With
the release of the Phenom series of processors, we have seen more
interest in compatible boards that will support this processor.
To take full advantage of the speed, a board
support the new HT3 is recommended. ECS sees this an opportunity to revive the
glory of old K7S5A with its latest board the ECS A770M-A (formerly known as RX780M-A) based on the new
chipset AMD 770 + SB600.
This board supports the AM2+ socket
processor and current processors. It can deliver up to HT 5200MT/s. It has 4 DIMM slots supporting up to 32GB of
Dual Channel DDR2-1066. On board is GbE, 8
Channel HDA, 4 SATA II (RAID0, 1,0+1), 1 PATA, 6 USB 2.0, 1 eSATA and supports
an additional of 4 more USB ports via bracket connectors.
We will take a look at the board and its layout in
the next few pages.
Specs
Socket AM2+
HT 5200MT/s
AMD RX780 + SB600
4 X DIMMs supporting dual channel DDR2 1066 memory up to 32GB
Gigabit LAN
1 X PCI Express X16 slots (Gen 2.0)
4 SATAII ports supporting RAID 0, 1, 0+1
1 X PATA port
8-channel HDA
6 X USB 2.0 ports & 1 X eSATA on the rear panel (2 X USB 2.0 pin headers on
board supporting 4 X USB 2.0 ports)
Vista Premium Ready, RoHS Compliant
