AMD 64 X2 3800+ CPU and ECS K8T890A MB = $320 plus shipping.

[formulav8]

Didn't see posted yet. The deal looks like you basically get a motherboard for free. I have no clue about ocing. I do know the via chipsets do oc pretty well with a pci lock in place. This chipset does have a working pci lock IIRC. I could be wrong of course. ECS would have to set it up properly also.

Especially if you plan on running at stock speeds, this should be a very fine deal.

Outpost.com link to cpu/mobo deal @ Outpost.com


Jason

 

[UsandThem]

ECS's website lists that the motherboard has both PCI-E and AGP.

Link

 

[formulav8]

I was just looking at that a couple minutes ago and was going to post that. But you beat me to it.

The AGP Slot is from the PCI bus, so, the performance is Limited to 133MB/S which WILL hurt performance of the mid-Upper to Upper-High End cards. Lower end cards would most likely not be bandwidth limited to much by the AGPPro slot.


Jason

 

[VooDooAddict]

It looks like a great way for people to stagger an upgrade from an Athlon XP system.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: formulav8

The AGP Slot is from the PCI bus,

What exactly does that mean?

In that respect, how does this motherboard compare to the Asrock 393 Dual SATAII (Link)?

 

[oRdchaos]

The Asrock has a real AGP slot on it. So it's a much better performer if you have any sort of mediocre AGP graphics card.

You'll be crippling any AGP card on this ECS board. You'd probably notice it with anything DirectX 9.0 capable and up...

 

[mdetz]

Originally posted by: Navid

Originally posted by: formulav8
The AGP Slot is from the PCI bus,

What exactly does that mean?

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Basically, an AGPe slot is formed by converting two PCI slots into an AGP slot. Theoretically, the bandwidth supported by the PCI slot is 66MB/s and thus two slots would yield 133MB/s. This is a far cry from an AGP 8X slot?s theoretical 2.1GB/s bandwidth which is almost 16 times more.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: mdetz

Originally posted by: Navid

Originally posted by: formulav8
The AGP Slot is from the PCI bus,

What exactly does that mean?

Text
Basically, an AGPe slot is formed by converting two PCI slots into an AGP slot. Theoretically, the bandwidth supported by the PCI slot is 66MB/s and thus two slots would yield 133MB/s. This is a far cry from an AGP 8X slot?s theoretical 2.1GB/s bandwidth which is almost 16 times more.

Thanks!

 

[Demon-Xanth]

The Uli chipset is the only one that really has both AGP and PCIe. The AGP off of PCI is sometimes called XGP.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Note:
For reference, the MB costs $64 at Newegg, the CPU $301. (making the deal about $45 cheaper at Outpost)

And the CPU alone at Outpost costs $330. So they're paying you $10 to take the motherboard.

 

[MaxDepth]

279.99 now. Was the OP including tax?

 

[jbubrisk]

Whoah yeah I just saw that! I don't think tax would be $40.01.......

 

[Childs]

Fry's had this last week for $279, and a couple of weeks ago for $279. This week its bundled with an SLI motherboard for $319. Usually Fry's and Outpost alternate whats on sale.

 

[jlin101]

This MB is acceptable for a basic system (don't plan on much o/c'ing). Also the AGP Pro slot is compatible only with older cards (my ATI 9700 Pro doesn't work, but GF 2 and 3 are ok). If you can get the combo at close to the price of the cpu, then it's a good deal.

 

[shenjingbing]

Even the CPU alone is more expensive than this bundle. I say sale the mobo and keep the chip.

 

[IcBlUsCrn]

Orange county/la fry's and some san diego frys has the 3800x2 and ecs kn1 sli board for $319 , making it a better deal if you can getit at your local fry's.
I had gotton the 3800x2 and k8t90 combo about 2 months ago for $279. did not like either the cpu or mobo. so returned them.

 

[bargainshopper]

Originally posted by: IcBlUsCrn
Orange county/la fry's and some san diego frys has the 3800x2 and ecs kn1 sli board for $319 , making it a better deal if you can getit at your local fry's.
I had gotton the 3800x2 and k8t90 combo about 2 months ago for $279. did not like either the cpu or mobo. so returned them.

Why you didn't like the 3800x2?

 

[Melectricus]

Hmmm my guess is the processor is OEM, so no retail box purchase, OEM CPU warrenty vrs retail warrenty and no heatsink.

I bought a Sempron/ECS combo recently and it was a OEM processor.

Any one know? I was going to buy the retail processor at Newegg this weekend, but for $20 plus shipping it may be worth the extra Mobo.