What is your opinion of ECS?

[AFB]

(Elitegroup Computer Systems)

Just wondered.

 

[SynthDude2001]

They make decent budget motherboards.

Edit: Although these days when I upgrade, I usually aim for a little higher than a low-end $50 board

 

[eLiu]

Very low cost, very reliable, usually pretty good performance. No frills/special features...but for $40-50 (or sometimes less), you can't expect too much.

I use'em for any non-overclocking systems of mine...well, ECS or Biostar.

 

[Twofootputt]

Got the ECS board in a combo deal @ Outpost w/Sempron 2500 for my wife's friend. Manual was spotty but posted first try. Just running standard specs, no OC'ing for her. About three months old & she hasn't called me yet. I think it was $70 for the combo, how can you miss?

 

[ReiAyanami]

i've heard bad things about them. a few years ago had problems with an ECS but just a few months ago built a P4 ECS bundle from fry's with no problems

cept IE6 keeps crashing but that's probably microsoft

 

[txxxx]

Cannot complain about my K7S5A which has an Athlon 1.4ghz seated in there. 3 years later still working. Havent a clue about other ECS owners, but its a good reflection of how they do last over time.

 

[Staples]

A motherboard is just a motherboard and a video card is a video card. 99% of the ones out there work just fine if they follow the reference design.

 

[MrCodeDude]

I've bought more ECS boards than any other brand. Mainly cause of the Fry's deals. They aren't featureful and top performers, but they are rock solid, and that's pretty much all I paid for

 

[clicknext]

They're not a high quality bunch, but they are usually cheap. The K7S5A mobo I bought a little less than 4 years ago broke down, and I will not buy another one, especially when high quality stuff such as the nForce chipsets are pretty cheap too.

 

[Spamela]

my k7s5a is still going strong with an athlon xp 1800+ - low price & rock solid.

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

I got no beef with them

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Spamela
my k7s5a is still going strong with an athlon xp 1800+ - low price & rock solid.

I ran into 3 k7s5a's that over 18 months dveloped the inconsistent boot problem... very bizarre and very frustrating.. I got rid of all those boards and replaced them with Asus product and haven't looked back since.

 

[EyeMWing]

They are not on the WingCorp approved vendors list. As far as mobo manufacturers go, they rank above only one other company - MSI, makers of the patented FlameThrower series of motherboards (In case you havn't noticed, ALL the pictures of burnt up mobos on teh intarweb are MSI products)

 

[asm0deus]

ive had a few K7S5A's and K7VTA3's in my hands and they all performed pretty solid. I was impressed with how far they came along with the K7VTA3, its a very well laid out board and is very stable and quick.