ECS announces first AM3 motherboard

Jumping the gun just for the sake of it, ECS (Elitegroup Computer Systems) has now unveiled the A790GXM-AD3, the first AM3 motherboard. Part of ECS' Black Series, the upcoming board has support for AMD's Q1-bound 45nm AM3 Phenom II processors and comes with four DDR3-1333 memory slots.

Seen below, the motherboard makes use of the 790GX + SB750 chip combo to offer Radeon HD 3300 integrated graphics but also two PCI-Express x16 slots for CrossFireX and Hybrid CrossFire support, it features a 5 phase power design, six SATA 3.0 Gbps ports, Gigabit Ethernet, 7.1 channel audio, D-Sub and HDMI connectors, Power, Reset and Clear CMOS buttons, plus, yes, a black PCB.

The A790GXM-AD3's retail release date and price are yet unknown.

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