ECS Elitegroup P67H2-A Black Extreme

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

2
Average:

2
Bad:

0

Pros:

Decent overclocker, Three PCIe slots with SLI/CrossfireX support, Hydra Core technology to combine different vendor GPUs, Excellent bundle of accessories
Good performance, supports all LGA 1155 Intel processors, good layout, 3-way and 3- SLI way CrossFireX and multi-vendor GPU combination, excellent overclocking support, power saving features, good choice of components, good software bundle

Cons:

Higher than usual power consumption results, Will be at a higher price point than other P67 offerings due to addition of Hydra Core and extra SATA 6GB/s bay device
Expensive, no additional brackets for additional ports

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Last revision on November 7, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Decent overclocker, Three PCIe slots with SLI/CrossfireX support, Hydra Core technology to combine different vendor GPUs, Excellent bundle of accessories
Good performance, supports all LGA 1155 Intel processors, good layout, 3-way and 3- SLI way CrossFireX and multi-vendor GPU combination, excellent overclocking support, power saving features, good choice of components, good software bundle

Reviewers Didn't Like

Higher than usual power consumption results, Will be at a higher price point than other P67 offerings due to addition of Hydra Core and extra SATA 6GB/s bay device
Expensive, no additional brackets for additional ports

Expert reviews and ratings

he ECS P67H2-A Black Extreme is a performance oriented ATX motherboard with a fantastic set of gaming and overclocking features, all set on a sleek black and grey PCB that'll make your expensive chassis proud. ECS has undergone a massive image...

By PCStats on November 02, 2011

The ECS P67H2-A is priced at Rs. 15,700, which makes it more expensive than the Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3R. Obviously, for the price, you get more such as the additional USB 3.0, eSATA ports as well as the additional NIC. The Lucid Hydra features means...

By Tech2 on May 09, 2011

The ECS Black Extreme P67H2-A comes packed with features and also delivers excellent performance. It supports all the latest Intel Sandy Bridge processors based on socket LGA 1155 and can host up to 32 GB dual channel DDR3 memory at speeds up to 2133...

By TechTree on February 21, 2011

ECS surprised us with the P67H2-A board. With so many good features on board, it definitelyshows the commitment behind the team to bring the best of technology onto their P67 board. It is so feature rich that you would never have thought that it is...

By OCWorkBench on January 28, 2011

Everybody's doing it and so is ECS, releasing its top-end Sandy Bridge motherboard, the P67H2-A Black Extreme.ECS may not be as well known as some of its rivals, but it does seem to come out with some interesting boards, especially its Black Extreme...

By TechRadar on January 27, 2011

I have to say that ECS P67H2-A and ECS P67H2-A2 mainboards look practically impeccable only in terms of exterior design and theoretical functionality. Among the minor...

By X-bit Labs on June 09, 2011

We'd like to thank our friends at ECS for providing the P67H2-A for our review today. ECS really listened to gamers and the enthusiast community when they designed the P67H2-A. Users wanted the ability to use GPUs from AMD and NVIDIA together so...

By PCPer on February 22, 2011

The performance of the ECS P67H2-A was average at best. When it comes down to it, though, the performance and lack of true SLI support doesn't warrant the premium price for the ECS P67H2-A Black Extreme....

By Legit Reviews on February 16, 2011

Final Words & Conclusion With the P67H2-A Black Edition motherboard ECS manages to bring an impressive product to the market. ECS strives to improve at all levels compared to a couple of years ago. Who still remembers the Purple PCB OEM like products?...

By Guru of 3D on January 19, 2011

We were really happy to see ECS not only improving the quality of their motherboards, but adding true high-end features, especially the Lucid HydraLogix 200 processor, which allows you to run any video cards in parallel, even if they are different and...

By Hardware Secrets on November 16, 2010

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