ECS GF8200A Black Series Motherboard Review

Main Features

ECS GF8200A Black Series main features are:

Socket: AM2+.
Chipset: nVidia GeForce 8200 (MCP78M-A).
Super I/O: Winbond W83627DHG
Parallel IDE: One ATA-133 port controlled by the chipset.
Serial IDE: Five SATA-300 ports and one eSATA-300 port controlled by the chipset.
USB: Twelve USB 2.0 ports (six soldered on the motherboard and six available thru I/O brackets; this board doesn’t comes with I/O brackets for using these extra ports).
Firewire (IEEE 1394a): No.
On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with an IDT 92HD206 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 192 KHz sampling rate for both inputs and outputs, 90 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 95 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs).
On-board video: Yes, with two independent outputs, one VGA and the other HDMI.
On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled a Realtek RTL8111B chip, connected to the system thru a PCI Express x1 lane.
Buzzer: No.
Power supply: ATX12V 2.x (24-pin).
Slots: One x16 PCI Express 2.0 slot, two PCI Express x1 slots and three PCI slots.
Memory: Four DDR-DIMM sockets (up to 8 GB up to DDR2-800/PC2-6400 or DDR2-1066/PC2-8500, depending on the CPU).
Number of CDs that come with this motherboard: One.
Programs that come with this motherboard: Motherboard drivers and utilities.
Extra features: On-board power and reset switches.
More Information: http://www.ecsusa.com
Average price in the US*: USD 75.00

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

ECS GF8200A Black Series Motherboard Review
By Gabriel Torres on July 10, 2008	Page 4 of 13
Main Features ECS GF8200A Black Series main features are: Socket: AM2+. Chipset: nVidia GeForce 8200 (MCP78M-A). Super I/O: Winbond W83627DHG Parallel IDE: One ATA-133 port controlled by the chipset. Serial IDE: Five SATA-300 ports and one eSATA-300 port controlled by the chipset. USB: Twelve USB 2.0 ports (six soldered on the motherboard and six available thru I/O brackets; this board doesn’t comes with I/O brackets for using these extra ports). Firewire (IEEE 1394a): No. On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with an IDT 92HD206 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 192 KHz sampling rate for both inputs and outputs, 90 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 95 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs). On-board video: Yes, with two independent outputs, one VGA and the other HDMI. On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled a Realtek RTL8111B chip, connected to the system thru a PCI Express x1 lane. Buzzer: No. Power supply: ATX12V 2.x (24-pin). Slots: One x16 PCI Express 2.0 slot, two PCI Express x1 slots and three PCI slots. Memory: Four DDR-DIMM sockets (up to 8 GB up to DDR2-800/PC2-6400 or DDR2-1066/PC2-8500, depending on the CPU). Number of CDs that come with this motherboard: One. Programs that come with this motherboard: Motherboard drivers and utilities. Extra features: On-board power and reset switches. More Information: http://www.ecsusa.com Average price in the US: USD 75.00 Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this review.
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