Hello WAYNE!

27 Apr 10 10:03, you wrote to me:

 RC>> The Core 2 duo and the Core 2 Quad core, preceeded the i series
 RC>> processors.

 WC> I'll look into it but from what I've seen so far Intel stuff would
 WC> cost me at the barest of minimums 40 percent more.

 WC> I don't really care about who makes the CPU, AMD or Intel
 WC> but I do vastly appreciate Intel manufactured motherboards.

As do I, I have 2 systems with intel mobo, one with a Core 2 Quad and
another with a Core i7.

 WC> Same as the post before, I'll compare price and if I must accept an
 WC> inferior quality mother board and have to replace it from time to time
 WC> that's what I'll have to do due to pragmatic cost considerations.

Tigerdirect has some barebone systems that come with an Asus mobo, Core 2
due, 750gb hdd, 4gb ddr2, for $400, case and p/s of course. You provide
mouse, keyboard and monitor and of course OS.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?Lprice=200&Hprice=499.99&Nav=|c:2405|&Sort=0&Recs=10

Same URL shortened:

http://goo.gl/6dkw

Might be out of your price range, but I am assuming you are going to order
your parts piece meal ???

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