Stolen from bbrc554 @ SD.
If I didn't have 5 Frys within a 60 mile radius of me, I'd probably jump on this myself. It's a decent board for a budget build.
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I'd like to green this deal but seeing what chipset the board is using, I have to warn any potential buyer - it'd be seriously crippled by the chipset's single-channel memory performance. I've tested an ECS motherboard based on the same chipset out of a Fry's E7200 combo deal and found that single-channel bottleneck a major performance bummer. A transcoding task that would have been done within 4 hours took this board 5+ hours to accomplish, a lot of CPU cycles were wasted. Also the memory datapath bottleneck doubles as a major overclock barrier in that it's not the CPU, instead the chipset that can't handle beyond a certain amount of throughput while you move up the FSB speed. For anyone interested in an Intel-based mATX HTPC board I'd suggest either get the latest Intel G45/43 based boards or wait for the nVidia's MCP7A-based boards coming in a couple of months.
Thanks
vws said:I'd like to green this deal but seeing what chipset the board is using, I have to warn any potential buyer - it'd be seriously crippled by the chipset's single-channel memory performance. I've tested an ECS motherboard based on the same chipset out of a Fry's E7200 combo deal and found that single-channel bottleneck a major performance bummer. A transcoding task that would have been done within 4 hours took this board 5+ hours to accomplish, a lot of CPU cycles were wasted. Also the memory datapath bottleneck doubles as a major overclock barrier in that it's not the CPU, instead the chipset that can't handle beyond a certain amount of throughput while you move up the FSB speed. For anyone interested in an Intel-based mATX HTPC board I'd suggest either get the latest Intel G45/43 based boards or wait for the nVidia's MCP7A-based boards coming in a couple of months.
It made my head hurt reading it but thanks for saving me the money 
I'm currently using this board in my HTPC. I purchased this along with a Crucial DDR2800 deal back in Feb. and it's been running great with my current setup. I currently have my E2180 running at 2.6ghz on air (50 deg. load).
Is it dead ?
$79.99
($59.99 after mail in rebate(s)
Price is $79 before rebate or $59 after $20 rebate
msvista said:Is it dead ?
$79.99
($59.99 after mail in rebate(s)
Price is $79 before rebate or $59 after $20 rebate
Yes, it is dead. It was $56 - $20 MIR.
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