[B Knotts]

I've never used ECS; I used to buy ABIT, but lately, I've been using MSI with good results for cheapie machines. I had to replace a number of ABIT boards that had bad capacitors. I used Tyan for those.

[Agnes Heep]

I used Tyan ....

I've never had a Tyan board I didn't like.

[Drango]

I've never used ECS;

In today's Seattle Times Fry's ad, the ECS/Athlon XP 2000 combo is $65. An OEM XP 2000 at Newegg is $62. (crunch a bunch of numbers) Which means the ECS motherboard is worth $3. Three BUCKS!