Outpost: K7S5A + 1.2 Duron for $105 + ship (now also 1.0 celeron and AV18E for $99 + ship)

[glenn1]

Duron combo link

Celeron combo link

 

[ckmoocow]

sweet price! it looks like outpost has two identical things for different prices. one at 105 and one at 137.... weird. anyways, it still looks like the ecs mb is outta stock

 

[BadBrad]

Not so hot....Newegg's regular prices are about the same for those items.

 

[7lords]

Newegg's price is $106 + shipping for an OEM Duron. This is with a retail Duron - 3 years wrnty and hs/fan.

 

[geekender]

Yup...and Outpost will direct you to contact the manufacturer if there is an issue......Ecs's policy is for you to go through your retailer.

 

[dpm]

I'm more tempted by the K7S5A with Duron 1.3Ghz combo for $10 extra... looks OEM though.

 

[jimmyjam]

Originally posted by: 7lords
Newegg's price is $106 + shipping for an OEM Duron. This is with a retail Duron - 3 years wrnty and hs/fan.

i called outpost to verify this, and it is oem, not retail.

 

[rch4001]

bought one of these combo's at Austin Fry's last week for about same price --- not a bad deal

 

[RBC]

I just called Outpost and was guaranteed that this combo included a retail boxed cpu with fan and 3 yr warranty.

 

[waqasusman]

Wow this is a great price!!
Too bad I just bought the k7s5a + 1.0 Duron for $109 +ship a few days ago

 

[Bill00]

Originally posted by: waqasusman
Wow this is a great price!!
Too bad I just bought the k7s5a + 1.0 Duron for $109 +ship a few days ago

This is still a nice system. I have had the board on hand for some time (Newegg sometime ago for $55 as part of another order) and just got the 1.0 Duron from TCWO earlier this week for $34. Put them and some other odds and ends from other deals together in an Enermax case and it makes for a nice box.

Good luck on yours.

 

[BigEdMuustaffa]

I hate when the price drops before I can put the combo I already bought in my case...:|

 

[dragonlord2112]

I've purchased both the ECS/950mhz & ECS/1ghz combos and they ARE retail boxed.
So, don't worry on this one...

 

[TheManiacal1]

too bad it's OOS now

 

[pekcle]

if you live near a fry's, i just bought this combo for $99, and no shipping cost

 

[ChrisADuffy]

good deal for an economy box.

 

[RBC]

It's back in stock now, just ordered one.

 

[cheesewhiz]

can't.... resist....upgrading....any....longer.. *sigh* it's ordered... now get here FAST!

 

[rushhound]

I went with the Duron 1.3 gig combo. Got it delivered for $123.23. Should be a nice little pick me up from my P3 450.

 

[rimoto]

I'd respectfully advise to stick with the 1.2 Ghz and save the $10.

The 1.3 Ghz would not give a linear increase in system speed over the 1.2 Ghz. In other words, your system performance won't increase 7.6% as implied by the difference in clock speeds. Mr. LaShrimpi would agree that this will only provide between 2 to 3 percent system improvement because of the CPU's dependence on so many other things such as memory, hard drive rotational speed, video card memory......etc. So do the Math:

Assumptions:

CPU costs $60
Mobo cost $55

The 1.3 Ghz CPU would cost 14.3% more than the 1.2 Ghz for only a 3% (at best) system performance improvement.

Why not save the $10 and put it towards your upgrade to the 2 Ghz XP or MP later when they also come down to $60 or $50 or $40.....

BTW, I'm using a K7S5A & 950 Mhz to write this reply. Kind of a testy board, but once you get the bugs worked out.....rock solid baby!