Pros: I have a 7800GS AGP graphics board and a gig of DDR400 RAM that I wasn't ready to part with. This board will let me upgrade to the Conroe Proc and upgrade my other parts in steps over time. I can't run CoD2 or FEAR with any more detail, but I can run them at much higher resolutions (2048 X 1024). I can run Doom III at this resolution on high detail with 2X AA on the High detail setting, and it's super-smooth. I won't diss it's overclocking or performance, as anyone can clearly see that this is not an enthusiasts board. For what it's designed to do, it does an excellent job, and gave me the least expensive upgrade option I've ever had. Has performed flawlessly so far.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Long graphics cards with thick heatsink/fan units may be a tight fit next to memory module retainers. Mine fits, but it's close.

Pros: After reading some of the other reviews, I was a little leary of purchasing this motherboard. This is my first computer build and I just couldn't be happier with buying this product. The product manual is a little unclear in some areas but was good enough to get me up and going. The board 'post'ed on the first start-up and hasn't stopped yet. I was even able to utilize some older equipment, such as DDR400 RAM and a Celeron processor. The onboard video and sound is pretty decent for being integrated. All in all, a great purchase, even for a noob like me!

Cons: For this price...none!

Overall Review: If you're a amateur like me, don't be reluctant to buy this mobo. With a little patience and research, you're sure to be up and running quickly also!

Pros: inexpensive wanted board that worked with other agp card but newer dual core cpu

Cons: same as other guy spent tons of time trying to figure out why the system was unstable with a pentium d 815 under heavy load.. wasted money on replacement power supplies and memory and cpu fan.. turns out this board is unstable with any ddr2 memory I have bought.. just crashes works fine with ddr memory all components were top end zalman cpu fan, evga 6600gt video card, 300 gb serial ata, and an ultra power supply... was the da*& board... same ddr2 memory works fine in other machines.

Overall Review: save your time and just replace the video card too

Pros: Cheap, goodnumber of features, overclocking ability, supports older components (DDR, AGP) as well as new technology such as Core 2 Duo and DDR2, nice for those on a budget.

Cons: Not many. The OC is limited. This was kind of dissapointing, but what do you expect from a budget board?

Overall Review: ECS Tech support was fairly responsive. As a note to those on their first build (like myself): If you upgrade your chipset, you need to reinstall windows. I know that may seem obvious to some of you, but I beat my head against the wall before I figured that out.

Pros: A transition board designed to accomodate and not necessarilly excell...and it does just that with stable results. Takes a moderate overclock with a Pentium D and good but not necessarilly great memory of either DDR and DDR-2 [both tested]. Adequate OB devices and 2 IDE ports. Since it wasnt designed to excell at anything, it doesnt seem to but adequately and stabily performs as advertised.

Cons: The literature, driver CD and web site all seem an afterthought which seems to defy an expected fastidiousness their German heritage would suggest. Web site advertises a hardware monitor not found anywhere and not being a popular board, good luck finding an aftermarket monitor which works. A limited number of ram slots but thats to be expected. Doesnt seem to want to recognize a mouse through a KVM switch but will recognize video and keyboard. The board is somewhat thin so will bow kind-of scary when you mount a cooler of Intels no base, just pull from four corners and hope nothing snaps or falls off idiodic design [what were they thinking?]

Overall Review: Generally the board does as it should for what it is and may do better than I'm attempting in terms of overclocking. Their information and after sale support is amaturish at best but persistance will be rewarded with the minimum required to get things functioning, thus 4 of 5 eggs. There just isnt much to bi*ch or brag about, it does what its supposed to, ie. boots without issue when you push the button. Didnt test a Core 2 Duo but see no reason it wouldnt work as well.

Pros: 7 years and counting, used 24x7 as a NAS server.

Cons: none

Pros: Compatibility with outdated technology, relatively good manual.

Cons: Unstable, hard to configure it to boot windows, many ports do not work.

Overall Review: I bought this board to avoid upgrading my RAM to DDR2 and my X1600 Pro to PCI-E. I made a poor choice. Just like other users of this board, my computer randomly shuts down without warnings and powers back up. Also, the use of any PCI cards is impossible. My external hard drives will not work with the motherboard. The BIOS is poor and resets itself without warning or permission, causing Windows XP not to boot 1/2 the time. This board is really bad, and I am RMAing it for a better one.

Pros: I bought this board after my asus mb went out on my wo warcraft pc (gaming). I think my old p4 cpu just ran too hot once my power supply started having trouble. I also bought a nice power supply, coolmaster case and upgraded to intel duel core duo 1.86.. all under 3bills! I don't want to spend $ right now on a whole new system (pcix board, pcix graphic card and mem). This system performs better then past one and runs cooler.

Cons: I had some crashing problems at first but that was my fault. Always go to the companies website and consider latest bios dl. I think the duo has some problems on this board but the bios flash fixed it. Very stable now.

Overall Review: If you want to upgrade your cpu now to a dual core, grab a fast fsb, but want to keep your old mem and agp card ...this board is a great move. For the price, you can toss this mb later when u have $ for other components like pcix mb, graphics card, mem