I purchased an ECS A990FXM-A (1.0) motherboard around a year ago. Recently the computer was stolen, and I'm building another one. To be quite honest, I'm considering building the exact same PC ~ same exact components.
However, shortly after I had purchased the original motherboard from Anandtech I noticed that there were actually 3 different versions of the motherboard - the ECS A990FXM-A (1.0), ECS A990FXM-A (1.1), and A990FXM-A Deluxe (V1.0).
So, my question is what are the real differences between the 3?
From the images I've seen the big chunk of metal on the board I had appears to have gotten replaced by a similarly sized heatsink ~ [img=ECS A990FXM-A (1.0)]http://image2.aving.net/2011/06/09/201106091101055483.jpg[/img]
vs
[img=A990FXM-A Deluxe (V1.0)]http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/images/Products/large/a990fxm-a.deluxe.v10_580.1.jpg[/img]
Other than that, I really can't figure out the differences. The ECS website doesn't really get into the details very well and I'm hoping someone would know what warranted 3 variants of the same board.
However, shortly after I had purchased the original motherboard from Anandtech I noticed that there were actually 3 different versions of the motherboard - the ECS A990FXM-A (1.0), ECS A990FXM-A (1.1), and A990FXM-A Deluxe (V1.0).
So, my question is what are the real differences between the 3?
From the images I've seen the big chunk of metal on the board I had appears to have gotten replaced by a similarly sized heatsink ~ [img=ECS A990FXM-A (1.0)]http://image2.aving.net/2011/06/09/201106091101055483.jpg[/img]
vs
[img=A990FXM-A Deluxe (V1.0)]http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/images/Products/large/a990fxm-a.deluxe.v10_580.1.jpg[/img]
Other than that, I really can't figure out the differences. The ECS website doesn't really get into the details very well and I'm hoping someone would know what warranted 3 variants of the same board.
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