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Hot!? Fry's XP1800+ & ECS K7S5A $59.99

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degeester

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Friday ad for Fry's in So Cal has AMD Athlon XP1800+ & ECS K7S5A for $59.99, other combos include AMD Athlon XP 2400+ & ECS K7S5A for $89.99, Intel P4 2.4C & Albatron PX865PE for $269.99. Also PNY 128Mb DDR GeForce FX5200 8X for $94.99 and ATI Radeon 9000 64Mb AGP for $89.99. Link to LA Times Ads click on Technology and click on Fry's.
 
Even better than usual this time, the 1800+ is a boxed retail version. A retail boxed 1800+ & K7S5A Pro for $59.99 is a steal.

It's not advertised, but the Visiontek 9100 128MB PCI and AGP versions are $49.99 after rebate, a better deal than the ATi Radeon 9000 64MB on sale.
 
Wow these AMD + K7S5A deals are crazy! Although the 1800+ is a bit low spec, like 1.5GHz, although if it's retail boxed that means heatsink, fan and 5 year warranty.....
 
Good in Sacramento too. I've passed the last deals with the ECS up, but this price and retail CPU is just too hard to pass. I've got to replace an aging EPOX 7KXA and Athlon 650 Mhz... My CPU heatsink fans were failing and my options are spend $20 or more for a heatsink fan combo for the Slot A processor, or $60 for a whole new MB, processor, and HS/fan!

Here are specs:

CPU:
AMD Athlon XP 1800+ Socket A Thoroughbred .13 Micron
CPU: 1.53 GHz
Type: 1800 XP Thoroughbred
Cache: 256K
BUS: 266MHz
Socket A (PGA)


MB:
ECS K7S5A PRO Socket A Motherboard
Chipset: Sis 735
Processor Support: Up to Athlon XP 2400+
Memory Support: Up to 1GB PC2100 DDR or SDRAM
Expansion Slot: 1x AGP 4X, 5x PCI
Other Features: AC 97, USB 2.0

MB Reviews:
AMDMB.com
Techwatch.com
OCworkbench.com
Tweaktown.com

Generally good reviews for an old motherboard.
 
Originally posted by: Granorense
Is that PNY video card any good?
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I don't hate the 5200, but that one isn't worth $95. If you don't play games, you don't need a card like that and if you do play games, there are faster cards for the same price or cheaper. The Visiontek Radeon 9100 128MB AGP or PCI for $49.99 AR is a better deal in-store (not advertised).
 
Originally posted by: dvinnen
Originally posted by: simo
and 5 year warranty.....
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Hehe, overclocking voids the warrenty you know. And who wouldn't oc those babys.
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Someone ALWAYS says that. However they have no way of knowing that you ocerclocked it. What are you going to do call up for an RMA and say "Hi I was overclocking and my processor died, send me a new one." ?
 
If the processor was a Tbred B, then you've got some pretty good overclocks. The board though, I can already imagine Ebay flooding over with K7S5A pros 😉
 
Crap....I'm in Atlanta this weekend. 🙁 I bought 2 of the 2000+ OEM chips and the K7S5A Pro board a few weeks ago for $59.99 each. They run great. I'm using them for SETI.
 
WAAH!! No Fry's here!

Anyone willing to get one for me? I've a dead Jetway board (with a slot Athlon 850) and this would be a GREAT way to replace it!

Seriously...anyone willing to do this...PM me. 😉
 
HOTTT!!!! Looking at my cpu for the 1800+ right now!!! JIUHB DLT3C!!! woo hoo!! i got this one on brokaw in san jose, ca. Man...should have gotten two if i noticed it earlier...oh well...
 
Store #21: Freemont, CA [10:30 AM]

1800+XP DL3TC Retail JIUHB
[New] K7S5A Pro

There were still plenty of unoopened ones left as I could see.

Question: About the mobo -- does it OC well/at all/with new firmware/change voltage/with this chip? I needed it for the PC133 compatability. And what about the cannot-use-PCI-1 flaw?

This is going to be run as a video-less server app, so if that can help any...
 
wow, pretty good deal I'll see if I can get a couple of them...

Thanks.... Hopefully oregon will have the same deal gonna call them.


 
Originally posted by: CheetahMk2
Store #21: Freemont, CA [10:30 AM]

1800+XP DL3TC Retail JIUHB
[New] K7S5A Pro

There were still plenty of unoopened ones left as I could see.

Question: About the mobo -- does it OC well/at all/with new firmware/change voltage/with this chip? I needed it for the PC133 compatability. And what about the cannot-use-PCI-1 flaw?

This is going to be run as a video-less server app, so if that can help any...
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Yeah, you are better off selling the mobo on Ebay and using that money towards an Epox 8RDA+. THe PC 133 Ram is only going to let you OC so far as well. I wouldnt even try to push it on this board since you are on your own after 15 days...ECS warranty...what warranty? And the PCI 1 flaw sucks too. If you use PCI slot 1 then you cannot use USB 2.0. Also extra headers in ECS mobo are USB 1.1 not 2.0...that sucks too
 
Originally posted by: CheetahMk2

1800+XP DL3TC Retail JIUHB
[New] K7S5A Pro

There were still plenty of unoopened ones left as I could see.
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I got the same stepping, retail 1800+ TbredB CPU and board an hour ago.

The 6-in-1 card reader for $10 (no rebate) is pretty nice, too.

The rebate ended yesterday for the Visiontek 9100 128MB AGP. The 9100 128MB PCI has a new rebate, though: $109 - $40 = $69.
 
Very nice price on the 1800+ retail version, and if they are selling the "B" cores I'm in on this deal. I think at newegg these are $58 for the retail, but if you buy at Fry's it's like getting the mobo for free. I too purchased the Inland card reader yesterday for $9.99 with no rebate to deal with, but there was also a PQI reader there for $19.99 - $15 MIR =$4.99 yesterday. I missed the Visiontek 128MG AGP though.
 
I used to have a website that said how to identify if you had a B core, how fast it could OC max, etc, but the link got lost in the void of the Hot Deals backlog. Any links to waht to check for?

And regarding overclocking and the PCI 1 flaw, I didn't know it affected the USB's speed, I thought it merely didn't POST with PCI 1 in or something... that's pretty bad. Maybe the Cheapo bios helps...? And for OCing, I was going to go thr multiplier route, but I saw that the board doesn't have support for changing the multiplier even with the cheapo BIOS. I guess my only route is that 'slocket adapter' they are selling now to unlock/set XPs.

Now I just have to find a dirt-cheap video card so I can set the damn thing up... anyone know any no-rebate deals?
 
Seems like a good deal, but I just can't decide. $59 for 1800 retail, $69 for 2000 OEM, $79 for 2200 OEM, or $89 for 2400 OEM. 😛 It changes a couple times a week. Is it worth $30 for 1/3 more speed (not bothering with OCing)? Dang. Someone tell me what to do, my brain isn't working. 😕
 
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