ECS P55H-A Black Series Motherboard

Main Specifications

ECS P55H-A Black Series motherboard main features are:

• Socket: 1156.
• Chipset: Intel P55 Express.
• Super I/O: ITE IT8720F
• Clock generator: ICS 9LPRS926EGLF
• Parallel ATA: One ATA-133 port controlled by a JMicron JMB361 chip.
• Serial ATA: Six SATA-300 ports controlled by the chipset (no RAID support).
• External ATA: One eSATA-300 port controlled by the JMicron JMB361 chip, supporting port multiplier (up to three devices) and RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and JBOD.
• USB: 14 USB 2.0 ports (eight soldered on the motherboard and six available through headers on the motherboard; the board doesn’t come with I/O brackets to use them).
• FireWire (IEEE 1394): 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, 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.
• Buzzer: Yes.
• Power supply required: EPS12V.
• Slots: Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (working at x8/x8 when two video cards are installed) supporting CrossFire, one PCI Express x1 slot, one PCI Express x4 slot and two standard PCI slots.
• Memory: Four DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to 16 GB up to DDR3-1333/PC3-10600 officially or up to DDR3-2130 through overclocking).
• Number of CDs/DVDs provided: Two.
• Programs included: Motherboard drivers and utilities.
• Extra features: Aluminum solid capacitors, external clear CMOS button, POST diagnostics display.
• More Information: https://www.ecsusa.com
• Average price in the US*: USD 135.00

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