ECS&Sempron

[kolt]

I picked up an AMD Sempron 2600+ and an ECS motherboard at FRry's for $89.00 to replace a DFI-1800+ system that was starting to die. This system is only used for a 3 year old to play kids games and I have it networked with my AMD64 system so the wife can surf while I am fragging people. It seems fairly quick for a budget system, but how is the ECS motherboard? I have never used one and I took a gamble with this one.

 

[Bonesdad]

For $89, how can you go wrong? Seriously...ECS isn't the best there is, to be sure, but it will handle everything a three year old can throw at it I'm sure. Except maybe a bowl of milk sodden cheerios.

I made several low end systems with the (infamous) K7S5A and I am happy to report ALL are still in use and very stable. These are not power users mind you and they probably wouldn't even crack a case open for fear of ruining something. You shouldn't have a problem with that setup.

 

[Gerbil333]

ECS isn't good for power users, but they make acceptable motherboards. I have a very stable ECS K7S5A in another computer. I got it for free, and it has been just as reliable as my Asus and Abit boards.

 

[Cawchy87]

Oviously not every mobo that ECS makes is going to die, but more of them will have problems than other manufactures. I suggest checking the fs/ft fourm for a used mobo/processor.

 

[meltdown75]

my last mobo was an ECS K7VZA and it ran great for 3 years. mobo for users on a budget.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
my last mobo was an ECS K7VZA and it ran great for 3 years. mobo for users on a budget.

I know of a K7AMA that's still chugging along

 

[Cerb]

Very good deal. No, ECS is not the greatest in the world, but for a basic destop, I doubt there will be any problems.

 

[formulav8]

I only had 1 problem with a ECs mobo. A stupid cmos low battery error pops up. I changed the battery and still does it. But I can't complain since that is the only 1 board with a problem that I have ran into out of 20-30 of their boards.

They are much much better than they used to be. I have no problems choosing them over ASUS and Epox if they are alittle cheaper on the price


Jason

 

[Vee]

If it works, it works, even if it's cheap.

 

[JediJeb]

Had a K7S5a that ran SETI 24/7 for 3 years till a power surge got it and never had a problem, now have a L7S7A2 doing the same. I never had any problem with install or setup, nor with stability even slightly overclocked, just dont push it more than a few % over stock. For the price it seems like a great deal.

 

[Colt45]

My K7S5A is still running.