ECS A55F-A2 Review

👤by Tony Le Bourne Comments 📅13-03-12
Technical Specifications

A75 vs A55
At a glance you could miss the difference between the A55 and A75 chipsets because they are almost identical. The differences are primarily with connectivity. The A55 chipset supplies 14x USB 2.0 ports, the A75 supplies 10x USB 2.0 and 4x USB 3.0. Again it is a similar story with the SATA interfaces, A55 supplies 6x SATA 3Gbps while the A75 supplies 6x 6Gbps. The whole idea behind this, is to offer a variety of chipsets. Another interesting feature of the A75 chipset is more aimed at those who use eSATA connections, that is FIS switching (Frame Information Structure). This acts comparitive to a USB hub by allowing the host controller to communicate to a number of connected devices via eSATA simultainiously, otherwise the commands would have to stack/wait between individual drives. While it is a feature that many may never use, it is a significant one for those that do.

ECS A55F-A2

CPU
º Socket FM1 for AMD A series/ E Series/Athlon Quard-core/Athlon Dual-core/Sempron Dual-core processors
º Note: This board supports CPU up to 100W TDP; you can refer to AMD website to check your CPU.

CHIPSET
º AMD A55 FCH

GRAPHICS
º Support UVD 3
º Integrated DirectX 11 graphics processor

MEMORY
º Dual-channel DDR3 memory architecture
º 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM socket support up to 32GB per one DIMM support 16GB
º Support DDR3 up to 1333/1600/1866/2133(OC)/2400(OC)/2600(OC)
º *Duo to limitation of AMD chipset spec, it supports up to 1866 MHz for motherboards with a single DIMM per channel
º * Please refer to Memory QVL for more information
Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS.
For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation

EXPANSION SLOT
º 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
º 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
º 3 x PCI slots

STORAGE
º 6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s devices
º Support by AMD A55
• RAID0, RAID1, RAID10 configuration

AUDIO
º Realtek ALC662 6-channel HD audio CODEC
º Compliant with HD audio specification

LAN
º Realtek RTL8111E VL-CG Gigabit Lan

REAR PANEL I/O
º 4 x USB 2.0 Ports
º 1 x PS/2 keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors
º 1 x D-sub(VGA)
º 1 x DVI Port
º 1 x HDMI Port
º 1 x RJ45 LAN connector
º 1 x Audio port 6 CH 3 JACKS

INTERNAL I/O CONNECTORS & HEADERS
º 1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply Connector & 4-pin 12V Connector
º 1 x 4-pin CPU_FAN connector
º 1 x 3-pin SYS_FAN connector
º 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB ports (F_USB1 supports EZ Charger)
º 6 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors
º 1 x Clear CMOS header
º 1 x COM header
º 1 x LPT header
º 1 x Case open header
º 1 x Front panel audio header
º 1 x Front panel header
º 1 x Speaker header
º 1 x SPDIF out header

SYSTEM BIOS
º AMI BIOS with 32Mb SPI ROM
º Support Milti-language BIOS Utility
º Support ECS M.I.B III Utility
º Support Non Disk utility
º Support EZ Charger
º Support GUI UEFI BIOS
º Support eBLU
º Support eDLU
º Support eSF
º Support eOC

FORM FACTOR
º ATX Form Factor, 305x190mm


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