Whiskey Tango Foxtrot... or better known as WTF

So, I get deals e-mailed to me from compgeeks.com, and newegg, and I get about four per day from TigerDirect.... today though I checked my mail and nearly shat myself.

Check this deal out... FOXCONN Intel 975X Mobo It's only $39.99!!!

Shit I'm gonna buy one just so I can say that I bought a 975 mobo for less than 40 bucks. Yep. I remember when that mobo cost almost $300.00.

Now that mobo was released in late 2006. You see the story behind the 975X (X= EXXXTTREEEMMMEAHHHHHHHHHHH) is one of heart break and pain for people who purchased the 955X chipset just a month before the 975's hit the street (I was one of the people that bought a 955X mobo just mere weeks before 975 hit the door).

The 975's were later replaced by the P35 and X38 Chipsets (3x chipsets got the same amount of love as the 955 chipset as they broke the record for shortest shelf life), they were replaced within three months by the p45 and X48 chipsets.

Basically Intel had to play around with their mobo's voltage regulator's and some bios tweaks to get the Core 2 Duo line working correctly. Now I'm not sure but I am almost positive that the 975 supports the early Core 2 Duo line procs... that means any proc that is a 4x00 or a 6x00. I'm still researching it but I would bet real money (and I'm going to) that the C2D procs will work.

Just to give anyone who reads this an idea of how much money they are saving and what a profoundly good deal this is check this out: Intel 975 Retail Mobo

I rest my case. K... Done bitching.