about asrock motherboards - Page 3

superpsa · 10-20-2003, 04:28 PM

From using an AsRock for a couple of months I have to say it's a pretty sweet board. It only cost me £45 and has DDR400/FSB400 support and AGP 8X, 4 USB 2.0 on the back plate and the ability for a further 2 to be added.

ECS actually make pretty good boards for tweaking with. If you've heard of a guy called Cheepoman he does amazing unofficial BIOSs for most of their boards.

PC Chips, despite being the 2nd biggest mainboard maker (or something like that), are pretty shit. I'm sure there's people that'll disagree out there but from what I've read on boards it's better to get an ECS than a PC Chips because the PC Chips ones seem to break a lot easier.

As for my AsRock I have to say it's prob the best board I've owned and I've had Soyo's, Jetways, Solteks, Tomatos...quite a few and it's the best value for money i've ever gotten. I should really work for AsRock PR

But if anyone's interested in a Socket A job for a decent price then I'd highly recommend the K7S8XE (Rev 3 if you can get it, or the K7S8XE+ when it comes out soon)

ECC · 10-20-2003, 11:54 PM

bah! IMHO ecs=POS pcchips=POS asrock=POS

superpsa · 10-21-2003, 12:59 AM

Well that's a bit of an ignorant view in my opinion, but that's up to you I s'pose

ECC · 10-21-2003, 02:00 AM

nope just exsperience
when my bro was in kindergarden they got a new comp. had a ecs mobo. it was(still is) an lousy preformer. its about as slow as my moms p2 but it has a 1.2 ghz duron.
my moms p2 mobo is a pos for a p2 mobo (440lx) and it always was plged with problems
as for asrock they use old chipsets and stuff wich sucks ass imho! if your buying a computer dont cripple it with a lousy old chipset

superpsa · 10-21-2003, 04:08 AM

The K7S8XE uses the SiS748 chipset. It's brand new.

firemachine69 · 10-21-2003, 10:21 AM

I like my ECS. Good buy for the $$$, IMO.

However, you get what you pay for...

Hence why I'm moving over to an Epox 8KHA+.

Hardcore mods to come, of course.

10-20-2003, 04:28 PM	#21
superpsa softcore Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6	Re: about asrock motherboards From using an AsRock for a couple of months I have to say it's a pretty sweet board. It only cost me £45 and has DDR400/FSB400 support and AGP 8X, 4 USB 2.0 on the back plate and the ability for a further 2 to be added. ECS actually make pretty good boards for tweaking with. If you've heard of a guy called Cheepoman he does amazing unofficial BIOSs for most of their boards. PC Chips, despite being the 2nd biggest mainboard maker (or something like that), are pretty shit. I'm sure there's people that'll disagree out there but from what I've read on boards it's better to get an ECS than a PC Chips because the PC Chips ones seem to break a lot easier. As for my AsRock I have to say it's prob the best board I've owned and I've had Soyo's, Jetways, Solteks, Tomatos...quite a few and it's the best value for money i've ever gotten. I should really work for AsRock PR But if anyone's interested in a Socket A job for a decent price then I'd highly recommend the K7S8XE (Rev 3 if you can get it, or the K7S8XE+ when it comes out soon)

10-20-2003, 11:54 PM	#22
ECC OM NOM NOM Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UNBSJ Tunnel system Posts: 6,343	Re: about asrock motherboards bah! IMHO ecs=POS pcchips=POS asrock=POS __________________ 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

10-21-2003, 12:59 AM	#23
superpsa softcore Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6	Re: about asrock motherboards Well that's a bit of an ignorant view in my opinion, but that's up to you I s'pose

10-21-2003, 02:00 AM	#24
ECC OM NOM NOM Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UNBSJ Tunnel system Posts: 6,343	Re: about asrock motherboards nope just exsperience when my bro was in kindergarden they got a new comp. had a ecs mobo. it was(still is) an lousy preformer. its about as slow as my moms p2 but it has a 1.2 ghz duron. my moms p2 mobo is a pos for a p2 mobo (440lx) and it always was plged with problems as for asrock they use old chipsets and stuff wich sucks ass imho! if your buying a computer dont cripple it with a lousy old 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

10-21-2003, 04:08 AM	#25
superpsa softcore Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6	Re: about asrock motherboards The K7S8XE uses the SiS748 chipset. It's brand new.

10-21-2003, 10:21 AM	#26
firemachine69 hCw~junkie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 13,832	Re: about asrock motherboards I like my ECS. Good buy for the $$$, IMO. However, you get what you pay for... Hence why I'm moving over to an Epox 8KHA+. Hardcore mods to come, of course. __________________