I use to sell alot of PC Chips motherboards. While they are definitely not
real high performers, once properly setup, I had no more problems with them
than I did with most other brands. The biggest problem that I had seemed to
be driver support and problems with their drivers. It is my understanding
that they also produce ECS MBs.

The ECS K7S5A is a very popular Athlon  MB and I have built several of these
systems w/o any problems. You might look at the pricing on systems at
pricewatch.com. For $299, you can get a lot more speed than a 700MHz Durron.

Dennis Noble

> I am loking at buying a bare bones system from 499pc.com. It is a 700mhz
> DURON PROCESSOR. Sound, and video are on the mother board along with the
> modem and nic. Power supply is a 300 watt. The case has 3 fans in it.
>
> Motherboard is a PC Chips model 810.

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