[Leaplist] AMD 45W processor w/fansink + nVidia MCP51 mainboard for $77 shipped - $15 MIR ...

[Jason Boxman]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Know a number of you are in the market for an upgrade.  Normally
> I wouldn't post something like this, but it's a pretty sweet deal for $62
> after rebate ($76.99 shipped - $15 MIR) from ZipZoomFly:  
> http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10011434  

That's a great deal for those of us who also went into the 1GBx5 DDR2 
memory deal for the HP sticks.  I still have 3 of them unused.  At $4/ea 
it was impossible to beat that deal!

I could replace my existing Biostar socket 754 board which still has a 
Sempron 2800.  (32-bit afaict.)  Tempting.

However, I still have 2 legacy PATA drives I'm running in RAID 1 on the 
box, plus an ATAPI DVD-RW.  Also, I am still using a nice TI-4200 4x AGP 
for dual head.

Does the 6150 support dual head?

I suppose I could pick up a cheap, used dumb ATA card -- although PCIe 
is a new world for me.  Do I need a PCIe PATA card or will a legacy PCI 
card work in a PCI 1x slot?

Ugghh.  I just remembered, I put my 64-bit 33MHz 3Ware 7810 on this box. 
  Would that work on this mainboard?  That's 2 of 2 PCIe 1x slots used, 
assuming I can use legacy PCI in those slots.  I hope I don't need 
anymore...

If the ALC662 audio sucks, I won't have a slot for my old legacy SB 
card.  Oops.

I guess this board _is_ MicroATX, so it's supposed to be a small 
footprint.  Maybe the next deal...

And it just dawned on me that I can't keep using my Ti4200 for dual head 
on newer systems anymore.  That's sad, too.



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