ASUS A7V133 Duron/ Thunderbird Socket A vs ECS K7VMA Barebone AMD Duron/Thunderbird Socket A Motherboard [edit] vs ABIT KT7-A Raid [/edit]

[gwlam12]

Which is better and why?
And which mobo do you think is the best?

 

[jamesbond007]

I'd trust Asus more for better BIOS updates and stability. The A7V133 is a very good motherboard and has been out for quite some time now. It's gotten quite a few kinks worked out. I'd trust Asus over anyone.

 

[Biggs]

You don't pay the price premium of Asus boards for nothing. When you get Asus, you're getting a top-grade bad arse product so you won't go wrong with the Asus.

 

[optimistic]

ECS!!

 

[gwlam12]

Why do you say ECS? And is the ASUS easy to overclock?

 

[jamesbond007]

Hell yes, the Asus is very easy to overclock!!!

 

[gwlam12]

What about ABIT KT7-A Raid? Is that better than Asus and is it easy to overclock?

 

[PekinGenjin]

Can you tell me about ECS mobos? Are they any good?

 

[jamesbond007]

I've heard of too many issues with that motherboard, that's why I don't reccomend it. I prefer Asus over anything.

 

[gwlam12]

Which has too many issues? ABIt or ECS?

 

[tornadobox]

I just built a computer using an ECS K7VZM (the micro ATX version of the K7VZA), and it runs beautifully. This computer was for my girlfriend's sister, so I didn't really get to play around with it as much as I would have liked. In any case, this is definately a solid, stable mobo, however, it is NOT good for overclocking at all. I personally am going to be upgrading my computer in a few weeks to the ECS K7VZA (rev 3) and a T-Bird 1GHz 266FSB.

 

[cpars]

I am happy with My KT7A and KT7R, only problem I ever really had with abit boards was due to my own makings such as doing voltage mods.