Replacing my Dead ECS K7S5A, recommendations?

[oshelef]

Ok, so my ECS K7S5A just died this week, and I need a new motherboard. It needs to have DDR, and I have a 1200mhz thunderbird(266mhz bus).

I will not be overclocking, or using a RAID.

Primary importance is Stability and Reliability.
With speed and price being second(I'd spend $10 for a real difference in speed, but not $40)

My thoughts were either to replace it with another ECS K7S5A(anyone know if ECS RMA will cross ship quickly?), or replace it with something better, i.e. I was looking at maybe a KT266a....ideas?


Thanks,


Orie

 

[DAPUNISHER]

The Shuttle AK35GTR is only 88$@Newegg and it has good features and performance for the price.

 

[Copperpipe]

How about a Soltek SL-75DRV4? It's $82 ($72 if you buy an AMD CPU also) at Newegg.

 

[bambam]

Just courious - How long did the K7S5A last ?

 

[bowie71]

yeah, me courius too,.. how long your K7S5A lasts?... mine has already missed one capasitor (totally burnt out for unknown reason). I'm thinking that I would need new mobo cause I suspect it will last soon like you have.

 

[oshelef]

lasted since november..

Not that long in my mind.


Orie

 

[MistaTastyCakes]

I like the Epox 8KHA+, myself. Good, reliable board. As for the Epox KT333 solution, I've heard mixed things about it. It's only a marginal performance difference, so why not go with something a little more tried and true?

Asus and Abit make nice boards too, but I think half of the over inflated price on em is just the name.

 

[Natej]

Mine died two days ago. It rocked hard for 5 month's. Very dissapointed. I'am going back to epox. I'll be getting an 8k3a. Oh how do I get an rma thanks.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

<< Oh how do I get an rma thanks >>

you don't ECS dosen't seem to honor RMAs from end users so you SOOL! Buy a new MOBO and chalk it up to bad luck

 

[oshelef]

The rma page is at:

http://www.ecsusa.com/rma.cfm

but it says direct customers with valid ECS invoice. Time to call and see what I can get.


Orie