Re: [aclug-L] Chipsets & Motherboards

[Todd_Lundstedt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

It should be www.aberdeeninc.com
I bought my first computer from them (before there had www access).  Good
luck on their customer service.  My uncle and I bought the same computers
(P60s 6 years ago) and had some troubles.  It took 3 months to work
everything out, and another $1500.





bchapman@xxxxxx on 11/03/98 11:10:17 PM

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At 09:27 PM 11/3/98 -0600, Greg House wrote:
> Check the blowout section at Aberdeen (http://www.aberdeen.com).  When I
> checked last week, they still had a nice Gigabyte HX chipset motherboard
> for $35.  Be aware, however, that they may not have what they have
listed
Thanks for the insight! I didn't realize there were more off brand
chipsets now. I tried the site but it appears to be a bissness group's
website, are you sure thats the right URL?

> on
> their web page, so don't count on it until it actually shows up.  I
> ordered
> a motherboard from their blowout page about 3 weeks ago, only to get a
> message back after 4 days sayinig they were out of the one I'd ordered.
> In
> the mean time I'd ordered CPUs for that board from another vendor and
> they'd
> already arrived.  So I was stuck with CPUs that I really only wanted to
> use
> on THAT BOARD or have to pay a restocking fee at the other place.
That's
> what I get for being in a hurry.
;-)

> Anyway, there are a lot of places with nice stable old HX chipset Socket
7
> boards for under $50.  And I've seen a lot of nice TX boards in the
$50-70
> range.  I've had a Shuttle HOT-569 (TX)  in my main home PC for a little
> over a year now and it's been very stable, fast, and reliable.  I have
> nothing but good things to say about this board.  You can find them all
> over
> the place now for about $65-70.
ahh, Perfect! did you happen to keep bookmarks by any chance??  =)


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