A PCI or AMR modem for my ECS K7S5A?

[MaxDSP]

Im prob going with a PCI modem but why do manufacturers even include the amr slot, since I never hear good things about it? Unless amr holds an advantage over pci, Im shopping for a 56K modem. Know of any good cheap ones in the $20-$30 range? They dont hae to be retail, oem or whitebox are alrite

 

[HitmanXP]

Some Recommendations:

Diamond Supra Max PCI - 20-30 dollar modem <~ WinModem
Creative Modem Blaster flash56 PCI 29-39 dollars<~ hardware modem I have this one and its excellent and my friend lives on a farm in ohio says he gets 48,000 connections.. all the time U can go with this or their new V92 PCI modem
Or
if u wanna spend some Cash..
get the US Robotics 56k Performance Modem for 100+ lol personally the ModemBlaster is great and even has Support for 98/2000/Me/NT/XP

Hope this helps

 

[DieHardware]

FWIW I'm using a PC-Tel AMR modem in my K7S5A with no problems. Connection and download speeds are the same as my winmodem.

 

[JOSEPHLB]

USR/3COM 56K Data / Fax PCI Hardware Modem : OEM : Model # 2977

USR/3COM 56K Data / Fax / Voice PCI Hardware Modem : OEM : Model # 2976


Both of these should be in the $39-$49 range new OEM.. probably a little cheaper if you pick up a hand-me-down used one

 

[MaxDSP]

Thanks for the suggestions

I forgot to mention that the PC will be running Win2K, so I need a modem that has good drivers to go along with it.

 

[clumsum]

Try the AMR modem first, they are as good (or better) than the Winmodems, then if your unsatisfied with the performance, you can always ante up the additional $50. bucks or so for a good hardware modem like the USR's that have been suggested..........

Just make sure you get the AMR modem that was designed for your chipset as you may encounter problems otherwise..........
I'm using the: HSP56MR - AMR Modem that came packaged with my Amptron K7 830LM (ECS K7S5A clone) motherboard.

You can also install both the AMR modem and the USR's modem (no conflicts) ........... I have done this on my system, but have since gone to AT&T Broadband cable connection, so I just use the AMR modem as a back-up.

 

[grant2]

the biggest reason to go with AMR modem is that it won't suck up a PCI slot.

Depending on where you are it should be cheaper too, here in Vancouver Canada i can get an AMR modem for $15 CANADIAN