ECS PF22 Extreme
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ECS PF22 Extreme


8/10
Overall rating 8/10

ECS is another vendor to hop onto some ATI CrossFire action with the PF22 Extreme. This board is high on features, offers better performance than the mid-range PF5 Extreme and most importantly, CrossFire compatibility on the cheap.

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Product Specification

Processor Support and Chipset Type
  • Processor Support:
    • Supports 90nm LGA775 processor package
    • Supports Intel Pentium Processor Extreme Edition
    • Supports Intel Pentium D Smithfield processors
    • Supports Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processors
    • Intel Hyper-Threading Technology ready
  • Chipset Type:
    • Northbridge: Intel 955X Express
      • 533 / 800 / 1066MHz front side bus
      • PCI Express x16 graphics
    • Southbridge: Intel ICH7R
      • Intel High Definition Audio
      • Supports six PCI Express x1 lanes
      • Supports up to eight USB 2.0 ports
      • Supports four SATA II ports (with RAID 0 and 1 capabilities)
      • Single-channel Ultra ATA-100 IDE port
Memory
  • Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.8 Volt DDR2 SDRAM
  • Supports 677/533/400 dual channel DDR2 memory architecture
Storage
  • Intel ICH7R Southbridge
    • 1 x Ultra ATA 33/66/100 (data transfer rate up to 100MB/sec.)
    • 4 x SATA II (Serial ATA II 3.0Gbps interface)
    • Intel Matrix Storage Technology
    • Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5
  • Silicon Image Sil3132 SATAIIRAID controller
    • 2 x SATA II (Serial ATAII 3.0Gbps interface)
    • Supports RAID 0, RAID 1
Audio
  • Intel High Definition Audio (Azalia)
  • Realtek ALC880 HD Audio CODEC
Networking
  • Intel PC82573V PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
  • Realtek RTL8110S PCI Gigabit Ethernet controller
FireWire (IEEE 1394)
  • VIA FireII VT6307 FireWire controller
  • 2 x 1394a ports @ 400 Mbps speed
Rear I/O
  • 4 x USB 2.0 ports
  • 2 x RJ45 LAN port
  • 1 x Optical S/PDIF Input
  • 1 x Optical S/PDIF Output
  • 8-Channel Audio I/O ports
  • 1 x 9-pin serial port
  • 1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
  • 1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port
Internal Connectors
  • 1 x Floppy connector
  • 1 x Ultra ATA IDE connectors
  • 6 x SATA connectors
  • 2 x IEEE 1394a ports (1 x rear, 1 x bracket)
  • 4 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x bracket, 2 x header)
  • 1 x parallel port (bracket)
  • 1 x CD-IN
Expansion Slots
  • 2 x PCIe x16 slots, PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant
  • 1 x PCIe x1 slot, PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant
  • 3 x 32-bit PCI slots, PCI 2.3 compliant
Other Features
  • CrossFire Compatible
  • Top-Hat Flash
  • Dr. LED
Form Factor ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.4cm)