mobo advice

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Recently, I have 2nd thought about selecting a i865PE mobo. I need some
advice on which to select: Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000-G, ECS 865PE-A, or ECS PF1
'Photon'.

The main consideration is price to value ratio (I'm on a very tight
budget), stability, and performance, exactly in that order. I currently
don't need FireWire and/or GBit LAN, and I don't like onboard graphic
adapters.

Plz help.
TIA

 

[jad]

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Out of curiosity, When you ask about advice on a purchase, and you
leave out what you want to do with the system, what exactly would you
want us to base it on? Price? Well, get the cheapest board that
supports an AMD cpu and the minimum requirements to load your OS. MO,
never consider ECS for a 1 time build.


"Ricky Romaya" <something@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> Recently, I have 2nd thought about selecting a i865PE mobo. I need
some
> advice on which to select: Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000-G, ECS 865PE-A, or
ECS PF1
> 'Photon'.
>
> The main consideration is price to value ratio (I'm on a very tight
> budget), stability, and performance, exactly in that order. I
currently
> don't need FireWire and/or GBit LAN, and I don't like onboard
graphic
> adapters.
>
> Plz help.
> TIA

 

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> never consider ECS for a 1 time build.

I'd like to know exactly when one should consider an ECS board? I've found
them unreliable no matter when the build.

--
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bearpuf@verizon.net
or
jalter@phila.k12.pa.us
"JAD" <kapasitor@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Out of curiosity, When you ask about advice on a purchase, and you
> leave out what you want to do with the system, what exactly would you
> want us to base it on? Price? Well, get the cheapest board that
> supports an AMD cpu and the minimum requirements to load your OS. MO,
> never consider ECS for a 1 time build.
>
>
> "Ricky Romaya" <something@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns95BE2FF7F223Crickyralexandriacc@66.250.146.159...
>> Recently, I have 2nd thought about selecting a i865PE mobo. I need
> some
>> advice on which to select: Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000-G, ECS 865PE-A, or
> ECS PF1
>> 'Photon'.
>>
>> The main consideration is price to value ratio (I'm on a very tight
>> budget), stability, and performance, exactly in that order. I
> currently
>> don't need FireWire and/or GBit LAN, and I don't like onboard
> graphic
>> adapters.
>>
>> Plz help.
>> TIA
>
>

 

[jad]

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lol,,,,yes that's true,,,I suppose when you want a machine that you
leave the side panel off cause its easier to reset the cmos that way..

"Jan Alter" <bearpuf@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:khpxd.1287$sh5.999@trndny08...
> > never consider ECS for a 1 time build.
>
> I'd like to know exactly when one should consider an ECS board? I've
found
> them unreliable no matter when the build.
>
> --
> Jan Alter
> bearpuf@verizon.net
> or
> jalter@phila.k12.pa.us
> "JAD" <kapasitor@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:7Gkxd.15002$UD2.14310@fe06.lga...
> > Out of curiosity, When you ask about advice on a purchase, and you
> > leave out what you want to do with the system, what exactly would
you
> > want us to base it on? Price? Well, get the cheapest board that
> > supports an AMD cpu and the minimum requirements to load your OS.
MO,
> > never consider ECS for a 1 time build.
> >
> >
> > "Ricky Romaya" <something@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> > news:Xns95BE2FF7F223Crickyralexandriacc@66.250.146.159...
> >> Recently, I have 2nd thought about selecting a i865PE mobo. I
need
> > some
> >> advice on which to select: Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000-G, ECS 865PE-A,
or
> > ECS PF1
> >> 'Photon'.
> >>
> >> The main consideration is price to value ratio (I'm on a very
tight
> >> budget), stability, and performance, exactly in that order. I
> > currently
> >> don't need FireWire and/or GBit LAN, and I don't like onboard
> > graphic
> >> adapters.
> >>
> >> Plz help.
> >> TIA
> >
> >
>
>

 

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In article <khpxd.1287$sh5.999@trndny08>,
Jan Alter <bearpuf@verizon.net> wrote:
>> never consider ECS for a 1 time build.
>
>I'd like to know exactly when one should consider an ECS board? I've found
>them unreliable no matter when the build.

Never. I have an 848p-a and am considering scrapping it.

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"JAD" <kapasitor@charter.net> wrote in news:7Gkxd.15002$UD2.14310@fe06.lga:

> Out of curiosity, When you ask about advice on a purchase, and you
> leave out what you want to do with the system, what exactly would you
> want us to base it on? Price? Well, get the cheapest board that
> supports an AMD cpu and the minimum requirements to load your OS. MO,
> never consider ECS for a 1 time build.
>
Well, I'm buying for a friend. The intel based processor is a must, that's
his bottom line, and I have no experience on building AMD based systems. I
do have bad experiences on using several such systems (largely, using my
friends'), from K6 era up to Duron.

The system will be running on Win2k and Win98SE (dual boot), and will be
used as hobbyist level DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) (cakewalk, sonic
foundry, steinberg), some image processing (Photoshop), light 3D rendering
(Lightwave), medium level web development platform, and general purpose
programming/scripting. Too much to ask for a system.

Is ECS that bad? I have read several good reviews, one even rate it
slightly above the gigabyte mobo. Usually, I just get Asus and be done for,
but the budget constraint and mobo availability on local stores makes me
have to look another way.

BTW, I have considered on using the newer 9x5 chipset mobo, but the prices
just won't fit in.

 

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Ricky Romaya <something@somewhere.com> wrote:
>"JAD" <kapasitor@charter.net> wrote
>
>> Out of curiosity, When you ask about advice on a purchase, and
>> you leave out what you want to do with the system, what exactly
>> would you want us to base it on? Price? Well, get the cheapest
>> board that supports an AMD cpu and the minimum requirements to
>> load your OS. MO, never consider ECS for a 1 time build.
>
>Well, I'm buying for a friend. The intel based processor is a must,
>that's his bottom line, and I have no experience on building AMD
>based systems. I do have bad experiences on using several such
>systems (largely, using my friends'), from K6 era up to Duron.

Maybe they were poorly built and improperly configured.

>The system will be running on Win2k and Win98SE (dual boot), and
>will be used as hobbyist level DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)
>(cakewalk, sonic foundry, steinberg), some image processing
>(Photoshop), light 3D rendering (Lightwave), medium level web
>development platform, and general purpose programming/scripting.
>Too much to ask for a system.
>
>Is ECS that bad?

You asked the same in (alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt) and got the same
response.

Apparently it's that bad.

>I have read several good reviews, one even rate it
>slightly above the gigabyte mobo.

Others have other opinions.

>Usually, I just get Asus and be done for, but the budget constraint
>and mobo availability on local stores makes me have to look another
>way.

You can do a Usenet archive search if you want a wider range of
opinions.










>BTW, I have considered on using the newer 9x5 chipset mobo, but the prices
>just won't fit in.
>
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John Doe <jdoe@usenet.is.the.real.thing> wrote in
news:Xns95C599EB4602Dwisdomfolly@151.164.30.42:

>>Is ECS that bad?
>
> You asked the same in (alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt) and got the same
> response.
>
> Apparently it's that bad.
>
Well, since at least 8 people (in 3 NG) said it, I'll go for the gigabyte
mobo.

Thanks for the responses