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Reviews
ECS P43T-A2 V1.0 Socket 775 Motherboard

Sponsor: EliteGroup

Price: 69.99 @ NewEgg

Author: Tazz

Published: Wed, Oct-22-2008

 Description:

     Sure, everyone would love to go out and purchase the latest and greatest motherboard on the market. However, not everyone can afford to spend 200 - 300+ on a motherboard. There are many users out there that have no need for boards that offer great overclocking potential, RAID support, multiple PCI-E slots and so forth. This is where companies like Elitegroup (ECS) come into play with their budget minded boards. Today we are going to be taking a look at one of those products, the ECS P43T-A2 V1.0. This is essentially a stripped down version of the P45T-A. Lets dig in and see how the P43T does.

 First Impression:

    


     The ECS P43T comes in a fairly plain box listing the main features of the board. The P43T board features Intel P43 and ICH10 chipsets, which also supports a FSB of 1333MHz and DDR2 800. This should provide the budget builder with a stable platform to build that budget system off of.


    




     Cracking the box open, we see there are only a few items included with the P43T motherboard (1x SATA cable, 1x IDE cable, 1x PCI I/O plate, Manual, Quick Install Guide, and Software Disc). If your planning on maxing out the SATA, and USB connections, you will want to make sure you have enough extra cables.


Features:

Core 2 Quad
The new Core2 Quad processor combines two dual-core chips in a single package that plugs into a single chip socket. It enables even more multitasking with greater performance. Bring users experience system .performance featuring faster speed.
Core 2 Duo
The processor is manufactured on Intel's 65nm fab process, regardless of L2 cache size, resides in an LGA775-style socket and runs up to 1333MHz front-side bus. Its power consumption is really much lower than previous Intel desktop chips.
LGA775
Supports LGA775 Intel processors with HT Technology.
FSB1333
Supports the latest 1333MHz front side bus Intel®Processor
Dual Channel DDR2 800
Doubles the bandwidth of your system memory up to 12.8GB/s and pumps up the system performance.
SATAII 3.0Gb/s
Doubles the transfer speed of SATA, running at speed up to 3.0Gb/s, and fully compatible with the soon-to-be-released SATA HDD, CD-ROM and other cutting-edge devices with NCQ function support.
Gigabit LAN
Delivers transfer speed ten times faster than conventional 10/ 100 Ethernet connections, supporting a high transfer rate up to Gigabit/s. Gigabit LAN is the networking standards for the future and is ideal for handing large amount of data such as video, audio, and voice.
6 Channel High Definition Audio
Integrated 6-channel HD Audio CODEC delivering advanced multi-channel audio and bringing you the experience of home theater-quality sound.
PCI EXPRESS 2.0
The exceptionally increased interconnect bit rate from 2.5GT/s up to 5.0GT/s would effectively eliminates the bottle neck of the system performance and brings the most terrific computing experience from the present to the future.
Certified For Windows Vista
The latest generation Microsoft O.S., delivers better personal productivity and digital entertainment on your PC through its improved reliability, security, and performance.


Specifications:

  CPU
  LGA775 socket for latest Intel Yorkfield/ Wolfdale/ Core 2 Quad/ Core 2 Duo/ Pentium Dual Core/ Celeron Dual Core/ Celeron 4xx processor
  FSB 1333/1066/800 MHz
  CHIPSET
  Intel® Eaglelake P43 & ICH10
  North Bridge: Intel® Eaglelake P43
  South Bridge: Intel® ICH10
  MEMORY
  Dual-channel DDR2 memory architecture
  4 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket support up to 16GB
  Support DDR2 800/667 DDR2 SDRAM
  EXPANSION SLOT
  1 x PCI Express x16 slot
  3 x PCI Express x1 slots
  2 x PCI slots
  STORAGE
  Support by Intel® ICH10
   6 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s devices
  Support by JMB368
   1 x IDE channel support 2 Ultra DMA133/100/66 devices
  AUDIO
  Realtek ALC662 6-channel HD audio CODEC
  LAN
  Gigabit LAN, Atheros L1 PCIe GigaLAN controller
  REAR PANEL I/O
  1 x PS/2 keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors
  4 x USB ports
  1 x RJ45 LAN connector
  1 x Audio port
  1 x Serial port (COM1)
  INTERNAL I/O CONNECTORS & HEADERS
  1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector
  CPU_FAN/SYS_FAN/PWR_FAN connectors
  1 x IDE connector
  1 x Speaker header
  1 x SPDIF out header
  6 x Serial ATA connectors
  1 x Front panel switch/LED header
  1 x Front panel audio header
  1 x CD in header
  4 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 8 USB ports
  SYSTEM BIOS
  AMI BIOS with 8Mb SPI Flash ROM
  Supports Plug and Play, STR/STD, Hardware monitor, PCI interrupt selection, ACPI & DMI, CPU FSB adjustment (increase of 1MHz)
  Audio, LAN, can be disabled in BIOS
  F11 hot key for boot up devices option
  CPU voltage adjustable
  Memory voltage adjustable for DDR2 800
  PECI Supports
  FORM FACTOR
  ATX Size, 305mm*244mm


 

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