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I will be purchasing a new base PC at a weekend Computer Show this
Sunday. I've been living with 4 ECS K75SA systems for the last 3 years or so
that have been excellent performers except for the occasional CMOS reset
issues.

The problem is I've been out of touch with the latest and greatest and would
appreciate any advice as to what is the best bang for the buck out there
today. I just purchased an ATI 9600 for the vid side if that helps in your
recommendations. TIA for the re-education.


Armand

 

[Bob]

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On 24 Jun 2004 10:48:43 GMT, bluesguitar@verizon.com (SpicaTC50)
wrote:

>I will be purchasing a new base PC at a weekend Computer Show this
>Sunday. I've been living with 4 ECS K75SA systems for the last 3 years or so
>that have been excellent performers except for the occasional CMOS reset
>issues.
>
>The problem is I've been out of touch with the latest and greatest and would
>appreciate any advice as to what is the best bang for the buck out there
>today. I just purchased an ATI 9600 for the vid side if that helps in your
>recommendations. TIA for the re-education.
>
>
>Armand

Frys Special $89.99
AMD Athlon 2600+ and Via KT600 chipset motherboard with SATA, LAN and
6 channel audio.

 

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On 24 Jun 2004 10:48:43 GMT As another one bit the dust
bluesguitar@verizon.com (SpicaTC50) wrote :

>I will be purchasing a new base PC at a weekend Computer Show this
>Sunday. I've been living with 4 ECS K75SA systems for the last 3 years or so
>that have been excellent performers except for the occasional CMOS reset
>issues.
>
>The problem is I've been out of touch with the latest and greatest and would
>appreciate any advice as to what is the best bang for the buck out there
>today. I just purchased an ATI 9600 for the vid side if that helps in your
>recommendations. TIA for the re-education.
>
>
>Armand

Asrock boards



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"Shep©" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> On 24 Jun 2004 10:48:43 GMT As another one bit the dust
> bluesguitar@verizon.com (SpicaTC50) wrote :
>
> >I will be purchasing a new base PC at a weekend Computer Show this
> >Sunday. I've been living with 4 ECS K75SA systems for the last 3 years
or so
> >that have been excellent performers except for the occasional CMOS reset
> >issues.
> >
> >The problem is I've been out of touch with the latest and greatest and
would
> >appreciate any advice as to what is the best bang for the buck out there
> >today. I just purchased an ATI 9600 for the vid side if that helps in
your
> >recommendations. TIA for the re-education.
> >
> >
> >Armand
>
> Asrock boards
>
>
>

What board are you running, Shep? Are there any newsgroups or forums for
Asrock boards? Any really good deals you've seen very recently?

I've seen you tout their boards and would like to try one, but I wonder how
much net support-experience is available.

 

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"Bob" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> On 24 Jun 2004 10:48:43 GMT, bluesguitar@verizon.com (SpicaTC50)
> wrote:
>
> >I will be purchasing a new base PC at a weekend Computer Show this
> >Sunday. I've been living with 4 ECS K75SA systems for the last 3 years
or so
> >that have been excellent performers except for the occasional CMOS reset
> >issues.
> >
> >The problem is I've been out of touch with the latest and greatest and
would
> >appreciate any advice as to what is the best bang for the buck out there
> >today. I just purchased an ATI 9600 for the vid side if that helps in
your
> >recommendations. TIA for the re-education.
> >
> >
> >Armand
>
> Frys Special $89.99
> AMD Athlon 2600+ and Via KT600 chipset motherboard with SATA, LAN and
> 6 channel audio.
>


Got a link? I don't see it on their site.

 

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Ok. I bought a bare bones with an Asrocks K7S8XE, XP2800 and 512 PC 3200
DDR. With case, $300. It's faster in the OS, but is actually slower to boot
than my 2 ECS K7S5A systems with XP 1600's (1.4mhz) machines. The
initial post is much faster on the new machine but then goes to black
for a while before the XP logo appears. I'd say it's at least 30 secs. longer.
any explaination for that? I utilize MS Bootvis on all my machines, btw,
which does make a difference.



In article <1k5sd0ligocoo82kb59eu9nrtksjjeohdn@4ax.com>,
nospam@nospam.net says...
>
>On 24 Jun 2004 10:48:43 GMT As another one bit the dust
>bluesguitar@verizon.com (SpicaTC50) wrote :
>
>>I will be purchasing a new base PC at a weekend Computer Show this
>>Sunday. I've been living with 4 ECS K75SA systems for the last 3 years or
so
>>that have been excellent performers except for the occasional CMOS reset
>>issues.
>>
>>The problem is I've been out of touch with the latest and greatest and
would
>>appreciate any advice as to what is the best bang for the buck out there
>>today. I just purchased an ATI 9600 for the vid side if that helps in your
>>recommendations. TIA for the re-education.
>>
>>
>>Armand
>
>Asrock boards
>
>
>
>--
>Free Windows/PC help,
>http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html
>email shepATpartyheld.de
>Free songs to download and,"BURN" :O)
>http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/nomessiahsmusic.htm

 

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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:41:50 -0400 As another one bit the dust "Ralph
D." <raldonn2@usaor.net> wrote :

>
>"Shep©" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
>news:1k5sd0ligocoo82kb59eu9nrtksjjeohdn@4ax.com...
>> On 24 Jun 2004 10:48:43 GMT As another one bit the dust
>> bluesguitar@verizon.com (SpicaTC50) wrote :
>>
>> >I will be purchasing a new base PC at a weekend Computer Show this
>> >Sunday. I've been living with 4 ECS K75SA systems for the last 3 years
>or so
>> >that have been excellent performers except for the occasional CMOS reset
>> >issues.
>> >
>> >The problem is I've been out of touch with the latest and greatest and
>would
>> >appreciate any advice as to what is the best bang for the buck out there
>> >today. I just purchased an ATI 9600 for the vid side if that helps in
>your
>> >recommendations. TIA for the re-education.
>> >
>> >
>> >Armand
>>
>> Asrock boards
>>
>>
>>
>
>What board are you running, Shep?

http://www.asrock.com/product/product_k7s8xe.htm

>Are there any newsgroups or forums for
>Asrock boards?

http://forums.amd.com/index.php?showtopic=17170
http://www.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=30
Any really good deals you've seen very recently?
>
>I've seen you tout their boards and would like to try one, but I wonder how
>much net support-experience is available.

I don't know but I've not had a single problem with mine




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http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html
email shepATpartyheld.de
Free songs to download and,"BURN" :O)
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/nomessiahsmusic.htm

 

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My 2 cents is a board with the SiS chipset and SATA connectors. Plan for the
future and do it.

I still run ECS, hell or high water.

70+ systems on ECS and only 1 defect.

Hope this helps.
The Tech Support Guy

www.ComputerRelative.com




(ps some mobo's that sat on the shelf had older mobo batteries, thus
triggering a lot of CMOS reset problems....)





"SpicaTC50" <bluesguitar@verizon.com> wrote in message
news:2jvpsbF16l2nfU4@uni-berlin.de...
> I will be purchasing a new base PC at a weekend Computer Show this
> Sunday. I've been living with 4 ECS K75SA systems for the last 3 years or
so
> that have been excellent performers except for the occasional CMOS reset
> issues.
>
> The problem is I've been out of touch with the latest and greatest and
would
> appreciate any advice as to what is the best bang for the buck out there
> today. I just purchased an ATI 9600 for the vid side if that helps in your
> recommendations. TIA for the re-education.
>
>
> Armand
>