ECS 650i-any good?

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a300

Discussion Starter · Mar 10, 2009

Yes-I did search, but nothing was of any use. I accidentally ordered a p45 MoBo and I need SLi support. The heatsinks on the 650i are painfully tiny and that fan-ugh! Looks like cheap, noisy stuff.
LINK:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813135047R
I don't care much for extreme overclocking. Does the fan come stuck on the board as default or as an accessory? I don't want to get the board without a fan.
Does it support 2 9600GTs in SLi?
and-yes I know it's x8.
Also, if you have it, please give me your opinion. Links to reviews are greatly appreciated.

-Thanks

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ChrisB17

· #2 · Mar 10, 2009

Nah I wouldn't buy it. That board is pretty poor at best.

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sgdude

· #3 · Mar 10, 2009

itll work i have a 650i BUT its about the worst 775 sli mobo with core 2 support you will find. I suggest looking into an open box 750i, my brother got one for $67.50 from newegg, asus p5n-d, way nicer than a ecs 650i too. and its pci-e 2.0 x8 aka pci-e 1.1 x16 bandwidth so its a much better board, just look for some open box ones, its worth waiting for one to pop up, be patient.

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JeremyFr

· #4 · Mar 10, 2009

It's ECS and like anything ECS is guaranteed to die in about 2 months. Just to give you a idea of how bad ECS, they use ECS in E-Machines.

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sgdude

· #5 · Mar 10, 2009

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Originally Posted by JeremyFr

It's ECS and like anything ECS is guaranteed to die in about 2 months. Just to give you a idea of how bad ECS, they use ECS in E-Machines.

lol nuff said.

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clbkdaz

· #6 · Mar 10, 2009

Yeah...ECS is not really designed to overclock...heck it's hardly even designed to last longer than a couple of months. I would avoid the ECS brand name altogether if you can.

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gtz

· #7 · Mar 10, 2009

Like sgdude suggested just wait until the a P5N-D pops out. Not only does ECS have bad rep but the 650i chipset is outdated. Don't get me wrong I liked my 650i Asus, but you should wait and get something better.

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Aaron_Henderson

· #8 · Mar 10, 2009

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Originally Posted by JeremyFr

It's ECS and like anything ECS is guaranteed to die in about 2 months. Just to give you a idea of how bad ECS, they use ECS in E-Machines.

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Originally Posted by sgdude

lol nuff said.

I have an ECS Socket 754 board still in service, for many years now, overclocked.

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a300

Discussion Starter · #9 · Mar 10, 2009

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Originally Posted by Aaron_Henderson

I have an ECS Socket 754 board still in service, for many years now, overclocked.

same.
nF3 on mine.
I have 3 and none have failed me yet.
As for the ASUS... isn't that the one with the broken fan problem

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ZealotKi11er

· #10 · Mar 10, 2009

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Originally Posted by JeremyFr

It's ECS and like anything ECS is guaranteed to die in about 2 months. Just to give you a idea of how bad ECS, they use ECS in E-Machines.

I have a ECS S939 that i have used for 3 years now and still going strong and as far as OC goes i it did 3.0Ghz on 3700+.

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a300

Discussion Starter · #11 · Mar 10, 2009

Also, found this:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/466/18/
says that its stable and turns on

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