Pretty much the requirements for stable ecs k7s5a right?

[Lapchern]

a 400 watt power supply and some thermal paste on ur cpu? or what else for a stable k7s5a setup? by the way, anyone have a k7s5a system working for well over a year and has left their system on without shutdown for 5+ days straight?

 

[Colt45]

im gonna attempt to run one on a 250w psu

thermal paste is a cpu requirement, not a mobo requirement

 

[SonicTron]

My K7S5A runs fine on my 250W PSU

 

[Pyramor]

Just built a system using the old Antec 300w ps (160w Total Combined Output) and ran it through the usual torture tests. Not a hiccup. However, I only have a CDRom ,1 HD, modem and a PCI Vid card running in it.

 

[Brian48]

My K7S5A runs flawlessly with my 2 yr Powerman 300w (150w combined). Ran great with the generic 250w'er I prior to that also.

 

[Lapchern]

ok so requirements to guarantee stable system is now
1) at least 300+ psu
2) NO OCing!

and it should last me at least 3 years?

 

[Floydian]

Check here for some good power supplies:
here
not all of them are on the approved list, but many of them are, so check it out:
AMD Power supply list

 

[Lapchern]

thanks, really appreciate it

 

[JeremiahTheGreat]

I say put thermal paste on your Mobo chipset heatsink damnit !!

I still shocked at the fact they use double sided sticky tape to put it on..

 

[Daovonnaex]

<< a 400 watt power supply and some thermal paste on ur cpu? or what else for a stable k7s5a setup? by the way, anyone have a k7s5a system working for well over a year and has left their system on without shutdown for 5+ days straight? >>

Don't forget luck.:disgust:

 

[LS20]

im running generic 320w (Link Technology brand, i think) and XP1700 chip with standard Cooler Master HSF.

no thermal paste or tape. it runs solid. i run it 2/3 days straight but voluntarily reboot because im paranoid of memory leaks (even though its win2000) and i install alot of stuff that requirets rebooting.

however, computer stays on 90% of the time

 

[John]

I use 250w HEC and 300w Allied psu's on all of the K7S5A builds for customers. They run like a champ.

 

[Lapchern]

ok cool ima try my luck on the k7s5a, newegg is only 40 miles from me anyway...one last thing, why is this mobo so damn cheap???????

 

[hwstock]

<< a 400 watt power supply and some thermal paste on ur cpu? or what else for a stable k7s5a setup? by the way, anyone have a k7s5a system working for well over a year and has left their system on without shutdown for 5+ days straight? >>



I'm using a very generic 300 W PSU (AMD-approved, but for 800 MHz Athlon); the case + PSU cost about $46 at a local dealer, two years ago. I just used the Retail Box fan&heatsink, with the supplied phase-change strip -- no thermal paste. The system has an XP 1600+ and 1 GB el cheapo PC2100. I'm running under win98se with all updates.

It has been in use four months so far; I've left the system on for a week solid, FSB oc to 142.7 MHz, while running extremely CPU- and memory-intesive calcs. No BSODs.

 

[sad]

<< Don't forget luck. >>


Yeah..seems like getting a good one is like flipping a coin. My friend's board died about 3months in. Luckily he bought it from mwave and was able to get it replaced. It's been running smoothly since.

 

[bigkat]

I've had this board up and running since last summer. I sleep with this machine on. Never had any bsod's, no reboots, etc. The only time I've had this computer off was during christmas break when I went out of the country!

Running a stock 1.4tbird, with crucial ram, and a enermax 431watt ps.

 

[MiklosMillora]

It will run stable with a 300 watt power supply. OC and all.