I went to Monarch. The MoBo/CPU combos they are selling are clearly marked <font color=green>Retail-Box</font color=green> (top of page). But, this is what I found for CPU alone:
1.2 GHz AMD Athlon processor
266 MHz Front Side Bus
Performance enhancing cache
Manufacturing process: 0.18 micron, Aluminum / Copper Interconnect
Die Size: 117 mm2
Number of Transistors / Die: 37 million
Voltage: 1.75 V
L2-Cache Location: On-Die
L2-Cache Clock: 100% of Core Clock
L2-Cache Size: 256 kB
L2-Cache Data Path: 64-bit wide
L2-Cache Organization: 16-way set associative
Package: SocketA 'CPGA' <font color=red>(OEM only)</font color=red>
Chipsets: AMD 750, AMD 760, VIA Apollo KT133
<font color=green>3 Year Warranty included</font color=green>
Code: 120904
Price: $325.00
Shipping Weight: 2.00 pounds
<A HREF="http://www.monarchcomputer.com/images2/graphics/00000001/athlontbird.JPG" target="_new">pic of chip</A>
Is this a retail-box?
It has 3yr. warranty.
The chip is blue.
"Dresden copper Athlons are blue and Austin, Texas Athlons with aluminum are green. It has to do with the polishing compound applied to the chip, and not the metal used."-from thread: <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=faq¬found=1&code=1" target="_new">Dresden Athlon C ???</A>
Why does it say "Package: <font color=red>OEM</font color=red>?
Can I get a MoBo with DDR that works?
Why the hell can't AMD give us a little info? Would they rather stop selling components to builders and deal with OEM manufacturers exclusively? I am going to research a P3 DDR system. All right, that is a little drastic, but I have been waiting to buy an Athlon/DDR system for months. How long does AMD think I will wait?