ECS KN1 Extreme

Review @ FiringSquad

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ECS also takes active steps to thwart heat by including a large chipset cooler and a second cooler which removes hot air lurking within your system case, just like ABIT’s OTES-based motherboards.

As far as performance is concerned, the ECS KN1 Extreme delivered here as well, with performance falling between the other nForce4 board we tested, MSI’s K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI, and the nForce3 Ultra-based Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP-939.

Overclockers will be a little disappointed however, as the KN1 Extreme’s BIOS options are limited in some areas. For instance, bus speed options only go up to 250MHz, and even then, the upper settings are only available in increments of 2MHz. In addition, settings for clock multiplier adjustment and chipset voltage aren’t even provided in BIOS.

Fortunately, this is one area that ECS can easily fix with a simple BIOS update, if they choose to do so. As we mentioned on the BIOS page however, politics may be playing a role here, it’s just too soon to know. The other cons we noted in the Ballistics Report will likely need to be addressed in a future board revision if ECS wishes to correct them.

The real positive that the KN1 Extreme has going for it is its price. Already the board can be found for just under $120 online, prices will likely fall even further once more boards become available and competition really sets in. The nearest competitor in price so far is Chaintech’s VNF4/Ultra Zenith board, which doesn’t have the cooling found on the ECS motherboard or the added extras, such as 802.11g WiFi, dual LAN, and six Serial ATA ports. ECS delivers more features and does so at a lower price.

oha, ECS will im High Price bereich einsteigen?

an deren stelle würd ich mir da eher an neuen Firmenname dafür zulegen.

ich werd mir des Board sicherned kaufen

Zitat von SKYNET

weil wenn ich dann sage das es owned, wollens alle.

Träumer....

löl das kann aber jeder der in 10 Foren rumspammt, und gefakte Screenshots postet.

hmm nettes mobo... aber ich bräuchte tests von mehreren seiten bzw. berichte von foren, ob das board wirklich was kann.. weil ich hatte mit ECS auch schon meine probleme und so schnell kauf ich's nicht wieder (auch wenn's nix kosten)

btw. skynet... bisschen am tombman trip oder wie