All stock codes associated to this product
Z77H2AX(GoldenBoard), Z77H2-AX (Golden Board), Z77H2AX, Z77H2-AX
ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme motherboard even further, the smart features fully support Socket 1155 Intel® 3rd Gen CoreTM processors (i7/i5/i3/Celeron/Pentium) for the desktop to deliver overclocking capabilities which you could never dream of. Designed with the Intel® Z77 Express chipset which supports 4 Dual-channel DDR3 memory modules, and able to OC to 2800, delivering an excellent performance. Moreover, Lucid Virtu Universal MVP GPU Virtualization software provides a higher than the original maximum GPU frame rate performance. The switchable graphics not only enhances better power saving but also extends system longevity with great responsiveness. ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme motherboards also adopt the exclusive QoolTechTM IV, which indicates heat sink temperatures by changing color intelligently preventing your computer from over-heating. In order to have better gaming performance, ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme motherboards support ATI CrossFireX and NVIDIA SLI technologies, as well as next generation PCI Express 3.0 to achieve higher transfer speeds and the best 3D gaming performance. The brand-new ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme motherboard not only give you the most spectacular visual experience but also bring you the best substantial performance and stable platform.
Overview
Media Recommend
"this generation we get military/NASA quality components and stability mixed with an attractive board design which really stands out. ECS add an additional PCIe switch for more lanes and ensure other enthusiast features such as measurement points and debug LED's are present. We also liked the addition of a mini-PCIe location, another first for a Z77 enthusiast ATX board from the models we have seen." ---Quoted from Hardwareheaven in UK -Gold Award
Nonstop Technology - ECS exclusive long-term stability solution
Nonstop Technology includes 4 main features from best component to protection mechanism for maximum long-term stability of users' personal computers.
Super Marathon 3X Stability - 72 Hours Stability Test
Super Marathon 3X Stability is certificated by over 30 ECS professional testers. More than 3 times testing cycle and military level environment, runs over 30,000 times quality test within 72 hours. Super Marathon 3X Stability, providing guarantee of stability and durability, makes end-users easy to beyond the limitation.
Sahara Severe Test - 50 Degree Burn-In Test
Sahara Severe Test is a harsher test standard, with 125% higher than industrial traditional temperature under burn-in test of 50 and ensures quality of components to prove the stability and performance under full loading and high temperature. ECS carefully selects each component of products, breaks self limit, and leads the industrial specification. The best quality is made by severity.
Apache Long-Life CAP - 100% Solid CAP
Apache Long-Life CAP is developed by more than 40 hardware experts and inspected by 1,400 strictest standards to build up ECS full protection technology. ECS develops advanced Wave multi-layer filter technology supplying pure and stable current. The lifespan of Apache Long-Life CAP is 6 times longer than ordinary capacitor, providing full capability of stabilizing current and standing high temperature. Apache CAP supports solidest protection ever!!
Thor Ultra Protection - ESD Protection
ECS Thor Ultra Protection, NASA-level anti-static technology is a delicate protection combination which is made of dozens of protection diodes and capacitors. Thor Ultra Protection keeps low clamping voltage to avoid anti-static happen and prevent component damage from potential danger. ECS offers the best protection to your motherboards as ECS Royal Guards.
ECS Golden Edition Motherboard - Gold "4"ever
Spare no expense and based on the insistence of extreme performance and quality, ECS gathers dozens of engineer experts to construct the throne of your honor with delicate handicraft and luxury components. Gold Classic, ECS Classic.
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Golden Quality
With excellent gold plating on CPU pins, memory sockets and PCI Express slots offering ultra system stability and more plug-in opportunity. |
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Golden Stability
Golden components provide best anti-oxidation, anti-rust and anti-moisture protection to strengthen prime quality and durability of ECS motherboards |
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Golden Cooling
ECS Golden edition motherboard presents ultra-speed thermal dissipation which fully unleashes the advantage of golden plating.
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Golden Royalty
Limited edition, unlimited royalty. ECS Golden Edition motherboard represents your prime status and extraordinary taste |
Lucid Virtu Universal MVP - Switchable Graphics
Virtu Universal MVP GPU Virtualization technology from LucidLogix provides dynamic switching between integrated graphics and high-end, 3D performance discrete graphics cards. This is deal for gamers who require high-resolution gaming and want to enjoy amazing built-in media features of 3rd Gen. Intel Core processors.
