Motherboard: ECS L4S5A Review :: Conclusion

For the price this is a very solid piece of equipment and essentially what you get with the L4S5A is a working mans motherboard that is affordable enough for just about anyone's budget. If you have to have the latest of everything look elsewhere, but if you need a fairly loaded board that offers ample features based on last cycles technology this is worth looking into, especially if the TCO is a factor in your purchase.

I have yet to see the board on the market though and I wonder if ECS is going to release this board in America or if this version has been scrapped. Being easy to setup and configure is one of its strong points and the L4S5A wins points in my book for that fact. You can find the six PCI no RAID version all over www.pricewatch.com so if the RAID function is not important to you the board is even less expensive to buy.

The Good

Low priced and solid features including on-board LAN and sound.

The Bad

No USB 2.0 or ATA133 support. Mediocre performance.

The Ugly

The horrible placement of the 1.44 Floppy connector.

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