Monday, May 23rd 2011
ECS Black Series A990FXM-A Motherboard Pictured
A picture of ECS' top of the line socket AM3+ motherboard also made it to the web. Called the ECS Black Series A990FXM-A, the board expands a little on the chipset's features. Its component layout is similar to most AM3+ motherboards we've seen, with the AMD 990FX northbridge being located south of the CPU VRM area, sharing heat with it over a common heatsink. The CPU socket is wired to four DDR3 DIMM slots supporting dual-channel DDR3-1866 standard, and DDR3-2133 MHz by overclocking.
Expansion slots include three PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (x16/NC/x16 or x16/x8/x8), supporting NVIDIA 3-way SLI and AMD CrossFireX. Other expansion slots include two PCI-E x1 and a PCI. Storage connectivity includes six internal SATA 6 Gb/s from the southbridge, and a third-party SATA/IDE controller that gives out an internal IDE connector and two eSATA 3 Gb/s ports. Other connectivity features include 8+2 channel HD audio, dual gigabit Ethernet, four USB 3.0 ports (two by header), and Bluetooth. There are some overclocker-friendly features, such as onboard power/reset, rear-panel CMOS clear, onboard PC speaker, diagnostic LED display, and long 8-pin EPS connector for accessibility. Like most other boards, the ECS A990FXM-A is expected to be out in mid-June.
Source:
DonanimHaber
Expansion slots include three PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (x16/NC/x16 or x16/x8/x8), supporting NVIDIA 3-way SLI and AMD CrossFireX. Other expansion slots include two PCI-E x1 and a PCI. Storage connectivity includes six internal SATA 6 Gb/s from the southbridge, and a third-party SATA/IDE controller that gives out an internal IDE connector and two eSATA 3 Gb/s ports. Other connectivity features include 8+2 channel HD audio, dual gigabit Ethernet, four USB 3.0 ports (two by header), and Bluetooth. There are some overclocker-friendly features, such as onboard power/reset, rear-panel CMOS clear, onboard PC speaker, diagnostic LED display, and long 8-pin EPS connector for accessibility. Like most other boards, the ECS A990FXM-A is expected to be out in mid-June.
13 Comments on ECS Black Series A990FXM-A Motherboard Pictured
If someone will actually decides to put three dual slot cards in there, all of the slots will be taken. At least they have two PCI-E 2.0 controllers.
I'd also like to know why they cram all the PCIe/pci slots so close together like that surely an extra couple of inch's of PCB isn't going to make it cost that much more
I think it's an useful thing to have large NB/SB/VRM heatsinks.
I've got watercooling, but without mobo block. That means mobo has to keep cool without much airflow.
I wonder if I could find this in my region...:wtf:
EDIT:
Isn't that 2 x USB 3.0 headers for the front panel, meaning there's 4 x F/Panel USB3 + 2 x I/O USB3 = 6?
Nevermind, I see that it's IDE. :wtf: That strikes this board off my list.
Because I see design similarities with both boards. Oh, and that tall EPS plus is not something new from ECS.
I can not find any place to buy the ECS A990FXM-A motherboard .I live in Newark NJ- USA, Could someone help me? thanks :)