Opinions on my system specs on Ultra Economy Machine...read on.....

[tbettend]

Product Quantity Price Item Total
ECS K7S5A MOTHERBOARD 1 $54.00 $54.00
AMD DURON 1.3GHZ PROCESSOR 1 $64.00 $64.00
256MB PC2100 DDR 1 $0.00 $0.00
ECS AG315T 64MB w/ TV OUT 1 $37.00 $37.00
SONY 1.44 FLOPPY 1 $7.00 $7.00
CPU FAN/HEATSINK 1 $6.00 $6.00
MAXTOR 80GB 7200RPM ATA100 1 $70.00 $70.00
CENDYNE 32X40X12 1 $0.00 $0.00
MS OPTICAL WHEEL MOUSE 1 $16.00 $16.00
ATX CASE w/ 350W PSU 1 $38.00 $38.00

TOTAL: $292.00

[EvilCabbage]

Looks OK for the price.

One thing to bare in mind, is that generally you get what you pay for. Check the length of warranty, and see what their customer service is like.

Dont want to be shelling out more money after arguing about a warrenty claim, if something does go wrong.

[Gabriel]

Overall Its a nice system (with a very nice price tag.)
I tend to dislike 7200RPM disk drive (overheating and many other problems) - Though Maxtor Drives are highly reliable.
Also I would go on a better Mainboard (MSI are good choice to price Vs. benefit).

Good Luck
Gabriel

[jc033]

I especially like the price of the ram and burner

[tbettend]

Haha, yeah sorry. The ram was 37.00 from enet marketing, Micron. And the Burner was 35.00 from OfficeMax after rebate. What do you think now? haha

[Fierce]

Don't forget to factor in the OS, a monitor and a keyboard...other than that, not bad. Should be pretty peppy.

[Ruslan]

Not bad.Especially the price. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />
But what exactly the PSU model?
Beware, sometimes it's needed to update BIOS of that motherboard in order to get it worked with latest CPUs (motherboards might be coming with isn't fresh enough BIOS).

[joelen]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by jc033:
<strong>I especially like the price of the ram and burner </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I agree! I think im gonna order me some of dat der ram!

[JungleMan1]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by tbettend:
<strong>Product Quantity Price Item Total
ECS K7S5A MOTHERBOARD 1 $54.00 $54.00
AMD DURON 1.3GHZ PROCESSOR 1 $64.00 $64.00
256MB PC2100 DDR 1 $0.00 $0.00
ECS AG315T 64MB w/ TV OUT 1 $37.00 $37.00
SONY 1.44 FLOPPY 1 $7.00 $7.00
CPU FAN/HEATSINK 1 $6.00 $6.00
MAXTOR 80GB 7200RPM ATA100 1 $70.00 $70.00
CENDYNE 32X40X12 1 $0.00 $0.00
MS OPTICAL WHEEL MOUSE 1 $16.00 $16.00
ATX CASE w/ 350W PSU 1 $38.00 $38.00

TOTAL: $292.00</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I was never a real ECS fan, and the SiS 315 video card is'nt much ...otherwise looks good.

[Darkstar]

Dunno if I'd do much gaming on it, but looks purty good for general business/entertainment stuff or for a relative or friend on a budget.

[Chris_MacMahon]

well i had an ecs board, one of the most stable boards i had...honestly. it ran as my P2P server, i still got it gave it to my brother in law...i was pleasently suprised with the whole thing...
ecs k7vza
amd 900 t-bird
256 non ecc ram
40 gig wd (ata 100, 7200 rpm)
xp pro
dvd
cr-rw

[Budd]

where are you getting your stuff from? if you're ordering off the net, i would consider odering the Shuttle AK31A mb instead of the ECS mb. its $59 bucks at <a href="http://www.newegg.com" target="_blank">Newegg</a>

[Damned Angel]

I know its personal preference, but I wouldn't touch that shuttle board with a rented 10ft pole.
(No offence intended)
1. it has no onboard nic (add on another $10 for a nic).
2. it has a via chipset. In my experience via is ok, as long as you enjoy updating the chipset drivers once every few months and don't want to be able to reliably use usb devices.

About the only thing I would change on that is the video card. ECS may have decent mobo's, but I have never heard a good thing about their video cards. Look for something with either an ATI chipset or a nvidia chipset on it. It will probably cost $15-$20 more, but the lack of issues will more than make up for the price difference.