Celeron G1610 & MSI H61M P31MB/CPU Combo BM Fry's $58AR.

This is bundle is available for shipping.
http://www.frys.com/product/75665...ate:021813

I did a bit more research. Benchmarks on the G1610 and A6-5400k are relatively rare. But, according to Passmark, the G1610 is slightly faster.
The nicer MB in the A6-5400k bundle means you have more upgradablity in the future though.

http://www.frys.com/product/7566556

avail for ship $8 (econ)

LOL thanks for posting. Was going to post but got stuck reading another post and come back to see you already posted it.

$20 MIR link [frys.com]

Great for budget HTPC build, grabbed one thanks

Quote from yazyazoo : As stated in the post it is BM for this deal and not Frys.com. Combo's have rarely ever been online from Fry's even when they had them weekly in the past. They don't like to deal with MB and CPU returns online.

If you look at what I quoted, I was replying about the motherboard that was -$5AR. The items on Frys.com with ridiculous pricing have usually been gone for months.

Quote from poorgrad : How does this compare to the A6-5400K + MB bundle at Microcenter? My impression is that the one has a more fully featured MB and the GPU is faster. I'm not sure which processor is faster.

Get the A6- the graphics kill that celeron.

Quote from muffinz : fyi, mb is sata2, usb2, and only VGA out. That said, the graphics on the celeron GPU are really bad anyway, so I think you'd want to pick up a cheap video card anyway. This is a pretty solid deal for a budget build.

It has DVI too. The fewest expansion slots i've seen on a MicroATX motherboard so far though...only 1 PCI-E x16 and 1 PCI-E x1.

Great price, good old Frys special, reserved my order and heading over !

Quote from poohbie : If you look at what I quoted, I was replying about the motherboard that was -$5AR. The items on Frys.com with ridiculous pricing have usually been gone for months.

My mistake. I didn't see the reply above.

Quote from RioRebel : Today's one day deal page. Link doesn't work yet, here is a link to the board: http://www.frys.com/product/71892...IN_RSLT_PG No HDMI, USB 2.0 and SATA II (3gbps), so not a lot of extras here - but good basic combo. Here's the ad page for more info: http://www.frys.com/ads/page11 REPOST. Takes me too long to set up links.

It has a HDMI port. Bought one and getting it setup right now. Surprised me though as the Fry's website said VGA only. Typing this post with it.

my fry's experiences in Seattle to get MB combo:

1. Call on phone and ask if product is in stock 'Yes'
2. Drive 30 + miles to renton
3. Product not in stock

my fry's experience in Seattle to get laptop

1. Call on phone and ask if product is in stock 'Yes'
2. Drive 30 + miles to renton
3. We don't have a new laptop but you can buy open box for same price

pretty fed up with fry's

Quote from renegade44e : It has a HDMI port. Bought one and getting it setup right now. Surprised me though as the Fry's website said VGA only. Typing this post with it.

Are you sure? Official MSI website shows only VGA and DVI ports on both spec sheet and pictures:

http://www.msi.com/product/mb/H61M-P31--G3-.html

Or did Fry's substitute a different board?

ok. bought one after work, running into Frys this evening (I didn't want to pay shipping $8.99 for this cheap combo).
$58 AR Celeron G1610 & MSI H61M P31MB/G3 CPU Combo. It's G3 version (latest per MSI web)

tried to install initially tonight.
easy and smooth.
the mb is a little old and very tiny. it has VGA and DVI, no HDMI port. but good enough for my 10-year old son. the mb form is rating at mATX, but actually its size just like a Nook package size, even smaller than a college textbook. it's smallest I have seen.
It's solid and powerful at this price. I re-used 2x2GB DDR3 1066 RAM and an Antec case (no 24-pin DIN). audio, video, nic all are built-in. I like the dual video ports (VGA + DVI).

I am testing the newly-built PC. it's just a couple of hours after I bought the combo this evening.