K7SEM V1.0 - ECS Elitegroup - is it good?

[gfgfgf]

http://www.motherboard.cz/mb/ecs/K7SEMV10.htm

thinking of buying that motherboard + amd athlon 2000

(it's all temprorary, and guy asks 120$ for it)

I don't know anything about motherboard , what would you suggest?

 

[The_Other_One]

ECS is usally crap. And no, that's not a good deal. I just skimmed over Newegg and found a MSI motherboard(Socket AM2) and a retail Athlon 64 3500 for 150. Of course you could drop the processor down a bit and get to $120 if you wanted.

 

[StrangleHold]

No No thats a socket A, If you already have DDR ram you could get a 939 Athlon 64 and a good board for 120 bucks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...0001028+1051707439&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=343

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=2010200022+1070907495&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=22

 

[gfgfgf]

how about this one: ?

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=989

 

[StrangleHold]

Is there some reason you want a socket A

 

[gfgfgf]

I don't know anything about motherboard, I was just looking to get used motherboard+cpu for around 100-150$ and I'm in toronto.

 

[Jet]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=2018&Nav=|c:1619|&Sort=4&Recs=10

 

[gfgfgf]

thanx. what would you suggest from that link?

 

[Ku-sama]

he is in CA, so keep in mind the price difference

 

[SirKenin]

Well.. From my experience ECS is infinitely more reliable than MSI. I've used many many ECS boards in commercial applications, along with Intel boards, and they are all still going.

They're no performance hot rods or anything, but they work. I do NOT suggest coupling them with AMD though. You will get nothing but headaches. AMD has a recommended board list for a reason. I realize that some ECS boards might be on there, but in my experience you couple ECS with AMD and you get nothing but headaches. Of course you couple MSI with ANYTHING and you get nothing but headaches.. . :evil grin: