WTB: Stable, no frills Socket A board.

TheSmJTheSmJ
edited November 2003 in Trading Post
Looks like the K7S5A kicked the bucket, now I'm in need of a mobo for the rent's machine.

Something like a KT7A, or another K7S5A would do fine. If you have these boards or some other Socket A board sitting around, please let me know!

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  • NosferatuNosferatu Arizona
    edited November 2003
    I've got a KT7A-RAID i've been meaning to sell. If you're interested, shoot me a PM.
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    If you had a Fry's you could get one of their combos and sell the chip to pay for the board as it is like getting the board for free. They have been bundling either the ECS K7S5A Pro or the ECS K7VTA3 V8.0 with various XP T'Bred B's.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited November 2003
    @ MF4:

    YGPMed.

    @ mtgoat: I could check that out. I'd have to mail order it though, as there are no Fry's up here.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited November 2003
    Dad went and bought a K7S5A Pro (from NE) for $40 w/ free shipping.

    Never used one of these before, should be intresting.
  • ketoketo Occupied. Or is it preoccupied? Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Probably the most sold mobo over the past 2-3 years. There are tons of modded bioses and tweak threads all over da intarweb on that sucker. Am I reading that correctly, a K7S5A is being replaced by a K7S5A Pro? The 'Pro' is a new one on me, may have to take back the first part of this post, what's the diff between em?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2003
    PCB color (purple on the Pro, as I recall- I'm too lazy to dig mine out ATM) and USB 2 support on the Pro version.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited November 2003
    TheSmJ had this to say
    Dad went and bought a K7S5A Pro (from NE) for $40 w/ free shipping.

    Never used one of these before, should be intresting.

    It's a good little board. I've built 5 systems this year with it (Including one today). You'll need a modified BIOS if you want to OC. You can find the link here
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited November 2003
    Omega65 had this to say
    It's a good little board. I've built 5 systems this year with it (Including one today). You'll need a modified BIOS if you want to OC. You can find the link here [/B]

    Yeah, thats for the non-pro. I'm getting the pro. I used the modded BIOSes on the K7S5A before, and learned there's little point to using them unless you really want to get into some messy stuff (who wants to solder on a new timing crystal? Anyone?.

    I think they have diffrent chipsets as well, is this true?

    EDIT: Last year I was looking for something just like that XP-TMC. Prob is, for the cost you might as well get a better equiped board.

    Something to keep in mind though, if my dad decides to get back into gaming.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited November 2003
    I was talking about the K7S5A Pro with USB 2.0 ($40 shipped from Newegg

    post

    OCWorkbench: Cheepoman ECS K7S5A Pro & Non-Pro Bios(es)
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    SMJ

    That first link is the Pro.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited November 2003
    Ohh, hmm.

    Guess I'll load it up.
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