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ECS PN2 SLI2+ (680i SLI) Motherboard Review
| Manufacturer: | Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) |
| Product: | PN2 SLI2+ Motherboard |
| Date: | Tue, Feb 20, 2007 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Jason Petermann - |
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ECS and 680i
ECS has been on a warpath recently in releasing a line that is called "Extreme." It is nice to see ECS producing boards with the enthusiast user in mind, and to do it using a variety or chipsets, that each has their own position in the market. The top of the market now happens to be the Nvidia 680i chipset, and ECS has jumped right in on this high end chipset with another Extreme board. We have the opportunity to look at that board today, and see just how good the 680i and ECS are together. Let's take a quick look at the specs:
| Form Factor
ATX (304mm x 244mm / 12” x 9.6”) |
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| Processor | ||||
| Supports Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme (dual and quad core), Core™ 2 Quad, Core™ 2 Duo, Pentium® D, Pentium® 4, and Celeron® D Socket 775 processors | ||||
| Chipset
NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI MCP |
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| Memory | ||||
| • | Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMMs up to 8GB | |||
| • | Supports Dual Channel DDR2 400/533/667/800 memory | |||
| Expansion Slots | ||||
| • | (2) PCI Express x16 slots for dual PCI Express graphics cards | |||
| • | (1) PCI Express x8 slot | |||
| • | (2) PCI Express x1 slot | |||
| • | (2) PCI slots | |||
| Audio | ||||
| • | Enhanced 8-channel High Definition Azalia audio | |||
| • | Supports SPDIF output and jack sensing | |||
| SATA | ||||
| • | Supports six native SATA2 3.0Gb/s devices | |||
| • | Hot-swap capability, allowing disks to be changed without
powering down the system |
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| • | Optimized for NVIDIA MediaShield(tm) Storage technology | |||
| • | Supports SATA ATAPI devices | |||
| IDE Port
One Ultra DMA IDE connector supports 33/66/100/133 |
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| Floppy
One Floppy Disk Drive connector supports up to 2.88MB |
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USB2.0
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| Ethernet | ||||
| Two 10/100/1000 Base-T Gigabit Ethernet (LAN) interfaces | ||||
| FireWire
Two 1394a ports support up to 400Mb/s data transfer rate |
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| Other Features | ||||
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Rear panel I/O ports |
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| • | PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard port | |||
| • | (1) IEEE1394a Port | |||
| • | (6) USB 2.0 ports | |||
| • | (2) Gigabit LAN Ports | |||
| • | (6) ports for 8-Channel Audio | |||
| • | (1) S/PDIF Output Port | |||
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Internal I/O connectors |
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| • | (4) 3x1 pin fan connectors | |||
| • | (1) 4x1 pin CPU fan connector | |||
| • | (6) SATA2 connectors | |||
| • | (1) IDE connector | |||
| • | (1) FDD connector | |||
| • | (2) 5x2 pin USB connectors for an additional 4 USB ports | |||
| • | (1) IEEE1394a connector | |||
| • | (1) 5x2 pin Front Panel connector | |||
| • | (1) 5x2 pin Serial connector | |||
| • | (1) 5x2 pin Front Audio | |||
| • | (1) 4-pin Molex Auxiliary Power connector | |||
| • | (1) 24-pin ATX Power connector | |||
| • | (1) 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector | |||
| Warranty
3 years |
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