WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:11.160 okay so we know we haven't done any motherboard videos on this channel for a 00:00:06.520 --> 00:00:13.400 long freaking time and as for why well 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:18.520 we've said it before there are parts of your computer that dramatically affect 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:24.480 performance and there are parts that if you're willing to forgo a few Creature 00:00:20.720 --> 00:00:29.119 Comforts you can save a few bucks on but 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:32.480 how low can you go today we are looking 00:00:29.119 --> 00:00:37.960 at the EC s a55 00:00:32.480 --> 00:00:41.360 f- M4 1.0 the cheapest motherboard on 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:46.600 Amazon in a standard form factor it's 00:00:41.360 --> 00:00:46.600 only 30 bucks and isn't it 00:00:54.800 --> 00:01:01.320 beautiful browse privately and securely 00:00:58.160 --> 00:01:03.640 with tunnel bear the simple VPN app try 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:07.200 tunnel bear for free at the link in the video 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:11.520 description now first things first to properly appreciate the ghetto 00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:19.640 fabulousness of this motherboard I got a getting character meet L unit sort of a 00:01:16.880 --> 00:01:26.600 v anyway we're going to start by taking a look at this baby from the back I'm 00:01:22.240 --> 00:01:29.680 talking rear IO man 00:01:26.600 --> 00:01:32.360 yeah nobody there don't worry about it 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:41.079 any anyway we can see it is absolutely packed with gaming features I'm talking 00:01:35.759 --> 00:01:43.280 two PS2 ports PS2 with support for n key 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:50.360 rollover something that's still rare even on high-end USB keyboards on that 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:54.119 subject we have four USB 2.0 ports that 00:01:50.360 --> 00:01:56.960 puts this on par with the ASUS Crosshair 00:01:54.119 --> 00:02:02.920 6 and is a huge Boon when you're installing Windows 7 via USB like I 00:02:00.240 --> 00:02:07.720 always do on Friday nights throw in a touch of gigabit Ethernet and audio 00:02:05.600 --> 00:02:14.080 jacks rated at Deb signal to noise ratio and we are 00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:21.680 ready to get our Counter Strike Source on oh and did I mention it supports both 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:23.480 VGA and HDMI more on that later first 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:31.120 let's check out the internal connectivity as I call it junk under the 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:33.400 hood not only do we get four say to 3 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:40.120 gbit per second connections right there in the bottom right that's 12 gabs per 00:02:37.239 --> 00:02:46.440 second total but we also have support for four more usb2 ports via the front 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:55.040 panel I mean you got to be some kind of king or some to afford enough USBS to 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:57.239 plug into all that high defin audio Yeah 00:02:55.040 --> 00:03:04.560 I know the definition of high know what I'm saying and spit if we got spit if 00:03:01.040 --> 00:03:07.920 damn whatever that means but let's get 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:11.920 serious again what are those headers 00:03:07.920 --> 00:03:15.239 down there that my friends is a Serial 00:03:11.920 --> 00:03:18.920 interface like serial killer and a a 00:03:15.239 --> 00:03:21.959 parallel interface like a parallel 00:03:18.920 --> 00:03:24.400 Dimension highly desirable features that 00:03:21.959 --> 00:03:30.360 very few motherboards come equipped with nowadays possibly as a cost-saving 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:36.519 measure but no such Corners were cut on 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:38.920 the ECS a55 f- M4 1.0 this version 1.0 00:03:36.519 --> 00:03:44.599 cuz they get it right the first time know what I'm saying and thanks to these 00:03:41.200 --> 00:03:48.760 we can use virtually any peripheral or 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:50.959 printer that we want okay lonus then so 00:03:48.760 --> 00:03:57.200 this board has more IO than we know what to do with for a number of reasons but 00:03:54.360 --> 00:04:02.400 what kind of balls to thewall Hardware can we put on here well feast your eyes 00:04:00.920 --> 00:04:08.560 on this baby it supports up to the A8 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:16.880 3870 Apu which unlike ryzen needs 00:04:13.079 --> 00:04:21.040 DDR3 only to be fli and awesome and 00:04:16.880 --> 00:04:23.120 comes with integrated radon Graphics 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:30.120 processing that's better than some of the dedicated cards we've tested and 00:04:25.520 --> 00:04:34.400 with four cores at three billion Hertz 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:36.800 this 1.78 billion transistor Beast is 00:04:34.400 --> 00:04:42.080 unlocked primed and ready for the toughest gaming challenges we can throw 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:48.560 at it plus it's compatible with uh socket am3 coolers so we'll be able to 00:04:44.400 --> 00:04:52.080 make use of our existing stock here now 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:55.560 we got to match this Beast with nothing 00:04:52.080 --> 00:05:00.160 but the best so we've got 00:04:55.560 --> 00:05:02.639 ourselves after we get it installed here 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:05.160 yeah there we go it's on there get the RAM in 00:05:06.080 --> 00:05:13.160 there okay there we go it's fast see 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:20.080 it's fast like that so we're putting our GTX 1080 TI in what we got a fulllength 00:05:17.080 --> 00:05:26.520 PCI Express lot here we're 00:05:20.080 --> 00:05:29.720 talking 168 pins of power and data here 00:05:26.520 --> 00:05:35.240 that's right so combining this with our 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:38.720 four Lono cores and 16 gigs of RAM baby 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:40.639 there is nothing this thing can't run 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:47.080 technically speaking that is we aren't promising that it'll run well compared 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:54.600 to our kbl leg testbench limiting ourselves to this class of CPU is 00:05:50.479 --> 00:05:57.000 actually a lot to give up even when 00:05:54.600 --> 00:06:01.120 overclocked single-threaded performance on this thing okay we can lose the we 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:07.960 can lose the character now is anywhere from about half to a fifth of the speed 00:06:05.400 --> 00:06:14.360 of KB Lake and multi-threaded performance is as low as a sixth but 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:20.840 we've all heard that direct X12 and Vulcan can actually favor weaker CPUs 00:06:18.520 --> 00:06:28.919 regardless of the GPU thanks to their lower API overhead and as we can see 00:06:24.039 --> 00:06:32.919 here oh well it just gets dominated even 00:06:28.919 --> 00:06:36.039 with a 1080ti in CPU intensive games 00:06:32.919 --> 00:06:39.520 like DSX mankind divided we get a decent 00:06:36.039 --> 00:06:42.840 bump with our overclock on directx11 but 00:06:39.520 --> 00:06:48.080 not on Direct X12 where we actually end 00:06:42.840 --> 00:06:51.440 up within our margin of error so then in 00:06:48.080 --> 00:06:55.479 all seriousness what are you actually 00:06:51.440 --> 00:06:58.479 getting with a board like this well you 00:06:55.479 --> 00:07:02.199 are locking yourself into an ancient 00:06:58.479 --> 00:07:05.120 platform that only had one very 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:12.960 underwhelming generation of CPU support you are losing support for even sort of 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:15.680 new features like USB 3 and SATA 6 00:07:12.960 --> 00:07:20.800 gigabit never mind NVMe and usb3.1 and you are stepping down to a 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:27.240 level of build quality and firmware support that is frankly unacceptable for 00:07:23.919 --> 00:07:31.840 anyone let alone Enthusiast I mean yes 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:37.440 technically you can overclock it K but 00:07:31.840 --> 00:07:40.319 barely with that said is it usable 00:07:37.440 --> 00:07:45.080 well if you take anything away from this video it's that the advice of don't 00:07:43.400 --> 00:07:52.080 worry about the motherboard should really be taken with the caveat that it 00:07:48.240 --> 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