AsRock Motherboards

[mariush]

i am curently looking for a good motherboard for AMD Duron/XP cpu's but i want it to have SDRAM slots. i have selected these three motherboards because i can order them easily:

ECS K7S5A (L) 52.4 US $
SHUTTLE AK32A 61.5 US $
ASROCK K7VT2 61.8 US $

i have seen the ecs mb and i think it's very good but i have heard rummors on the internet
that the AsRock motherboards are actually build by ASUS. if this is true I think this is the board I will buy. What i want to know : is it made by Asus ? Is it better than Shuttle or ECS ?
What would you choose from these 3 motherboards ?

thanks

 

[AndyHui]

ASROCK is the low-cost division of ASUS.

 

[networkman]

I don't have any experience with ASROCK boards, but I do have experience with the ECS board - particularly the K7S5A board - I own 7 of them.

BTW, keep an eye on NewEgg.com in their Refurb section - periodically they have batches of that model for just $35.00 each.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: AndyHui
ASROCK is the low-cost division of ASUS.

Its a division of Amptron. Unless Amptron is owned by Asus.

 

[Booster]

Originally posted by: AndyHui
ASROCK is the low-cost division of ASUS.

I could bet some money that ASRock boards are built by ECS - they look almost exactly the same. Maybe ASUS designs/tests these boards though .

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

It is the low cost division of ASUS. ASUS launched this to compete with ECS.

 

[tcsenter]

Its a division of Amptron. Unless Amptron is owned by Asus.

Amptron is Asrock's authorized distributor in the United States.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: tcsenter

Its a division of Amptron. Unless Amptron is owned by Asus.

Amptron is Asrock's authorized distributor in the United States.

cool

Amptron's website seems to be having problems.