Pc Chips.. good or bad?

[CCM]

I just bought a barebones system that has a PcChips 810lmr motherboard. Does anyone have any experience with this motherboard? Is the integrated audio/video any good?

Thanks..

 

[Keetha3]

I've never even heard of them, and that can't be too good of a thing.

 

[easymoney]

I never use to the integrated audio. Disable it and use a PCI sound card. Sound blaster is the best.

 

[Kalannar]

CCM,
I just recieved one of my dad's old k6-2 400 computers that had a pcchips motherboard in it (not this one). From what I've been able to find, pcchip boards are terrible. One review I read said they were cheap in both price and quality. Do a search on this board and yahoo for PcChips and have fun reading.
Mike

"That which does not kill us, strengthens us!"

 

[CCM]

well I did a little more poking around and found this review of the 810lmr...

http://www.kendryl.com/m810lmr-1.html

It was adctually a good review, which is encouraging. But I'll let you know if it blows up when I get it...

 

[Kalannar]

The reviews I read were from actual users not a website. I think some of them were like cnet and the like. I was looking for an older board so most of the websites like THG don't have a review on it.
Mike

"That which does not kill us, strengthens us!"

 

[theDean]

I've read quite a few forums and generally, it does hold much favour with quite a few complaints about the board about cheap and unrealiable, some of which I can relate to. I'm actually in the process of getting rid of mine because it doesnt like my GeForce 4 MX and Windows XP very much and it's flaky with Windows 98 SE yet they all work fine on my old MSI board with my Athlon 700.

If you want to make up your own mind, check out:

http://www.stud.fernuni-hagen.de/q3998142/pcchips/

http://radel.inet.net.nz/m810lmr.html

PCChips themselves don't really have much in the way of support or FAQ's on their boards but these places are as good as your going to get on them.

Hope that helps!

 

[gaviota]

I had a PCChips motherboard and it was terrible...my advice is to stay as far away as possible from them.

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[LancerEvolution7]

You should return it or cancel the order. I had that board and I've had really bad experiences with it. Its very unstable.

 

[CCM]

well, unfortunately it's too late to cancel the order. But I got a pretty good deal on the system, so I don't have a problem spending a few more bucks on a motherboard. The system I am getting has an AMD Duron 1.2. What would be a good, reliable, moderately priced mother board to get?

 

[LancerEvolution7]

Well since you got it already, then try it out. Yes, it really sucks, but since you have it already, might as well try it another motherboard. Doesn't the company allow you to return the system? You, could just return it to them. Just curious, why did you get a duron? An Athlon XP1700 only costs $20 more and its performance way better. Anyway, did you get memory already? If I'm not mistaken, the PC Chips board only uses sdram. So your limited to a socket A board that uses sdram. The Asus A7A and the ECS K7S5A are both good choices, because they support both sdram and DDR. So you can upgrade to a Athlon XP and DDR Ram if you want to. The ECS is more common, the Asus might take some more time to find it.

 

[CCM]

Well, I got the PC from an ebay auction from a company that is selling barebones systems, so the Duron was my only option. Also, I was looking for a cheap system and this one fit the bill. I'll probably just use the PcChips for a while, until I start having problems. Because the more I read it seems like I definitley will have problems, it just a matter of when...

 

[Unolocogringo]

PC CHIPS and ECS are the same company. Same manufacturer. They had such a bad reputation as PC CHIPS they Created a new subsidary company with a different name to market their boards.



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[LancerEvolution7]

Are you sure? I looked on their sites and I really don't see any connection... Maybe I'm wrong.

 

[Unolocogringo]

Yes this is old news. I found the info on a Danish site about 6 months ago and posted it. This is when everyone was having trouble with the ECS motherboards.

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I aint signing nothing!!!<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Rick_Criswell on 09/09/02 08:50 AM.</EM></FONT></P>