Today only. Tiger Direct has the ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS AMD 760G AM3+ MB Bundle for $240 - $20 rebate [Exp 10/31] - $20 rebate [Exp 10/23] + $12 shipping = $212 shipped. Includes:
AMD Athlon II X4 640 Quad Core 3GHz, 4GB DDR3, 80GB SSD
AMD 760G AM3+ MB, 70mm Fan, 22x DVDRW, ATX Mid Tower
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For the price it could be a nice little build... Well up until the cooler it's only sufficient up to 65W, while the 640 X4 is a 95W chip that's the only bad point. Heck for what it is that Thermaltake case/PSU isn't bad.
Me I'd hold the Intel SSD bacl for another project and just go with a 320Gb HDD, and then grab a Zalman CNPS5X Performa Cooler that Egg has for $14 –AR$10 w/FS. Maybe the 70mm fan from that cooler could be made to be an exhaust fan for the case.
I'd pass and get in on a different deal, the IGP is the last AMD made w/o full video/flash/etc acceleration. Get at least 785G chipset or newer.
Then again, there's a niche market for boards that still have PS/2, serial and parallel ports which this has, but it sacrifices digital video output which IMO is a must with today's inexpensive 1080p monitors.