ECS PX1 Extreme (i965P) Review Benchmarks 10/10
Bluetooth 22 Oct 2006

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Conclusion

ECS has delivered a board that has outstanding performance and quality. The specifications are comparable to the boards from major players like ASUS and Gigabyte. It comes with 4 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket supporting up to 8 GB and supports 6 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s devices with Intel? Matrix Storage support (AHCI and RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 configuration). Another on board Jmicron JMB363 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices, 1 x Internal SATA 3.0 Gb/s port, 1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port. The board also uses Realtek ALC885 for Intel 8-ch HD Audio, 2 IEEE 1394a ports by VIA chipset and Dual Gigabit Ethernet Controller on board.

This mainboard also incorporates Qooltech, a heatpipe design that keeps vital components cool by effectively directing heat from the south bridge and north bridge to the rear. The board also supports CrossFire using Catalyst 6.9 (16+4). With I.O.C, Instant overclocking is possible with the board. It automatically detects the load and increase the FSB for better performance. The package also comes with a SATA to PATA bridge, ethernet cable, external bracket for 1394, USB and multiple SATA cables.

In terms of performance, it beat all boards in 3Dmark05 while scoring just as good as the others in other tests. This This is quite a surprise as the CLK is running at 266 instead of 267 or 266.6.

Overclocking features wise, this board has adjustments for Vcore, DImm voltage etc. The only regret is that the FSB range is limited to 333MHz. In fact, in our test, we can get it to POST at 6x333MHz.

The package consists of many goodies.  Other than the cables provided, it also provide bundled software Intervideo winRip2, WinDVD Crator, WINDVD, DPU, I'm touch, Pro Magic Pl;us and Showshifter.

Overall, the ECS PX1 Extreme is one of the most creative boards i have seen so far from ECS.
 

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Pros

• Core 2 Duo support and Quad Core support
• 1394
• SATA II
• Dual GbE
• eSATA
• IDE<->SATA converter

Cons

• CrossFire 4x+16x
• FSB limitation to 333MHz

Ratings

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