An ECS A780GM-A was ordered and I recieved a Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H. Should I return it and request the ECS or keep the Gigabyte or request a GA-MA78GM-S2H instead?
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Why would you want the S2H instead? The S3H is ATX, which is what the ECS is. S3H has more features/slots than S2H and the ECS board and is $30 more expensive than the ECS board. I think you are lucky and should use the $30 saved to buy lottery tickets.
In general, ECS is not good for overclocking and Gigabyte is far superior in quality.
In general, ECS is not good for overclocking and Gigabyte is far superior in quality.
I'd encourage you to do the right thing and inform whatever e-tailer you bought it from of their mistake and go from there. They might want you to return it, or they might just tell you to keep it. The important thing is that you make an effort to do what is right. Little things do matter, even little $30 dollar things.
I just got off the phone with the e-tailer. They said that they were out of stock on the ECS board, and hope that I accept the Gigabyte board instead. I asked why they shipped me a Gigabyte board, and they told that since I ordered 2 boards (the other is P35) they figured I might like this one. So, all is good. Now, I need help picking out a case, cooling, and RAM.
Good luck with the Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H - I've gone through 4 of them, 3 had problems. One died after 1 day, 2 had corrupted graphics. Gigabyte's support was terrible. Boards tested with Phenom 9500 (95w) and x2-5000 (65w).
Flipped G, I don't have the GA-MA78GM-S2H. I have the GA-MA78G-DS3H. Do you have any experience with this board?
Oops, sorry, I re-read the thread...
No experience with the DS3H. I don't know with Gigabyte's problem is, I had a Gigabyte mobo several years ago and it wasn't good, either. However, there are plenty of people who are happy with their Gigabyte mobos, and most people would agree that Gigabyte > ECS.
Gigabyte is way better than ECS now. I have their 690g board and it runs great, even a generous overclocker. Only problem with the 780g board is that the S2H doesn't officially support 125W Phenom 9850 (I'm guessing the same thing's true with the S3H though you'd have to check the website) so people who are overclocking and drawing around 125W or more are experiencing issues as bad as the board blowing. But that's not the motherboard manufacturer's fault seeing as it's a widespread problem.
Yes, that /absolutely/ is (each) board manufacturer's problem - you choose to make a 125W capable CPU power circuit or you don't. Nothing to do with chipsets, reference designs or whatnot - purely a price vs. capability tradeoff decision.
Well, I guess you got lucky this time because the board they substituted seems to be better than the one you actually ordered. But I'd probably still never do business with this vendor again. If they want to substitute a different product than what you ordered they should have notified you first and given you the opportunity to decide BEFORE they shipped it to you rather than afterwards.
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