Bosco Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Tonight Frank takes a look at the ECS L337 GANK Machine Z87H3-A2X Extreme Motherboard. Read his review here: http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/ecs_l337_gank_machine_z87h3a2x_extreme/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePanda Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Okay...beyond the obvious and large number of jokes available with this...it is one ugly ass board! lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp9801 Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Okay...beyond the obvious and large number of jokes available with this...it is one ugly ass board! lol Well just try to keep the jokes civil... ish. Too bad about the BIOS issues with it, hopefully that gets fixed soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac173 Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 What is it I am missing here? The review has an overall favorable tone, yet the board consistently tested near last in the pack. It did not show stock or OC performance to beat but ONE of the other MOBO's tested, so why a favorable tone to the review? At $220 I would demand MUCH better performance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted September 5, 2013 Posted September 5, 2013 Here is what you have to look at, THe reason it tests lower is that the base clock speed under Turbo Boost conditions only goes up to 3.7Ghz by default when all four cores are loaded. This is easy to fix by tweaking the BIOS on the board. Overall it is a well built board that needs some more BIOS tuning to truly make it perform. Any person forking out $220 for an enthusiast level board is going to understand that it will need to be tweaked to get the most out of it. All this board needs is a better BIOS IMHO, This has been something of a weak spot with ECS over the years. For instance my review of their top of the line X58 board was held off for close to 6 months while they worked out a BIOS issue that would allow the system to function normally when a 64bit OS was installed. Its a solid board with some tuning issues nothing more and nothing less. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black64 Posted September 5, 2013 Posted September 5, 2013 I don't think its ugly, especially when your CPU heatsink and GPUs cover up everything anyway. But I am not a ECS fan anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted September 6, 2013 Posted September 6, 2013 I think its not bad looking. Each and every Manufacturer has their own look. Some good, some bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted September 7, 2013 Posted September 7, 2013 Uh, IMO it's ugly!! Regardless of it's performance, it looks bad to me. :-( Good review, btw. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Posted September 7, 2013 Posted September 7, 2013 :shrug: it looks ok, i've seen worse (and a lot better). If your running an open/windowed case then cosmetics matter if not, then you'll never realy have to look at it.. and as someone mentioned earlier, once you get all your gear on there, you realy don't see much of the board.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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