Replies to post #2812 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[yourbankruptcy]

IH, the largest AMD vendor is HP. But I don't think that's your only choice. I think HP is a little bit expensive. You may try ABS (buyabs.com), cyberpowerinc.com, Alienware, ibuypower.com, etc. Many of those companies may offer you a customer support, price/performance and even quality superior to Dell.

[Dan3]

Re: I've been wanting to try out an AMD box.

If you can live with on-board (or PCI) video, you could consider going for the gold:

MicroVault 5001 Tower
ON-SITE Service Plan (3 Years Duration).
In-Win IW-Q2000 ATX Tower 300W P.S..
Upgrade from 300 to 400Watt Intel/AMD PS.
MSI K8D Master Dual AMD Opteron DDR200/266/333 G-bit LAN Video.
Two AMD Opteron 240 Server CPU.
1GB PC2100 DDR266 ECC Registered.
Mitsumi 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive.
80GB 7200RPM Ultra ATA/100 WD800BB.
54X CD-ROM IDE Drive, Mitsumi CD-FX54.
Chicony KB-2961 Keyboard PS-2.
Mitsumi Scroll Mouse - PS/2.
$1640.00
http://www.micropro.com/sysitem.htm?item_id=KIT-SYS-1268&product=Servers&stcat=Computer+Syst....

Note: they have an Athlon MP logo on the page, but it's a dual Opteron system.

Note 2: quad monitor cards are PCI, not AGP!

[jhalada]

You may want to add MicronPC to the list yb posted. Their systems have nVidia nForce2 chipset, which is the best pefrorming chipset for Athlons.
http://www.buympc.com/smallbiz/store/desktops/product_detail/millennia_910a.html

I am sure other higher end vendors such as Alienware also offer nForce2 based systems, but I believe current HP crop is based on integrated Via chipset (not as good as nVidia nForce).

Joe