ECS A890GXM-A2 Review

Published by Christian Ney on 13.12.10
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Specifications




CPU Support AMD AM3 Phenom II
AMD AM3 Athlon II
AMD Sempron 140 / 145
Chipset NortBridge: AMD 890GX
SouthBridge: AMD SB850
IGP ATI Radeon HD 4290
(DirectX 10.1) up to 512MB shared memory
Memory Support Dual Channel DDR3, 4 x DIMM, Max. 32 GB DDR3, 1800(OC)/1600(OC)/1333/1066 Non-ECC,Un-buffered
Multi-GPU ATI CrossFireX (8x, 8x, 4x)
ATI Hybrid Graphics
Slots 3 x PCI Express Gen 2,0 x16
(16x, 0x, 4x) (8x, 8x, 4x,)
1 x PCI Express x1
1 x PCI
Audio Realtek ALC829 8 Channel High Definition
Storage 5 x SATA3 (SATA 6Gb/s)
1 x eSATA2 (SATA 3Gb/s)
RAID 0,1,5,10
LAN 2 x Realtek 8111DL 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet
Back panel I/O
  • 1 x D-sub (VGA)
  • 1 x HDMI
  • 1 x DVI
  • 1 x Display Port
  • 2 x RJ45 LAN
  • 1 x Audio jack (line-in, line-out, mic-in)
  • 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out
  • 1 x Clear_CMOS
  • 1 x eSATA2
  • 2 x USB 3.0
  • 4 x USB 2.0
Internal Connectors
  • 1 x 24-pin ATX
  • 1 x 8 pin ATX 12v
  • 1 x 4-pin CPU_FAN
  • 1 x 3-pin PWR_FAN
  • 1 x 3-pin SYS_FAN
  • 1 x Power button
  • 1 x Reset button
  • 1 x 3-pin Speaker
  • 1 x LED front panel connector
  • 1 x Audio front panel connector
  • 1 x S/PDIF Out
  • 1 x Clear CMOS
  • 5 x SATA3
  • 4 x USB2
  • 1 x 1 x chassis intrusion connector
BIOS
  • AMI BIOS with 8MB SPI Flash ROM
  • Plug&Play / ACPI / DMI / STR
  • Hardware Monitor
  • Mutli Boot / F11
  • Options to deactivate peripherals
  • Overclocking options
  • Voltage adjustments CPU
  • Voltage adjustments memory
  • Voltage adjustments SB / NB / HT
  • Frequency adjustment
Form Factor ATX 305 x 244mm
Bundle
  • Rear panel cache
  • 4 plastic caches to hide video connectors of the rear panel
  • Installation Guide
  • Installation Manual
  • CD (Drivers / ECS Sftware)
  • 4 x SATA3 cable
  • 1 x bracket eSATA cable




Software

eJIFFY Little OS (to install on the HDD), accessed after the POST. It allows use to brows the web, to chat, and to watch pics from an HDD or an USB stick.
eOC Overclocking and monitoring (voltages and temperatures) software from Windows.
eBLU Allows us to check and update the latest available BIOS directly from ECS website.
eDLU Allows us to check and update the latest available drivers directly from ECS website.
eSF Fan regulator under Windows.
eGS Using eGS you can reduce the consumption of the system.





Page 1 - ECS A890GXM-A2 Page 9 - SuperPi/WPrime
Page 2 - Specifications Page 10 - Games
Page 3 - Presentaion/Layout/I/O/Bundle Page 11 - Software ECS
Page 4 - BIOS Page 12 - Temperatures
Page 5 - Test Setup Page 13 - Overclocking
Page 6 - FutureMark Page 14 - Radeon HD 4290
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2  



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