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Black Series Mobo From Ecs Tested |
 Aug 5 2008, 07:38 PM
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 OCC's Water Boy  Posts: 898 Joined: 27-March 07 From: Chicago Member No.: 20,337  |
hey everyone,
we've just wrapped up a review of an ECS Black Series P45 mobo - check it out! this looks like a solid "Swiss Army" type board - workstation, light gaming, 'Net and e-mail, etc. 
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Aug 5 2008, 08:36 PM
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 Audio Nut  Posts: 6,677 Joined: 14-February 04 From: Clemson U. Member No.: 8,484 |
Damn those are horrible overclocking scores.
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Aug 5 2008, 08:56 PM
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 OCC Boss  Posts: 27,159 Joined: 27-April 02 From: Canada Member No.: 521 |
QUOTE (Thewacokid @ Aug 5 2008, 09:36 PM)  Damn those are horrible overclocking scores. I was thinking the samething ouch
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Aug 5 2008, 09:10 PM
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 Member Formerly Known as QueenzPcFreak90 Posts: 1,784 Joined: 29-December 05 From: Flushing, NYC Member No.: 18,277 |
QUOTE (bosco @ Aug 5 2008, 11:56 PM) I was thinking the samething ouch it's an ECS board what did ya expect?  But I have to admit the whole black PCB layout looks badass 
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Aug 6 2008, 04:27 AM
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 OCC AMD Reviewer Posts: 1,623 Joined: 21-May 07 From: Queen Creek, AZ Member No.: 21,421 |
Yea I was disapointed too with the OC scores but at stock it performed quite well....
BTW the Black design is eye catching. -------------------- 1U Server Project 0% |||||||||||||||| 100%
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Aug 6 2008, 06:45 AM
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 Member Posts: 172 Joined: 25-July 08 From: Maine Member No.: 63,467 |
I been using ECS boards for our custom builds at the store for a bit over a year now. They are reliable and decent performing boards for the average user and/or light gamer.
But I wouldn't ever recommend one for overclocking or for a true gaming system. Only the office work type PC's and as I said the average user that doesn't really game all that much. -------------------- Cooler Master 830 Stacker Evolution Case - Real Power Pro 1000w PSU - EVGA 780i Rev.A Motherboard - Intel E8400 @ 4.05Ghz (9x450Mhz) - Tuniq 120 CPU Cooler - 8Gb G.Skill DDR2 800 @ 450Mhz - 2x MSI 8800GTS 512mb Video Cards in SLI
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Aug 6 2008, 07:06 AM
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 Geek Posts: 907 Joined: 8-April 08 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 31,849 |
I'm surprised the caps didn't blow off while testing! I hated those boards when I was building systems on the cheap for people. Rma galore.
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