[RESOLVED] Good, cheap 815E board?

[Lt. Cmdr Klarg]

I am looking for a good, inexpensive board using the 815E chipset. Does anyone have any good suggestions?

I am currently looking at the ECS P6IPAT. Price is right (~$70), but is it a good board? I can't seem to find any reviews on it.


thx!


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[Lt. Cmdr Klarg]

Anyone?

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[Darren Wilson]

QDI Synactix 2E. Very stable, not the fastest of boards but for reliability they are very hard to beat.

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[condor]

QDI ? I haven't seen a QDI board in years

as for ECS boards - I would avoid any ECS/ PCchips mobo and their other oem brands (amptron, matsonic etc..)

I wouldn't go wit hjust any i815E mobo - make sure you get one that support the Tualatin.

as far as recommendations go:

I would get a gigabyte, msi , intel, epox , aopen if money is a real problem

but nothing is better than Asus or Abit and they are worth the extra $$...


another option:

why don't you get and intel 815EP mobo ?
yoou can get a very good one for about $100 and add a much better video card (Geforce 2 Mx) for about $45 ..

this combo is much better than any i815E you can buy..

just remeber - the forums are filled with problems from people with "pcchips" pos level mobos - you really don't want to spend $80 on a board just to RMA it a few times, give up and buy a better mobo..

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[This message has been edited by condor (edited October 10, 2001).]

[Darren Wilson]

Still using QDI boards now in customer builds unless they specify higher price boards. Very few, if any problems.

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[Lt. Cmdr Klarg]

Well yes, I'm not just looking for an 815. Maybe a better criteria would be that I'm looking for a good Socket370 board that will run a PIII-667.

I'm upgrading a buddy's computer from the above CPU to an Athlon 1.4 and ECS K7S5A(sp?), mainly because of a power supply problem that appears to have fried his motherboard. In lieu of a fee, he has agreed to give me his old processor. I will test the CPU in another PC, and if it works, I will go get the new board.

I was doing some digging and I *am* going to get one that supports the Tualatin. I am currently using an AMD K62 500, so this would be a decent upgrade. An 815EP is probably the way I will go.

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[format c:]

I would grab the Asus tusl2-c mother board, it supports the Tulation CPU
Nice rock solid board , Toss in the Asus v7100 ago card and you have a great gaming rig

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[Lt. Cmdr Klarg]

Yup, I was eyeing the TUSL2-C hungrily. Gotta see if the CPU is OK first.

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[This message has been edited by Lt. Cmdr Klarg (edited October 15, 2001).]

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I bought a MSI i815E PRO earlier this year and am most satisified. Been the most stable board I have used in years.

Having the Diagnostic LED system also helps for checking other hardware on too.



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At the end of the day, it's all fundamental.....

[Lt. Cmdr Klarg]

Success!!! Testing of the PIII-667 has been successful

On to the store!!!

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[Commander Klarg]

Abit ST6 motherboard procured, and installed, running good. Almost zero trouble performing the upgrade, just some minor issues with re-detecting drivers for the new board after deleting the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ENUM keys. D2X running much smoother now.