Socket 939 PCI-E Mobo W/AMD Athlon 64 3500+ $209 No rebates

[thefamoustraders]

$209.99 on the linked page now, but when added to cart, price jumps to $229.99.

Any chance of upgrading the mobo?

 

[Donuts]

Pulled from ECS's site...

AGP express
Savior for backward compatible purpose when users still have the AGP card. ECS patent design (AGP Guardian) ensures 100 % protection to prevent any AGP 8X/ 4X cards burnt out. The higher performance VGA engine card is, the less performance lose on AGP Exp

 

[ITPaladin]

ah the sound of a foreign webpage.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: thefamoustraders
$209.99 on the linked page now, but when added to cart, price jumps to $229.99.

Any chance of upgrading the mobo?

adds to carts as $209 now.

 

[bigempty]

If you are buying it in store, just call ahead and make sure they have New boards in stock and not refurbs.

Fry + refurbs = lose

 

[feelingshorter]

Originally posted by: ITPaladin
ah the sound of a foreign webpage.

yep lol, feels like reading my mobo manual

 

[ITPaladin]

who makes this board anyway? I have WTB for 939 up but prefer a reliable source, good warranty, cs, reliability.

 

[phlashphire]

Originally posted by: ITPaladin
who makes this board anyway? I have WTB for 939 up but prefer a reliable source, good warranty, cs, reliability.

ECS. They're pretty well known for their budget mobo's.
Anyone get theirs yet? How's it running w/ an AGP card?

 

[Defiant10k]

Originally posted by: phlashphire

Originally posted by: ITPaladin
who makes this board anyway? I have WTB for 939 up but prefer a reliable source, good warranty, cs, reliability.

ECS. They're pretty well known for their budget mobo's.
Anyone get theirs yet? How's it running w/ an AGP card?

I had this ordered but I could not get past the questions about the AGP card slot.

I have a X850 Pro that I purchased last month and do not want to get rid of it.

 

[BurningDog]

This is back in stock on outpost.com. For anyone that ordered, did you get a 3200+ or 3500+ cpu?

 

[OCNewbie]

It says it's a 2.2GHz as well in the description, also says it's 90nm process. I'm presuming it's the 3500.

 

[gtx4u]

PLU#4534097 - AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+ Tray Processor


Processor: AMD Athlon? 64
Model: 3200+ ????????????????????????????
P/N (Tray): ADA3500DAA4BW
Stepping: E6
Frequency: 2200Mhz
HT Speed: 2000
Voltage: 1.35-1.40 V
Max Temp: 65°C
Thermal Power: 67W
L1 Cache: 128KB
L2 Cache: 512KB
CMOS Technology: 90nm SOI
Socket: Socket 939

 

[BigDaddyD]

I just went to the ecs website and the agp express slot on their board, does indeed look like it works with agp cards. they even have a list on their website of cards that have been tested. Can one of you computer gurus go to www.ecsusa.com and confirm this. I had to download the manual.

 

[gwag]

it may work with an AGP cards but in PCI mode so low performance period. ie not for gaming.

 

[Googer]

Ok motherboard, but it is a hot deal if the CPU is a 3500+.

 

[RelaxTheMind]

a $135 3000+ will push to ~3800+ speeds. same cache and everything some even get there on the stock cooler. it "can" reach the 4000+ speeds bu then again the 4000+ has 1mb cache.

this is if we are all talking about the 939 line of cpus

 

[dumpydooby]

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4559957?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Significantly more, but that's what I got.

$350 ($391 after shipping and tax) for X2 3800+ and ECS A939.

It's not super hot, but it's warm. $320 for the CPU on sale, and ~$70 for the mobo on sale. In the end, you probably save like $30. *shrug*

 

[vaylon]

I got this setup 3 weeks ago.

I was upgrading from a soyokt600, with a xp2400 oc'd to 2.4, w/9800pro agp card, 1 gb of pc3200 ram.

I got the setup because everything would transfere to the new system.

This is what I noticed with the new setup.

Boot time was a second or two faster.
photoshop and paintshop pro were a little faster.
dvdshrink worked a few seconds faster
video editing software such as tmpeg was about 20 percent faster.

Benchmarks only showed about a 10-15% increase over my old system. On some things !
Game is where this died. Battlefield started to choke, doom could barely run. Benchmarks for the gameing showed it running about the same as the old system but in reality it wasn't able to keep up with the old system.

As for being able to OC the 3500, I was only stable at close to a 5 % OC. Not worth the effort.

Because there was no performance increase to speak of I just rma'd the whole thing back.

I was told by a tech at monarch that in order to see a real performance increase over what I got , I would have to move up to a pci express setup, and to see a signuficant increase I would have to go x2 cores.

I decided to save my money a nd wait a while.

Just my experiance.

 

[mdetz]

Originally posted by: vaylon
I got this setup 3 weeks ago.
I was told by a tech at monarch that in order to see a real performance increase over what I got , I would have to move up to a pci express setup. Just my experiance.

sorry for your troubles, but you should've researched first. the AGP slot only runs at PCI speeds, hence your troubles.

 

[Vich]

Originally posted by: mdetz

Originally posted by: vaylon
I got this setup 3 weeks ago.
I was told by a tech at monarch that in order to see a real performance increase over what I got , I would have to move up to a pci express setup. Just my experiance.

sorry for your troubles, but you should've researched first. the AGP slot only runs at PCI speeds, hence your troubles.

Yep.

Get a PCI-E card and ure good to go.

 

[pavester]

hey guys i bought this about 1month ago the deal is great except youll need to buy a heatsink and fan. its a +3500 though good deal++

 

[Vich]

If the CPU dies is it under warranty... cuz if it was a retail cpu it would have come with a HS/F

 

[pavester]

yea theres a manafacturers warranty...at least thats what my receipt said

 

[Vich]

ttt anyone get this?

 

[phlashphire]

Originally posted by: pavester
yea theres a manafacturers warranty...at least thats what my receipt said

Won't be that long of a warranty if OEM cpu...