Microcenter currently has a deal on AMD CPU/mobo combos.  Buy a AMD 
Phenom II X2 560 or higher CPU and get a free mobo.
Just add ram and you're set.
--
Timothy.

On 5/25/2011 3:50 PM, Noah Markon wrote:
>
>     You also might just want to look at replacing your motherboard
>     with a motherboard and cpu combo from Microcenter - they can be
>     pretty aggressive price wise and so many of the new motherboards
>     these days are shipping with 4-6 sata ports right on the
>     motherboard.  No need for an add on card.  I have a Gigabyte board
>     with 6 sata ports that I'm running a software raid-10 with 6 1tb
>     drives, and it is extremely fast.
>
>
> Thanks, that's a good suggestion. The current box is an old celeron, 
> with 1GB of RAM, maybe it's time I retire it.
>
>
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