ECS A885GM-A2 Motherboard Review

👤by James Clewer Comments 📅25-07-10
Specifications


CPU
º Socket AM3 socket for AMD Phenom™ II processors
º High-performance HyperTransport 3.0 CPU Interface
º Support transfer rate up to 5200 mega-transfers per second

CHIPSET
º AMD® 880G & AMD® SB850
º North Bridge: AMD® 880G
º South Bridge: AMD® SB850

GRAPHICS
º On Chip(AMD 880G-based with ATI™ Radeon HD4250 graphics )
º Integrated DirectX10.1 graphics processor
º Share Memory: Maximum up to 512MB

MEMORY
º Dual-channel DDR3 memory architecture
º 4 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM socket support up to 32GB*
º Support DDR3 up to 1600(OC)/1333/1066 DDR3 SDRAM
º *(Due to the DRAM maximum size is 4GB at present, the memory maximum size we have tested is 16GB)

EXPANSION SLOT
º 2 x PCI Express Gen 2.0 x16 slots
º 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
º 2 x PCI slots
º *The third PCIEX16 only support bandwidth x4

STORAGE
º Support by AMD® SB850
• 5 x Serial ATAIII 6.0Gb/s devices
• RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID 10 configuration

AUDIO
º Realtek ALC892 8-Ch High Definition audio CODEC
º Compliant with HD audio specification

LAN
º RealTek 8111DL Gigabit Fast Ethernet

REAR PANEL I/O
º 6 x USB ports
º 1 x Gigabit Ethernet Port
º 1 x Audio port (Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in)
º 1 x DVI connector
º 1 x VGA port

INTERNAL I/O CONNECTORS & HEADERS
º 1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector
º 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power Connector
º 1 x 4pin CPU_FAN connectors
º 1 x 3-pin PWR_FAN connector
º 1 x 3-pin SYS_FAN connector
º 3 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 6 USB ports
º 5 x Serial ATAIII 6Gb/s connectors
º 1 x Speaker header
º 1 x Front panel switch/LED header
º 1 x Front panel audio header
º 1 x Clear CMOS header
º 1 x Chassis intrusion header
º 1 x SPDIF out header
º 1 x COM header

SYSTEM BIOS
º AMI BIOS with 8Mb SPI Flash ROM
º Supports Plug and Play, STR (S3) / STD (S4) , Hardware monitor, Multi Boot
º Supports ACPI revision 3.0 specification
º Supports ACPI 3.0 revision
º Support Page Up clear CMOS Hotkey
º Support over-clocking
º Support ECS M.I.B III Utility
º CPU voltage adjustable
º Memory voltage adjustable
• NB Chipset Voltage Adjustable
• HT Voltage Adjustable
• External Clock Adjustable
• Multiple Frequency Adjustable

FORM FACTOR
º ATX Size 305mm*244mm


As you can see it's well specified.

I particularly like the Hex core support, onboard VGA, dual PCI-E x16 slots (second slot only runs at x4 though) and the SATA III 6Gb/s.


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