ECS A790GXM-A Black Series Motherboard Review

Main Specifications

ECS A790GXM-A main features are:

• Socket: AM2+.
• Chipset: AMD 790GX (codenamed RS780D) + SB750 south bridge.
• Clock generator: ICS 9LPRS471
• Super I/O: ITE IT8726F
• Parallel IDE: One ATA-133 port controlled by the chipset.
• Serial IDE: Six SATA-300 ports controlled by the chipset (RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10).
• 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): No.
• 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 video: Yes, Radeon HD 3300 engine with two independent outputs, one VGA and one HDMI and with dedicated on-board 128 MB memory (one Samsung K4N1G164QQ-HC25 chip), feature called “Side Port” by AMD.
• On-board LAN: Two Gigabit Ethernet ports controlled two Realtek RTL8111C chips, connected to the system through a PCI Express x1 lane.
• Buzzer: No.
• Power supply required: ATX12V 2.x (24-pin).
• Slots: Two x16 PCI Express 2.0 slots (running at x8 if both are used at the same time), two PCI Express x1 slots and two PCI slots.
• Memory: Four DDR-DIMM sockets (up to 8 GB up to DDR2-800/PC2-6400 or DDR2-1066/PC2-8500, depending on the CPU).
• Number of CDs that come with this motherboard: One.
• Programs included: Motherboard drivers and utilities.
• More Information: https://www.e
  csusa.com
• Average price in the US: We reviewed this product before it arrived on the market. According to ECS it will come with a suggested price of USD 115.00.