Worth It

[imported_Computer MAn]

I currently have an ECS 755-a2 (got it a fry's a week ago with an AMD 64 3000+) for $200 and I was wondering how much better of a board the MSI K8T Neo Fsr is compared to my current board. I am asking because in the Fry's ad today it said AMD 64 3000+ and an MSI board for $189. I went in to see what board it was and they said they made a mistake and meant for it to be the ECS. But they said they would give me the MSI instead so I bought it. So my question is how much better is the MSI board cmpared to the ECS board. I will be overclocking. If the MSI is better I will return the ECS board.

In case anyone needs this these are the two boards.

ECS


MSI

 

[justinian1978]

I've had nothing but bad luck with ECS/Elitegroup boards. I've used the MSI board that you're referring to, and I really enjoyed it while I had it (it was a customer's board). I almost bought that MSI board, but the Asus board I bought was very similar and much cheaper.

I'd go MSI.

 

[justinian1978]

BTW, if you do go with the MSI board and you decide to get rid of your ECS, I have a customer looking for a low-end A64 system and I might buy it off of ya

 

[Childs]

I bought that combo too. The Sis chipsets boards are not known as great overclockers. I would rather have NF3 than whatever SIS has, which is why I demanded the MSI board.

Strange, I see they gave you the KT8 and not the K8N. I got the K8N, but I bought mine at like 9:30AM and they didn't even know they had a misprint until I complained about the ECS board. Still, the K8T is most likely superior to the ECS.

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

I wish I had gotten the K8N but it was still a great deal. I will go for the MSI board thanks for all the quick replies. Does anyone know if the k8n has a PCI/AGP lock.

 

[Nessism]

K8N is suspose to have the lock. Regarding the topic at hand, since you already have the ECS board, why not try to overclock it? If you fail to reach a reasonable speed, you can try the MSI then.

Good luck.

Ed

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

Oh sorry I forgot to mention I tried overclocking with the ECS. It would only let me get to 2200 mhz. Anything higher would be unstable. This processor should go higher right? I have the CG stepping Newcastle. Plus it gives you no options to raise the memory speed. The highest it will go is 200 mhz for the memory.