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  • lucky13
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Aug 2007
    • 412
    #1

    ECS K7S5A Rev. 3.1 but different caps

    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?
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    • kc8adu
      Super Moderator
      • Nov 2003
      • 8832
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      #2
      Re: ECS K7S5A Rev. 3.1 but different caps

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

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        • lucky13
          Badcaps Veteran
          • Aug 2007
          • 412
          #3
          Re: ECS K7S5A Rev. 3.1 but different caps

          Originally posted by kc8adu
          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)?

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            • Newbie2
              Badcaps Veteran
              • Sep 2005
              • 885
              • Canada
              #4
              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.
              My gaming PC:
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              G.SKILL Value Series 16GB DDR3-1333 RAM (4x4GB dual channel)
              TOSHIBA DT01ACA200 2TB 3.5" SATA HDD (x2)
              WD Caviar Green WD20EARX 2TB 3.5" SATA HDD
              ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Channel PCI sound card
              Antec HCG-750M 750W ATX12V v2.32 80 PLUS BRONZE Power Supply
              Antec Three Hundred Mid-Tower Case
              Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
              Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit

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                • lucky13
                  Badcaps Veteran
                  • Aug 2007
                  • 412
                  #5
                  Re: ECS K7S5A Rev. 3.1 but different caps

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

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