Conclusion:

   It’s easy to look at the ECS KN1 SLI EXTREME in a good light. My favorite Canadian supplier lists the KN1 SLI EXTREME for $55 (Canadian of course, which is about 99 cents USD :P ) cheaper than a A8N-SLI Premium. The ease of over clocking, and the fact that even with stock cooling, my cpu can be over clocked by 300 mhz, with just a simple front side bus increase.

   From my experience with this board, the only issues are with the physical makeup of it. While the close proximity of the ram slots to the video cards are only a minor annoyance, the PCI slot LED’s are by far my biggest complaint.

   The fact that there is no control over the LED’s and that they really are so bright (oh and flash if there isn’t a card in a slot!) is the sole reason I’m going to dock ECS a full point. I’m sure some people like them, but I’m definitely not the only one who sleeps in the same room as my computer, and I’m also not the only person I know who's made a comment about them.

   Fast, reliable easy to setup/over clock and cheaper than similar featured boards. Someone at ECS knew what they where doing. I can’t think of a better single socket 939 board I’ve looked at.

Pros:

• Excellent over-clocking

• Stable

• Customizable

• Excellent memory speeds

• Tophat Flash

• Good price point

• Good documentation

Cons:

• Uncontrollable Blinking super bright LED’s

• Ram placement

   Thanks to Elitegroup Computer Systems for supplying the KN1 SLI EXTREME for this review. Send any comments or complaints to Millsy