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ECS PN2 SLI2+ Extreme Motherboard Review
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Reviews Last Updated: June 8, 2007
Page: 3 of 9
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Main Features

ECS PN2 SLI2+ main features are:

  • Socket: 775.
  • Chipset: nVidia nForce 680i.
  • Super I/O: Winbond W83627DHG.
  • Parallel IDE: One ATA-133 port controlled by the south bridge chip.
  • Serial IDE: Six SATA-300 ports controlled by the south bridge chip, supporting RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD and eSATA.
  • USB: 10 USB 2.0 ports (six soldered on the motherboard and four available thru I/O brackets. This motherboard came with a bracket with two ports, so two ports are left over).
  • Firewire (IEEE 1394a): Two ports controlled by Texas Instruments TSB43AB22A chip.
  • On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with Realtek ALC885 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 192 KHz sampling rate for both the inputs and outputs, 101 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 106 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs), with optical SPDIF output soldered on the motherboard.
  • On-board video: No.
  • On-board LAN: Two Gigabit Ethernet ports controlled by the chipset together with two Marvell 88E1116 chips.
  • Buzzer: Yes.
  • Power supply: EPS12V (24-pin).
  • Slots: Three x16 PCI Express slots (two supporting SLI at x16 and one running at x8), two x1 PCI Express slots and two PCI slots.
  • Memory: Four DDR-DIMM sockets (up to 8 GB up to DDR2-1200/PC2-9600).
  • Number of CDs that come with this motherboard: Two.
  • Programs that come with this motherboard: Drivers and utilities.
  • Extra features: POST diagnostics display.
  • More Information: http://www.ecsusa.com
  • Average price in the US*: USD 260.00

* Researched at Shopping.com on the day we published this review.

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