about asrock motherboards - Page 2

superpsa · 10-19-2003, 05:48 PM

The AsRock K7S8X and K7S8XE boards are f*cking good for what you pay. They're based on the SiS746/748 respectively. Really Stable boards and unofficial BIOS's are available to further boost performance.

ECS are comparable to AsRock pricewise but ECS still have a bit of a shady reputation for PSU problems etc.

You could also look at an iWill or DFI for a cheap SiS748 board.

Incidentally, AsRock are no longer anything to do with ASUS as ASUS now uses the "X" series for budget boards.

firemachine69 · 10-19-2003, 07:14 PM

I read an Anandtech facility tour of ECS, they said Asrock is a subsidary of ECS.

ECC · 10-19-2003, 11:12 PM

i like the chaintec 71nf2 (onboard gf4 vid+tv out) for buget comps

bass_machine · 10-19-2003, 11:45 PM

Well, speaking of budget comps... that Chaintec looks like gold compared to the PCCHIPS (

) Mainboard I built into a new system for my bud's uncle a few days ago... onboard vid, nic, usb and snd. Decent, came with a preinstalled Duron 1.3Ghz, which to my surprise, ran decent. Window's update wouldnt't work tho

So I ended up manually updating Windows... argh

ECC · 10-19-2003, 11:59 PM

my p2 had a pc chips mobo- suked balls
its a favorite for oems and shops

bass_machine · 10-20-2003, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ECC

my p2 had a pc chips mobo- suked balls
its a favorite for oems and shops

So i'm not the only one that has been lucky enuf to see one of these mobo's eh

ECC · 10-20-2003, 02:36 AM

it was a POS. it had the 440LX chipset

superpsa · 10-20-2003, 03:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by firemachine69

I read an Anandtech facility tour of ECS, they said Asrock is a subsidary of ECS.

They're not.

ECS is a Sub of PC Chips (most people think it's the other way round) who have links to Matsonic et al. AsRock WERE owned by Asus (thus most of the mainboards have identical heatsinks), but they parted company when ASUS decided to release the -x series. The original point of AsRock was to compete with ECS.

superpsa · 10-20-2003, 03:43 AM

Incidentally, there's no mention of AsRock in that article.

kraig · 10-20-2003, 02:04 PM

man, i used pcchips boards for like Pentiums. i HATED them. stupid crappy mobo's.

10-19-2003, 05:48 PM	#11
superpsa softcore Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6	Re: about asrock motherboards The AsRock K7S8X and K7S8XE boards are f*cking good for what you pay. They're based on the SiS746/748 respectively. Really Stable boards and unofficial BIOS's are available to further boost performance. ECS are comparable to AsRock pricewise but ECS still have a bit of a shady reputation for PSU problems etc. You could also look at an iWill or DFI for a cheap SiS748 board. Incidentally, AsRock are no longer anything to do with ASUS as ASUS now uses the "X" series for budget boards.

10-19-2003, 07:14 PM	#12
firemachine69 hCw~junkie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 13,749	Re: about asrock motherboards I read an Anandtech facility tour of ECS, they said Asrock is a subsidary of ECS. __________________ Last edited by firemachine69; 10-19-2003 at 11:14 PM.

10-19-2003, 11:12 PM	#13
ECC OM NOM NOM Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UNBSJ Tunnel system Posts: 6,213	Re: about asrock motherboards i like the chaintec 71nf2 (onboard gf4 vid+tv out) for buget comps __________________ AMD A64 X2 5200+,8Gb DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 ,750 Seagate 32mb SATA, 250GB SE16 SATA, Radeon 4850, X2 LG DVD RW X2, AC F64 pro. W7 RC + VMs Lappy: T22 xp sp3 I am nerdier than 100% of all people. Are you nerdier? 2600il - The Israeli 2600 community

10-19-2003, 11:59 PM	#15
ECC OM NOM NOM Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UNBSJ Tunnel system Posts: 6,213	Re: about asrock motherboards my p2 had a pc chips mobo- suked balls its a favorite for oems and shops __________________ AMD A64 X2 5200+,8Gb DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 ,750 Seagate 32mb SATA, 250GB SE16 SATA, Radeon 4850, X2 LG DVD RW X2, AC F64 pro. W7 RC + VMs Lappy: T22 xp sp3 I am nerdier than 100% of all people. Are you nerdier? 2600il - The Israeli 2600 community

10-20-2003, 02:36 AM	#17
ECC OM NOM NOM Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UNBSJ Tunnel system Posts: 6,213	Re: about asrock motherboards it was a POS. it had the 440LX chipset __________________ AMD A64 X2 5200+,8Gb DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 ,750 Seagate 32mb SATA, 250GB SE16 SATA, Radeon 4850, X2 LG DVD RW X2, AC F64 pro. W7 RC + VMs Lappy: T22 xp sp3 I am nerdier than 100% of all people. Are you nerdier? 2600il - The Israeli 2600 community

10-20-2003, 03:43 AM	#19
superpsa softcore Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6	Re: about asrock motherboards Incidentally, there's no mention of AsRock in that article.

10-20-2003, 02:04 PM	#20
kraig Avg. Geek Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Halifax NS Posts: 4,666	Re: about asrock motherboards man, i used pcchips boards for like Pentiums. i HATED them. stupid crappy mobo's. __________________ I believe that the very act of believing in something causes us to distance ourselves from that thing. Now since we all know that in order to fully understand a thing one must be that thing, it seems obvious that the state of believing in something inevitably causes us to not truly understand it. This leads to all sorts of difficulties. "I believe in love" has a better than even chance of leading to divorce, while "I believe in God" seems to end in variations on the Spanish Inquisition -CLP