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Old 09-18-2004, 05:42 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Now at a local dealer you will have better chance of geting better deals. it all depends on where you go.
Often local deals dont deal that "combo crap" -- and before you start pulling links left and right, there are two different types of combos:
- Combo 1: The chip is physically soldered to the socket and the cpu fan is permanently attatched to the mobo/cpu. This is more common with online sales... if i ever find a store that does this ill yell at them
- Combo 2: You buy a board and a chip and a fan, they put it all together (on the board) and give you a discount. This is common. Even then, you can usually do better yourself.
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