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Guru3D.com » Review » ECS Z97I-Drone motherboard review 3

ECS Z97I-Drone motherboard review 3

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/03/2015 09:45 AM [ 2 comment(s) ]

Small, smaller 17 CM ! Tagged in their L337 Gaming series, ECS released the Z97I Drone motherboard. It offers decent features at a very good price. ECS took the Z97 chipset and made a nice dark looking motherboard. It also comes with a custom audio solution. Join us in the Z97I Drone review, a product that will please the budget PC gamer with the hunger for a high-end PC at an incredibly small form factor.

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maize1951
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Posts: 249
Posted on: 03/03/2015 07:50 PM
Poorly designed motherboard, SATA connectors are next to the power connectors, SMH.

calusari
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Posts: 34
Posted on: 03/04/2015 03:44 AM
I agree, the board layout is really bad. Mini-ITX you need to have a nicely laid out mobo to make cramped cases with less options for cable management easier to build in.

Why is the CPU socket so far off center? This limits your CPU cooling choices considerably.

Why isn't the 8 pin CPU connector by the 24 pin connector? Now you have to loop that cable around awkwardly.

Look at the ASUS Maximus Impact VII, that is the way an ITX mobo should be laid out.

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