Athlon 750/950 Classic + Soyo Slot A board + CPU HSF for $149/199 @ TigerDirect

[loup garou]

Yep, it's TigerDirect again. For those of you who couldn't afford the P4 combo, you might want to jump on this. Seems like a great deal considering the $199 950 combo is less than the lowest price of just the chip on Pricewatch.

Oh, and has anyone seen reviews for this board? It's a Soyo SY-K7VIA.

 

[lupohki]

And they're both listed with the dubious "often ships in 2 weeks status"

 

[Nutzo]

950 Mhz for $199. Looks like a good price for just the CPU let alone the motherboard. Anyone know much about this motherboard ?

 

[Supergax]

I've used this motherboard in a couple of systems. Aside from the crappy onboard audio, it's a fine board. Too bad it's slot A though. I'm thinking aobut picking myself up the 950 deal, cause I was thinking of upgrading to a p3 800, and for the same price i get an athlon 950mhz and mobo.

 

[natenut]

here is a review:

http://active-hardware.com/english/reviews/mainboard/sy-k7via.htm

 

[Owned]

I doubt there any questions on the quality of board/cpu, the only question mark here is tigerdirect.

 

[RoadRuner]

sokay price. keep in mind the athlon 950 is say slower than a duron 600 overclocked to 950

Might as well spend the extra few $$ and get a tbird or duron rig, with a reputable warranty

 

[gittyup]

What reseller ratings says about tiger_direct...

 

[Mamoth100]

If they were more reputable I might think about jumping on this.

 

[Gunslinger]

I have two of these boards and they are very good boards however, you can only put CLASSIC ATHLONS in them, not T-Birds. The K7VIA is a slot A board. I had an 800 overclocked to 920 in one. Here is another review of the board Here

Side note for Overclockers, I did had a T-Bird running in it but the board automatically set the voltage to 1.80 from the recommended setting of 1.65 and I could not get my Gold Finger device to work with it, thats why I had to OC with the FSB only. Temp monitor programs couldnt figure out what was in it when I had the T-bird running.

Bottom line: Use Classic Athlons and it will be a fine board.

 

[Dynamix3D]

This seems like a good deal to me, considering I just sold my old 500Mhz Slot A Athlon and Asus K7M motherboard on fleabay for $140. I say I got a good deal.

 

[Credulus]

Tigerdirect, for what I've seen, has been a very reliable company. My father has ordered from them more than once, and my neighbor put together a system from them and had no trouble at all. From what I've seen I would recommend them, other than the fact that most of their prices are high.