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ECS has been around for a long time, but in the last decade, they have been mainly just the OEM for "off the shelf" PCs (i.e. Acer, HP, DELL, etc).

Their boards have a lower price point, and to meet that price margin, the some things has to be reduced -- quality of some of the electrical components, rigidity, features, etc.

 

Essentially, if you need a motherboard that JUST works (if your options are to either have a working PC, or no PC at all), go with ECS, Foxconn, BioStar; my two cents.

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So, I was looking on Ebay for an i5 2500k and a motherboard to go with it. For the motherboard, I came up with this.

 

The motherboard seems good, but I've never heard of ECS as a motherboard manufacturer. Who are they and do they make quality products?

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So, I was looking on Ebay for an i5 2500k and a motherboard to go with it. For the motherboard, I came up with this.

 

The motherboard seems good, but I've never heard of ECS as a motherboard manufacturer. Who are they and do they make quality products?

 

They are a fairly old company, but I wouldn't exactly trust their current range of stuff, they mainly make OEM stuff nowadays. 

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"meh"

 

Like Biostar, Foxconn, etc. they work and get the job done, just don't expect anything special.

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They are a fairly old company, but I wouldn't exactly trust their current range of stuff, they mainly make OEM stuff nowadays. 

"meh"

 

Like Biostar, Foxconn, etc. they work and get the job done, just don't expect anything special.

So would this be a good purchase to make?

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So would this be a good purchase to make?

 

Probably not since you have a K processor and that things i most likely locked to not let you OC.

 

If you can find something like a Z77-A from Asus, it would be better and most likely not far from that price point.

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So would this be a good purchase to make?

Not really. For that price you can get something like these-> https://www.sabrepc.com/refurb/motherboards-son/intel-motherboard.html?cat=20000431

Got my Z77 Sabertooth refurb from them. Trust it more than Ebay, and you can get ROG boards for stupid cheap.

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ECS has been around for a long time, but in the last decade, they have been mainly just the OEM for "off the shelf" PCs (i.e. Acer, HP, DELL, etc).

Their boards have a lower price point, and to meet that price margin, the some things has to be reduced -- quality of some of the electrical components, rigidity, features, etc.

 

Essentially, if you need a motherboard that JUST works (if your options are to either have a working PC, or no PC at all), go with ECS, Foxconn, BioStar; my two cents.

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ECS has been around for a long time, but in the last decade, they have been mainly just the OEM for "off the shelf" PCs (i.e. Acer, HP, DELL, etc).

Their boards have a lower price point, and to meet that price margin, the some things has to be reduced -- quality of some of the electrical components, rigidity, features, etc.

 

Essentially, if you need a motherboard that JUST works (if your options are to either have a working PC, or no PC at all), go with ECS, Foxconn, BioStar; my two cents.

Thanks, just the info I was looking for.

CPU: AMD FX-6300 4GHz @ 1.3 volts | CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO | RAM: 8GB DDR3

Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P | GPU: EVGA GTX 960 SSC | SSD: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO

HDD: 1TB WD Caviar Green | Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 | OS: Windows 10 Home

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