HELP! Need ECS K7VTA3 Motherboard

[Syuryuken]

socket 939 nga pala yung sa akin. matagal pa naman siguro ito ma phased out?

Matagal pa yan. yun ngang Socket A ilang years bago na phase out.

[staind]

ok na ba to?

Intel Celeron D 346 (3.06) P3,500
ECS P4M800-M7 PM800 V/S/L/sata P2,300
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P5,800 (plus memory pa)

ganyan din halos pag Sempron 3000+ and board e.

o bilin ko na lang yung P3,300 na socket A mobo?

thx!

[staind]

pag nagpalit ba ko ng board and processor, kelangang i-reformat yung harddrive ko? me data pa kong kailangan dun e.

[Kikkomann]

pag nagpalit ba ko ng board and processor, kelangang i-reformat yung harddrive ko? me data pa kong kailangan dun e.

As per my experience, opo.

[staind]

As per my experience, opo.

patay!

[bender]

pag nagpalit ba ko ng board and processor, kelangang i-reformat yung harddrive ko? me data pa kong kailangan dun e.

If you don't plan on changing your operating system, there is no need to format. What you will have to do is to update the drivers for your motherboard.

With regards to the Socket A board for P3,300, what brand and model is that?
Also, what's the speed of your Athlon microprocessor? Those answers will determine if you need to junk it and buy a new combo microprocessor and motherboard.

[staind]

If you don't plan on changing your operating system, there is no need to format. What you will have to do is to update the drivers for your motherboard.

With regards to the Socket A board for P3,300, what brand and model is that?
Also, what's the speed of your Athlon microprocessor? Those answers will determine if you need to junk it and buy a new combo microprocessor and motherboard.

ECS KM400-M2 yung P3,300 na board.

Athlon 1800 ata yung sa kin e. siguro 1.1Ghz speed nun if i remember correctly. nasa PC Express kasi yung CPU e so di ko macheck.


pangit pala yung Celeron D 345. thx for the heads up guys!

e yung below na S478 board?

Intel Celeron D 315 (2.26) Box S478 P2,150
ECS 661GXM2 Vagp/S/ddr/u2/Lan P2,100
or
Foxconn 661MXPro SiS661/Vagp/S/L P2,250


P8K+ na kasi pag yang Athlon64 tapos bibili pa ko memory for that.

[A121]

mag base athlons (socket 754) na lang po kayo (kung di nyo balak mag-upgrade soon)... mabibitin po kayo sa celeron.

[flakez]

yari din pala ako. mukhang board na din sira nitong pc ko at ecs k7vta3 din. hehehe. bahala na kung full upgrade pag hindi na talaga tumatakbo. hehehe.

[number001]

ECS KM400-M2 yung P3,300 na board.

Athlon 1800 ata yung sa kin e. siguro 1.1Ghz speed nun if i remember correctly. nasa PC Express kasi yung CPU e so di ko macheck.


pangit pala yung Celeron D 345. thx for the heads up guys!

e yung below na S478 board?

Intel Celeron D 315 (2.26) Box S478 P2,150
ECS 661GXM2 Vagp/S/ddr/u2/Lan P2,100
or
Foxconn 661MXPro SiS661/Vagp/S/L P2,250


P8K+ na kasi pag yang Athlon64 tapos bibili pa ko memory for that.

If that is the case, then try looking for Celeron D in the socket LGA 775, instead of the socket 478 format. I went to every shop in Gilmore area just last week and none are selling any socket 478 boards, anymore. And it would be difficult to find replacement parts whether under warranty or not, simply because they wont have anymore stocks to replace or sell to you. I think LGA 775 are even cheaper than socket 478 and it will be supported for a few more years.

If you want to give AMD a try, you can try the Sempron in socket 754.

Btw, what speed is your DDR ram? DDR266? DDR333? DDR400?

[Hero]

i think s754 boards are earlier to be phased out.. so 939 is the way to go or better yet the am2 since yun na ang direction ngayon ng amd..

[staind]

If you want to give AMD a try, you can try the Sempron in socket 754.

Btw, what speed is your DDR ram? DDR266? DDR333? DDR400?

