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ECS A790GXM mainboard review -
4 - Meet the A790GXM-A mainboard (1)
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Photo gallery - The Mainboard
On the next few pages we'll show you some photos. The images were taken at 4272 x 2848 pixels and then scaled down. The camera used was a Canon 450D - 12 MegaPixel.
The bundle and packaging. ECS makes sure you'll receive everything you need to get started. Not a rather excessive bundle though. this is common for ECS. I'm Dutch, I like to see lot's of items included ;)
This ECS mainboard comes with 2 PCI, 2 PCIe x16 (either 1 x PCIe x16 or 2 x PCIe x 8 for CrossFireX) 2 PCIe x1 slots. The board incorporates 2x Realtek Ethernet (RTL 8111C) and Realtek ALC 888S 8-channel HD audio. First impression, pretty decent design. Everything is located nicely. Good color-coding.
I love the fact to see two Gigabit Ethernet jacks and the support for 8-channel sound. There's plenty more to be found on the board though.
A passive copper cooler sits on ECS Elitegroup A790GXM-A north-bridge and black heatspreaders on its power circuitry (MOSFETS). Also located there is a 128 MB memory module of DDR3-1333 memory. This is actually side-port cache used to improve integrated graphics performance.
The mainboards back panel shows off standard PS/2 ports, VGA and HDMI, unfortunately its lacking a DVI output.
Then a serial port, a luxurious six USB 2.0 ports, 2x Gigabit Ethernet, and then jacks for 8.1-channel connectivity. Very respectable .. an optical connector TOSLINK is there as well. I see a virtue of HTPC option on this board. I mean you got everything from 2D/3D, Ethernet, and sounds all integrated into one mainboard.
Insert a Phenom and some memory ..and your almost there, not to mention the silent passive design. I love that.
ECS A790GXM-AD3 (Socket AM3) DDR3 motherboard review
When we reviewed the 1st batch of AM3 processors, we did so on Socket AM2+ to prove how sound that chipset really is. We also promised to review a Phenom II AM3 processor on the new DDR3 (AM3) platform. And that's what we'll be doing today. We will review the A790GXM-AD3 motherboard from the folks at ECS Elitegroup. This article will entail two primary focuses. The first being a review on this motherboard, the second... to observe if we actually see a performance increase from DDR2 over DDR3 memory.
ECS A790GXM mainboard review
A790GXM mainboard test - ECS is trying get a more reach in the enthusiast market, I wasn't surprised to see them release the product as shown today. A mainboard in the 100-125 USD range, yet ECS style - with a bucket load of features like integrated graphics, HDMI connector, passive cooling, 8-channel sound, dual GigE ethernet, Crossfire ready ... and decent tweakability.
When we reviewed the 1st batch of AM3 processors, we did so on Socket AM2+ to prove how sound that chipset really is. We also promised to review a Phenom II AM3 processor on the new DDR3 (AM3) platform. And that's what we'll be doing today. We will review the A790GXM-AD3 motherboard from the folks at ECS Elitegroup. This article will entail two primary focuses. The first being a review on this motherboard, the second... to observe if we actually see a performance increase from DDR2 over DDR3 memory.
ECS A790GXM mainboard review
A790GXM mainboard test - ECS is trying get a more reach in the enthusiast market, I wasn't surprised to see them release the product as shown today. A mainboard in the 100-125 USD range, yet ECS style - with a bucket load of features like integrated graphics, HDMI connector, passive cooling, 8-channel sound, dual GigE ethernet, Crossfire ready ... and decent tweakability.
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