PCI Express Gen3 Ready - Double PCIe 2.0 Bandwidth
PCIe 3.0, the next generation of 32GB/s transmission speed, doubles the bandwidth of previous generation interconnect. PCIe 3.0 strongly builds up a better gaming platform ready for ultra graphics performance.
Intel Smart Connect Technology - Always up-to-date
Intel Smart Connect Technology means that your email, favorite apps, and social networks are continually and automatically updated even when the system is asleep. No more waiting for the latest world news or friends updates to be deliveredjust lift the lid and youre up-to-date and ready to go.
Intel Smart Response Technology - Better, faster performance
Intel Smart Response Technology accelerates the system response experience by putting frequently-used blocks of disk data on a solid-state drive (SSD), providing dramatically faster access to use data than the hard disk alone can provide.
Support HD Video Playback
Smoothly playback all H.264, VC-1, and MPEG-2 video with minimal CPU usage through integrated Graphics in chipset or CPU.
Motherboard Intelligent BIOS X (M.I.B X - Ultimate BIOS O.C interface)
Providing the most intelligent and convenient way to adjust the clock/ voltage settings of CPU and memory and get the extra performance in advanced.
ECS O.C profile offers 3 sets of O.C values for CPU and DRAM to reach higher performances in a quick, simple and safe way. It keeps users preferable BIOS settings to regain your last successful O.C configuration to create the most convenient O.C experience.
Featuring Mini PCI Express Slot
The Mini-PCIe slot has a new 52 pin edge connector and it is much smaller in overall size. It is designed for laptops and other small-footprint computer systems and supports Mini-PCI card for mini- Wireless, mini-TV tuner, mini-SATA cards and so on.
ECS GUI UEFI BIOS
ECS GUI UEFI BIOS is a convenient tool for tweaking BIOS in Graphical interface. Users can select functions in BIOS with mouse and keyboard. The user-friendly interface with ECS designed wallpaper radically brings users convenience and easy-to-use experience.
ATI CrossFireX Technology Ready
Combining multi-GPU to deliver users a highest image quality and screen resolutions.
3X Current Supply for ECS EZ Charger
EZ Charger technology provides 3 times current than general USB port for USB devices. Its useful and excellent, especially for the iPhone, iPAD and iPod touch devices that need a large amount of current for faster recharging within less time.
15u Gold Contact - 3 Times Extra Protection
It offers 3 times extra anti-oxidation, temperature resistant and scrape protection to ensure motherboards longest lifespan, better reliability and excellent contact.
Features:
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3X Gaming Power (3 Way SLI + Crossfire X)
The most advance technologies of multi-graphics processing, supporting both ATI CrossFireX and NVIDIA 3-way SLI to deliver up to a 2.8x performance over a single GPU system. |
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15 Gold Contact
ECS 15 gold technique contains 15 gold contact on CPU socket and Memory slot pins. It offers 3 times extra anti-oxidation, temperature resistant and scrape protection to ensure motherboards longest lifespan, better reliability and excellent contact. |
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SPDIF IN OUT
It allows to transfer digital audio without converting to analog format and keeps the best signal quality |
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MIB X
ECS O.C profile offers O.C values for CPU and DRAM to reach higher performances in a quick, simple and safe way. It keeps users preferable BIOS settings to regain your last successful O.C configuration to create the most convenient O.C experience. |
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Easy Button
One of ECS 4"E" Design which is especially a great plus that brings users remarkable convenience while overclocking or tweaking system performance.
( 4"E" Design : Easy button; DebugLED; Clear CMOS; Right-Angled SATA Slots) |
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Clear CMOS Button
One of ECS 4"E" Design which is especially a great plus that brings users remarkable convenience while overclocking or tweaking system performance.
