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Posted at 12:30 AM on Saturday 11/28/09 by
Ben
Hotness UNHOT
Newegg has the ECS Black Series GF8200A (V1.0) AM2+/AM3 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard for $55 - $25 rebate [Exp 11/30] = $30 with free shipping. Supports up to 8GB of DDR2 1066MHz memory.
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    GreatMeloD - Posted 12:49 am PST 11/28/09 (302 Posts)  Report Spam

    oh man. I could really use this. but the ECS that I have make me not want to: for one, the IDE slots don't work so I can only use sata. 2, there seems to be lags, sort of like turbo lag in a car, where the it can go really fast after the beginning wait period slum. So dont know if i can to get this. Also, I dont want to redo everything that would be a pain. So much trouble putting on the muddey and the CPU. and all the screws for the board ugh

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    monkieinabarrel - Posted 6:06 am PST 11/28/09 (1016 Posts)  Report Spam

    this can really only be described as cheap

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    zzyzx - Posted 7:23 am PST 11/28/09 (1773 Posts)  Report Spam

    The consumer reviews at Newegg doesn't encourage me. I'm thinking of rolling the dice on this one.

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    GreenScreen - Posted 7:41 am PST 11/28/09 (218 Posts)  Report Spam

    You roll the dice with any ECS board. The brand is a synonym for crap. You can get a bargain from them, sure. But I'd never put one in a system I needed to rely on. I'd also never put one in a build for another person. I don't want the phone call and trouble shooting hassle of when it doesn't quite work right and they invariably blame the builder.

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    SinisterX - Posted 9:07 am PST 11/28/09 (36 Posts)  Report Spam

    I've used this board for builds in the past. I haven't had any problems with it. I will say that the onboard graphics heatsink gets pretty damn hot, though.

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    nashvilleNINJA - Posted 9:34 am PST 11/28/09 (729 Posts)  Report Spam

    The last ECS board I had failed due to some cheaply made capacitors on board, they actually started bloating up.. Hope they fixed that chinese made capacitor issue.

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    zzyzx - Posted 7:31 pm PST 11/28/09 (1773 Posts)  Report Spam

    OK, I'll hold off #4. I'll wait to see what else comes along maybe a full size ASUS, ASrock, or Gigbyte board.

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    ucansee - Posted 8:24 pm PST 11/28/09 (1216 Posts)  Report Spam

    I use many ECS, No problems here. I heard of the Black Edition awhile back did'nt buy one, cause I don't think worth paying over 70 bucks then. 30 bucks A/R is a pretty good deal, got all my ECS rebates back in the past. Pick one up on BF got all other parts already..

    #4 Where's the profit margin? If you don't start with the board first or you just charge labor??..

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