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ECS GF7100PVT-M Motherboard

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The HL Staff
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Aron Schatz
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August 14, 2008
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Today we are taking a close look at the GF7100PVT-M motherboard presented by Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS). ECS provides affordable options for the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) crowd with a wide variety of motherboard types and styles to fit the many DIY genres. With this board, they tout compatibility with 45nm CPUs, DDR2-800 memory, a 1333 FSB and even HDMI output with the onboard video. ECS seems to have packed quite a bit into this micro-ATX board. It leaves us wondering which type of DIYer will get the most out of this board, and who might be left to search for other options. Surely they couldn't pack everything you might want into this little board. Or could they?
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Today we are taking a close look at the GF7100PVT-M motherboard presented by Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS).  ECS provides affordable options for the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) crowd with a wide variety of motherboard types and styles to fit the many DIY genres.   With this board, they tout compatibility with 45nm CPUs, DDR2-800 memory, a 1333 FSB and even HDMI output with the onboard video.  ECS seems to have packed quite a bit into this micro-ATX board.  It leaves us wondering which type of DIYer will get the most out of this board, and who might be left to search for other options.  Surely they couldn't pack everything you might want into this little board. Or could they?

PRODUCT
  • ECS GF7100PVT-M
CPU SUPPORTSocket LGA775
  • Intel 95W CPUs from Celeron to Core 2 Quad
  • FSB 1333/1066/800/533 MHz
CHIPSET
  • Single Chipset GeForce 7100 / 630i
MEMORY
  • 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets (up to 8GB)
  • Supports DDR2 800/667/533 MHz
  • Voltages (1.8/1.85/1.9/1.95/2.0)
  • Key Features (EPP/XMP/ETC)
EXPANSION SLOTS
  • 1 PCI Express X16 slot
  • 1 PCI Express X1 slot
  • 2 PCI slot
STORAGE
  • Support by NVIDIA GeForce 7100/630i
  • - 2 x Ultra DMA 133/100/6 devices
  • - 2 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s devices
  • RAID0, RAID1, RAID0+1, RAID5 confingurations
AUDIO
  • Realtek ALC888 8-channel HD Audio codec
  • Compliant with HD audio specification
LAN
  • Realtek 8111B Giga LAN
REAR I/O PANEL
  • 4 x USB 2.0 ports
  • 1 x serial port (com1)
  • 1 x VGA port
  • 1 x DVI port
  • 1 x HDMI (adapter to be used on DVI port)
  • 1 x Audio port / 8CH / 6 jacks
  • 1 x LAN RJ45 connector
  • PS/2 Keyboard
  • PS/2 Mouse
INTERNAL I/O HEADERS
  • 1 x 24-pin + 4-pin ATX power connectors
  • 1 x FDD connector
  • 1 x IDE connector
  • 4 x Serial ATA connectors
  • 3 x USB 2.0 headers (supports additional 6 USB ports)
  • 1 x front panel switch/LED header
  • 1 x front panel audio header
  • 1 x SPDIF out header
  • 1 x CD-in header
  • CPUfan/SYSfan connectors
SYSTEM BIOS
  • AMI Bios with 8Mb SPI ROM 
  • Supports Plug and Play, ACPI, DMI, STR(S3), & STD(S4)
FORM FACTOR
  • Micro ATX, 244mm x 244mm
WARRANTY/SUPPORT
  • ECS support page
CURRENT PRICING
  • Current Price at Newegg.com

Bundle

ACCESSORIES
  • I/O shield
  • DVI-to-HDMI adapter
CABLES
  • One SATA data cable
  • One IDE cable
APPLICATION DISK
  • ECS Motherboard Auto-Installation & Support CD
DOCUMENTATION
  • ECS GF7100PVT-M User's Guide & Manual
  • Hardware Installation Sheet

The DVI-to-HDMI adapter is nice little eye-catcher to remind us that this little board does have something special.   The rest of the bundled items are fairly basic and don't really give us much to be excited about.  So we'll move on to take a closer look at what they packed into this little plank.

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