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Old 11-30-2001, 11:33 AM
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I'm getting an ECS K7S5A on sunday i believe. anyone have any problems with this little value gem?
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Got one runnin' here with a 1.2 Athlon (133 FSB) and it runs great. :) :thumb:
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Anyone else?
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Old 11-30-2001, 01:39 PM
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It's been testing pretty decent, but it has very limited overclocking capabilities. We reviewed one here at TweakTown. Here's the link for ya:
http://www.tweaktown.com/document.ph...review&dId=102
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It's cheap and it's fast but No.1 son ain't into oc'n so that why he go it. ;)
Such a waste of a good CPU though. :(
But VERY stable. :D
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I've only heard good things about it, especially its stability.
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Old 12-03-2001, 01:32 PM
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i hear the kt266a's rule
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i hear the kt266a's rule

But the KT266A isn't a "value" chipset - the SiS735 certainly is ;)
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Yes it's definately a value job as the board cost $169aus. ;)
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My current board cost only about US$15 more than these "Value Boards"...AND it has the KT266A chipset, which is awesome by the way. :D
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