Even with Intel’s new processors hitting shelves, the Core 2 lineup is far from dead. The best all round chipset for the Core 2 is the Intel P45 and today we have the latest P45 based offering from ECS in our hands.


Specifications



CPU  

·          LGA775 socket for latest Intel Yorkfield/ Wolfdale/ Core 2 Quad/ Core 2 Duo/ Pentium Dual Core/ Celeron Dual Core/ Celeron 4xx processor

·          FSB OC1600/1333/1066/800MHz

  CHIPSET

·          North Bridge: Intel® Eaglelake P45

·          South Bridge: Intel® ICH10R

   MEMORY  

·          Dual-channel DDR3 memory architecture

·          4 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM socket support up to 8 GB

·          Support DDR3 OC1600/1333/1066/800 DDR3 SDRAM

   EXPANSION SLOT  

·          2 x PCI Express x16 slots (When using two VGA cards, the bandwidth is x8 bandwidth; when using one VGA card, the bandwidth is x16.)

·          2 x PCI Express x1 slots

·          2 x PCI slots

   STORAGE   

1.     Support by Intel® ICH10R

·          6 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s devices (Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 ICH10R)

2.     Support by JMB 361

·          1 x IDE channel support 2 Ultra DMA133/100/66 devices

·          1 x eSATA

   AUDIO  

·          Realtek ALC883 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio codec

   LAN   

·          Gigabit LAN, Atheros L1 PCIe GigaLAN controller

    REAR PANEL I/O  

·          1 x PS/2 keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors

·          6 x USB ports

·          1 x RJ45 LAN connector

·          1 x Audio port

·          1 x Serial port (COM1)

·          1 x External SATA connector

    INTERNAL I/O CONNECTORS & HEADERS  

·          1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector

·          1 x PWR_FAN connector

·          1 x CPU_FAN connector

·          1 x SYS Fan header

·          1 x IDE connector

·          1 x SPEAK header

·          1 x SPDIF out header

·          6 x Serial ATA connectors

·          1 x Front panel switch/LED header

·          1 x Front panel audio header

·          1 x CD in header

·          3 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 6 USB ports

·          1 x Clr_CMOS button

·          1 x Reset button

·          1 x Power on button

    SYSTEM BIOS   

·          AMI BIOS with 8Mb SPI Flash ROM

·          Supports Plug and Play, STR/STD, Hardware monitor, PCI interrupt selection, ACPI & DMI, CPU FSB adjustment (increase of 1MHz)

·          Audio, LAN, can be disabled in BIOS

·          F11 hot key for boot up devices option

·          CPU voltage adjustable

·          Memory voltage adjustable

·          Support over-clocking

   FORM FACTOR   

ATX Size, 305mm*244mm



Package


With another addition to the Black Series lineup, it’s no surprise to see ECS employ a black theme right away. Of course it wouldn’t be right to leave the dragon away.


The package is a simpler one with not too much to go with it. Four SATA2 cables, an IDE cable, manuals, Driver CD and I/O shield is all you get.