With no doubt, ECS once again proves the undisputable leading position in this industry via the amazing overclocking capability that the X58B-A motherboard has just presented. Reaching the B-Clock of 215MHz, ECS X58B-A has set up a mile stone of overclocking the latest high-performance Intel® Core™ i7 processors among X58 chipset based motherboards. Instead of staying focus on pursuing the processor’s core speed, ECS X58B-A provides another path to the wonderland of outstanding performance. With ECS’s innovative design, the X58B-A motherboard is capable to reach the unbelievable B-Clock of 215MHz and to overclock the processor up to the core speed of 4GHz simultaneously. Simply by using air cooling system, ECS X58B-A creates the world records of overclocking the B-Clock up to 215MHz that realizes the possibility of building an exceptional platform even without any additional efforts such as preparing those complicated cooling equipment.
Pretty impressive for an ECS board! However, I don't want to burst their bubble, but didn't someone over at XtremeSystems hit 220-something? Don't have the link on hand as I'm at school, but it shouldn't be too hard to find
Who would've expected ECS to come out with something that can out-clock the big boys out there
Wow..I never would've imagined ECS doing that...I remember when I built my very first computer, I bought an intel P4 2.4ghz Northwood and an ECS motherboard combo from Fry's..that ECS board was so lame I couldn't even laugh at it's attempt..but I did build a friend a computer a few years ago with one and it was pretty solid..I just didn't think they'd do this though lol
...By the way..I just noticed the date on this thread so my apologies lol
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This guy must be running XP because this board does not run well with more than 1 stick of ram or XP. Look at the reviews on newegg.
My friend from work had i7 setup built by someone else and loaded 32 bit XP. It ran fine until I loaded Vista x64. Took two stick outs and worked like a champ. ECS tech support told me a new BIOS should be out soon and is the only fix.
By the look of the X in the corner of the CPUz screen shot I'm betting Vista, and the readout says he is running 2gb RAM (2x1gb) Kingston PC3-10700H.
MOST ECS boards I have used in the past have been picky on what RAM you stick in them. This is why I use Kingston for everything, haven't found a board yet that doesn't like it..
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I saw some people stating that they used memory listed on the ECS website "even Kingston" that were having issues. If you google "slow install i7" you will see pattern. That pattern being this board.
