Review: ECS PF88 Extreme Hybrid Mainboard

by Tarinder Sandhu on 12 May 2005, 00:00

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At-a-glance specs.

Motherboard ECS PF88 Extreme
CPU Support All LGA775 processors (including dual-core models)
Northbridge SiS656
Memory Support 4 slots, DDR-II only. Supports DDR2-400MHz, 533MHz, and 667MHz at 200MHz FSB. 4GB max, dual-channel
AGP None
PEG 2x x16 from SiS656/756
Southbridge SiS965
Audio 8-channel feed from SiS965 to Realtek ALC850 CODEC
Audio Connectivity 6-port backplane speaker
PCI 1x 32-bit 33MHz PCI 2.1 slots
PCI Express 1x x1 slots
IDE 2 ATA133 compliant ports from SiS965
IDE RAID None
SATA 4 ports from SiS965
SATA RAID RAID0, 1, 0+1, and JBOD from SiS965
SATA RAID #2 RAID0 and RAID1 from Silicon Image Sil3132 PCI-Express-based controller. SATA2 compliant
Networking Gigabit Ethernet MAC controller on SiS965 via Marvell 88E1111 PHY
USB 8 USB2.0 ports from SiS965. 4x backplane USB2.0 and 4x internal I/O USB2.0
FireWire 2-port 1394a FireWire support from VIA VT6307 ASIC
Other I/O PS/2, Parallel, 2x Serial
Onboard connectors and pin headers Floppy, 2x ATA133, 4x USB2.0, 6x SATA, FireWire 1394a, Elite Bus connector, 3x usable fan headers
Form Factor 305mm x 245mm, ATX
Expected price £65 inc. VAT. £31 for SIMA card


The strangest set of features yet!