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Anh Tuan Huynh (Blog) - November 13, 2006 9:22 PM

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Enter the PN2 SLI2 Extreme

ECS today announced its NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI based enthusiast motherboard—the PN2 SLI2 Extreme. The PN2 SLI2 Extreme appears to be based on NVIDIA’s nForce 680i SLI reference board and resembles EVGA’s nForce 680i SLI motherboard. Nevertheless, the ECS PN2 SLI2 Extreme supports a 1333 MHz front-side bus and DDR2-1200 officially. As with the NVIDIA nForce 680i reference board the ECS PN2 SLI2 Extreme features three PCIe x16 slots—two full-speed and one half-speed.

ECS claims with PCIe x16: “Meeting the sophisticated demands of gamers and enthusiasts, the PN2 SLI2+ Extreme comes with three PCI Express x16 slots—two of which support the multi-GPU SLI technology with true x16 bandwidths to promote convenient display expansion using SLI-certified graphics cards. The extra PCIe x16 slot can accommodate a physics processing card for display realism, a third graphics card for additional displays, or any additional PCIe x16 card. Deployed with the latest GeForce 8800GTX/GTS graphics card, the PN2 SLI2+ Extreme motherboard will deliver the ultimate visual experience with highly-detailed graphics and real-life clarity. With complete I/O connectivity and modern storage interfaces, the PN2 SLI2+ Extreme is truly a “must-have” platform.”

Availability of the ECS PN2 SLI2 Extreme is expected next week. Pricing is unknown at the moment.

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Chipset fan

By ADDAvenger on 11/14/2006 12:35:47 AM , Rating: 2

I imagine you'd need something more exotic than a heatsink for an official 1333fsb, but what is going on with that NB fan?

RE: Chipset fan

By Lakku on 11/14/2006 1:48:43 AM , Rating: 3

The fan is optional. It comes in the package, and may even be pre-installed, but it is removable for those that want a less noisy system.

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RE: Chipset fan

By friky19 on 11/14/2006 5:15:26 AM , Rating: 2

that fan is for when you use a liquid cooling system. The northbridge usually gets cooled with the air coming out of the fan on the processor, when u use a liquid cooling system theres no air, so you either put that fan on it or you liquid cool your northbridge as well

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4 sata + 1 e-sata

By ahkey on 11/14/2006 12:44:01 AM , Rating: 2

Isn't that a bit limiting on an 'enthusiast' board?

RE: 4 sata + 1 e-sata

By Jedi2155 on 11/14/2006 1:09:59 AM , Rating: 2

That would definitely be limiting for me. I don't about you guys, but I can't seem to find the e-SATA on the motherboard I/O area? e-SATA is a big feature for me so I definitely want it on my next board. Is it on a PCI bracket?

Where did you get the info concerning the SATA ports?

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RE: 4 sata + 1 e-sata

By Marlowe on 11/14/2006 7:58:50 AM , Rating: 2

Hmm.. I see 6 SATA ports.. :)

Still not too much tho.

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why?!

By marcusDOS on 12/9/2006 4:54:15 PM , Rating: 2

I need 2 PCI slots free!1 good sound card and TV Tuner. I don't use PCI-E x1 and certainly I don't want ASUS sound card solution. so seriously... or they add more PCI, or the will have to start making flat cards to aloud my PCI port to be used.
Now I have to search for another cooling solution to my 80gtx, cause i won't sacrifice my PCI cards for a air fan.

please let there be a kind person that hears my suffering.