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Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:40 pm

You got a newegg link to the mobo Asha? Got a friend that may be interested, and your decription leaves no model number to search with...

XMEN Ashaman DTM · Post by **XMEN Ashaman DTM** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:24 am

Well... turns out that newegg doesn't sell it anymore. And pricewatch doesn't list it as being sold anywhere anymore either. I wonder if I got one of the last ones in a very short product cycle?

Anyways, here's the pricewatch link:

http://castle.pricewatch.com/s/search.a ... %2C+eSATA2

Here's the link to the ASRock info on the board:

http://www.asrock.com/product/939SLI32-eSATA2.htm

I got it for something like 90 bucks.

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 1:12 am

Ok.. There really weren't any boards at newegg that came close to the description.... It seems like an OK board, but I've never heard of ASRock before. I've always uses Asus or MSI.

XMEN Ashaman DTM · Post by **XMEN Ashaman DTM** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 1:58 am

From what I gather, they're new. :p

I've read a lot of reviews on newegg and the consensus seems to be that the board manufacturer is solid. What I seem to recall is that most of the boards were the ones with VSTA in the model number. One thing I did notice in the packaging that I got is that they use environmentally friendly processes in their board manufacturing.

I do know that the board seems to have everything in order. But I never fired it up. I looked at it once to see if it is possible to use with my watercooling system, and it's not. It lacks the backplate on the motherboard that a lot of other boards have around the CPU socket. That just means that heavier coolers are not good things to put on it.

I went ahead and got an Athlon 64 3200. And I'll likely swap that out for an Opteron 170 in the coming months.

I do know that if I can't drop it on ebay, I'll likely be looking for someone here to take it off of my hands for a reduced price. Possibly with an Athlon64 3200 in the near future as well.

BlackRider · Post by **BlackRider** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:54 pm

haha Asha... I did the same thing with my video card last time I purchased from newegg.com! I accidentilly got the AGP version when I needed a PCIe card.

They don't make exceptions to their policy... 20% restocking fee... on that nVidia 6800 GT I could have gone out and got a new AGP mb for that 20%! So I ended up selling it to my brother for the 20% loss in $$$, but made up for it in nullified IOUs.

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:36 pm

Asrock isn't "new" new; I saw their stuff years ago. Not much of it, to be honest, but it was there.

XMEN Ashaman DTM · Post by **XMEN Ashaman DTM** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:59 pm

I just got a message today from someone local wanting to know if he can just pick it up if he wins it.

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:28 am

I would. It'd be no real difference than if you were dealing on Craigslist.

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:47 pm

Except you have to pay eBay listing fees.

Craigslist forevah.

XMEN Ashaman DTM · Post by **XMEN Ashaman DTM** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:31 am

The ebay fee was only a dollar or so. I can live with that.

Someone got it who is from MN. Was it someone you know, SH?

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:06 am

Uhh, not that I know, but it's possible my friend did snag it, but I haven't talked to him in a couple days.

XMEN Ashaman DTM · Post by **XMEN Ashaman DTM** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 3:49 am

It was someone with the last name Lundberg.

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:27 pm

Nope, nobody I know.