ECS K7S5A Rev. 3.1 but different caps

[lucky13]

I am recapping this board for a friend.

When I searched old posts, I found this one by Rainbow

Rainbow's board

His board is Rev 3.1 and so is the one I am working on now.

However, his caps are 3300uF and mine are 6x 2200uF near the CPU and 3x 1800uF/6.3V at the input VRMs!

So, what is going on?

Should I redo all mine as 3300uF?

Or, I can do 3300+1000 for each of the 3 phase VRM?

[kc8adu]

Re: ECS K7S5A Rev. 3.1 but different caps

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...5&postcount=23

[lucky13]

Re: ECS K7S5A Rev. 3.1 but different caps

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...5&postcount=23

Wow, polys on ECS...8x820uF but then yours have 4 phase VRMs

OTOH, if I want to go "budget", should I do 2x3300, 2x2200 (original) or 3300+1000 (ultra cheap)?

[Newbie2]

Re: ECS K7S5A Rev. 3.1 but different caps

It's recommended to use the same values of caps as the ones on your motherboard when you replace them.

Aluminum electrolytic capacitors are usually very low-cost components.

[lucky13]

Re: ECS K7S5A Rev. 3.1 but different caps

Recapped with 2200uF/6.3V and all is well.