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I missed the Friday Chronicle. Does anyone know what kind of processor/mobo deals are at the Houston Fry's store this week?

I vote for the "hammered" enamel option. I painted the case of my Shuttle XPC with dark green Hammerite. Very easy. You don't have to fool with all the sanding between coats, etc.

I take it that this comes without an OS?

Mwave has both the Asus KM400 board (A7V8X-MX , $64.13) and the Asus KT600 board (A7V600 , $90.10).

Look at the CaseTek Super ATX tower cases at newegg. 20" tall and deep, a side window, two back and two front fan mounts, top mounted USB and 1394. They are apparently very heavy and sturdy. No power supply is included, but it's only $55 shipped.

I have the SK41G with a Tbred 1700+, an Nvidia Quadro4 280 NVS video card, the 52X Liteon CDRW, and a Maxtor 60 gig HD also. My temps are around 42-44, and this thing is not nearly as loud as the Evercase midtower with 3 80MM fans that I used before.

I think the dual channel (two sticks of memory) is recommended only if you use the integrated graphics of the nForce2.

Yep, the Inwin V523. Can't go wrong. If you're looking for a plain beige one, the V523 is hard to find, but the black one is readily available. You can get one from Newegg for a little over $50, shipped. Newegg had the newer version of this case, which has a 250 watt P/S and USB 2.0. And it...

Oh, and by the way...I just checked the Shuttle website, and knowledgemicro is one of their authorized dealers, so the rebate should be good. Something else worth noting is that unlike the rebate form from last month, the current one has no list of dealers from whom you have to buy to get the...

Strange, but when you browse to it from the knowledgemicro home page, the rebate does show up. Through the Bizrate link, it doesn't. Hmmm...

$556? Let's see: Sk41G- $170 (after rebate) Retail XP 2400+ - $110 60GB 7200 RPM hard drive, ATA 133- $85 Floppy- $10 265MB PC2100- $30 DVD ROM- $40 Total= $445 I mean, I know that they put it together and all, but...

Oops...I forgot to mention that I also plan to use a low-profile videocard like the Matrox G450 (if I get this case).

I'm thinking about using the case shown here: Text with the Chaintech 7NIL1 motherbaord, an Athlon XP 1700+, a 52X CDRW, and an internal CF card reader. if anyone has any experience with this case, using similar components to fill it, I'd appreciate your info.