Athlon XP 1800 w/ Soyo SY-K7ADA for $249 @ Sacramento Fry's

[virtuamike]

Dunno about the motherboard, I'm not familar with the chipset. You'd probably get back at least $50 for the mobo if you sell it off. At least you're getting a retail CPU. Go check it out. And sorry non-Fry's peeps, Outpost is not carrying this combo. They have the 1800 and a Soyo Dragon+ (266A) for $349, which is not a bad deal.

 

[Wyck]

Same deal in the Oregon Fry's

 

[tweekah]

$239 at bay area stores

 

[Frglss]

mobo specs from Soyo


<< DESCRIPTION

AMD Socket-A Based ALi ALiMAGiK1 ATX Motherboard Support UDMA 133 HD
PROCESSOR

Single AMD Socket-A type Processor
Support Duron and Althon
Support AMD Althon XP processor

CHIPSET

ALi ALiMAGiK1 ( 1647/1535D+ ) chipsets
Support 200/266 MHz FSB

SYSTEM MEMORY

Three 184-pin DDR SDRAM 2.5V DIMM sockets support up to 3GB

Support PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM

EXPANSION SLOTS

Five 32-bit Bus Mastering PCI slots (v2.2 compliant)

One Universal AGP slots (support 1x/2x/4x mode)

ON BOARD AUDIO SUBSYSTEM


AC97 Codec on board to provide software audio solution

Built-in chipset Super I/O

Two RS-232 serial ports (16550 UART compatible)

One Parallel printer port (SPP/EPP/ECP mode)

One FDD port (Supports LS120, 3 mode, 1.2/1.44/2.88MB FDD)

Provides IrDA port with optional cable for transceiver

Six USB ports (2 rear and 4 front)

TWO ULTRA DMA-33/66/100 IDE PORTS

Two independent channels for four IDE devices

Supports up to PIO mode 5 and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133

Two PCI bus mastering ATA E-IDE ports

BOARD DIMENSIONS

Four layers, 30.5 cm x 19 cm (12" x 7.48")

ATX form factor

BOOT-BLOCK FLASH BIOS

Award PCI BIOS with ACPI function

Supports multiple-boot from E-IDE / SCSI / CD-ROM / FDD / LS120 / ZIP

2 Mbit Flash ROM

ENHANCED PC HEALTH MONITORING

On-board voltage monitors for CPU Vcore, VTT, +5v, +12V, and VBAT

CPU fan speed monitor

CPU temperature monitoring through flexible thermal sensor

DOUBLE STACK BACK-PANEL I/O CONNECTORS

PS/2 Mini-DIN mouse & keyboard ports

Two USB ports (2 rear and 2 front)

One D-Sub 25-pin female printer port

Two serial port

Audio I/O: LINE-Out x1 , LINE-In x1, MIC JACK x1

One game port

FCC CLASS B AND CE EMI REGULATION COMPLIANT



PC99 ACPI COMPLIANT

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[robinhung]

CPU is not RETAIL BOX, it's BARE. Look at the fine print.

 

[digme]

my simple question is:

WTH does it matter whether a CPU is retail or bare? as long as it works, what more is there important? Can somebody expound on this? ive always gotten OEM's and never had a problem....(and neither the peeps that i've built systems for)

 

[Squisher]

OEMs usually come with only a 10-30 day warranty as opposed to the 3 year warranty on the retail versions. That said, very few CPUs fail after the 30 days.

 

[Heinrich]

Those are not the specs for the Dragon + but for some other Soyo MB

 

[onegauss]

Linked

(to Motherboard specs)

Lowest price I found for this Motherboard was $155. This is a good combo, indeed!

Anyone know if this offer is valid at Anaheim or Fountain Valley (Southern CA) or Arizona Fry's?

Thanks for the heads up, virtuamike!

 

[Siamskunk]

<< Those are not the specs for the Dragon + but for some other Soyo MB >>



The originator posted the deal for the bundle that includes Athlon XP1800 and Soyo SY-K7ADA for $249
But he just mentioned that Fry's also has another bundle that includes the same CPU but with Soyo Dragon+ for $349

 

[Loricariidae]

I'm not terribly crazy about the Ali chipset.

 

[ElFenix]

the ali magik 1 is slower than a kt133a.

 

[virtuamike]

Yes, Fry's is unfortunately selling bare/OEM CPUs instead of the nice retail ones we used to get in their combo's. That's what I hate about Sacramento Fry's, they always try to rip you off because they're basically the only computer store in the Sacramento area. Trucomp doesn't even come close in terms of size, and even then their prices aren't super great. It's actually worth it to make the drive into the Bay Area just to pick up parts (plus food there is better too). There's a computer show this weekend though at the Scottish Rite Center, go to www.marketpro.com to get schedule, coupon, and directions. I haven't been to this one in a while.

** EDIT **
Egh, maybe I won't go. I only get a $2 discount, and normal admission is $7. If anyone's interested in going just PM me and I'll email you the $2 coupon so you don't have to sign up for their email list.

 

[Nikepete]

<< the ali magik 1 is slower than a kt133a >>



It was true for the initial release, but the new boards of this chipset are equipped with the stepping C and they are in the same league as the SiS 735 and KT266A. I have one of this SY-K7ADA, it can overclock nicely (voltage, frequency adjustable) and it is definitely as fast as the K7S5A. BTW, I got a similar combo at Fry's before Thxgiving (1600+ box and K7ADA for $149). What a steal !!

 

[Easygoing]

Bare CPU vs Retail, it is my understanding that the retail CPU also comes with a fan.

 

[Baaka]

AS someone mentioned retail means 3 year warranty way better than 30 day crap

in any case fry's in sac does have deal with retail . i have picked up a few in the last year