( 4"E" Design : Easy button; DebugLED; Clear CMOS; Right-Angled SATA Slots) |
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Debug LED
One of ECS 4"E" Design which is especially a great plus that brings users remarkable convenience while overclocking or tweaking system performance. ( 4"E" Design : Easy button; DebugLED; Clear CMOS; Right-Angled SATA Slots) |
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Wireless LAN
Support Wireless LAN that offers more convenience in accessing internet from any corner of your home or office. |
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Solid Capacitor
Solid capacitors lifespan is 6 times more than electrolytic capacitors at 65C temperature and it offers a stability and durable system. |
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Support 22nm processors
Intel new 22nm, 3-D transistor architecture enables support for new-generation processors which delivers unprecedented performance improvement, faster computing and graphics and power reduction. |
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Lucid Virtu MVP
Dynamic switching between built-in processor graphics and high-end, 3D performance discrete graphics cards. Ideal for gamers who require high-resolution gaming and want to enjoy amazing built-in media features of 2nd Generation Intel Core processors |
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Blu-ray
With integrated graphics core, the motherboard delivers better HD video quality along with best-in-class 3D performance. Smoothly playback all H.264, VC-1, and MPEG-2 video with minimal CPU usage so the PC is free to do other work. |
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Dual Channel DDR3 2800(OC)
DDR3 2800 OC is able to raise processor and RAM clock up to 2800MHz through capable RAM in overclock mode. |
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SATA 6Gb/s
Doubles the transfer speed of SATA 3G, running at speed up to 6.0Gb/s, and can connect with any other SATA 3.0Gb/s and 1.5Gb/s devices for backward compatibility. |
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RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
Supports RAID 0(Striped disk array), RAID 1(Mirroring disk array), RAID 5(Block Interleaved Distributed Parity), RAID 10 (A Stripe of Mirrors). Provides users the performance and protection. |
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Qooltech IV
QoolTech IV includes three heat pipes and combines thermal chromic technology with heat sink. Special welding technology, heat from chipset transfers to copper pipes directly, enhancing effective heat dissipation to achieve 20% more efficiency . Thermal chromic technology, the heat sink would change its color according to different temperature, which is the first time the technology is adopted in the industry. |
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eSATA 6Gb/s
eSATA III with 6Gb/s data transfer rate can promise substantial performance gain to a new hard drive enclosure. The data transfer rate is double than previous SATA II(3Gb/s) and also supports external HDD hot plug and keyed connector end for fool-proof. |
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8 Channel High Definition Audio
Integrated 8-channel HD Audio CODEC delivering advanced multi-channel audio and bringing you the experience of home theater-quality sound. |
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Giga LAN
Delivers transfer speed ten times faster than conventional 10 / 100 Ethernet connections, supporting a high transfer rate up to Gigabit/s. Gigabit LAN is the networking standards for the future and is ideal for handing large amount of data such as video, audio, and voice. |
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USB 3.0
The latest generation Super Speed USB 3.0 Card is able to transfer data 10 times faster than USB 2.0. An innovative power management system provide better energy saving and carry more power to recharge more USB rechargeable devices. USB 3.0 Card is compatible with USB 2.0 to add more convenience and excellent performance. |
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HDMI Output
The interface supports existing high-definition video formats(720p, 1080i, and even 1080p), plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. Combination with HDCP, provides a secure audio/video interface that meets the security requirements of content providers and systems operators. |
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eBLU - BIOS Live Update Utility
ECS eBLU utility makes updating BIOS fast and easy. eBLU saves time and hassle of searching for BIOS online and avoid complicated flashing steps. With simple and easy steps it checks for new BIOS version on-line and safely guides the user to flash the system BIOS. |
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eOC - Easy Over Clock Utility
Easy Over Clock Utility is a easy and simply overclocking tools that provides user-friendly windows operation interface for novices and overclockers, with clicking on your mouse only you can get much higher performance of CPU quickly. It is available for download and updated online to get the latest version. Combine with ECS MIB technology to challenge undiscovered extreme overclocking than ever before. |
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eDLU - Drivers Live Update Utility
ECS eDLU utility makes updating Drivers fast and easy. eDLU Saves time and hassle of searching for Drivers online and avoid complicated steps. With simple and easy steps it checks for new Drivers version on-line and let the user to update the Drivers. |