DDR266 lang bro. 256MB nga lang e. pero i'll use that na lang on my Duron.

mas ok ba S754 Sempron kesa Celeron?

[number001]

ok na ba to?

Intel Celeron D 346 (3.06) P3,500
ECS P4M800-M7 PM800 V/S/L/sata P2,300
------------------------------------------
P5,800 (plus memory pa)

ganyan din halos pag Sempron 3000+ and board e.

o bilin ko na lang yung P3,300 na socket A mobo?

thx!

I bought the ff last week to replace my conked out Asus MB w/ 3.0E Ghz Interl P4.

AMD Athlon64 3200+ - 4,300
ASrock 939 Dual Sata2 - 3,850

Since I already have 2 Gb of Corsair Twinx and a GeCube Ati 9550 Extreme Edition.

I was considering the Celeron before but it was only less than a thousand pesos cheaper and the Athlon64 easily blows it away in terms of performance and price. The Athlon64 is also so much cooler, even compared to the Celeron which is still based on the literally sizzling hot "Prescott" core.

pag nagpalit ba ko ng board and processor, kelangang i-reformat yung harddrive ko? me data pa kong kailangan dun e.

I think reformatting is required, especially when it involves changing major parts such as motherboard.

[Psylocke]

Yeah stay away from Celeron D "prescott" aka presHOT core, it's very hot even when idle.

[Psylocke]

pag nagpalit ba ko ng board and processor, kelangang i-reformat yung harddrive ko? me data pa kong kailangan dun e.

No need to reformat but you may have to do a "repair install", search google...

If old mobo chipset is from the same family as the new chipset (e.g. same VIA brand) then you won't even have to do a "repair install", plug and play will take care of everything. But if going from VIA to nvidia, for example, you'll have to do repair install

[Syuryuken]

ok na ba to?

Intel Celeron D 346 (3.06) P3,500
ECS P4M800-M7 PM800 V/S/L/sata P2,300
------------------------------------------
P5,800 (plus memory pa)

ganyan din halos pag Sempron 3000+ and board e.

o bilin ko na lang yung P3,300 na socket A mobo?

thx!

Don't buy ECS Mobo hindi maasahan yan. Get Intel or Asus Mobo for Intel processor. Kung AMD processor naman MSI naman kunin mong mobo.

[number001]

Don't buy ECS Mobo hindi maasahan yan. Get Intel or Asus Mobo for Intel processor. Kung AMD processor naman MSI naman kunin mong mobo.

di rin maasahan ang Asus, no! My former motherboard was a P4P800-E Deluxe Wireless Edition. It had the Intel 865PE chipset, fully loaded, top of the line pati yung price two years ago, top of the line din at Php 7,8xx.xx! Guess what? It conked out last week and the shop that I took it to said it was quite common for recent Asus MB like mine to conk for no reason.

[ghosthunter]

no visible signs why it cocked out?... example: are the capacitors intact and not deformed?

[Syuryuken]

di rin maasahan ang Asus, no! My former motherboard was a P4P800-E Deluxe Wireless Edition. It had the Intel 865PE chipset, fully loaded, top of the line pati yung price two years ago, top of the line din at Php 7,8xx.xx! Guess what? It conked out last week and the shop that I took it to said it was quite common for recent Asus MB like mine to conk for no reason.

Napakamalas mo naman sa Asus dati kasi Asus mobo gamit namin sa shop nagtagal naman ng 3 years ang nasisira kasi sa asus pag nagtagal yung mga port nya pero nung nasubukan namin MSI mobo+AMD processor nag-stick na kami sa MSI matibay talaga pati video card MSI din gamit namin. Yung isang P4 ko yung MSI 865PE-Neo2 Platinum Series nilagay kong mobo so far ok na ok napakabilis talaga.

[bender]

Unless you need two computers, get the socket A motherboard and you don't have to buy anything else to get it running.

Buying a new microprocessor/motherboard combo might require you to upgrade your video card, power supply, memory.

I agree that MSI is a better brand right now. A lot of the ECS boards are not lasting more than 2 years in our office computers. ASUS used to be the best brand but it is not really worth the premium price that they charge for comparable boards for other brands.