Build Your Own Linux Ubuntu Supercomputer For Under $350

While buying some new hardware — Intel X25-M SSD 80Gb SATA internal drive, Samsung external DVD and some DVD’s — I came across the following special offer from my favourite hardware vendor Newergg: Combo Deal 05/28/2009:

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ECS BLACK SERIES GF8200A (V1.0) AM2+/AM3 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard – Retail

CPU Type Phenom II / Phenom / Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 / Sempron
(Note: This board supports CPU up to 95W TDP only)
FSB 2600MHz Hyper Transport (5200 MT/s)
Chipsets North Bridge NVIDIA GeForce 8200
Number of Memory Slots 4×240pin Memory Standard; DDR2 1066; Maximum Memory Supported, 8GB ;
Channel Supported Dual Channel
Expansion Slots PCI Express 2.0 x16; 1 PCI Express x1; 2 PCI Slots 3
Storage Devices PATA 1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max; SATA 3Gb/s 5; SATA RAID 0/1/0+1/5

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