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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

It?s not very often that you hear detailed reviews about motherboards, and yet they?re one of the most important components of the computer system. However, I will change all this and write my own review about the ECS K7-S5A motherboard, manufactured by Elite. I have heard many bad comments about the last few models of motherboards Elite has bought out, particularly the K7-VZA and now the K7-S5A. And yet I?ve used both boards successfully with AMD processors with no problems whatsoever. After my K7-VZA managed to somehow overheat any processor installed into it, I decided to upgrade to the new-standard K7-S5A motherboard. The main feature that was ...  Read the complete review

I bought the ECS K7S5A because it was the cheapest motherboard I could find. There were a few cheaper ones but they were all Micro-ATX pr PC CHIPS ones with everything built on, which I didn't want. So I sent off for the K7S5A. I'd heard mixed reviews about the board, but I can confirm now that it's a seriously good piece of hardware! First off it supports both DDR and SDR RAM (both 100mhz and 133mhz RAM), it has 2 slots for each. This is particularly good because it means you can use your existing RAM if you're upgrading until you can afford some (much faster) DDR RAM. Next it supports both Duron and Athlon CPU's, ...  Read the complete review