Introduction

So many motherboards have been appeared year after year. Today, the focus of our review is a motherboard with a complicated name - ECS Durathon 2 A320AM4-M3. The ECS Company is widely known for its small and compact PCs, let’s see what about its motherboards. ECS has released several models of the microATX form factor, which are designed to create PCs with AMD Ryzen processors. Among them - A320AM4-M3 based on the set of system logic AMD A320.

 

Specifications

Socket - AM4

Chipset - AMD A320

Form Factor - MicroATX

Voltage Regulator - 3+2 Phases

Video Plugs - (1) HDMI 1.4, (1) DVI-D, (1) D-Sub

USB Ports - 5Gb/s: (4) Type A, (2) USB 2.0

Network Slots - (1) Gigabit Ethernet

Audio Slots - (3) Analog

Legacy Slots - (2) PS/2

PCIe x16 - (1) v3.0 (x16)

PCIe x1 - (1) v2.0

DIMM Slots - (2) DDR4

M.2 Slots - (1) PCIe v3 x4/SATA3

SATA Ports - (4) 6Gb/s

USB Headers - (1) 5 Gbps, (2) USB2.0

Fan Headers - (2) 4-Pin

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