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ECS A790GXM-AD3 Motherboard

Let’s take a look this socket AM3 motherboard based on AMD790GX, which currently provides the fastest on-board video, providing two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots and HDMI output.

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Main Specifications

Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Slots and Memory
  • 3. On-Board Peripherals
  • 4. Other Features
  • 5. Overclocking Options
  • 6. Main Specifications
  • 7. Conclusions

ECS A790GXM-AD3 motherboard main features are:

  • Socket: AM3
  • Chipset: AMD790GX + SB750
  • Super I/O: ITE IT8726F
  • Clock generator: ICS 9LPRS471CKL
  • Parallel ATA: One ATA-133 port controlled by the south bridge chip.
  • Serial ATA: Six SATA-300 ports controlled by the chipset (supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD).
  • External SATA: One eSATA-300 port controlled by a JMicron JMB361 chip.
  • USB: 12 USB 2.0 ports, six soldered on the motherboard and six available through three headers on the motherboard (the motherboard doesn’t come with I/O brackets for you to use these 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 optical SPDIF output.
  • On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by a Realtek RTL8111C chip, which is connected to the system through one PCI Express x1 lane.
  • Buzzer: No.
  • Power supply required: EPS12V.
  • Slots: Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (both working at x8 when two video cards are installed), two PCI Express x1 slots and two standard PCI slots.
  • Memory: Four DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to 32 GB up to DDR3-1333/PC3-10600).
  • Number of CDs/DVDs provided: One.
  • Programs included: Motherboard drivers and utilities.
  • Extra features: Only solid capacitors, eJiffy, external clear CMOS button.
  • More Information: https://www.ecsusa.com
  • Average price in the US*: USD 110.00 (USD 92.00 after a USD 18 mail-in rebate)

* Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this First Look article.

Continue: Conclusions

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