Originally posted by: Zim
It doesn't make a lot of sense to me to bundle a high quality cpu with a low quality motherboard. I mean, those people buying an Athlon 64 X2 would probably being doing the cpu a great injustice to it to stick it in an ECS motherboard. ECS motherboards are ok budget boards, but if I'm spending a lot of money on a cpu I would definitely aim higher. That said, it IS an NF4 based board, so it may be ok.
I know what you mean about the ECS boards - had several - really hit and miss. One will be rock solid for years while another of the same model will be nothing but trouble.
I don't know about the 939 version but I have the nforce4-a754 and it has been totally surprising in not only its stability but also its overclocking. Good voltage adjustment with basic RAM adjustments. I've run several processors on it at full 250FSB (that's the max) with nothing but good results.
It does makes sense to "go all the way" but for some getting this board basically for free might just get them to go ahead and purchase.
I'm still thinking about it because the deal at outpost.com looks to still be in effect. I did hear of one user who was experiencing problems with this combo. I think he said it was "stuttering" (not in games, but general use) but you never know. There's not been a board manufactured that didn't give some user somewhere trouble, right?