ECS P67H2-A Review: A visit back to Lucid's Hydra
by Ian Cutress on July 21, 2011 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
- Lucid
- P67
- ECS
Test Setup
| Processor |
Intel Core i5-2500K 4 Cores, 4 Threads, 3.3 GHz (3.7 GHz Turbo) |
| Motherboards | ECS P67H2-A |
| Cooling | Corsair H50-1 |
| Power Supply | Silverstone 1000W 80 PLUS Silver |
| Memory |
G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3-1866 9-10-9 28 4x4GB Kit 1.5V Patriot Viper Xtreme DDR3-2133 9-11-9 27 2x4 GB Kit 1.65V |
| Memory Settings | Auto |
| Video Cards |
XFX HD 5850 1GB ECS GTX 580 1536MB |
| Video Drivers |
Catalyst 10.12 NVIDIA Drivers 268.58 |
| Hard Drive | Micron RealSSD C300 256GB |
| Optical Drive | LG GH22NS50 |
| Case | Open Test Bed - CoolerMaster Lab V1.0 |
| Operating System | Windows 7 64-bit |
| SATA Testing | Micron RealSSD C300 256GB |
| USB 2/3 Testing | Patriot 64GB SuperSonic USB 3.0 |
Many thanks to...
In order to perform the Hydra tests, ECS were very kind enough to send me two of their GTX 580 graphics cards, for this review and future reviews. The ECS NGTX580-1536PI-F contains 512 CUDA cores, running at 770 MHz, with 1536 MB of memory at 1 GHz (4 Ghz effective). These units are currently on sale at Newegg.com for $505 with a warranty of three years for parts, and two years for labor.
Comparison to Previous Results
Where applicable, the results in this review are directly compared to the following chipsets and boards which we have reviewed previously:
Power Consumption
Unfortunately for this power supply we don't have many figures to compare the P67H2-A against, but the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro uses less power in this regard.
CPU Temperatures
The ECS does well in the temperature readings compared to other boards we have tested, especially during HD video playback.
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erple2 - Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - link
Looks like the spammers are getting slightly more advanced in this day and age.etamin - Friday, August 12, 2011 - link
Nice to see all those combinations being tested, but why was 580+580 in SLI not included?