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It's been a little while since Neoseeker has taken a look at a motherboard for AMD's Socket AM3 CPU platform. The 800-series chipsets launched in March 2 of last year, and all the hype has since gone downhill. A bunch of 800-series chipset motherboards were sent to our labs for benchmarking, but unfortunately the ones from ECS didn't impress; the last one that was tested was the ECS A890GXM-A, and it just wasn't so great.
ECS has now revised its 890GX offerings, and is back with the A890GXM-A2. As one can see through the window in the packaging, the motherboard has got a new color scheme, which seems to fit better with the Black Series naming. Brand naming is not going to help overclocking, which its predecessor didn't exactly wow us with. Can the A890GXM-A2 do any better, and actually deserve an award?
| Specifications | |
| CPU |
º Socket AM3 socket for AMD Phenom™ II processors º Support 125W Phenom™ II X6 processors º High-performance HyperTransport 3.0 CPU Interface º Support transfer rate up to 5200 mega-transfers per second º Note: This board supports CPU up to 140W TDP only; you can refer to check your CPU. |
| Chipset |
º AMD® 890GX & AMD® SB850 º North Bridge: AMD® 890GX º South Bridge: AMD® SB850 |
| Graphics |
º On Chip (AMD 890GX-based with ATI™ Radeon HD4290 graphics ) º Integrated DirectX10.1 graphics processor º Share Memory: Maximum up to 512MB º AMD SidePort Memory : DDR3-1333 (64Mx16=128MB) |
| Memory |
º Dual-channel DDR3 memory architecture º 4 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM socket support up to 32 GB º Support DDR3 up to 1800(OC)/1600(OC)/1333/1066 DDR3 SDRAM º *(Due to the DRAM maximum size is 4GB at present, the memory maximum size we have tested is 16GB) º *(Due to AMD CPU spec limitation, please refer to Memory QVL for more information) Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation |
| Expansion Slots |
º 3 x PCI Express Gen 2.0 x16 slots º 1 x PCI Express x1 slot º 1 x PCI slot º *The second PCIEX16 only support bandwidth x4 |
| Storage |
º Support by AMD® SB850 • 5 x Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s devices • 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port • RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID 10 configuration |
| Audio |
º Realtek ALC892 8-Ch High Definition audio CODEC º Compliant with HD audio specification |
| LAN | º Dual Realtek 8111DL 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet Controller |
| Rear Panel I/O |
º 1 x D-sub(VGA) º 1 x HDMI Port º 1 x DVI Port º 1 x Display port º 2 x RJ45 LAN connectors º 1 x Audio port (Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in) º 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector º 1 x Clear_CMOS button º 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port º 2 x USB 3.0 ports compatible to both USB 3.0 / 2.0 devices º 4 x USB 2.0 Ports |
| Internal I/O Connectors |
º 1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector º 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power Connector º 1 x 4pin CPU_FAN connectors º 1 x 3-pin PWR_FAN connector º 1 x 3-pin SYS_FAN connector º 1 x Power on button º 1 x Reset button º 1 x Speaker header º 1 x Front panel switch/LED header º 1 x Front panel audio header º 1 x SPDIF out header º 1 x Clear CMOS header º 1X Power on LED (Green light) º 1X Stand by LED (Red Light) º 5 x Serial ATA 6Gb/s connectors º 4 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 8 USB ports º 1 x Chassis intrusion header |
| System BIOS |
º AMI BIOS with 8Mb SPI Flash ROM º Supports Plug and Play, STR (S3) / STD (S4) , Hardware monitor, Multi Boot º Supports ACPI & DMI º Audio, LAN, can be disabled in BIOS º F11 hot key for boot up devices option º Support over-clocking º Support eJIFFY º Support Page Up clear CMOS Hotkey º Support ECS M.I.B III Utility º CPU voltage adjustable º Memory voltage adjustable • NB Chipset Voltage Adjustable • HT Voltage Adjustable • External Clock Adjustable • Multiple Frequency Adjustable |
| Form Factor | º ATX Size 305mm*244mm |
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