$15 mobo

[oldman_gamer]

ECS 915PL-A2 v3.1B Intel Socket 775 ATX Motherboard Audio PCI Express 10100 Ethernet LAN USB 2.0 Serial ATA at TigerDirect.com

Is it worth buying in the first place?

[Carl Martin]

Probably fine for internet, word processing, etc. provided you have an old graphics card to put in it. If you need to buy a card and intend to use board for such non-demanding applications, then one is better to spend a bit more for a mobo with onboard graphics.

Carl

[screwballl]

and with many of these boards of that age, the spec say it only supports Pentium4 and Celeron D processors, not even the higher power Pentium D or anything newer like the C2D procs.

[halutzparilla]

only upto 1.5gb SATA lol... that is not even worth the trouble... only those who are trying to sell pre-fab computers on a Comp Shop will buy those in wholesale...

[Reloadron]

Originally Posted by oldman_gamer

ECS 915PL-A2 v3.1B Intel Socket 775 ATX Motherboard Audio PCI Express 10100 Ethernet LAN USB 2.0 Serial ATA at TigerDirect.com

Is it worth buying in the first place?

Assuming one has a specific application for it in mind then yes, it can be a good deal. Like Carl mentions:

Probably fine for internet, word processing, etc. provided you have an old graphics card to put in it. If you need to buy a card and intend to use board for such non-demanding applications, then one is better to spend a bit more for a mobo with onboard graphics.

So find a processor and cheap graphics card and you can have a nice little Linux box relatively cheap. Toss in Open Office and away you go.

Question becomes if you have the other needed hardware to make it into something useful?

Ron

[Capper]

For those of you looking for a bargain like this, ECS has a exclusive relationship with AMD for some of their older s754 CPUs, which they solder into an ECS board and package on Newegg for $50.....not a bad little set up for the Grandparents.

[screwballl]

I wonder if you can get a bios update to support the newer E series Intels... or at least the E1200-E2x00 procs... that would be a decent budget setup for anyone that only uses it for a basic box....

[Capper]

no, its a chipset support issue, not a board issue.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by Capper

For those of you looking for a bargain like this, ECS has a exclusive relationship with AMD for some of their older s754 CPUs, which they solder into an ECS board and package on Newegg for $50.....not a bad little set up for the Grandparents.

Yep. I've sold tons of those Semprons boards. They're very cheap and do the job for surf-only computers. :)
With 1GB, Windows XP and a 8400 they make awesome computers for kids gaming and older games.

[Zambini]

this goes in one of those $50 PC's for your kids or people who don't know what a CPU is.