[ale] Good bang-for-buck mobo/cpu?

[Joe Bayes]

Calvin Harrigan typeth:

>Where did you buy it?  Seems expensive... Retail?
>I'm quite fond of that motherboard and the X2 processor is an awesome 
>piece of technology for the price.

Fry's...in Los Angeles. It was expensive, compared to online. But
online would have added shipping, plus it would have been harder to
return if it crapped out. 

Michael Smith typeth:

>I did buy an Abit mother board a couple of years because I thought I
>was getting a good deal and 4 months later the northbridge fan seized
>up and it overheated.

Well, my Abit BH6 is still going after 7 years of continuous
operation. 

Joe
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