Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 9:53 PM, John R Pierce<pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > <snip> > they use Proprietary cases, motherboards and PSUs. After the quote of about > USD$238 for a new motherboard, I think I have lost a lot of enthusiasm > for Dell. I'm sure others (HP for example) would charge the same, for > Proprietary parts. > <snip> not realy, i have an intel mobo in a hp case (the old vectra series) running strong for about 7 years now >> consider getting a g33 based motherboard (intel dg33tl>or equivalent)> with a low end core2 chip such as the>e2200, along with 2x1GB ddr2 533 >> or whatever. this would give you a system many>times faster than the > > When I take this box (hopefully on 5 or 6 January) for the man who > repairs motherboards to inspect the motherboard and the PSU, I will > ask about the difference in price, for a g33 board and low end Core2 > CPU. The Controller of the Currency in our house (my Wife) mentioned > to me that we are not in very good shape, after all of the extra Xmas > spending..... Your idea sounds excellent, if the $ is there.... for low budget look also at the BOXD945GCLF2 depending on where you live it might be hard to get