ECS A890GXM-A AM3 Black Series motherboard review
Overclocking
Thanks to the overclocking-friendly BIOS of the ECS A890GXM-A motherboard, I was able to get exactly and almost instantly the same overclock with my Phenom II 955 X4 that I achieved with my Gigabyte motherboard. Unfortunately, it appears that 3.9 GHz is the limit of the CPU at the over-voltage that we give it. Please see our Senior Editor Karan’s excellent tour of his own ECS motherboard’s BIOS. The only difference appears to be the overclocking screens which we present before we show you his video tour of the BIOS. We also did not have his issues with saving our settings.
ECS uses an AMIBIOS. Here is Senior editor Karan’s walkthrough video of the BIOS which can be watched below.
I have been building and repairing systems for a while. Yet, I seem to run into some questions when I am building them for myself. I am building one with ECS A890GXM MB.
You don’t really cover how the BIOS settings are different from other MBs. I am stuck on the Memory Configuration. There is no where to change the Memory Voltage or Multiplier. I am using the OCZ3OB1600LV4GK, DDR3 1600 RAM. This MB shows the default Memory clk as 533 Mhz. And, it set the CAS to 7-7-7-12. I can correct the CAS. But, is the 533 Mhz correct?
Is there a hidden screen for setting the RAM Voltage?
Thanks
You have really bad timing. I just (now) tore my Phenom II system completely down as I am doing a brand new build for a brand new case review that is due June 1. Yes, there are RAM voltage settings and I will be glad to check this out for you further, if you like.
In the meantime, check out the images that are posted in this article’s image gallery – Look at the DIMM voltage adjustments:
http://alienbabeltech.com/main/?attachment_id=17652
http://alienbabeltech.com/main/?attachment_id=17653
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