Introduction and Technical Specifications

The Z87H3-A3X board offers a cost-effective solution to the enthusiasts on a budget without sacrificing quality or performance…

Introduction

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The Z87H3-A3X is ECS' latest release in their L337 Gaming board line. Similar to the A2X Extreme board, ECS designed the Z87H3-A3X with a liberal amount of gold, from the gold plating on its capacitors to the gold tint on its integrated heat sinks. This board is a steal at it $119.99 MSRP with its Intel Z87 chipset and performance-oriented components.

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ECS powers the Z87H3-A3X motherboard with a 6-phase digital power regulation system to ensure consistent power delivery to the CPU under all operating circumstances. The Z87H3-A3X includes the following integrated features: six SATA 6Gb/s ports and one eSATA port; an Intel GigE NIC; two PCI-Express x16 slots for up to dual-card support; four PCI-Express x1 slots; and USB 2.0 and 3.0 port support. The 80P button configures what information displays on the diagnostic display once the board has successfully initialized.

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Being part of their L337 Gaming series boards, the Z87H3-A3X includes the Durathon power delivery solution and innovative cooling solution. The board's heat sinks are designed to enhance airflow over key components to aid in cooling, while the Durathon system incorporates enhanced power modules to maximum performance and minimize failure potential.

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Technical Specifications (taken from the ECS website)

CPU

º Supports new 4rd gen Intel® Core™ family, Pentium, Celeron series processors in LGA1150 socket
º DMI 5.0GT/s
º 6 Phase Thermal Design Power
º VRD 12.5
º 100% Solid capacitor design
º Intel® K Series Unlock CPU Support

CHIPSET

º Intel® Z87 Express Chipset
º Intel® Smart Response Technology, Intel® Smart Connect Technology & Intel® Rapid Start Technology

GRAPHICS

º Supports DirectX® 11 .1
º Supports Intel® HD Graphics, InTru™ 3D, Quick Sync Video, Clear Video HD Technology, Insider™
º Supports HDMI 1.4a & Premium Audio
º Supports NVIDIA® 2-Way SLI
º Supports ATI® 2-Way CrossFireX™

MEMORY

º Dual-channelDDR3 Memory architecture
º Supports DDR3 3000 non-ECC, Un-buffered SDRAM Memory
º 4 X 240-pin DDR3 DIMM socket
º Support up to 32 GB*
º Intel® extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3/1.2 Memory Modules

EXPANSION SLOT

º 2 X PCI Express X16 Gen 3.0 slot(s)
º 4 X PCI Express X 1 Gen 2.0slot(s)
º Supports NVIDIA® SLI Technology
º Supports ATI® CrossfireX Technology
º *When using two VGA cards, the bandwidth is @8 badnwidth; when using one VGA card, the bandwodth is @16.

Storage

º Support by Intel® Z87 Express Chipset
  • 6 X Serial ATAIII 6Gb/s
  • 1 X eSATAIII 6Gb/s
  • RAID0, RAID1,RAID5, RAID 10 configuration
º Supports Intel® Rapid Storage Technology
º *The gray SATA6G connector will become unavailable when eSATA connector is used.

Audio

º 8-Channel HD audio CODEC
º Realtek ALC1150 8-channel High Definition audio CODEC

LAN

º Intel I217-V Gigabit Fast Ethernet Controller
º Wake-On-LAN

USB

º Support by Intel Z87 Express Chipset
  • 6 X USB3.0 port(s) up to 5Gb/s
    Back Panel 4 port(s)
    Onboard 2 port(s)
  • 8 X USB2.0 port(s) Up to 480 Mb/s
    Back Panel 4 port(s)
    Onboard 4 port(s)
º ECS EZ Charger (Gray USB header)

REAR PANEL I/O

º 1 X PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors
º 1 X Audio port (Line-in,4x Line-out, SPDIF out)
º 1 X RJ-45 port
º 1 X HDMI port(s)
º 1 X DVI-D port(s)
º 1 X D-Sub (VGA) port(s)
º 1 X Optical S/PDIF Out port(s)
º 1 X eSATA 6Gb/s port(s)
º 6 X USB3.0 port(s)
º 4 X USB2.0 port(s)

CONNECTORS & HEADERSs

º 1 X 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector
º 1 X 8-pin ATX 12V Power Connector
º 1 X 3-pin PWR_FAN connector
º 1 X Front Panel switch/LED header
º 1 X Front panel audio header
º 1 X Speaker header
º 1 X USB 3.0 header
  • Support additional 2 USB ports
º 2 X USB 2.0 header
  • Support additional 4 USB ports
º Support EZ charger (gray color)
º 1 X S/PDIF out header
º 6 X SATA III 6Gb/s connector(s)
º 1 X CLR_CMOS header
º 1 X Serial port header (COM)
º 1 X Parallel port header (LPT)
º 1 X TPM header
º 1 X Chassis intrusion header

SYSTEM BIOS

º AMI BIOS with 64 MB SPI Flash ROM
º Supports M.I.B X Utility
º Supports ACPI 5.0 & DMI
º F7 hot key for boot up devices option
º Over-Clocking
º Graphic OC Support
º Triple Display
º Support ECS EZ BIOS
º Plug and Play, STR (S3) / STD (S4) , Hardware monitor, Multi Boot
º Multi-Language BIOS
º Audio, LAN, can be disabled in BIOS
º Supports PgUp clear CMOS Hotkey
º CPU FSB adjustment(increase of 1MHz)
º * Adjustable CPU Voltage
º * Memory Voltage Adjustable
º * Support CPU over-clocking function: Adjustable CPU Clock Multiplier
º * HT Voltage Adjustable
º * Graphic Voltage Adjustable

FORM FACTOR

º ATX Form Factor
º 305mm X 220m

OS Support

º Windows 7 64-bit
º Windows 8 64-bit

Certifications

º CE/FCC Certification
º ErP/EuP Certification
º WHQL Certification
º WHCK Certification

Bundled Software

º ECS Intelligent EZ Utility : eBLU, eDLU, eOC, eSF
º Free Bundle: Norton Internet Security ,CyberLink PowerDVD, CyberLink PowerDirector 9, Muzee with trial version
º Creative Sound Blaster Cinema software

 

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