ECS A785GM-AD3 AM3 Black Series motherboard review
Test System
- AMD Phenom II X2 550 CPU
- ECS A785GM-AD3 AM3 motherboard
- Kingston HyperX 1600 MHz 4GB Kit KHX1600C9D3K2/4G
- Patriot TorqX M28 256GB SSD
- Xigmatek Dark Knight S1283 Heatsink
Overclocking
I was pleased with the overclocking ability of the board. I was able to overclock the Phenom II X2 550 CPU from 3.1 GHz to 3.8 GHz. The HD 4200 chipset was running at 800 MHz, up from default speed of 500 MHz. This board does not allow for voltage change of the integrated chipset.
CPU was running at a voltage of 1.52V, while NB voltage was bumped up by 0.1V, SB voltage was at 1.25V while the memory was running at 1.6V.
Below is a comparison of the stock settings as set by the board on first boot versus the overclocked settings in Everest Cache and Memory benchmark.
For ACC fiture?
Why you aren’t reviewing that ACC fiture