Looks dont matter

[bETAbILLY]

I have a 8RDA+ that served well for a year, then the overclock ceiling started falling, checked all the caps and none looked bad but I went ahead and replaced all the GSC caps on the board. Used Rubycons as replacements, left the Sanyos and Teapos alone...now the board performs like it did when new.
Twas too nice a board to let die.

[Topcat]

I would change the Teapo's too. The Sanyos will likely be OK, their failure rate is VERY low. GSC are total crap, good call replacing them. I've seen boards less than 3 months old with bad GSC's.

Good to see you, BTW... I remember you from the old Iwill forum!! Welcome to the forums!

[bETAbILLY]

Hey, Topcat!

"Old IWILL forum"...... that was quite a while ago, I still have an XP333R, will never forget the number of OS re-installs I had to do after trying to hit 200 fsb with that ALI chipset.

At the time I replaced the 10 GSC crapacitors, no one mentioned the Teapos were next in line to go fubar. But I've been very happy with the 8RDA+ and since I have it out of the case I'll get rid of the Teapos..