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eSF(ECS Smart Fan Utility)
ECS Smart Fan Utility provides smart and user friendly way to adjust fan speed depending on PCs system loading and temperature. It offers five modes to adjust fan speed within safe range without entering BIOS for smart, easy and silent environment. |
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eGS (Easy Green Saver)
eGS (Easy Green Saver) is a simple and easy-to-use interface for efficient power saving solution. It is based on computer loading to automatically adjust CPU frequency to reduce power consumption. eGS benefits not only by saving personal pocket money but also save environment. |
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Certified For Windows 7
Windows 7 platform introduces a number of manageability improvements that can reduce total cost of ownership by helping to increase automation, improve user productivity, and provide flexible administrative control to meet compliance requirements. It is more user-friendly and has been optimized to consume less system resources with Windows 7 as well. Furthermore, the VT technology is enhanced to support real-time multimedia application including video playback and 3D games. |
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ROHS
Choose an environment-friendly, fully RoHS-compliant ECS product as the foundation for keeping harmful substances out of our ecosystem. |
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EUP 2013
ECS Motherboards have been certified by EuP 2013 of European Union. Stand by mode and off mode not to exceed 0.50W consumption to save energy and maintain sustainable environment. |
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ECS Deep Green
An industry-leading energy saving technology under 0.001 watt power consumption standard at soft off mode. Reduces energy consumption and CO2 production much better than EuP 2013 standard. It means the technology planted 96,500 trees per year. |
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Bluetooth Technology
Supports Bluetooth v2.1+ EDR technology, which is easier to connect devices to improve the paring experience on Bluetooth and increasing the use and strength of security. Bluetooth v2.1+ EDR also provides faster data transfer and able to reach 3Mbps with reduced power consumption and improved security. It also offers you a better wireless life. |
Specifications:
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LGA1155 socket for new 2nd & 3rd Generation Intel Core i7 series/Intel Core i5 series/Intel Core i3 series/Intel Pentium /Intel Celeron Processors
DMI 5.0GT/s
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| CHIPSET |
Intel Z77 Express Chipset
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| MEMORY |
Dual-channel DDR3 memory architecture
4 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM socket support up to 32 GB
Support DDR3 up to 2800(OC)/2600(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1800(OC)/1600 DDR3 SDRAM
Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows 32-bit OS.
For Windows 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation
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| EXPANSION SLOT |
3 x PCI Express x16 Gen3.0 slots (2X16 1X8, 2X16 support by PLX8747)
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
2 x PCI slots
1 x Mini PCI Express x1 slot
Supports Mini SATA
Supports Mini PCI Express
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| STORAGE |
Support by Intel Z77
2 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s devices (SATA2 3/4)
2 x Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s devices (SATA3 1/2)
RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID 10 configuration
Support by ASMEDIA ASM1061
2 x Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s devices (SATA3 5/ 6)
2 x eSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports
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| AUDIO |
Realtek ALC892 8-Ch High Definition audio CODEC
Compliant with HD audio specification
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| LAN |
RealTek RTL 8111E Gigabit Lan
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| REAR PANEL I/O |
4 x USB 3.0 ports
4 x USB 2.0 Ports
1 x D-sub(VGA)
1 x HDMI Port
1 x RJ45 LAN connector
1 x Audio port (1x Line in, 4x Line out, 1x Optical SPDIF Out)
1 x Clear_CMOS button
1 x wifi connector
1 x Bluetooth
2 x eSATA 6.0Gb/s ports
1 x HDMI
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| INTERNAL I/O CONNECTORS & HEADERS |
1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector
1 x 8-pin ATX Power Supply Connector
1 x 4-pin CPU_FAN connector
1 x 3-pin SYS_FAN connector
1 x 3-pin PWR_FAN connector
1 x USB 2.0 header support additional 2 USB ports with EZ charger technology
1 x USB 3.0 header supports additional 2 USB 3.0 Ports (support by TI TUSB7320)
2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
1 x COM header
1 x Case Open header
1 x SPDIF out header
1 x Front panel switch/LED header
1 x Front panel audio header
1 x debug post LED
1 x Power on button
1 x Reset button
1 x mSATA
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| SYSTEM BIOS |
AMI BIOS with 64Mb SPI Flash ROM
Support ECS M.I.B X Utility
Support eBLU
Support eOC
Support eDLU
Support eSF
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| FORM FACTOR |
ATX Size, 305mm*244mm
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