]

Originally posted by: easy2kill
For those people who are thinking of purchasing the Athlon XP2600+ (Barton) & K7VTA3 combo for $89.99, I personally would recommend that you wait 'til Fry's runs the Athlon XP2000+ (Thorton) & K7VTA3 combo for $49.99 again. At least with my board, I was able to simply bump up the FSB to 166Mhz and it boots up as an XP2600+. I've been running Windows XP and it has been working flawlessly. I pretty much have it running 24/7 as a server, and I'm very happy with it thus far. Not sure if there is a huge performance difference between this and the Barton core, but for $40 buck less, I'm a happy camper.

I took the 2400+ and ECS combo and used PC3200 with the FSB at 180 (i think) and it runs at XP3200+ speeds. That deal was only $65, so that wouldn't be a bad direction to go if the ECS & 2000 combo doesn't come up first.

 

[Gibzilla]

what the f*ck's up with sata drive prices? goddamn, it seems cheaper to just go with cheap scsi card + slightly "obsolete" cheap 10k scsi drives.

 

[straubs]

Originally posted by: Gibzilla
what the f*ck's up with sata drive prices? goddamn, it seems cheaper to just go with cheap scsi card + slightly "obsolete" cheap 10k scsi drives.

I would agree. I think the only people buying those right now are the bleeding-edge people that "gotta have it now." I like these people, cuz they eventually cause the price come down to something realistic after a while!

 

[whiteboy81]

Originally posted by: straubs

Originally posted by: Gibzilla
what the f*ck's up with sata drive prices? goddamn, it seems cheaper to just go with cheap scsi card + slightly "obsolete" cheap 10k scsi drives.

I would agree. I think the only people buying those right now are the bleeding-edge people that "gotta have it now." I like these people, cuz they eventually cause the price come down to something realistic after a while!

How is it that people actually buying the drives cause the price to come down. If no one would buy them wouldn't the prices come down more quickly? Basic supply and demand if you ask me.

 

[Gmetech]

When companies produce products and nobody buys them, they are more likely to just quit producing the product.

There has to be enough interest at the higher prices that early product development costs justify, for a company to even want to stay in the market. Lowered prices for consumers can come from lowered costs from increased component buying volume, improved production output, eliminating product assembly complexity, finding a cheaper labor force, etc. that successful products warrant after some time, or they can come from drastic reductions in price on existing product, which usually means eventual end of that product. Companies don't keep producing products that consumers don't buy.

Supply and demand is only an issue on products when there is already a market for them, and competitors fighting for that market share.

How is it that people actually buying the drives cause the price to come down. If no one would buy them wouldn't the prices come down more quickly? Basic supply and demand if you ask me.

 

[jbwhite99]

Most of the same prices listed above are available in Phoenix as well. It will be a tough withdrawal in 4 weeks - no more Fry's (good for my wallet).

SATA will be priced more reasonably - 2 years from now, you'll wonder what that big fat PATA cable is,