AMD Employee Purchase Program For System Builders

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Kenny0829

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I know I am going to sound like an A$$hole, but you should NOT be posting this information. As an AMD Reseller, I too received the email with the option of purchasing the kit. But what happens when you post it in a Hot Deals section is that it gets abused, and people who should be getting the kits, RESELLERS, will not be able to. Also, if AMD notices abuse, they will not offer it any more. In the future be glad that AMD offers these kits to QUALIFIED RESELLERS and keep it to yourself.

Sorry, I HAVE to AGREE with MAMISANO.
This is for RESELLERS, ONLY.

I also received this deal, ( don't need it right now ),
BUT you'r not supposed to post it on the boards.

hpfanatic, you did a no-no.

Tell people HOW to become a system builder, and THEN let them get the email notices.
 
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hpfanatic

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Sorry if I did a No No. The Employee Purchase Program deals have always showed up here. I don't really see a difference between posting for a Retail Employee Only deal and a Reseller Only Deal. Here are two of the previous posts:

Retail EPP

Retail EPP
 
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xDanielx

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Give me a break, stop whining you big babies. How about letting other people who have resellers licences to get in on the deal, and its not like its an easy deal to get. I'm sure AMD checks up on stuff, they always ask for pay stubs etc. All you people are thinking about is yourselves, stop being selfish pricks, if there is a deal it should be in the hot deals forum.
 
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elfnumber1

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Not to flame (bc I don't find HOT deals myself), but this has already been stated in a few forums. Anyhow, right now that deal doesn't seem so HOT as the prices have dropped on the XP's. Anyhow, it's a decent deal, I got in on it and received my $100 rebate within a month.

-elf
 
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RideFree

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Probably the same "moaners" who protested the $52 WindowsXP and Lava lamp - deal.

Seriously, 6 copies of WinXP Pro for $312 is a "steal".

(You can never tell if the guy is serious.)
Anon E. Mouse;)
 
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PoorDog

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I dunno too much about it...but what i do know is that two of my co-workers went with this deal (Yes, we're listed), and never got their 100 dollar rebates. Its been more than 3 months now. What happened was the company that shipped it told them to goto AMD to get their rebates, and then AMD said that the company was supposed to send the rebates and so forth and so on. So now they're still waiting. I"ll check with them again to see if they ever received it, but as of a week or two ago they still didnt get it.
 
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mamisano

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<< Give me a break, stop whining you big babies. How about letting other people who have resellers licences to get in on the deal, and its not like its an easy deal to get. I'm sure AMD checks up on stuff, they always ask for pay stubs etc. All you people are thinking about is yourselves, stop being selfish pricks, if there is a deal it should be in the hot deals forum. >>



Well, if you are a Reseller, sign up for the program like I did and enjoy the benefits such as this. I am NOT thinking about myself, I am thinking about the LEGITIMATE RESELLER that will not be able to order it because people from "Hot Deals" forums snap them up. I think you need a little growing up to do.
 
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spinn

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so would someone (a reseller) be willing to pass on the deal to a fellow Anandtech member?
 
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jpucci1

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<< I know I am going to sound like an A$$hole, but you should NOT be posting this information. As an AMD Reseller, I too received the email with the option of purchasing the kit. But what happens when you post it in a Hot Deals section is that it gets abused, and people who should be getting the kits, RESELLERS, will not be able to. Also, if AMD notices abuse, they will not offer it any more. In the future be glad that AMD offers these kits to QUALIFIED RESELLERS and keep it to yourself.

Sorry, I HAVE to AGREE with MAMISANO.
This is for RESELLERS, ONLY.

I also received this deal, ( don't need it right now ),
BUT you'r not supposed to post it on the boards.

hpfanatic, you did a no-no.

Tell people HOW to become a system builder, and THEN let them get the email notices. >>



If you needed to be a member you would already be one.
 
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im2smrt4u

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<< I know I am going to sound like an A$$hole, but you should NOT be posting this information. As an AMD Reseller, I too received the email with the option of purchasing the kit. But what happens when you post it in a Hot Deals section is that it gets abused, and people who should be getting the kits, RESELLERS, will not be able to. Also, if AMD notices abuse, they will not offer it any more. In the future be glad that AMD offers these kits to QUALIFIED RESELLERS and keep it to yourself. >>



Ditto! I got the email, if you didn't its too late!

im2smrt4u
 
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Sir Fredrick

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I received the email on this, but I haven't decided if I want to go through with it or not. It seems like this could be ebayed for a small profit if nothing else, or it might be of use for my dad, he's running an old K6-500 system right now.

I'm assuming that this does not include a case or power supply, correct?
 
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lightpants

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To be eligible to participate in the Promotion, you must satisfy all of the following conditions:
a. You must be at least 18 years of age on or before February 5, 2002.
b. You must be a resident of one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia.

I am both of these things, I am ordering one. We will see what happens.


