ECS P67H2-A Motherboard

Main Specifications

The main specifications for the ECS P67H2-A include:

• Socket: 1155
• Chipset: Intel P67
• Super I/O: ITE IT8728F
• Parallel ATA: None
• Serial ATA: Four SATA-300 and two SATA-600 ports controlled by the chipset
• External SATA: Two eSATA-600 ports controlled by a Marvel 88SE9128 chip (RAID 0 and 1)
• USB: 12 USB 2.0 ports, six soldered on the motherboard rear panel and six available through three headers on the motherboard, and six USB 3.0 ports, four controlled by two NEC μPD720200 chips and two controlled by a VIA VL801 chip
• FireWire (IEEE 1394): None
• On-board video: No
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC892 codec (eight channels, no further technical information is provided), on-board optical SPDIF output
• On-board LAN: Two Gigabit Ethernet ports controlled by two Realtek RTL8111E chips, connected to the system through PCI Express x1 lanes, supporting teaming
• Buzzer: Yes
• Infrared interface: No
• Power supply required: EPS12V
• Slots: Three PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (the first one always working at x16, the second one working at x16 when two video cards are installed and at x8 when three video cards are installed, and the third one always working at x8), two PCI Express x1 slots, and two standard PCI slots, Lucid HydraLogix 200 processor, supporting SLI, CrossFireX, and mixing NVIDIA- and AMD-based video cards
• Memory: Four DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to 16 GB up to DDR3-2133 through overclocking)
• Fan connectors: One four-pin connector for the CPU cooler, one four-pin connector for an auxiliary fan, and one three-pin connector for an auxiliary fan
• Extra Features: POST diagnostics display, serial port
• Number of CDs/DVDs provided: One
• Programs included: Norton Internet Security 2011
• More Information: https://www.ecs.com.tw
• Average price in the US: This product wasn’t released yet on the day we published this First Look article