Any Thoughts on Chaintech Mb's

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Thinking of getting a Chaintech Mainboard model: Chaintech 9VJL5 Socket 478
that is coupled with a pent 4 3 Ghz 800 FSB. The Chipset is Via VT800. The
combo is 472.99 Canadian but the intel cpu fan is NOT included

I've never heard of Chaintech until now. Any thoughts as to their
reliability. This new system would have to last 4 years. (it's replacing a
pent 3 500 that Is just now starting to bother me) it will be an always on
system, maybe powered down 2 days a year. I'm thinking of getting 2 sticks
pc3200 128mb ram and a 400+W case with additional fans........

weblink:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicati...asp?EdpNo=28507&Sku=MBM-9VJL5-3000&CatId=1235


Good deal or not?
 
Thinking of getting a Chaintech Mainboard model: Chaintech 9VJL5 Socket 478
that is coupled with a pent 4 3 Ghz 800 FSB. The Chipset is Via VT800. The
combo is 472.99 Canadian but the intel cpu fan is NOT included

I've never heard of Chaintech until now. Any thoughts as to their
reliability. This new system would have to last 4 years. (it's replacing a
pent 3 500 that Is just now starting to bother me) it will be an always on
system, maybe powered down 2 days a year. I'm thinking of getting 2 sticks
pc3200 128mb ram and a 400+W case with additional fans........

weblink:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?
EdpNo=28507&Sku=MBM-9VJL5-3000&CatId=1235


Good deal or not?
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The chaintech board I bought a couple of months ago did more strange
and random things in a week than all the machines I have ever worked
on in my life, and I never even got to try the audio USB, or NIC
interfaces. The manual that came with it was vague, to be kind.
email response from the USA distributer was that that's all the
documentation they've got. I was working wiith Linux and w2k.

I shelved it.

IMHO if boards like this have any market at all, it's for mass-market
OEM assembled machines and sold in a complete configuration with
Win/98 or XP pre-configured. Everything works and it's OK, put there
is no guarantee that a board you add, or the next version of the OS
will work if you buy it from anyone else is going to work. This
obviously suggests that it's not for DIY people that populate this
usenet group.
 
I've never heard of Chaintech until now. Any thoughts as to their
reliability. This new system would have to last 4 years. (it's replacing a
pent 3 500 that Is just now starting to bother me) it will be an always on
system, maybe powered down 2 days a year. I'm thinking of getting 2 sticks
pc3200 128mb ram and a 400+W case with additional fans........
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Correction i would like 2 sticks of 256mb not 128mb for a total of 512
 
Canaan said:
Thinking of getting a Chaintech Mainboard model: Chaintech 9VJL5 Socket 478
that is coupled with a pent 4 3 Ghz 800 FSB. The Chipset is Via VT800. The
combo is 472.99 Canadian but the intel cpu fan is NOT included

I've never heard of Chaintech until now.
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I have used the Chaintech 7NIF2 all-in-one (socket A - NForce2) mobo as
the base for several systems. In my experience the board is solid and
fast, a breeze to set up, and a real bargain. IMHO the manual was
perfectly adequate.

I know nothing about the board you are interested in, but my experience
with Chaintech has overall been positive.
 
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