Umm.. I've heard some seriously conflicting arguments here.
I always thought ECS were teh lowest of the low in price and reliability. No other Motherboard manufacturer has been recommended AGAINST that i know of..
S I always thought, hmm.. ECS are for those who can live with instability cause they've got meager amounts of cash-on-hand.
Then i read this Anandtech article (which to my mind had always been fair and not sound like they're sucking up to a company):
I quote from the ECS L7VTA article ----
<b> ECS has been in the motherboard business since 1987. Sixteen years later, they are the second largest motherboard maker in the world in terms of pure shipments. The same holds true for 2002, as ECS is only a hair behind ASUS in motherboard shipments.
You could say that ECS's success is due to their low-cost manufacturing facilities as well as a smart business model in general. ECS was the only motherboard manufacturer smart enough to leverage the low-cost yet high-performing SiS 735 Athlon chipset last year. Based on the SiS 735, the ECS K7S5A was a huge hit among hardware enthusiasts and OEMs alike. At the time, the K7S5A offered the highest performance out of any K7 solution, and yet only cost around $70 to buy in the U.S. (and was similarly cheap in the rest of the world). OEM's loved the low-cost nature of the ECS K7S5A, great performance was just icing on the cake. Of course, enthusiasts fell absolutely in love with the K7S5A; the price/performance ratio was unbeatable.
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Hello, excuse me.. did I miss something?? all I ever heard was "death to ECS" comments on the K7S5A. I believe it was right here at THGC that someone reported 3 RMA's before gettign a working board..
and Anandtech says that enthusiasts fell in love with it.
Now the question - Is ECS a respected MB company?? What are your experiences and conclusions on and with ECS??
Balzi
"Hand me that 600 foot factory chimney in the corner.." - "No, no, it's my last one!!!"
I always thought ECS were teh lowest of the low in price and reliability. No other Motherboard manufacturer has been recommended AGAINST that i know of..
S I always thought, hmm.. ECS are for those who can live with instability cause they've got meager amounts of cash-on-hand.
Then i read this Anandtech article (which to my mind had always been fair and not sound like they're sucking up to a company):
I quote from the ECS L7VTA article ----
<b> ECS has been in the motherboard business since 1987. Sixteen years later, they are the second largest motherboard maker in the world in terms of pure shipments. The same holds true for 2002, as ECS is only a hair behind ASUS in motherboard shipments.
You could say that ECS's success is due to their low-cost manufacturing facilities as well as a smart business model in general. ECS was the only motherboard manufacturer smart enough to leverage the low-cost yet high-performing SiS 735 Athlon chipset last year. Based on the SiS 735, the ECS K7S5A was a huge hit among hardware enthusiasts and OEMs alike. At the time, the K7S5A offered the highest performance out of any K7 solution, and yet only cost around $70 to buy in the U.S. (and was similarly cheap in the rest of the world). OEM's loved the low-cost nature of the ECS K7S5A, great performance was just icing on the cake. Of course, enthusiasts fell absolutely in love with the K7S5A; the price/performance ratio was unbeatable.
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Hello, excuse me.. did I miss something?? all I ever heard was "death to ECS" comments on the K7S5A. I believe it was right here at THGC that someone reported 3 RMA's before gettign a working board..
and Anandtech says that enthusiasts fell in love with it.
Now the question - Is ECS a respected MB company?? What are your experiences and conclusions on and with ECS??
Balzi
"Hand me that 600 foot factory chimney in the corner.." - "No, no, it's my last one!!!"
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