Cheapest P55 motherboard ever now available courtesy of ECS

Asrock no longer holds the title of "cheapest P55 mobo manufacturer ever." This honor now belongs to ECS, with its new P55H-CM motherboard, now available for the low low price of just 4,780 Pesos. That's even cheaper than some LGA 775 and AM3 motherboards out there. Doubts about quality aside, the ECS P55H-CM motherboard comes with four 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets that support up to 16GB of memory, one x PCI Express x16 slot, two PCI Express x1 slots and 1 PCI slot. It's built in a Micro-ATX form factor, which would make it perfect for use in SFFs and HTPCs. It might be a good idea to wait out for reviews of this mobo before going for it, though.





Sources: [ECS, PC Hub]

ECS intros TIGT-I motherboard with Intel Atom D510 CPU and GMA3150 graphics

Your next nettop/SFF PC motherboard has just arrived, courtesy of ECS. Pictured above, the ECS TIGT-I motherboard features an integrated Intel Atom D510 processor (clocked at 1.66GHz) with GMA3150 graphics, the standard configuration for Intel's recently announced Pinetrail platform. Built in a Mini-ITX form factor, the ECS TIGT-I motherboard offers a built-in Ethernet port, high definition audio, 2 x SATA3.0 Gb/s, 1 x PATA, 4 x USB 2.0, 2 x DDR2 800, and 1 x PCIe x1 expansion slot. ECS's press release boasts that this mobo saves 50% power but increases up to 20% performance than the previous generation. Plus it will be perfect for fan-less systems, small form factor PCs or other portable devices. Hard to argue with that.

Source: [ECS]