ducman Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 NewEgg has BX2 open box for $80, today! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...82E16813121060R I had to finally pull the trigger. Ordered everything to build a new hackintosh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BebopBlues Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I asked once on the newegg forum, and it seems open box boards are bare-bone, meaning no accessories whatsoever. The only accessory item I need is the rear I/O panel shield, the little aluminum plate where are the back ports are located. That panel is specific to the board and you just can't replace it with something else. I don't even know where you would order one if it doesn't include one with the board. For people who purchased open-box boards from newegg, what are the chances that the rear shield panel is included? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Adams Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Maybe order the shield panel from the MFG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viscaria Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Hmm, tempting. I already preordered a Wolfdale though, and afaik this doesn't support it. Even if it does there are P35 based boards in this price range NIB (i.e. GA-P35-DS3L). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpsiemer Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 ordered the BX2 open box from newegg. just the board came wrapped in serran-wrap. was very disappointed because it would have been a {censored} to track down all the neccessary peripherials. sent back and bought oem. i am loving it! DO NOT BUY open box motherboards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cable909 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Part numbers for IO shields are here: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboa...b/CS-009031.htm Seems like the part number for the bad axe shield is: C94243-001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducman Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Confirming that all i got was the bare board--no cables or IO shield. Made a nice Hac, though. I'm just running w/out the IO shield for now. 4GB Ram and 2x250Gb SATA hard drives, Pioneer 111D IDE DVD burner, and everything works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David86 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 who needs all the low quality bs that comes with it, all you need is an io sheild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scriptx Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 If you don't mind waiting for an extra week or two (if it doesn't work) and won't miss the IO panel, go with the open box. I have tried twice and both were bad experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BebopBlues Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Also, on the badaxe2, the CPU power plug (8 pin) is different from the standard one (4 pin) on PSU. So you need that adapter accessory too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducman Posted February 8, 2008 Author Share Posted February 8, 2008 Also, on the badaxe2, the CPU power plug (8 pin) is different from the standard one (4 pin) on PSU. So you need that adapter accessory too. That's technically true, and I didn't notice the problem until I had everything else assembled. I took a big risk and trimmed the corners of the 4-pin plug on my power supply with a pocket knife so it would fit in the middle two rows of the 8-pin motherboard socket. It worked fine, and I've been running with no problems for quite a while now. From my research it looks like you could run into problems with CPUs that pull > 100 watts, but since I'm running a Core 2 Duo (<65W) there's no need for the extra power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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