With the duron 1.6 you can convert it pretty easily to and athlonXP and increase it to a 2.0ghz athlonxp as well as open the cache. Half the price of a 2400xp!! There are a couple methods to do this and some mobo's that offer easy unlocking from within the bios, though youll need to do a little more work for the cache. Also for $66 bones you can easily pick up an 80 gig HD. Check out pricewatch.com for pricing. You can easily pick up brand name 256meg pc2700 for $48 or even cheaper generics. Check you area for suppliers so you can save on freight. check out
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