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 <hh@hayz.ws> 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/
>
>
>
>
>
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