mobo advice

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Ricky Romaya

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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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..
 
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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Never. I have an 848p-a and am considering scrapping it.
 
JAD said:
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.
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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.
 
Ricky Romaya said:
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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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You can do a Usenet archive search if you want a wider range of
opinions.
 
You asked the same in (alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt) and got the same
response.

Apparently it's that bad.
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Well, since at least 8 people (in 3 NG) said it, I'll go for the gigabyte
mobo.

Thanks for the responses
 
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