[Pc_Support] Re: For-Sale: Loaded LAN Party Cube (6800GT/256MB, A2600+, 1GB, 160GB, DVD-R/RW/RAM)

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 23:23 -0400, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Again, just looking for someone who wants to upgrade and use this
> system for 2+ years.  I have no use for a 3rd system with such 3D
> capability.  If I don't get a price I like, I'll pass it on to my
> brother.  But I'd rather give it to someone who wants to kick Linux
> 3D.

Last post, I promise (yeah, yeah, who is this "BS" spammer anyway? ;-)

BTW, I actually do have an extra Socket-939 AGP MicroATX mainboard, just
no extra Socket-939 CPU.  It's an Asus A8V-MX:  
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=743&l1=3&l2=15&l3=0  

The kicker is that it's a ViA K8M800 with the newer VT8251 southbridge.
The peripherals on the southbridge -- like the SATA and ALSA audio --
require a very, very late Linux 2.6 kernel for support -- 2.6.17
(although distros have patched as early as 2.6.15).  But it does give
the full DDR400/PC3200 performance -- _true_ 128-bit dual channel DTR
performance in Socket-939 (and not merely interleaved latency benefit
like Socket-A/462), plus a PCIe slot.

If you want that mainboard instead, and will put your own Socket-939 CPU
in, let me know.  The Retail Box Socket-939 Athlon 64 3000+ starts at
$50 these days, so it might be better (as long as you're running a very
late Linux kernel).  The only kicker is that I haven't tested this
mainboard but once -- it booted the Fedora Core install CD, but that's
it.  In a nutshell, I was going to put my old Athlon 64 3200+ on it,
with the GeForce 6800GT AGP before the 7900GS PCIe was Woot'd, so I
promptly put the Athlon 64 3200+ in a PCIe mainboard instead.

If it's the case that people want this mainboard in the box, then I have
the Asus A7V-MX MicroATX w/Athlon XP2600+ (has a Thermaltake 6Cu+ copper
fansink atop) for sale separately.  Won't charge much at all for it on
its own.  ;->


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