***SOLD OUT*** ecs 7ks5a @ $31 shipped (another newegg refurb deal)

[spanky]

12 in stock... hurry hurry hurry! go go go!

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EDIT - SOLD OUT

 

[stevejst]

???
If you have just an inch better patience you can get much better board than that at newegg refurbished section. What is the rush?

 

[alm99]

I bought one a couple of weeks ago refurbed, came with everything, cables, manual, the mb was still sealed in the anti-static bag, not bad for $31

 

[Replay]

Got one from the last batch, $31 delivered. Full retail box, never been installed, works fine with Athlon ~1900XP (AGOIA 1600@150/150 using stash of $15 Dell-Micron 256Mb PC133 sdram). Very economical, but I would buy a different refurb board IF I already had DDR ram.

 

[CalPuc]

this board is the best cheapest good overall performance board around. free shipping and its from newegg. Bought 3

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: stevejst
???
If you have just an inch better patience you can get much better board than that at newegg refurbished section. What is the rush?

thanx for crapping in my thread. if u don't like the 7ks5a, too bad. i like it. i have two of them and they are great. and u r whining about the price?! i know its difficult to argue the "bang for the buck" principle, but i think it's pretty damn good.

 

[aldamon]

Originally posted by: stevejst
???
If you have just an inch better patience you can get much better board than that at newegg refurbished section. What is the rush?

So along with your infinite knowledge of HSFs, overclocking and CPU steppings, you now know WHEN someone should buy something. Your brilliance astounds me.

Any way, good deal if you want to take the risk. A friend of mine bought a refurb 8KHA+ and we watched in horror as it went up in smoke. Lucky the PC2100 I loaned him to test the board wasn't burned up. Scary stuff.

 

[stevejst]

Any way, good deal if you want to take the risk. A friend of mine bought a refurb 8KHA+ and we watched in horror as it went up in smoke. Lucky the PC2100 I loaned him to test the board wasn't burned up. Scary stuff.

When they are 12 of them it means they came from manufacturer. The risks are low.

By the way, this board as new is like $50. I am not advising you what to buy, I just don't see what is the rush to buy fairly outdated low-end mobo when you can easily find better refurbished Epox and Abit boards on newegg regularly.

 

[spanky]

i think it will be pretty tough to find urself a kt266a abit or epox board at $31. sure the kt266a board are better performance wise... but they hardly blow the sis735 boards outta the water... and for the price... the ecs board, u get onboard lan and the flexiblity of using sdr or ddr.

 

[klamen]

All gone...I got the last one....

 

[stevejst]

think it will be pretty tough to find urself a kt266a abit or epox board at $31. sure the kt266a board are better performance wise... but they hardly blow the sis735 boards outta the water... and for the price... the ecs board, u get onboard lan and the flexiblity of using sdr or ddr.

Ok Spanky, you got me. I am going to buy one. Thanks.

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: stevejst

Ok Spanky, you got me. I am going to buy one. Thanks.

cool. i brainwashed another one.

 

[Blackhole Forever]

Hopefully, you'll all get v3.x revisions of this board. These support Athlon XP. I don't think the v1.x boards do, and I noticed in the product description on newegg that only their new versions (not the refurbs) say anything about XP CPUs...

 

[spanky]

i got 2 of the k7s5a rebrubs from last months batch and i have one running an xp cpu. but again... i suppose YMMV

 

[JJd]

Darn! Keep hitting the "refresh" button and it still comes up OOS

 

[Lanyap]

I bought one a couple of weeks ago refurbed, came with everything, cables, manual, the mb was still sealed in the anti-static bag, not bad for $31

Same here except that it had several bent case and speaker pins. They were easily straightened and the board works great so far.

When they are 12 of them it means they came from manufacturer. The risks are low.

Nope, Newegg piles up the RMAs and then adds them to their refurb section. Best we can tell they don't do any testing.

 

[huesmann]

Why bother testing when your customers can do it for you?

 

[bcmind]

am i the only one who got a bad refurb epox 8k7a from newegg last week??

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: bcmind
am i the only one who got a bad refurb epox 8k7a from newegg last week??

mine was good

 

[Mecheater]

I jumped on this deal about 3 weeks ago when I built my cousin's xp1700 system. The deal is great for a low profile (budget) computer. Built him a complete system for under $190.00 and it had fairly good parts (geforce vid card, 40 gb hd, dvd drive, etc.). Couldn't have done it without the AT help of course

The system is working flawless without any problems, atleast not yet.

 

[CheapTOFU]

Well, I don't think it's a good mobo.. it works just fine when it's new...
but I heard ppl say @amd*b.com that this board requires a good PSU and RAM or it won't work...
Also, it won't oc very well..

 

[bcmind]

i need some serious help on the 8k7a then...

no beep sound, heat sink feels warm, fans are working, no video (video card is problem-free, i'm using it now GF3 TI500)... have red light on mobo "FF" tho...

trying to get the 1700+ to work on it... didn't unlock it.. have not try to o'c cuz i couldn't even get it to boot and show video on screen...
vcore is default
vram is default
HD is on first IDE as master
CD-rom is on 2nd IDE as master (not on the same cable with HD)
samsung pc2100 ram is on the 1st slot...

need help here...

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: CheapTOFU
Well, I don't think it's a good mobo.. it works just fine when it's new...
but I heard ppl say @amd*b.com that this board requires a good PSU and RAM or it won't work...
Also, it won't oc very well..

u should have a good psu and ram anyway, should u not? and about the o/c'ing... i heard different. but i guess YMMV.

 

[Frosty3799]

Originally posted by: spankyOO7

Originally posted by: bcmind
am i the only one who got a bad refurb epox 8k7a from newegg last week??

mine was good

mine was good also.