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Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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![]() | ![]() AFTER YEARS of loving socket A platform, it's time to say goodbye to all those nice chipsets and motherboards based on it. AMD decided to pull the plug on this one simply as it wants to make a big deal out of the Socket 754. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21377
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![]() | ![]() Argh, How will I ever upgrade my processor now -> new mobo + processor is just too expensive. |
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Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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![]() | ![]() AXP will be available on 2nd hand market for some time still, picking up XP2500+ won't be much a problem ![]() will provide quite a boost compared to your current XP1800+
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| ![]() goodbye Socket A we will miss you ![]() |
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| ![]() goodbye, beloved socket A. we've been stuck to them for a very long time and it was GOOD. i've got three socket A systems, and I keep a spare mainboard in case one would fail ![]() |
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