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Wednesday, September 21, 2005
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The ECS PF5 Extreme is an LGA775 motherboard based on Intel's popular 945P Express (945P + ICH7R) chipset. Although Intel positions this chipset as a value desktop part, it in fact boasts some high-end features including 1066, 800 and 533 MHz system bus support, PCI-Express x16 graphics, dual-channel DDR2, SATA RAID and high definition audio to name but a few...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2005
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ECS' PF5 Extreme has its fair share of good and bad points. Let's take the good first. The company's Scalable D.G.E. technology offers up a possible quad-display setup that's run off two PCI-Express cards. No, it's not SLI or CrossFire, so don't expect true dual-card 3D performance, but it's handy for those that need the screen real estate and a step up from mixing onboard graphics displays (i945G) and discrete cards'. The layout and feature-set for a £90 board are both good, too...
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Monday, June 27, 2005
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Feature-wise, ECS has done a great job out-fitting the board with some of the better components available. Multiple RAID and LAN motherboards are not so uncommon these days, but not every board will provide PCI Express based controllers for both Gigabit Ethernet and SATA II RAID, especially not a board that already features dual PCI Express graphics slots. To pump up the value proposition, ECS has incorporated their Dr. LED feature that helps diagnose expansion slot functionality and Top-Hat Flash BIOS recovery. We also believe that ECS has nailed down the basics of a functional design with the PF5 Extreme. Components were ideally located, thoughtfully grouped and well spaced out for better airflow.
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