Cheap ($20-$50) EPOX boards

[postmortemIA]

$50:
Epox EP-5P965+GLi Intel 775 Motherboard

$35:
Epox EP-AF570+ULTRA NVIDIA nForce 570 AM2, Audio, SATA2, GbE, ATX

Other mobo deals...

 

[hottnucks]

Has anyone ever purchased anything from this site before?

 

[spittledip]

lol what is wrong with these mobos that they are so cheap??!??

 

[postmortemIA]

It seems this is reason:
Epox out of business.

 

[esquared]

Originally posted by: hottnucks
Has anyone ever purchased anything from this site before?

Good question. I looked at RR but only 2 reviews, one good, one bad.
Here's a link to their order terms. Looks a little onerous with the possible 30% restocking fees, even for a canceled order.

Order Acceptance Policy

Your submission of an order and/or receipt of an order confirmation, automated or otherwise, does not signify our acceptance of such order. CM reserves the right to cancel any order that we deem necessary, at our sole discretion, regardless of the order status or whether you have received a confirmation of the order. We reserve the right to require additional information from you before accepting or processing any order.

All canceled or returned orders may be subject to a 30% restocking fee plus all shipping fees as CM may choose and/or see fit - the restocking fee also applies to all bare-bone, systems or custom systems

Citrus Micro terms

Epox is out of business correct? So these boards are preety much like buying as is.

 

[KDKPSJ]

Price is somewhat reasonable since Epox is out of business as postmortemIA mentioned. But I do feel uncomfortable with the retailer, though.

 

[tophman]

Hmmnnn. Is it worth buying one or are the lack of future drivers and support not worth the savings??
I have had 3 previous Epox boards with some old AMD builds and liked the boards then...but that was a while ago.
Opinions?

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: tophman
Hmmnnn. Is it worth buying one or are the lack of future drivers and support not worth the savings??
I have had 3 previous Epox boards with some old AMD builds and liked the boards then...but that was a while ago.
Opinions?

You won't get any new BIOS, mobo makers don't make drivers.

EDIt. It seems that they have stolen check-out gif button from newegg
http://www.citrusmicro.com/webdocs/photos/Cart1.gif

 

[buzzsaw13]

For the LGA775 board there is a bios that was released a couple months ago:

http://www.epox.com/USA/article.asp?ID=2008

I've heard the board has hit at least 400fsb, so you might get lucky.

 

[bf1942]

I just placed an order, for will call.

I will check the place out , and let you know if anything looks fishy?

I checked the map and it is in an industrial area near me, that has other Computer resellers near by.

So probably all is well, I will go on Monday. 7/9/07

Oh yeah before I forget,
Thanks for the great deal OP

this price for an AM2 motherboard can't be beat.

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: bf1942
I just placed an order, for will call.

I will check the place out , and let you know if anything looks fishy?

I checked the map and it is in an industrial area near me, that has other Computer resellers near by.

So probably all is well, I will go on Monday. 7/9/07

Oh yeah before I forget,
Thanks for the great deal OP

this price for an AM2 motherboard can't be beat.

People on PC Perspective /AMDMB say that company even calls to confirm the order.

 

[flmjiggy]

Bought the 965. Let's see what happens! Seems it runs most Intel CPU's!

Thanks OP!!!

 

[ELopes580]

I just made an order for the Intel 965P board. Lets see how this ends up.

 

[I4AT]

What are the shipping charges like?

 

[HeavyD]

I'm interested in the AM2 board also but don't understand why there's no way to disable the onboard lan in the bios.

 

[ELopes580]

Shipping was $11.31 UPS ground for me.

 

[j511180]

Originally posted by: ELopes580
I just made an order for the Intel 965P board. Lets see how this ends up.

I was gonna order one too, but it says they're oos now

 

[antmanbee]

I ordered 2.
A EP-5P965+GLI and a EP-5LDA+GLI
There is a bios release for the EP965 here from March 7 07.
USA Epox site does not work for bios and drivers but the TW site is functional.

 

[kenji4life]

That's too bad about EpoX. I had an enthusiast level board that lastest me for years (sckt A)

Up until recently it had been my primary system. I'd have purchased EpoX again had they not bit the dust. Will anyone pick up the pieces?

 

[jbass]

Hmmm... 25$... That is really enticing seeing how I need to build a file server.

 

[Avalon]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl.../epox-ep5p965-gli.html

That was the only real review I could find on the 965p board, and it looks terrible. They published that review before the March '07 BIOS update, so I don't know how much has changed, but that review alone stopped me from ordering the board.

 

[Mucker]

Epox used to make some killer boards (fast, stable). I always wished they would have made a high end enthusiast board like DFI. At least they were alot of bang for your buck.....

 

[Satyrist]

They also got bitten rather hard by the leaky caps that other manufacturers had problems with back in the day.

It seemed to last even as late as their nforce2 boards, as well as one of their 865 boards; I had a 4PDA2+ that I had bought new from them, it started displaying bluescreens at just before a year. I thought I might have had problems with a virus, I knew what the problem was once I took a look at it-Leaking, bulging capacitors.

NEVER AGAIN. :|

Oh, btw-They appear to have renamed themselves to Supox.

http://xbitlabs.com/news/mainb...ay/20070626201653.html

Probably means you're SOL if you've got an older Epox board though.

 

[marvdmartian]

Not the worst reseller ratings I've ever seen, but definitely not the greatest!

Citrus Micro reseller ratings :frown:

 

[flmjiggy]

I found that review a bit late. Who knows. Maybe someone who knows what they're really doing might make this work. Ordered a e4300 to see what it does.

I wonder if the e2xxx series will work?