Specifications (taken from the ECS Elitegroup website):
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CPU
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» LGA775 socket for Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium D processor
» FSB 1066/800 MHz
» Support Hyper-Threading Technology
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Chipset
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» NVIDIA C19XE & MCP51
» North Bridge: NVIDIA C19XE
» South Bridge: NVIDIA MCP51
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Memory
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» Dual-channel DDR2 memory architecture
» 4 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket support up to 16GB
» Support DDR2 533/667 DDR SDRAM
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Expansion Slot
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» 2 x PCI Express x16 slot ( SLI mode: x8, x8 )
» 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
» 3 x PCI slots
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Storage
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» Supported by NVIDIA MCP51
-- 4 x Ultra DMA133/100/66 devices
-- 4 x Serial ATA devices
» RAID0, RAID1, RAID0+1, RAID5 configuration
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IEEE 1394a (optional)
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» VIA 6307 support 2 x IEEE1394a ports
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Audio
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» Realtek ALC883 8-channel audio CODEC
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LAN
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» Marvell 88E1115 Gigabit LAN controller
» Realtek RTL8100C 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Controller (optional)
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Rear Panel I/O
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» 1 x PS/2 keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors
» 4 x USB ports
» 1 x RJ45 LAN connector
» 1 x Serial port (COM1)
» 1 x Audio port (Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in)
» 2 x Digital SPDIF (Optical & Coaxial) out
» 1 x Parallel port (LPT1)
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Internal I/O Connectors & Headers
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» 1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector
» 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V connector
» 1 x FDD connector supports two 360K~2.88MB FDDs
» 1 x Auxiliary 4-pin +12V connector
» 1 x IrDA for SIR header
» 1 x Speaker header
» 2 x IDE connectors
» 4 x Serial ATA connectors
» 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB Ports
» 1 x Front panel switch/LED header
» 1 x Front panel audio header
» CD in header
» CPUFAN/NBFAN/SYSFANx2 connectors
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System BIOS
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» AMI BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM
» Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, APM 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI
» Supports ACPI revision 1.0 specification
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Form Factor
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» ATX Size 305mm*244mm
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Browsing the specifications reveals more information on some of the impressive features, but raises one question for me. Where is the 1394A (Firewire)? I have had only one motherboard with Firewire, and its availability was enough to convince me to get an external Firewire drive enclosure. The drive has gone unused for a while now as I wait to get yet another board that actually includes Firewire onboard. As we will see later in the review, Firewire could be an option, as the board has locations for headers, they just weren't included (as is the case on many boards).
