“With a retail price of $71 CDN ($65 USD, £32 GBP), you really can’t go wrong with the ECS AMD690GM-M2 motherboard. Based around the AMD 690G chipset, the motherboard is compatible with all Socket AM2 processors and with the recent price drops, you can potentially build a dual core workstation or multimedia machine for less than $500 CDN!”Here are some more Motherboard articles from around the web:
- Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 Intel P35 Motherboard @ PC Stats
- Gigabyte GA-P35C DS3R (Bearlake P35) Motherboard @ CPU3D
- ECS NF650iSLIT-A @ Phoronix
- Want a new motherboard for upcoming Penryn? How about the ASUS P5K Deluxe WiFi? @ HEXUS
- MSI P35 Platinum (Intel P35) @ Hardware Zone
- ASUS P5N-E SLI @ Phoronix
System on the cheap
The ECS AMD690GM-M2 is available for under $100. With the price cuts on AM2 processors, it’s onboard Radeon Xpress 1250 and LAN, all you need is a case and a monitor and you are ready to go. It even has a 16X PCI Express slot if you want to upgrade your graphics. All in all, PC Stats was rather impressed at what this board delivers.