Must have been a good deal, not on newegg anymore ;-). Also, just to clarify on the overkill part, Win XP Home ~ 1 Socket only but can utilize as many cores as are on that processor (I.e. quad core would still show 4 cores). XP Pro supports 2 sockets with as many cores the processor may have. Not that I would recommend windows to anyone I know. >On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:00:20 +0000 (UTC), auditodd at comcast.net wrote: > Someone asked about a good place to find inexpensive hardware for a gaming > rig... > > Looking at Passwird.com today I saw this: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.156315 > > NewEgg has some great combo deals sometimes. > > Serious overkill for Windows XP (considering XP Pro will only handle 2 > cores), but definitely fun for Linux. > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list