K7-S5A Motherboard Socket A

K7S5A MOTHERBOARD After a long break from writing, I have returned to write a op on my latest purchase, a new motherboard, its been a long time since I Last wrote an op, so bare with me, I may need oiling, as I am a little rusty. Manufactured by ECS (the Elite Group), the board is based on the SiS 735 chipset (nice and fast, as it's all on a single chip) this is a excellent board for the price. The manufacturers website states it will support any AMD K7 type processor, so it (always ensure you check with the supplier first tho, to cover your back) should work fine with the XP 2100+ So what do you get when you hand over the cash to the ...

It's never long in my house before the words "replace" or "upgrade" get a quick mention, usually by me, and most frequently on the subject of computing. The sensible "deep pockets and short arms" part of me holds back from keeping my PC's at state-of-the-art levels, although I like to try to keep up. Therefore, it comes to no surprise to me at least, that I'm writing about this motherboard several months after the main core of opinions already posted. For those of you familiar with my recent opinions, you may remember that I've just networked a pair of PCs, my "main" one, which has an AMD 800khz ...

The K7S5A Motherboard has been the most popular purchase for those individuals willing to upgrade to a socket A (AMD) system affordably in the last 2 years. I myself upgraded from an infinitely inferior Chaintech 7CTKJD to a faster K7S5A but would like to add that when it comes to motherboard upgrades speed will be one of the features you will complain least with this one, continue with me to know why. Upgrading motherboards is not an easy task, although one can find a plethora of web pages and discussion boards teaching the bits and bolts of the art, printing all that stuff and then going the step by step road does not guarantee any success. If you are the ...