 
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chibchakan

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<< To be eligible to participate in the Promotion, you must satisfy all of the following conditions: >>



<< a. You must be at least 18 years of age on or before February 5, 2002. >>



<< b. You must be a resident of one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia. >>



Hey I qualify. :p
 
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calng

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This is only a warm deal. The Asus A7V266 mb is using the old KT266 chipset and not the new KT266A chipset. If I was to purchase this, I think I would need to purchase a new mb that supports the KT266A chipset. Just an FYI.
 
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Sir Fredrick

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<< This is only a warm deal. The Asus A7V266 mb is using the old KT266 chipset and not the new KT266A chipset. If I was to purchase this, I think I would need to purchase a new mb that supports the KT266A chipset. Just an FYI. >>



I haven't been keeping up with this stuff at all...what's the difference between the KT266 and the KT266A?
Would it still make a suitable cheap upgrade for a business user moving from an old K6-500 system?
 
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kdegarmo

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Argh!!!
Finally received my Promotional Email today with the link, and when I clicked on it I was told that the promotion had ended, I guess they ran out of these systems.. They must have either had very few available (since the promo only started yesterday) or else the anandtech effect killed this deal for all the reputable resellers (i've been building and selling amd systems locally for almost a year now, making a few bucks on the side)...

Oh well, maybe next time. <sigh>

Kev:(
 
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Rmilton

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I've been on the AMD Reseller list for quite some time, and so I received this email as well. As others before me have implied NOWHERE in the agreement does it mention or imply that you have to be a reseller. There is absolutly NOTHING wrong with posting this to a board considering this. If they care'd they'd check and put it in the agreement.

2nd of all, it seems to me like this deal isn't really all that affiliated with AMD. TCCOMPUTERS seems to have just gotten AMD to publicize it for them, although maybe there is more of a tie as it is an awefully cheap price for it just to be tc computers. I'm all set with my current system (XP 1800+ thanks to the AMD XPP tour) however i recommended this to a friend of mine who's stuck with an ancient celeron 550 or something.

I think we can assume this boards is the KT266 version and not the A since it does not say -E or anything else, and the base model is a KT266. As such it is not extremely hot, but for those looking for something on a budget and are not planning on overclocking it is still hot.
 
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Robzila

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Well, hpfanatic, thanks to you and few other nefarious neer do wells, this program is now over due to "Incredible Demand". Thanks for screwing it up for us legitimate resellers. Next time, keep it to yourself!
 
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jpucci1

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<< Well, hpfanatic, thanks to you and few other nefarious neer do wells, this program is now over due to "Incredible Demand". Thanks for screwing it up for us legitimate resellers. Next time, keep it to yourself! >>



ditto
 
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tbalon

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Here is hat HardOCP had to say about the mobo:

Conclusions & Delusions:

Well, my first thoughts about any KT266 mainboard lately have been not good at all. In fact, I have a hard time believing all the hype surrounding the chipset. Am I supposed to believe that it took VIA almost a year to make a true DDR chipset work? ALi did it, SiS is doing it, and VIA already has working P4 DDR boards. I have a feeling that the KT266 has worked all along, and they simply did not want to stop selling KT133 and KT133A because of the great yields and profit being made...OR! There is another good theory that I have on it. The KT266 chips we are seeing now are supposedly unrevised (like the one on this Asus board), just the same ol' KT266 chips that have been around for a while now. Then why all of a sudden are they working flawlessly? And if those old ones are working so well (the "CD" chipsets), then why are we going to see an enhanced "CE" version very soon? Anyway, I know I am off on a tangent now, but there have been some things going on around the KT266 chipset that are simply not right. There are a lot of factors here that we are simply not aware of. Believe the VIA PR if you want to, but I have more fun dreaming up my own stuff!

With that said, what about the Asus A7V266? I can tell you that I think it is simply one of the best mainboards I have ever used. The Asus A7V266 was problem free in every department, and it can certainly be grouped as a "High Performance" mainboard of great quality. I really think there is little you could do to improve upon the A7V266, and it will become a standard here on our testbench.

Memory issues were my biggest concern, but we had no problems with configurations of mixed brand sticks or memory of different sizes. My only regret is that we did not have three 1GB sticks to test the limits.

The layout of the A7V266 is very well designed. It delivers a feature set that is solid, yet transparent. The addition of bumping the stock 100MHz and 133MHz bus speeds is a great marketing tool and conversation piece. I did not think I would be saying this about the A7V266 mainboard, but it has simply delivered stability and performance that many of us have come to expect from Asus while not forgetting about all the bells and whistles that bring so many of us so much enjoyment.

I certainly think that anyone who is an AMD fan would be happy with this board.



read the entire review at:

http://hardocp.com/reviews/mainboards/asus/a7v266/
 
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mamisano

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This really sucks. I ordered at 12:30 AM, took until 9:30AM for my Credit Card to go through and they said they sold out by then. Not sure why it took 9 hours to approve my CC, but I doubt I will get the package :(
 
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YeloAggie

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i am sorry that you all resellers didnt get this deal. i really am, but i cant help to feel good that sometimes a deal like this can come around to newbies like me. just the chance to get in on this deal is already awesome, so thanks hpsantic or wutever your name was
 
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