<< My motherboard article has been slashdotted, and quoted by many companies. Its been transferred into pdfs and for use on a pda because people liked it, I know motherboards. >>
Slashdotted and quoted means that it was self serving to them, not that it was anything special. However, let's say that you do know what you are talking about. Then, instead of just being dead wrong and short sighted you are just being irresponsible with your advice. I am not sure where the "chip" on your shoulder about ECS boards stems from, but obviously you haven't worked with them long enough to be able to objectively offer opinions and advice about them. I have used and built systems with a wide variety of boards, including several ECS K7S5A's. If you choose to ignore the reality of poor power and what it can do to your data and your system overall, then you sir should not be offering advice. If a "non-ECS" board can use a generic POS power supply and you do not worry about your data and other components being trashed, then go ahead and use it. I've rolled a few dice and done some gambling in my life also. I do not choose to do so with computers though. And I do not take that chance with other folks systems that I build for them; whether it is an ECS board or not. In addition, with all your knowledge you fail to take into consideration the fact that, in it's class and time genure of MB's, the K7S5A is/was the highest performer out there. It remained that way until the KT266A's and NForce's came along. The "single chip" chipset architecture is/was also much different than what was being offered at the time. Those two items alone should make you more open to the suggestion that the board has different power requirements. However, you choose to ignore that also. And how do you account for the fact that many, many noted reviewers such as Tom's Hardware Guide, had no reported problem with the setup and testing of this board? Answer, they usually do not use POS power supplies and crapola RAM for their test systems and they are knowledgable when it comes to building them. Gee, do I see a pattern here? If gtd 2000 isn't comfortable using this board or spending more $$ getting a better power supply then he should take it back. No problem at all. However, that doesn't mean that the MB itself is at fault. Get your issues straight. BTW, I use an Enermax Power Supply with my ASUS board. It ran better than when I had a Skyhawk PS hooked up to it. Skyhawk, although certainly not a "generic", is not "Enermax quality". Does that mean that all ASUS boards are a POS too? We'll wait for your next "article" to find out I guess.