Good deal on all in one motherboard

**Pale Rider** · 02-09-2004, 01:23 PM

what are the pros/cons of getting one of those for $5.00 (after rebates and all) versus shelling out $110+ for a EPIA board... ô_O

**Defiler** · 02-09-2004, 01:37 PM

I would agree that TD is a pain in the a$$ to deal with. Only bought from there twice and both times something got screwed up. I did get the products I ordered but it required way too much interaction from me to get it done.

BTW. I didn't see the $5 MB mention any kind of mpeg decoding. Maybe an issue, maybe not.

**cafn8** · 02-09-2004, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by Defiler

I would agree that TD is a pain in the a$$ to deal with. Only bought from there twice and both times something got screwed up. I did get the products I ordered but it required way too much interaction from me to get it done.

BTW. I didn't see the $5 MB mention any kind of mpeg decoding. Maybe an issue, maybe not.

Isn't MPEG decoding something that would normally be taken care of by the software and CPU? Sorry if my ignorance is showing. Why might this be a problem?

**Defiler** · 02-09-2004, 02:27 PM

The on board graphics doesn't have hardware decoding as a result skips in DVD playing may occour. With the lower processing power of that on board CPU I was thinking it may be an issue if you didn't upgrade the graphics, that's all.

**Pale Rider** · 02-09-2004, 02:28 PM

im wondering if the onboard video on the $5 mobo will handle the resolution and such

**cafn8** · 02-09-2004, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by Defiler

The on board graphics doesn't have hardware decoding as a result skips in DVD playing may occour. With the lower processing power of that on board CPU I was thinking it may be an issue if you didn't upgrade the graphics, that's all.

OK. So, as I understand it, you just mean video, opposed to MP3 decoding. Cool.

**spectrrr** · 02-13-2004, 07:54 PM

just got mine today. gonna test it out later with the differnt res....should work i'm hoping...... also have to test the DVD playback and see if it works ok w/o stickin a differnt card in there....

::crosses fingers tigerdirect rebate will go through:::

**jusatry** · 02-13-2004, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by spectrrr

just got mine today. gonna test it out later with the differnt res....should work i'm hoping...... also have to test the DVD playback and see if it works ok w/o stickin a differnt card in there....

::crosses fingers tigerdirect rebate will go through:::

LET US KNOW!!
im really curious to see what the board is like....and the rebate

**spectrrr** · 02-14-2004, 12:06 AM

FYI: whent to download the rebate of the tigerdirect website, and found that the $5 board is now out of stock and DISCONTINUED. I must have got one of the last ones. prolly wont have time now to test it out till wendsday..... still gotta dig up an empty drive i can toss an OS onto as well....looks pretty nice at first glance tho... 2 PCI slots, so figure one slot would be USB2.0 , and the other one is free for a variety of things.... could be a tv/FM tuner, could be internal sound instead of USB.... i dunno =)

**mag2** · 02-14-2004, 09:32 AM

It' now $10 after rebate.

I was think of getting this, but I figured $10.00 plus Shipping to California at $12.95 plus sales tax of $5.51 for total of $28.46 total (after $52.99 rebate - if they send the rebate). It's not worth it....not for the performance and hassle.

I just purchased a ECS motherboard (333 FSB) and AMD XP 2200 CPU bundle for $79 + tax....and NO REBATE hassle.