In the time after the Extreme series, ECS must have found a need for a new product line - since it's been in just recent times that the Black Series has come to life. Consisting of very attractive motherboards with a rich feature set, though a lacking bundle, ECS' Black series has set out to capture the heart, and summarily, wallet of the gamer. With a generally positive experience found on these boards; even if the overclocking has been universally lacking. Now, where the GF7300T-A sets apart from the rest of the series is in that it provides the user the paths of both performance and value, as well as sporting Hybrid SLI - a feature which could save power conscious gamers hundreds over the course of a year. The question really is, then - is this board worth it? Let's have a look.

Features & Specifications:

Now this; is a little bit of a pickle. From the day that the offer for this review came to my inbox, ECS' product page for this motherboard hasn't changed one bit - that includes the features and specs panels. Which means you all get to see what's on the box.

A Closer Look:

Sporting the same dragon as the P45T-A on it's forward flap, the GF9300T-A is a motherboard marketed towards gamers looking for a spike of performance into their otherwise bland digital diets. As you've already seen the back of the box, the features of this motherboard, though somewhat lacking in the field of overclocking, should be plenty to let it inhabit a gaming rig in the den, setting up shop alongside consoles, feeding pixels to that huge slab of panel that hangs on the wall. Opening the upper flap of the box, the rather sparse bundle comes into view - three SATA and an IDE cable, along with the manual, quick start guide, and I/O shield. To be honest, it's really quite sparse; though the lack of a floppy cable is entirely forgivable, as the pesky port is finally gone from this board.