[geeks] Interesting low-end MB found for current Intel CPUs

[Joshua Boyd]

On Jan 30, 2008, at 3:00 AM, Mark wrote:

>
> Chances are there's nothing wrong with it, but like I say I personally
> wouldn't use an ECS board, and I'm sure I'm ontthe only one who's had
> bad experiences with them...

The ECS boards we have at work have had lots and lots of peripheral  
failures, mainly USB ports, serial ports, parallel ports, and  
ethernet ports.  I'm not particularly fond of the ECS brand because  
of that.  I don't recall how old the boards were when they started  
failing though.  Maybe 1 year?  Maybe 2?  For the most part the Asus  
motherboards, and the Dell, Compaq, and HP systems have held up much  
better.  The Asus stuff is about the same age and the Dell, Compaq,  
and HP stuff is a good bit older.