If I might add a point or two. I've been shopping around online, and here's my input: -Socket A chips are getting rare, and cost about as much as the newer Socket 754 chips. NewEgg has a Sempron 64 2600+ (retail) going for $64.00. They also have a MSI 754 Barebones case with MB for $80.00. Add 512M of DDR 400 RAM for $33.00. Plus shipping, the whole thing is still under $200.00. I know the 754 looks like an orphan from the start, but they are the best deals out there right now, and ought to last you a few years at least. Shop around! -Fry's has (or had) a Kaiser ATI 9250 4X/8X 128M Video board on sale for $39.95. It actually claims Linux compatibility on the box! I bought two of them, and they work great on my old Socket A boxes running MEPIS and Debian. -All that, plus your old drives from your current box should put you a little higher on the CPU food chain. Merry X-mas to all! Stu On Thursday 22 December 2005 21:23, Josh Coffman wrote: > --- Jason Hayes wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 15:34 -0500, > > > > FoulDragon@aol.com wrote: > > > If it's like a Socket 370 system, remember: > > > > Socket 7, Socket 370, and Socket > > > > > A all use the same heatsinks; for best > > > > compatibility, seek one which uses > > > > > only the centre ridge on the socket to clip to. > > > > It might be hard to find a > > > > > specifically-marked-as-such Socket 370 or 7 sink > > > > these days. > > > > True, but he only described the PC as "pretty old". > > That's a relative > > term. A socket 7 PC would be ancient - almost museum > > quality stuff IMHO. > > So pretty old could mean an early P4? Either way, > > there are some old > > soldiers sitting around in almost everyone's closet > > that have a socket A > > or a slot 1 CPU. Digging one of those out would > > still be a possibility. > > > > The amount of effort expended would depend on just > > how cheap he really > > is (cheap also being a relative term). But I > > digress. 8o) > > it's a old socket A athlon XP 1700. Something I'd like > to upgrade anyway; partly because I have a copy of HL2 > that I've never been able to play. > the biggest cpu I could put on that board is an athlon > xp 2100 which would cost about $100 or so if I could > find one for that board. > > It's also got a 32 mg Geforce2 MX which sucks. Also, I > lost a hard drive earlier this year and am down to > one. I prefer to keep two in the box: one for > system(s), one for data. > > It does have several other parts I can scavange. > > Shin zen ni rei > -j > Registered Linux user number 403109 > http://counter.li.org/ > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. > http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss