Socket A 9"x9" motherboard CHEAPIE!!

pheasant wrote:
 > Greetings
 >
 > Have a buddy afraid to spend any money on their computer (PII mebbe 300mhz),
 > he likes to burn CD's and his wife likes doing large graphic apps. They
 > keep calling after it quits repsonding due to impatience (and 4-5 apps open
 > any given time) they do the 3 finger salute, or just power off, etc. It has
 > a micro atx form, is an old compaq of some sort. What I'd like to do, is
 > find a cheap, dependable motherboard for an old Duron I've got sitting
 > around. Appears to have a standard 20 pin power connector, 90 watt power
 > supply. Onboard sound and video is fine by me, and SDRAM would be preferred
 > memory. I'd be glad to spend a bit and make it a present to help me as much
 > as them. Space is tight, and 3 PCI slots would be great plenty. (or any
 > combo of PCI/ISA). Size is the most imprtant thing here.

"Appears to have a standard 20 pin power connector"

Be careful! I would check that Compaq use standard ATX power supplies
before using this.

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Paul
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"pheasant" wrote in message

 > Greetings
 >
 > Have a buddy afraid to spend any money on their computer (PII mebbe
300mhz),
 > he likes to burn CD's and his wife likes doing large graphic apps. They
 > keep calling after it quits repsonding due to impatience (and 4-5 apps
open
 > any given time) they do the 3 finger salute, or just power off, etc. It
has
 > a micro atx form, is an old compaq of some sort. What I'd like to do, is
 > find a cheap, dependable motherboard for an old Duron I've got sitting
 > around. Appears to have a standard 20 pin power connector, 90 watt power
 > supply. Onboard sound and video is fine by me, and SDRAM would be
preferred
 > memory. I'd be glad to spend a bit and make it a present to help me as
much
 > as them. Space is tight, and 3 PCI slots would be great plenty. (or any
 > combo of PCI/ISA). Size is the most imprtant thing here.
 > Thanks
 > Mark
 >
 >
 >

A case/motherboard upgrade would be best. The power supply is not going to
be big enough. Just move the drives, etc. to a new case and motherboard.
I've done this many times to upgrade an old Gateway or Compac. I've used the
MSI KM2M Combo-L, Duron processor, and a cheap Raidmax case to keep the
price under 100 bucks. It works well. The KM2M Combo can use SDRAM or DDR,
onboard video, audio and networking.

bluestringer
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 > Have a buddy afraid to spend any money on their computer (PII mebbe
300mhz),
 > he likes to burn CD's and his wife likes doing large graphic apps. They
 > keep calling after it quits repsonding due to impatience (and 4-5 apps
open
 > any given time) they do the 3 finger salute, or just power off, etc. It
has
 > a micro atx form, is an old compaq of some sort.

OK Guys;
Ya'll pretty much confirmed what I knew but was hoping someone had a cheaper
way around.
Will see if they'll spring for a case and I'll buy the mobo so no one spends
much, and I'll again have peace.

Thanks
Mark
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"bluestringer"
I've used the
 > MSI KM2M Combo-L, Duron processor, and a cheap Raidmax case to keep the
 > price under 100 bucks. It works well. The KM2M Combo can use SDRAM or DDR,
 > onboard video, audio and networking.
 >
 > bluestringer


Yo Bluestinger!

Where can I buy the combo you mentinoed for $100? That sounds like a good
deal to me. Did you get a fan, too?

Aart
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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 08:30:54 -0500, "~Aart" wrote:

 >"bluestringer"
 >I've used the
  >> MSI KM2M Combo-L, Duron processor, and a cheap Raidmax case to keep the
  >> price under 100 bucks. It works well. The KM2M Combo can use SDRAM or DDR,
  >> onboard video, audio and networking.
  >>
  >> bluestringer
 >
 >
 >Yo Bluestinger!
 >
 >Where can I buy the combo you mentinoed for $100? That sounds like a good
 >deal to me. Did you get a fan, too?
 >
 >Aart
 >

Motherboard - $57.00
<a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=13-130-404&refer=yah00TT" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=13-130-404&refer=yah00TT</a>

Duron 1.4 - $38.00
<a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-104-158&depa=0" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-104-158&depa=0</a>

Enlight Case $14.50
<a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=EN-7150-A0&cat=CAS" target="_blank">http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=EN-7150-A0&cat=CAS</a>

$109.50 - More than $100.00 but I only looked for 5 minutes.

regards

Dud
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"~Aart" wrote in message

 > "bluestringer"
 > I've used the
  > > MSI KM2M Combo-L, Duron processor, and a cheap Raidmax case to keep the
  > > price under 100 bucks. It works well. The KM2M Combo can use SDRAM or
DDR,
  > > onboard video, audio and networking.
  > >
  > > bluestringer
 >
 >
 > Yo Bluestinger!
 >
 > Where can I buy the combo you mentinoed for $100? That sounds like a good
 > deal to me. Did you get a fan, too?
 >
 > Aart
 >
 >


Newegg for the processor and board. I usually get the case and fan from my
local PC shop where I can get a little discount. It comes to around 100 to
115 total. Still a good deal when upgrading from an old gateway 350mhz or
something.

bluestringer
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