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ECS P55H-AK
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ECS P55H-AK

19 Aug 2010
Overall rating 8.5/10

The ECS P55H-AK is the company's flagship LGA1156 motherboard, designed with enthusiasts in mind. It has an NVIDIA NF200 controller with 32 PCIe lanes to support 3-way NVIDIA SLI/ATI CrossfireX.

Tags: intel p55, ecs, black series

Performance:
8.5
Features:
9.5
Value:
8
THE GOOD
One of the more fully featured P55 board in the market
Excellent layout
Competitive performance
THE BAD
Those extra features will cost you
Runs relatively warmer and with a high power draw

Product Specification

Processor Support and Chipset Type
  • Supports LGA1156 socket for latest Intel Core i7 / Core i5 / Core i3 desktop processors
  • Intel P55 chipset with NVIDIA NF200 PCIe controller
Memory
  • Dual-channel DDR3 memory architecture
  • 4 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM socket support up to 16GB
  • Supports DDR3 2400 (OC) / 2200 / 2000 /1800 /1600 / 1333 /1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Storage
  • Support by Intel P55
  • 6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s devices
  • RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 configuration
  • Support by Marvell 9128
  • 2 x eSATA 6Gbps ports supporting external SATA 6Gbps devices
  • 2 x Serial ATA 6Gbps ports supporting 2 x SATA 6Gbps devices
  • Supports SATA RAID 0 and 1
Audio Realtek RTL889 HD audio CODEC
Networking Dual RealTek RTL8111E Gigabit Fast Ethernet Controllers with Teaming
Rear I/O
  • 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port
  • 2 x RJ45 LAN connectors
  • 1 x Audio port (Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in)
  • 1 x SPDIF port
  • 1 x Clear CMOS button
  • 2 x eSATA 6Gbps ports
  • 2 x USB 3.0 ports compatible with both USB 3.0 / 2.0 devices
  • 8 x USB 2.0 ports
Internal Connectors
  • 1 x 24-pin ATX power supply connector
  • 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • 1 x 4-pin power connector for VGA card
  • 3 x fan connectors
  • 1 x Power button
  • 1 x Reset button
  • 1 x Speaker header
  • 1 x Front panel switch/LED header
  • 1 x Front panel audio header
  • 1 x SPDIF out header
  • 1 x Clear CMOS header
  • 1 x Serial Header (COM)
  • 6 x SATA 3Gbps connectors
  • 2 x SATA 6Gbps connectors
  • 1 x USB 3.0 header supports additional 2 USB 3.0 ports
  • 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
Expansion Slots
  • 3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots
  • 2 x PCIe x1 slots
  • 1 x PCI slot
Other Features
  • Easy Over Clock Utility
  • ECS M.I.B X
  • eJIFFY
  • eBLU - BIOS Live Update Utility
  • eDLU - Drivers Live Update Utility
Form Factor ATX form factor, 30.5 x 24.4cm

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