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ECS H67H2-M H67 Motherboard Review

ECS have become ever more popular as of late, offering up some of the latest and greatest features on a variety of boards, for the lowest possible price. This obviously applies to a huge market of consumers wanting the best bang for buck, yet not skimping on quality. ECS have jumped on the Sandy Bridge bandwagon lately and have developed motherboards based on the 1155 socket on both H67 and P67 chipsets.

Today sees us taking a look at the H67H2-M Black Series board, which packs all of the top features for a H67 board with support for the latest generation Intel processors, a reasonable amount of expansion slots, SATA 3 and two USB 3.0 ports. Among these features, ECS also claim top build quality with all solid capacitors and 15μ gold contacts for better protection and durability.

Specifications:

CPU	º LGA1155 socket for new 2nd Generation Intel® Core i7 series processor/Intel® Core i5 series processor/Intel® Core i3 series processor/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors º Supports Intel® Unlock Processors º Supports Intel® Turbo boost 2.0 technology º DMI 20Gb/s
CHIPSET	º Intel® H67 Express Chipset
Extra Chips	º ITE IT8893 supports 1 PCI slot expansion º Etron USB 3.0 Controllor supports 2 x USB 3.0 ports at the back panel (Compatiable with 2 x USB 2.0 ports)
MEMORY	º Dual-channel DDR3 memory architecture º Support DDR3 1333/1066 SDRAM º 4 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM socket support up to 32GB* º *(Due to the DRAM maximum size is 4GB at present, the memory maximum size we have tested is 16GB) Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation
EXPANSION SLOT	º 1 x PCI Express x16 Gen2.0 slot º 2 x PCI Express x1 slots º 1 x PCI slot
STORAGE	º Support by Intel® H67 2 x Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s devices 3 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s devices(white) 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port
AUDIO	º Realtek ALC892 8-Ch High Definition audio CODEC º Compliant with HD audio specification
LAN	º Dual RealTek RTL8111E Gigabit Fast Ethernet Controllers with Teaming
REAR PANEL I/O	º 2 x USB 3.0 ports compatible to both USB 3.0/2.0 devices (blue) º 4 x USB 2.0 Ports º 1 x D-sub(VGA) º 1 x HDMI Port º 1 x DVI Port º 1 x Display port º 2 x RJ45 LAN connectors º 1 x Audio port (Line-in,4x Line-out, SPDIF out) º 1 x Clear_CMOS button º 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port
INTERNAL I/O CONNECTORS & HEADERS	º 1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector º 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power Connector º 1 x 4-pin CPU_FAN connector º 1 x 4-pin SYS_FAN connector º 1 x 3-pin PWR_FAN connector º 3 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors º 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors º 1 x Front panel switch/LED header º 1 x Front panel audio header º 4 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 8 USB ports (F_USB1 supports EZ Charger) º 1 x TPM header º 1 x Chassis intrusion header º 1 x onboard Buzzer º 1 x Power on button º 1 x Reset button º 1 x SPDIF out header º 1 x Clear CMOS header
SYSTEM BIOS	º AMI BIOS with 32Mb SPI ROM º Supports Plug and Play, STR (S3) / STD (S4) , Hardware monitor, Multi Boot º Supports ACPI & DMI º Audio, LAN, can be disabled in BIOS º F7 hot key for boot up devices option º Support Page Up clear CMOS Hotkey º Supports ACPI 3.0 revision º Support Graphic Over-Clocking º Support Dual-Monitor function º Support eJIFFY º Support eBLU º Support eDLU º Support eSF º Support ECS M.I.B III Utility Graphic Voltage Adjustable CPU voltage adjustable IMC Voltage Adjustable Memory voltage adjustable
FORM FACTOR	º Micro-ATX Size, 244mm*244mm