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

[zeb]

I bought an ECS motherboard (and a matching CPU) from Fry's.  Sorry, I don't 
remember model numbers.  The salesman at Fry's said that about 70% of the 
boards were returned as defective.  Mine was.  I got a refund, but finding 
out that I had a defective board was something of a pain (not to mention the 
gasoline).

I later got an MSI board from Microcenter; it was o.k,

Zeb

On Sunday 03 June 2007 20:24, Joe Bayes wrote:
> Howdy folks,
>
> My beloved Celeron 300-A just isn't cutting the mustard any more, and
> I'm in the market for a new mobo/cpu. What I'm looking for is pretty
> simple:
>
> * Linux-compatible (obviously). I'd prefer it if I didn't have to
>   patch the kernel to get it to run, either.
> * Either 3D graphics on-board, or cheap enough that I can buy a 3D
>   card and stay under-budget. (It doesn't have to be super-fast,
>   though: I just want to be able to play 4+ year-old games).
> * Preferably under $200, though I can go a little higher if necessary.
>
> Fry's has an ECS GeForce6100SM-M with an AMD X2 5600 for $179 that I'm
> considering, but I'm wary of cheap ECS boards. Does anybody else have
> anything good or bad to say about this board?
>
> Does anybody have any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Joe
>
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