$270 for Athlon MP 1.2G and $612 mobo!!!
There are some vendors that sell Athlon MP and Tyan Thunder K7 much cheaper, $229 and $439 respectively.
<b><A HREF="http://www.enpc.com/amd12gigat4p.html" target="_new">http://www.enpc.com/amd12gigat4p.html</A></b>
and
<b><A HREF="http://www.micropro.com/product.cgi?Motherboards,15,TYAN,athlon" target="_new">http://www.micropro.com/product.cgi?Motherboards,15,TYAN,athlon</A></b>
Good or Bad have no meaning at all, depends on what your point of view is.