1GHz Athlon Systems for $500

[raf]

On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 01:07:12AM -1000, Warren Togami wrote:
> I will soon be buying parts in bulk for building many extremely low cost AMD
> Athlon systems.  All of this hardware works great with Linux, and I can
> bring the cost per unit down further if I can buy more quantity.  Anyone
> want one?
> 
> 1GHz Athlon Thunderbird
> 256MB PC133 2-2-2 Crucial RAM
> Asus A7VI-VM Motherboard
> w/ Integrated Video
> w/ Integrated RealTek 8139 10/100 ethernet
> w/ Integrated AC97 audio
> w/ empty AGP slot & 3 empty PCI slots
> 52x CD-ROM
> 20GB 7200rpm ATA100 IBM Hard Drive
> Enlight 300W ATX case
> 
> Estimated Price: ~$500
> 
> This machine can probably be safely overclocked to 1.1-1.2GHz.  Tell me if
> you want ECC RAM instead of non-ECC, it is roughly the same price.  I'm
> getting price quotes from vendors now, so I'll have an exact price sometime
> soon.
> 
> Warren
> 
> 
When is the dead-line for us to let you know.  Some of us have to answer
to a "higher authority".