asrock vs ecs

dosmastr

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=%2D1&IsNodeId=1&Description=z87%20motherboard&bop=And&CompareItemList=%2D1%7C13%2D157%2D370%5E13%2D157%2D370%2DTS%2C13%2D135%2D365%5E13%2D135%2D365%2DTS&percm=13%2D157%2D370%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24%3B13%2D135%2D365%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24

I had great luck with ECS back in the AMD heydays (thunderbird) but how is ecs now?

I can get the pro3 for 85, and the ecs for 105.... I have a discrete sound card so that removes part of the ecs's appeal..... what do you think?

in the back of my mind I dream of doing sli or cfx someday.... but wonder if it would really ever happen... I've had good luck reselling vid cards and buying better for just a few washingtons the past couple years.

want a full atx board but at this point don't plan to OC
 

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out of those 2, i'd go for the ECS / L337, simply because legacy PCI slots are useless now and a second PCIe-16 (even if they both run 8x/8x) is just more useful, even if all you want is one extra card for running 2 side monitors without getting into SLI/CrossFire