HOT! MSI K7T266 PRO2 VIA KT266A + (refurb), NO RAID, at Newegg for $69

[LoveThisDeal]

The new one is priced at $97 plus $9 shipping. The refurb one is $69 with free shipping!
Great board!

Here's a review:
Review on Gamepc


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[wewangle]

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[rebuilder]

I got the refurbed raid version a couple of weeks ago for $79 and all I can say is WOW! I don't know why it was called refurb because everything looked untouched except for the manual.

I literally had my machine up and running in one hour (40 minutes for XP install and 20 minutes for hardware install).

I bought a refurb Asus Ak31a about a month ago and spent nearly 4 days trying to tweak things to get it stable. I must have loaded XP a dozen times. I finally got it stable (maybe?) but didn't want to risk any future problems in case the motherboard was bad so I returned it and got this msi.

 

[Dunbar]

I would be weary of refurbed motherboards, usually it's one that someone returned, presumabely, because it didn't work.

 

[LoveThisDeal]

I've had pretty good experiences with Newegg refurbed items. Their services are just awesome.
But yeah, there's risk with refurbed items, that's why they are 30-40% cheaper.

 

[The Sauce]

That's probably my board. I RMA'ed one to them. It was having all sorts of problems...horrendous memory scores, lock-ups, failures after multiplier changes requiring CPU reinstall. Got the AK31 and its been all good since then.