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| 349068 | 2005-04-26 08:10:00 | Just wondering what people think of these motherboads produced by ECS. I'm on a tight budget and there seem ideal. Especially interested to here from those people who have used one or are using one currently. I'm looking at getting this one www.c1computer.co.nz Thanks. | RayRay (644) | ||
| 349069 | 2005-04-26 08:17:00 | I had one as part of this PC Company computer. Yes they are cheap, and no, I wouldn't recommend one, mainly as the one I had lasted just over a year. But then I may have gotten a dud motherboard Currently use MSI, had no probs with it so far, and its almost 2 years old. |
Myth (110) | ||
| 349070 | 2005-04-26 08:29:00 | ECS are your usual cheapo manafacture, however they are one of the biggest manafactures around. they make a lot of OEM and other brands products as well. i would say they are better than most other elcheapo's. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 349071 | 2005-04-26 08:37:00 | Overall i would say they ain't too bad, some of there boards are dogs,some are excellent.I would check out a review on that specific board before making a purchase...but that applies to any motherboard no matter what brand. I wouyld take an ECS over an AsRock if that means anything. I have p4 running on an ECS board somewhere,its a nice rig. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 349072 | 2005-04-26 09:54:00 | Overall i would say they ain't too bad, some of there boards are dogs,some are excellent.I would check out a review on that specific board before making a purchase...but that applies to any motherboard no matter what brand. I wouyld take an ECS over an AsRock if that means anything. I have p4 running on an ECS board somewhere,its a nice rig. Only ever had one dodgy asrock which was replaced immediately. This is going back to the first boards they brought out HOWEVER I have only made up 10-12 systems using them so Its probably not a representative sample. Either I was lucky or asrock rocks :D On the other hand I have the the opposite results with ecs, 2 out of 3 being dying young. Again probably not representative |
the highlander (245) | ||
| 349073 | 2005-04-26 10:11:00 | hmmm . . . . Its not relability that makes me avoid AsRock, its been performance and features,it may be all in my mind but the systems I have built with AsRock boards weren't as snappy as i believe they should be . Havent had a single dead AsRock board,or an unstable one . Though I don't use many of them, So I don't rubbish them but I do prefer others . As for ECS, I have used many many of their boards, Have had about 3 doa,and one that failed after about 4 months . Thats pretty good going for the amount I have used . (though I have pulled dozens out of dead PC company rigs,but then I have pulled more dead boards out of Compaq's then anything else (MSI I think) Percentage wise I have had more Asus boards with reliability problems then any other brand . :eek: Never had a faulty Gigabyte board,but then I tend to use Asus in the . . . uh . . . deluxe rigs . :D Still,Even though I handle a fair few boards(granted its a tiny amount compared to many) its still to small a sample to make any conclusive argument for and against, It tends to be certain batches or chipsets that give problems rather then Brands . And personal bias plays a large part . |
Metla (12) | ||
| 349074 | 2005-04-26 10:46:00 | Yep agree there, no way can an asrock be described as a performance board. Also agree with gigabyte as I have never had a new mobo fail. Asus I love even though the mainstream boards are rather bland now. The premium boards are still great though with options a plenty. My main rig is always asus (P4800 even though its a little long in the tooth now) with a gigabyte titan board based rig and an asus P4Pe rig as back up. Mind you I dont build a hell of of a lot of amd sytems (most of those being asus or gigabyte) so I am only commenting at half throttle. |
the highlander (245) | ||
| 349075 | 2005-04-26 10:58:00 | ECS are quite horrible really but not as nasty as Jetway. | pctek (84) | ||
| 349076 | 2005-04-26 11:48:00 | I've had 12 Motherboards in my lifetime, with 80% of them being Gigabyte boards and the others being medium to high quality brands. Only 2 of them have failed/stopped working because of some mysterious circumstance... 1) Power Surge caused by Lightning destroyed 60% of the box... Luckily the CPU, RAM and MOBO got replaced on warranty. 2) I applied too much pressure removing a heatsink and scratched the contacts between the CPU and RAM. Returned the board for warranty and the friendly computer store 'lost' the board and Gigabyte replaced it =) |
Aurealis_ (7897) | ||
| 349077 | 2005-04-26 19:38:00 | I don't think they're too bad, my dad's original PC had an ECS board in it . It was a good rig too, had firewire ports and everything he bought that 2 & a half years ago . It still goes well, currently running Fedora Core 3, uses it mainly for music and DVD playback at school, but he likes the look and feel of Open Office too . [yes another Linux convert . . . . go tux] ECS boards aren't too bad but do your homework and then make an informed decision . . . or save a little more dosh and buy a more well known mobo . cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
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