[SGVLUG] Sweet spot for price/performance for new barebones system?

[Dan Kegel]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Christopher Smith <x at xman.org> wrote:
> If you decide to stick with the Intel route, it looks like NewEgg has a
> pretty insane deal on a FoxConn motherboard right now:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?nm_mc=AFC-TechBargains&cm_mmc=AFC-TechBargains_-NA-_-NA-_-NA&Item=N82E16813186125

Nice, but turns out I need a firewire port, and that doesn't seem to have one.
I'm now tempted by the el cheapo eVGA motherboard,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188022
It only has single-channel memory,
Its onboard LAN is crap, but I guess I can live with a PCI card.

Also, in the couple weeks since I first put together that wish list,
Intel released the e7200. It has 3/4 the L2 cache, but it benchmarks
well, and is cheaper.

I've updated my page:
http://kegel.com/new-computer-2008.html
Anyone want to talk me out of this motherboard?
- Dan