ECS A890GXM-A(U) V2.0 Black Series motherboard exclusive hands-on

http://www.tweaktown.com Yesterday we stopped by the ASRock headquarters in Taipei to check out a couple of their new goodies ahead of Computex next week and today we dropped into ECS who showed us a couple new motherboards that they will be showcasing at the big show next week.

In our second video from the visit we got an exclusive look at the ECS A890GXM-A(U) V2.0 Black Series motherboard that supports 140 watt AMD Socket AM3 processor by way of the AMD 890GX chipset. This is a similar product to the original A890GXM except it sees some changes with the most notable being the ability to unlock cores hidden in AMD Phenom II and Sempron 140 processors. Additionally this is done without the need of adding in additional chips like its competitors, and it is done without advanced clock calibration (or ACC).

This mobo also ushers in a new ECS feature and that is called 15u Gold Contact technology. Basically extra bits of gold are added to the pins on the CPU, memory and PCI Express x16 slots and sockets to increase reliability and performance through improved conductivity. In theory this sounds great, but in practice we are not sure about its full effectiveness. Well have to get one in for a full review. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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• ECS
• A890GXM A U V2 0
• Black Series
• motherboard
• hands on
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[camwilmot]

Have patience for the PM who was kind enough to introduce the mobo to us. It was her first time doing a video and English is not her first language, but still she did a good job.

[brodez1]

engrish pl0x

[tivoatheos]

TT Contac 29 and CM Hyper 212+ fits this mobo no problem. I have the version 1 of this mobo and may somebody confirm if V2 BIOS can be used to update my V1 so I can use the Unlock Core Capability feature since the PCB is exactly the same. I've heard and read that it works, I'm just looking for further confirmation before I try it. Can someone please confirm?

[MajorisGaming]

powar batan and aslo reset batan xD

[MajorisGaming]

1:39 back panel ?

[MajorisGaming]

This one is tru of oi sam a aaaa me macen macenicool camplick ja !

[78UNKNOWN]

It' s not too late to remake a better presentation.

It sounded so amateurish, not to mention annoying and distracting

[bulacansell]

hey guys,croosfire with this mobo would give me a x16 x16 or it will divide in x8 x8?please help me out..i can't decide on what mobo to buy that have x16 x16 cf config and at a cheap price..

[redneckboy6983]

I'm getting me one!

[RWRamo]

Hey Cam, not bad. I thought the splash screen said USB3? I can't buy another new hot off the shelf obsolete item. Perhaps V.3.0? Thanks again looks good, did she say if that would digest DDR3 memory? I think we skipped over that part of the AM3 intro.

[AoDIronMask]

That's a fair amount of expense putting all four major display connectors on an on-board graphics solution. I haven't even seen an actual dedicated graphics card manufacturer do that lol.

P.S. I don't know what people are complaining about. I've heard much much worse Engrish out there.