ECS ks75a replacement mobo.

[LordSnailz]

Dumping this board for something more stable - I've had the ECS ks75a running for over a year, but having a slew of problems getting it back up right now.

I've been reading through the threads and here are the suggestions: my budget is around the $50 range.

MSI KT3 Ultra2
Epox 8K5A2+
Asus A7V8X
Gigabyte 7VAXP
Asus VIA A7V333

I'm leaning towards the ASUS A7V333 for the price - the extras I'm interested in onboard sound, onboard lan and usb2.0, I can do without the usb2.0 but a really nice to have.

 

[Peter]

You should know that most stability problems are NOT the mainboard's fault. Most of them are poor power supply, insufficient CPU cooling, bad RAM.

 

[Cerb]

What Peter said. In addition, now 9 K7S5As and counting, and 3 that friends have made for themselves all running flawlessly (just some w/ new batteries 🙂). The PSU and RAM are more common culprits, esp. for the K7S5A (Never had any trouble, but only used Kingston, Crucial, and once used Centon (whoever really makes them, I don't know 🙂), which is known to be picky about both, and even not like some known good sticks.

If you feel you must get a new board, I have a friend who likes the Epox one, and while I haven't messed w/ the KT3 Ultra2, the KT3 Ultra-ARU was a wonderful board, and I assume stable, as I haven't heard anything back about it 🙂, which I consider a very good thing.