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01-03-2004, 08:57 PM
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What is the "new K7S5A"
So what do you all think the new ECS K7S5A board is? By which I mean a dirt cheap, stable board with a ton of features and high performance that has achieved a somewhat ubiquitous status due to the combination of such?
I was just wondering because the K7S5A is a bit... er... old to be doing new builds with (and doesn't support 333/400 fsb athlons either).
So what is the "new K7S5A?"
Sam
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01-03-2004, 09:43 PM
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Hey Sam --
I picked up and installed one of the new K7S5APro boards about a month ago and set it up as a [FAD] cruncher.
It was very unstable with the original BIOS. Once I installed the Cheepoman BIOS, it was stable and OC'ed beautifully. Unfortunately, I'm still running PC133 SDRAM in it, but I have a stick of PC2100 DDR to install in it as soon as I get a chance. 
For a board that I only paid $54 for, I'm pretty happy with the crunching its been doing. 
Harder
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01-03-2004, 11:29 PM
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Ha, well you don't have to convince me that the original is a good board, but what about newer boards (with newer chipsets)?
Surely someone's got an opinion on that.
Sam
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01-03-2004, 11:48 PM
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IMO, ECS L7S7A2, DDR400 support, supports 333fsb, built in LAN, and 6 USB2
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Whoa, this is on? Hmmmm...
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01-04-2004, 12:08 AM
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Shuttle AN35N ultra? Where I live it's cheaper than some KT400 mobos...
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01-04-2004, 12:05 PM
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I don't know about the L7S7A2, I think the day of the SiS 74X chipset may have come and gone.
The Shuttle board sounds pretty good, lean (has most things you need, nothing you don't), mean (nforce-2 ultra 400 chipset), and fairly cheap (63$ at newegg, shipped right now).
How does shuttle's quality/stability stack up to ECS's, or for that matter, any other board maker's?
Anyone else have any diamonds-in-the-rough?
Sam
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01-05-2004, 03:24 PM
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Maybe I'm just talking to myself, but how does that Shuttle board compare to the Biostar board pointed out here?
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01-05-2004, 03:44 PM
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They are both great boards. The Shuttle AN35N-Ultra supports Dual Channel memory. That and the $ difference. If you want dual channel then the Shuttle is the way to go. Both are great boards at very good prices.
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