ECS A785GM-M Motherboard Review
Main Specifications
Contents
ECS A785GM-M main features are:
- Socket: AM3.
- Chipset: AMD 785G + SB710 south bridge.
- Super I/O: ITE IT8726F
- Clock generator: ICS 9LPRS471CKL
- Parallel ATA: One ATA-133 port controlled by the chipset.
- Serial ATA: Six SATA-300 ports controlled by the chipset (RAID 0, 1 and 10).
- External ATA: Two eSATA-300 ports controlled by a JMicron JMB362 chip (no RAID support).
- USB: 12 USB 2.0 ports (six soldered on the motherboard rear panel and six available through I/O brackets; this board doesn’t comes with I/O brackets for using these extra ports).
- FireWire (IEEE 1394a): Two ports controlled by a VIA VT6315N, one soldered on the rear panel (standard sized) and one available through an I/O bracket, which doesn’t come with the motherboard.
- On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC888S codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 96 kHz sampling rate for the inputs and up to 192 kHz sampling rate for the outputs, 90 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 97 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs). On-board optical SPDIF output, support for coaxial SPDIF output through an I/O bracket that doesn’t come with the motherboard.
- On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by a Realtek RTL8111DL chip, which is connected to the system through one PCI Express x1 lane.
- On-board video: Yes, Radeon HD 4200 engine with three outputs, one VGA, one DVI and one HDMI (only two can be used at the same time, and one of them must be the VGA).
- Buzzer: Yes.
- Power supply required: EPS12V.
- Slots: One PCI Express 2.0 x16, two PCI Express x1 and one standard PCI.
- Memory: Four DDR-DIMM sockets (up to 16 GB up to DDR3-1333/PC2-10600).
- Number of CDs that come with this motherboard: One.
- Programs included: Motherboard drivers and utilities.
- Extra features: Solid capacitors, POST diagnostics display, eJiffy and power, reset and clear CMOS buttons.
- More Information: https://www.ecsusa.com
- Average price in the US: USD 100.00 (USD 82.00 after a USD 18.00 mail-in rebate).
* Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this review.