ECS Elitegroup NF650SLIT-A Motherboard

Introduction:

   The computer world is all a buzz and some days, chaotic with all the numerous recent product releases. Motherboard manufacturers seem to be throwing various motherboard models and revisions out to the market like hot cakes. To be quite honest, there are so many different makes and models with so many different features and functions, that it's really nice to see some of the motherboard monikers simplifying the purchase process by putting the chipset names in the titles. Chipsets are the easiest way to gauge how a motherboard will perform and know what to expect in terms of features.

ECS has been really fortunate this past year with the release of several new motherboards that have followed the Elitegroup name and performed like any enthusiast would expect. Their AMD and Intel 590-SLI and 680i-SLI motherboards have done quite well offering up much better than average performance. While you can still find 590-SLI chipset motherboards out there, the 680i chipsets are still few and far between, not to mention a bit more expensive. The 680i is mainly the extreme Intel user's choice with very decent overclocking and features. Since the 590-SLI has been phased out, this left a gap among Intel users. This is where the 650-SLI chipset comes in to play.

The ECS NF650SLIT-A Motherboard is intended to offer up full SLI PCI-E 16x support as well as some decent features. While the 650-SLI chipset has achieved less than top notch overclocking results from other various makers, it hasn't been poor results either. The common 650 boards reach the 1300 FSB area before running in to heat and stability issues. In some cases, these motherboards differ in limits based on which multi-core processor was used to test. Overclocking really isn't all that important as far as the 650-SLI goes. In fact, users would rather get a little something extra along with excellent stability and good performance. Let's see where the ECS NF650SLIT-A places based on these terms.

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Features:

Windows Vista Ready The latest generation Microsoft O.S., delivers better personal productivity and digital entertainment on your PC through its improved reliability, security, and performance. WHQL WHQL certificate processing now   Core 2 Quad The new Core2 Quad processor combines two dual-core chips in a single package that plugs into a single chip socket. It enables even more multitasking with greater performance. FSB1333 Supports the latest 1333MHz front side bus Intel®Processor   Core 2 Extreme With the Core 2 processor family, the extreme version gets a higher clock speed, larger caches and a faster FSB. The high-end processor features the latest arsenal of performance-rich technologies. Over-Clocking Maximizes your system performance by selecting over clocking options ROHS 8 Channel High Definition Audio 8 Channel High Definition Audio Gigabit LAN Gigabit LAN supporting a high transfer rate up to 1 Gb/s.   RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 Supports RAID 0(Striped disk array), RAID 1(Mirroring disk array), RAID 0+1(A mirror of stripes), RAID 5(Block Interleaved Distributed Parity). Provides users the performance and protection.   Dual Channel DDR2 800 Doubles the bandwidth of your system memory up to 12.8GB/s and pumps up the system performance.   Serial-ATA 2 Double bus bandwidth which provides blazingly high disk performance, ensuring your computing experience will be faster, more reliable, and completely with current and future hardware and software.   LGA775 Supports LGA775 Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology.   64bit support Allows platforms to access more memory and larger files. Large memory intensive applications, such as audio and video encoding, complex engineering programs and games, can see dramatic performance increases.   Dualcore Dual-core is basically two separate processors on a single chip. Those two processors can outperform single-core processors on most multithreaded applications while running at lower clock speeds and consuming less power.   high-speed USB 2.0 Delivers transfer speeds up to 480Mb/s for easy connectivity and ultra-fast da

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