ECS HDC-I Mini-ITX Fusion Board Review

Motherboards/IntegratedCPU by stefan @ 2011-05-16

The HDC-I Fusion Board from ECS has a lot of connectivity options right from the factory: Bluetooth, WiFi, one eSATA 6GB/s along with 4 SATA III ports; two USB 3.0 ports are also offered. The "Turbo" option can be enabled in the BIOS and gives the system quite a noticeable boost.

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A Closer Look Part II

Here is a close look on the Mini PCI-E slot:

 

 

 

Further down, we can find the ASMedia ASM1042 USB 3.0 controller:

 

 

 

Near it there is the Atheros AR8151 Gigabit LAN controller:

 

 

 

The F_AUDIO and F_PANEL headers are placed one near the other, in the bottom left corner of the PCB:

 

 

 

Very close to them, we can locate the VIA VT1708B 8 channel HD Audio CODEC with DTS Connect:

 

 

 

Near the PCI Express x16 slot, we can also locate two USB 2.0 headers (F_USB1 supporting EZ Charger function), 4 SATA 6Gb/s connectors and one external speaker header:

 

 

 

On the right of the PCI Express x16 slot, we can find two SMD LEDs, one for Standby (red) and one for Power (green):

 

 

 

Closely to the memory slots, we can find the 24-pin ATX power connector:

 

 

 

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