AMD xp and ECS K7S5A PRO motherboard

[George]

Hi,
I'd like to get some opinions on a AMD XP chip and a ECS K7S5A PRO
motherboard. I'm looking to build a simple, reliable box, nothing fancy, no
overclocking. Can I get opinions on the ECS motherboard, and I'm looking
into a XP chip, maybe the XP 2200+ or XP 2000+, or whatever. I would like to
know if either are hot running chips and can I get by with a stock heat
sink? All opinions on this combination would be of help.

thanks,
geo

 

[user]

Hi,
I'd like to get some opinions on a AMD XP chip and a ECS K7S5A PRO
motherboard. I'm looking to build a simple, reliable box, nothing fancy, no
overclocking. Can I get opinions on the ECS motherboard, and I'm looking
into a XP chip, maybe the XP 2200+ or XP 2000+, or whatever. I would like to
know if either are hot running chips and can I get by with a stock heat
sink? All opinions on this combination would be of help.

thanks,
geo

I have the XP 2200+ chip with the K7S5A pro MB and it runs great. My
temperature is about 96 degrees F with a Thermaltake Volcano 7 or 9. I
believe all the XP 2200+ chips are the 1.65 volt thoroughbred models,
but I would make sure you got it instead of a 1.75 volt model.

 

[Dave C.]

Hi,
I'd like to get some opinions on a AMD XP chip and a ECS K7S5A PRO
motherboard. I'm looking to build a simple, reliable box, nothing fancy, no
overclocking. Can I get opinions on the ECS motherboard, and I'm looking
into a XP chip, maybe the XP 2200+ or XP 2000+, or whatever. I would like to
know if either are hot running chips and can I get by with a stock heat
sink? All opinions on this combination would be of help.

thanks,
geo

That's boards great. Good choice. IF the processor comes with a heat sink,
it should work fine. Your ears might not like it, though. If you search
newegg.com, they have a (speeze?) model HSF for $8 that should be quiet.
Use the search engine on newegg, search for 25-30dba and find the model that
is rated for your processor (or better). -Dave

 

[JT]

Hi,
I'd like to get some opinions on a AMD XP chip and a ECS K7S5A PRO
motherboard. I'm looking to build a simple, reliable box, nothing fancy, no
overclocking. Can I get opinions on the ECS motherboard, and I'm looking
into a XP chip, maybe the XP 2200+ or XP 2000+, or whatever. I would like to
know if either are hot running chips and can I get by with a stock heat
sink? All opinions on this combination would be of help.

thanks,
geo

Friend of mine has a store and has built a few hundred based on that and
the previous boards in the family. Mostly very stable. Few problems. RMA
rate of 1 to 2 %. They work fine with the retail boxed XP processors and
heatsink/fan. They like DDR memory better than sdram (sometimes they get
picky with more than one SDRAM dimm). They also need a good power supply,
but that helps any system.

JT

 

[somebody]

Hi,
I'd like to get some opinions on a AMD XP chip and a ECS K7S5A PRO
motherboard. I'm looking to build a simple, reliable box, nothing fancy, no
overclocking. Can I get opinions on the ECS motherboard, and I'm looking
into a XP chip, maybe the XP 2200+ or XP 2000+, or whatever. I would like to
know if either are hot running chips and can I get by with a stock heat
sink? All opinions on this combination would be of help.

thanks,
geo

I've just upgraded my old bedroom PC to an AthlonXP 2200+
thoroughbred. It's running at low power and very, very silent.
I don't use stock coolers because I wan't minimum noise. In this
machine, I put a Swiss 'Arctic Cooling Copper Silent 2-TC' on the cpu.
www.arctic-cooling.com
This is a conventional build 80mm fan cooler at a rather conventional
cost. The base is somewhat large at 84x76mm and may be a bit of
'squeeze' on some mobos. You also need to use that scary paste for
mounting it, no pad.
In other respect I feel like recommending it. For moderate cpus like
the 2200, it runs really, really quiet!
The strategy of the cooler is to run the cpu at a constant, slightly
high temperature (increases heat dissipation), 47degC, rather than as
cool as possible, so it's not a choice for overclocking.
I'm delighted, and I will use these coolers again.

I can't say anything about the ECS mobo. I doubt I'll ever use one.

Ancra

 

[Sooky Grumper]

Hi,
I'd like to get some opinions on a AMD XP chip and a ECS K7S5A PRO
motherboard. I'm looking to build a simple, reliable box, nothing fancy, no
overclocking. Can I get opinions on the ECS motherboard, and I'm looking
into a XP chip, maybe the XP 2200+ or XP 2000+, or whatever. I would like to
know if either are hot running chips and can I get by with a stock heat
sink? All opinions on this combination would be of help.

thanks,
geo

my xp 2000+ (on a different board) runs fine with the stock HSF and is
quiet, too.

 

[BarryNL]

Hi,
I'd like to get some opinions on a AMD XP chip and a ECS K7S5A PRO
motherboard. I'm looking to build a simple, reliable box, nothing fancy, no
overclocking. Can I get opinions on the ECS motherboard, and I'm looking
into a XP chip, maybe the XP 2200+ or XP 2000+, or whatever. I would like to
know if either are hot running chips and can I get by with a stock heat
sink? All opinions on this combination would be of help.

I'm running one of these boards with a Duron 1Ghz and it performs
without any problems.

 

[Cuzman]

" Can I get opinions on the ECS motherboard, and I'm looking into a XP chip,
maybe the XP 2200+ or XP 2000+, or whatever. I would like to know if either
are hot running chips and can I get by with a stock heat sink? All opinions
on this combination would be of help. "


Great boards, but don't use a Netgear FA310 or FA311 network card on it. My
system wouldn't recognize the CD drives, and I thought my board was shagged.
It turns out that many people have suffered the same problem. I changed the
card to a 3Com and all was perfectly fine.

K7S5A Pro: http://www.ecsusa.com/products/k7s5a_pro.html
K7S5A BIOS updates: http://www.lejabeach.com/Pro/k7s5aProBIOS.html
A good K7S5A forum: http://pub140.ezboard.com/bk7s5amotherboardforum
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) usenet newsgroup:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.elitegroup

 

[Ralph Wade Phillips]

Howdy!

Hi,
I'd like to get some opinions on a AMD XP chip and a ECS K7S5A PRO
motherboard. I'm looking to build a simple, reliable box, nothing fancy, no
overclocking. Can I get opinions on the ECS motherboard, and I'm looking
into a XP chip, maybe the XP 2200+ or XP 2000+, or whatever. I would like to
know if either are hot running chips and can I get by with a stock heat
sink? All opinions on this combination would be of help.

I am running a K7S5A (non-pro) and it's been a champ. I started
with an XP-2000+, but the HSF fell off and it fried. Didn't bother the
board, though <B-)

(I think I didn't get the ears mounted properly - be danged if I can
figure out how it ran for 3 months then just popped off without busting the
ears.)

The XP-2000+ is warm, but with careful attention to air flow through
the case, it's doable with a stock AMD HSF on it. Mine ran for 3 months
through some of the hottest time of the year before it quit - and it quit
when the HSF fell off, not before.

Matter of fact, I'm using that board with an XP-1700+ right now <B-)

RwP

 

[352606]

It's a great board! I've built two systems with them.

 

[David Wright]

Yes, that is a fine combination. A little noisy, a little warm with the stock
stuff, but great otherwise. I have an AMD 1.2 Gig duron that is great running
windows XP. But alas, I broke it while upgrading the cpu.

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