Review ECS GANK Drone Z87H3-A3X: Motherboard Gaming Murah dari GANK Series

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Gatot Tri Yuwono

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December 12, 2013

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Walaupun tren pembelian PC saat ini didominasi oleh perangkat mobile, hal tersebut ternyata tidak membuat sejumlah produsen menarik diri dari pasar PC desktop. Bahkan dalam perkembangannya, tema gaming kini menjadi tren yang semakin berkembang di pasar PC desktop. Tentu saja tren seperti ini menjadi peluang emas bagi sejumlah produsen untuk menghadirkan produk yang dioptimalkan untuk memaksimalkan pengalaman bermain game.

Elitegroup Computer Systems alias ECS merupakan satu di antara sekian banyak produsen yang semakin serius menggarap tema gaming di pasar PC desktop. Bertepatan dengan hadirnya platform Intel Haswell desktop, ECS mengumumkan seri motherboard terbaru mereka yang dioptimalkan untuk skenario gaming di bawah bendera LEE7 (baca “LEET”) Gaming. Motherboard LEE7 Gaming terdiri dari GANK Series, Kill Steal Series (coming soon), dan Aggro Series (coming soon).

Motherboard GANK Series mengadopsi platform Haswell dengan chipset Intel Z87. Terdapat tiga varian GANK Series yaitu GANK Domination, GANK Machine, dan GANK Drone. Di artikel ini kami akan mengulas lengkap salah satu varian GANK Series yaitu GANK Drone dengan tipe motherboard Z87H3-A3X. GANK Drone Z87H3-A3X memiliki keistimewaan dimana motherboard tersebut menjadi tipe termurah di antara seluruh tipe GANK Series. Tanpa menunggu lebih lama lagi, mari kita lihat performa sekaligus feature andalan yang ditawarkan ECS di motherboard tersebut.

Intel Z87

Spesifikasi

CPU	º Supports new 4rd gen Intel^® Core™ family, Pentium, Celeron series processors in LGA1150 socket º DMI 5.0GT/s º 6 Phase Thermal Design Power º VRD 12.5 º 100% Solid capacitor design º Intel^® K Series Unlock CPU Support
CHIPSET	º Intel^® Z87 Express Chipset º Intel^® Smart Response Technology, Intel^® Smart Connect Technology & Intel^® Rapid Start Technolog
GRAPHICS	º Supports DirectX^® 11 .1 º Supports Intel^® HD Graphics, InTru™ 3D, Quick Sync Video, Clear Video HD Technology, Insider™ º Supports HDMI 1.4a & Premium Audio º Supports NVIDIA^® 2-Way SLI º Supports ATI^® 2-Way CrossFireX™
MEMORY	º Dual-channelDDR3 Memory architecture º Supports DDR3 3000 non-ECC, Un-buffered SDRAM Memory º 4 X 240-pin DDR3 DIMM socket º Support up to 32 GB* º Intel^® extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3/1.2 Memory Modules
EXPANSION SLOT	º 2 X PCI Express X16 Gen 3.0 slot(s) º 4 X PCI Express X 1 Gen 2.0slot(s) º Supports NVIDIA^® SLI Technology º Supports ATI^® CrossfireX Technology º *When using two VGA cards, the bandwidth is @8 badnwidth; when using one VGA card, the bandwodth is @16.
Storage	º Support by Intel® Z87 Express Chipset • 6 X Serial ATAIII 6Gb/s • 1 X eSATAIII 6Gb/s • RAID0, RAID1,RAID5, RAID 10 configuration º Supports Intel^® Rapid Storage Technology º *The gray SATA6G connector will become unavailable when eSATA connector is used.
Audio	º 8-Channel HD audio CODEC º Realtek ALC1150 8-channel High Definition audio CODEC
LAN	º Intel I217-V Gigabit Fast Ethernet Controller º Wake-On-LAN
USB	º Support by Intel Z87 Express Chipset • 6 X USB3.0 port(s) up to 5Gb/s Back Panel 4 port(s) Onboard 2 port(s) • 8 X USB2.0 port(s) Up to 480 Mb/s Back Panel 4 port(s) Onboard 4 port(s) º ECS EZ Charger (Gray USB header)
REAR PANEL I/O	º 1 X PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors º 1 X Audio port (Line-in,4x Line-out, SPDIF out) º 1 X RJ-45 port º 1 X HDMI port(s) º 1 X DVI-D port(s) º 1 X D-Sub (VGA) port(s) º 1 X Optical S/PDIF Out port(s) º 1 X eSATA 6Gb/s port(s) º 6 X USB3.0 port(s) º 4 X USB2.0 port(s)
CONNECTORS & HEADERS	º 1 X 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector º 1 X 8-pin ATX 12V Power Connector º 1 X 3-pin PWR_FAN connector º 1 X Front Panel switch/LED header º 1 X Front panel audio header º 1 X Speaker header º 1 X USB 3.0 header • Support additional 2 USB ports º 2 X USB 2.0 header • Support additional 4 USB ports º Support EZ charger (gray color) º 1 X S/PDIF out header º 6 X SATA III 6Gb/s connector(s) º 1 X CLR_CMOS header º 1 X Serial port header (COM) º 1 X Parallel port header (LPT) º 1 X TPM header º 1 X Chassis intrusion header
SYSTEM BIOS	º AMI BIOS with 64 MB SPI Flash ROM º Supports M.I.B X Utility º Supports ACPI 5.0 & DMI º F7 hot key for boot up devices option º Over-Clocking º Graphic OC Support º Triple Display º Support ECS EZ BIOS º Plug and Play, STR (S3) / STD (S4) , Hardware monitor, Multi Boot º Multi-Language BIOS º Audio, LAN, can be disabled in BIOS º Supports PgUp clear CMOS Hotkey º CPU FSB adjustment(increase of 1MHz) º * Adjustable CPU Voltage º * Memory Voltage Adjustable º * Support CPU over-clocking function: Adjustable CPU Clock Multiplier º * HT Voltage Adjustable º * Graphic Voltage Adjustable
FORM FACTOR	º ATX Form Factor º 305mm X 220m