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Old 10-04-2005, 10:18 PM   #15
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yeah. the price point seems to be the major kicker here. ive NEVER seen a cheap VIA motherboard let alone a whole system. this package brings the price down quite a bit to where it competes price-wise with a basic pre-built home system (depending on who you go through. one with just the basic computer hardware, no OS, monitor, keyboard, etc. will usually be under $400/$500)

heck, im seriously considering this as the basis of my carpc project instead of the microatx system i had in mind. even with already having the motherboard, the cost of a cpu, memory, psu, hard drive, etc. will easily bring it up above $300 unless i went specifically with ebay and was anal about comparing prices.
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