Re: [expert] Athlon XP motherboard advice

2003-01-09 Thread Felix Miata
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Re: [expert] Athlon XP motherboard advice

2003-01-09 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday January 8 2003 12:56 pm, Dan Axtell wrote: > I'm planning to upgrade my motherboard/CPU combo to an Athlon XP > system. I'm not looking for overclocking or onboard sound & video > (all the networking, sound and graphics will be using existing > boards), just a solid, reliable motherboa

Re: [expert] Athlon XP motherboard advice

2003-01-08 Thread Guy Van Sanden
Hello Steffen On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 22:06, Steffen Barszus wrote: > On Wednesday 08 January 2003 21:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Guy Van Sanden wrote: > > > I have a ECS K7S5A based on the Sis 735 chipset, very good stuff. > > > It's by far the cheapest board arround here

Re: [expert] Athlon XP motherboard advice

2003-01-08 Thread Chuck Burns
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 15:06, Steffen Barszus wrote: > > I know 3 people who run instantly into problems with these board I would never > ever advice an ECS k7s5a. MSI kosts a buck more, but I think it is worth the > money. And the k7s5a is not the cheapest board, I know of one board for 67 > EU

Re: [expert] Athlon XP motherboard advice

2003-01-08 Thread francesco.melo
Guy Van Sanden wrote: I have a ECS K7S5A based on the Sis 735 chipset, very good stuff. It's by far the cheapest board arround here in Belgium (costs about half of the second-cheapest). Performance is very good, and stability is excellent. Apart from me, I know 3 other people that own one and t

Re: [expert] Athlon XP motherboard advice

2003-01-08 Thread Steffen Barszus
On Wednesday 08 January 2003 22:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Steffen Barszus wrote: > > I know 3 people who run instantly into problems with these board I would > > never ever advice an ECS k7s5a. MSI kosts a buck more, but I think it is > > worth the money. And the k7s5a is n

Re: [expert] Athlon XP motherboard advice

2003-01-08 Thread Jim C
eBay! ;-) Dan Axtell wrote: I'm planning to upgrade my motherboard/CPU combo to an Athlon XP system. I'm not looking for overclocking or onboard sound & video (all the networking, sound and graphics will be using existing boards), just a solid, reliable motherboard that works well with Mandrak

Re: [expert] Athlon XP motherboard advice

2003-01-08 Thread kwan
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Steffen Barszus wrote: > I know 3 people who run instantly into problems with these board I would never > ever advice an ECS k7s5a. MSI kosts a buck more, but I think it is worth the > money. And the k7s5a is not the cheapest board, I know of one board for 67 > EUR => KT266A

Re: [expert] Athlon XP motherboard advice

2003-01-08 Thread Steffen Barszus
On Wednesday 08 January 2003 21:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Guy Van Sanden wrote: > > I have a ECS K7S5A based on the Sis 735 chipset, very good stuff. > > It's by far the cheapest board arround here in Belgium (costs about half > > of the second-cheapest). > > I have four of

Re: [expert] Athlon XP motherboard advice

2003-01-08 Thread kwan
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Guy Van Sanden wrote: > I have a ECS K7S5A based on the Sis 735 chipset, very good stuff. > It's by far the cheapest board arround here in Belgium (costs about half > of the second-cheapest). I have four of these. The rev 3.1 boards have been great except for one losing the se

Re: [expert] Athlon XP motherboard advice

2003-01-08 Thread Guy Van Sanden
I have a ECS K7S5A based on the Sis 735 chipset, very good stuff. It's by far the cheapest board arround here in Belgium (costs about half of the second-cheapest). Performance is very good, and stability is excellent. Apart from me, I know 3 other people that own one and they're all happy with it

Re: [expert] Athlon XP motherboard advice

2003-01-08 Thread Antoine
Le mer 08/01/2003 à 19:56, Dan Axtell a écrit : > I'm planning to upgrade my motherboard/CPU combo to an Athlon XP system. > I'm not looking for overclocking or onboard sound & video (all the > networking, sound and graphics will be using existing boards), just a > solid, reliable motherboard t

[expert] Athlon XP motherboard advice

2003-01-08 Thread Dan Axtell
I'm planning to upgrade my motherboard/CPU combo to an Athlon XP system. I'm not looking for overclocking or onboard sound & video (all the networking, sound and graphics will be using existing boards), just a solid, reliable motherboard that works well with Mandrake 9.0 Any recommendations?