The motherboard is based on AMD A75 (Hudson D3) express chipset for best desktop platform. A75 is a single-chip, highly integrated, high performance Hyper-Transport peripheral controller, unmatched by any other single chip-device controller. The memory controller supports DDR3 memory DIMM frequencies of 1866/1600/1333/1066/800. It supports two DDR3 slots with maximum memory size of 32 GB. One PCI Express x16 slot, intended for Graphics Interface, is fully compliant to the PCI ExpressGen2 (version 2.0). In addition, two PCI Express x1 slots and one v2.2 PCI slot are supported.
It integrates USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 interface, supporting up to ten USB 2.0 ports (six USB 2.0 ports at the rear panel and two USB 2.0 headers support additional four USB 2.0 ports) and four USB 3.0 ports (two USB 3.0 ports at the rear panel and one USB 3.0 header supports additional two USB 3.0 ports). The gray USB 2.0 header provides EZ charger technology, please refer to Front Panel USB 2.0 headers of chapter 2 for more details. This motherboard integrates a Serial ATA host controller, supporting four SATA ports with maximum transfer rate up to 6Gb/s each. There is an full set of I/O ports in the rear panel, including PS/2 mouse and keyboard combo connectors, one D-sub (VGA) port, one HDMI port, one DVI port, six USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, one LAN port, three audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 6-ch line-out.

Features:

• 3+2 Phase Power Design
• Applied 100% Solid capacitor design to maximize component reliability
• ECS Durathon Technology ensure the stability, reliability and performance of system.
(Triple Density PCB; Extreme Temp Resistance; 1.5K Marathon Test; Superior Solid CAPs)
• ESD Protection prevents computers from electrostatic discharge damage to enhance its durability and lifespan
• Supports ECS EZ BIOS for tweaking BIOS in graphical user interface within a multi language environment
• ECS MIB III - A friendly interface for overclocking
• Integrated Printer (LPT) port / header to expand functionality
• Microsoft Windows 8 Certified
• Supports DirectX® 11 to enhance graphical performance
• Supports HDMI 1.4a Technology ( resolution up to 1920X1200 ) and HDCP function
• Supports AMD UVD 3.0 Engine
• Supports AMD Turbo Core Technology
• Supports AMD Turbo Core Technology
• Supports AMD Dual Graphics Technology
• Supports AMD FM2 APU
• Supports AMP (AMD Memory Profile)
• ECS Intelligent EZ Utility : eBLU, eDLU, eSF

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