A review/thoughts of the Amptron integrated Duron 1200 all-in-one board? Experience?

Dave_7 · 08-12-2002, 06:45 PM

I was looking at this board and it sure would make an easy all-in-one install (assuming that nothing blows up).

No socket (I don't think), just an integrated Duron on the board including heatsink/fan.

I'm usually not an all-in-one kind of guy, but I'm getting tired of building systems from a mix-match of parts. It even has an onboard NIC (which is what I was really looking for). Seems good for a basic workstation.

I couldn't find a review of one... but thought I saw one before... if you have a link... I'd appreciate it.

Any thoughts? Anyone see these?

Dave.

LPMiller · 08-12-2002, 06:59 PM

Amptron aka PC Chips is the to mainboards what crack whores are to the time honored position of Call Girl.

Maybe that isn't the greatest example. Let's just say if I had a choice between a life time supply of free Amptron boards, and to be anally probed using a burlap bag filled with someone elses male genitalia, on national TV no less, well, I'd have to have myself a good long think about it.

Dave_7 · 08-12-2002, 09:41 PM

Interesting...

Perhaps this moment of weakness only came following my replacement of the third of three Asus A7M266 boards in three months.

Background... I build three systems for three friends/coworkers/family members. All AMD Athlon 1.33 or 1.4 GHz. All 512MB RAM, all Matrox G450s for dual displays.

All three either suffered from IDE channel trouble (regardless of driver set), or DDR-slot malfunction, or took a complete dump... or any combination of the afore-mentioned boards.

Plus... these were $140 boards, at the time.

I don't want to pay the jinx-price of asking this question... but how much worse could the Amptrons be?

Dave.

GraingerGuy · 08-13-2002, 03:53 AM

I agree with LPMiller...you're taking a HUGE chance with anything from PC-chips.

Maybe look into getting an Epox, soyo or MSI board?

I really don't know what was wrong with those ASUS boards....they usually are really reliable.

hapoo · 08-13-2002, 04:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by LPMiller
Amptron aka PC Chips is the to mainboards what crack whores are to the time honored position of Call Girl.

Maybe that isn't the greatest example. Let's just say if I had a choice between a life time supply of free Amptron boards, and to be anally probed using a burlap bag filled with someone elses male genitalia, on national TV no less, well, I'd have to have myself a good long think about it.

You scare me sometimes

Dave_7 · 08-13-2002, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by GraingerGuy
I really don't know what was wrong with those ASUS boards....they usually are really reliable.

Hmmm... Three of three, though, pretty much shot my faith in buying "quality" boards. While I do have two Asus boards in computers in my apartment (P3V4X in mine and CUV4X in my girlfriend's... this one), needless to say, I'm still a bit soured.

We'll see. Thanks for the ideas.

Dave.

LPMiller · 08-13-2002, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by hapoo

You scare me sometimes

I scare me too. Hold me.

Ladogaboy · 08-13-2002, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dave_7

Hmmm... Three of three, though, pretty much shot my faith in buying "quality" boards. While I do have two Asus boards in computers in my apartment (P3V4X in mine and CUV4X in my girlfriend's... this one), needless to say, I'm still a bit soured.

We'll see. Thanks for the ideas.

Dave.

Were they Via chipsets?

You might want to just try out an nVidia board... and they should come with a lot of extras.

08-12-2002, 06:45 PM	#1
Dave_7 Captain Join Date: May 2000 Location: L.A..... Costa Mesa... Whatever, Man! Posts: 1,824	A review/thoughts of the Amptron integrated Duron 1200 all-in-one board? Experience? I was looking at this board and it sure would make an easy all-in-one install (assuming that nothing blows up). No socket (I don't think), just an integrated Duron on the board including heatsink/fan. I'm usually not an all-in-one kind of guy, but I'm getting tired of building systems from a mix-match of parts. It even has an onboard NIC (which is what I was really looking for). Seems good for a basic workstation. I couldn't find a review of one... but thought I saw one before... if you have a link... I'd appreciate it. Any thoughts? Anyone see these? Dave.

08-12-2002, 06:59 PM	#2
LPMiller Chief News Editor & Master of His Domain Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Minnesota Posts: 8,161	Amptron aka PC Chips is the to mainboards what crack whores are to the time honored position of Call Girl. Maybe that isn't the greatest example. Let's just say if I had a choice between a life time supply of free Amptron boards, and to be anally probed using a burlap bag filled with someone elses male genitalia, on national TV no less, well, I'd have to have myself a good long think about it. __________________ lpmiller Chief News Editor Nobel Prize Nominee Reverend in the Universal Life Church Once Shot A Man For Snoring Too Loud Way Too Lazy To Change His Signature "The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can't, and the incapacity to tell the difference." - Calvin and Hobbes

08-13-2002, 03:53 AM	#4
GraingerGuy Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Working....and working...and working some more Posts: 3,573	I agree with LPMiller...you're taking a HUGE chance with anything from PC-chips. Maybe look into getting an Epox, soyo or MSI board? I really don't know what was wrong with those ASUS boards....they usually are really reliable. __________________ potato gun + marshmallow gun = FLAMING MARSHMALLOWS OF DOOM!!!!! -Welfareloser 4/13/05 Time to switch to AMD now I guess... (just kidding... ) -Darkfury 5/23/05 I don't think this'll stop anything though - the better you idiot-proof a system, the more impressive the idiot becomes. -ShawnLee 5/30/08

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08-12-2002, 09:41 PM	#3
Dave_7 Captain Join Date: May 2000 Location: L.A..... Costa Mesa... Whatever, Man! Posts: 1,824	Interesting... Perhaps this moment of weakness only came following my replacement of the third of three Asus A7M266 boards in three months. Background... I build three systems for three friends/coworkers/family members. All AMD Athlon 1.33 or 1.4 GHz. All 512MB RAM, all Matrox G450s for dual displays. All three either suffered from IDE channel trouble (regardless of driver set), or DDR-slot malfunction, or took a complete dump... or any combination of the afore-mentioned boards. Plus... these were $140 boards, at the time. I don't want to pay the jinx-price of asking this question... but how much worse could the Amptrons be? Dave.

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