Buying Motherboard from Europe. Any problems to expect?

[unholy414]

Will the motherboard function properly if I import it from Europe to USA (I live in California)? It isn't available in the US (confirmed with manufacturer sales dep).

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[VirtualLarry]

Other than possible difficulties if you have to RMA, I don't see any problem with importing a board. I had to import my Conroe865PE board, because those bastards at ASRock refused to sell it in the US.
It seemed like a good idea at the time, but in truth it's not the greatest mobo. There's no VCore adjustment.

 

[Drakelet]

One question: WHY!? Everything in Europe (UK at least) is about 10 times as expensive as in the US, plus there is less choice!

 

[taltamir]

Originally posted by: Drakelet
One question: WHY!? Everything in Europe (UK at least) is about 10 times as expensive as in the US, plus there is less choice!

agreed.
You can get a better board for cheaper here in the US.

Also this is a DDR2 AM2 mobo with a VGA AND a PCIe slot... based on the ancient nforce3 chipset! And I am pretty sure the nforce3 didnt support those two options, so there is probably some extra chips there complicating things and introducing problems...

I mean, I can not imagine WHY you would WANT to buy such a board... Unless you have an AM2 processor, DDR2 ram, and a VGA video card... in which case you are much MUCH better off selling the video card on ebay, buying a pcie video card (possibly on ebay) and getting a normal mobo here in the USA.

 

[Heidfirst]

Originally posted by: Drakelet
One question: WHY!? Everything in Europe (UK at least) is about 10 times as expensive as in the US, plus there is less choice!

that's a bit of an exagerration but yes, it will be dearer especially with the transport cost.

& the fact that it's available in Europe but not in the US kind of refutes your 2nd comment 😉