Bundle
- 915P-A motherboard
- 1 SATA Cable
- 1 SATA Power Cable
- 1 back plate
- 1 floppy disk cable
- 1 IDE cable
- Manual
- PC-Cillin Anti Virus software
The motherboard hardware bundle is extremely Spartan by today's standards. The first thing I noticed when checking out what came in the box was one SATA cable and one power connector. With 4 SATA connectors on the board, this is extremely skimpy, especially if you have more than one SATA drive on your system. The inclusion of one floppy cable and one IDE cable is sufficient as there is only one IDE connector and one floppy connector on the board.
Software wise, the board comes with Trend Micro's Internet Security package. This software is one I actually use in everyday use. ECS includes a 30 day trial version of Trend Micro's Internet Security Version 11. If you want to upgrade to the full version that doesn't expire after 30 days, you can register it online and pay a fee. If the software isn't updated within 30 days, the functions of the IS package will be disabled.
System
- Motherboard: ECS 915P-A
- P4 3.4 GHz Extreme Edition LGA-775
- Cooling: Malico LGA775 Heatsink/Fan combination
- DDR2 Memory: Crucial (Ballistyx) PC2-5300
- PCI-Express Video card: NVIDIA reference 6800GT 256 MB 350/900 clockspeeds running Forceware 66.93
- Hard Drives: Dual WD Raptor 36GB 10,000 RPM SATA150 HDDs
- Power Epower 450W
- Microsoft Windows XP with SP1
- DirectX 9.0c
Test Software
- Sysmark 2004
- PCMark 2004
- 3Dmark 2001
- 3DMark 2003
- Quake 3 (Time Demo 1)
- UT2003 (Botmatch/Flyby)
- DIVX (Encoding)
