ECS K7S5A SIS735 DDR w/sound & lan $64 + $5

[Gator36]

This is from Royal $64 + $5 for UPS Ground Shipping. Great deal for a very capable budget board with built-in sound and lan. I've got one of these with an AMD TBird 700, 256MB DDR (currently $35.99) from Crucial and a GeForce GTS (from Geeks for $80, another Anandtech hot deal) running Win98SE. It turns in 3DMark2001(1024x768x32) of 2814.

ECS K7S5A Motherboard

I bought mine from Royal and the transaction went fine. I'd buy from NewEgg if they were ever in stock. But if you're looking for one now, here it is.

Crucial Memory Options for ECS K7S5A

 

[MysticMan1]

There been reports that Royalpc returned a big bunch of these MB to ECS, saying that we had received a bad batch. I would be careful about buying this MB from them.

WeBuildpc.com has this MB for $65 + shipping starting at $5 and they could be the next Newegg.

 

[Kraeji]

I got two from there.. they were garbage.. im returning them and ordering some more 735s or waiting for a asus sis 735 board.

 

[Fry]

I got one from RoyalPC, and it was fine. Maybe you're not installing it right...

 

[SphincterLord]

lets hope they are good... I ordered mine yesterday... I'll let you know if this thread is still around when I get it.

SL

 

[mikef208]

The next Newegg, according to resellerratings they need to work on a few things before they can be the next new egg. There returns are rated at -10, and there sales people are at -4, everything else looks good though