AMS eCube EG65D: Decent Performance, but Many Issues
by Wesley Fink on October 28, 2003 11:04 PM EST- Posted in
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AMS eCube EG65D: BIOS and Overclocking
AMS eCube uses the familiar Award BIOS, which will be comfortable for most users. The main menu lists the available submenus, making it easy to find the adjustment menu for which you are looking. For now, the Frequency/Voltage tab in the BIOS is certainly misnamed and empty of adjustments, since there are no frequency or voltage adjustments at all.
A full Hardware Health submenu with a complete readout of fan speeds, temperatures, and power levels is available in the BIOS.
Advanced Chipset Features offers a complete selection of memory timing adjustments. This is the only menu in the AMS eCube BIOS with any of the tweaking and overclocking features we find in competing systems.
Onboard Devices is another submenu you may visit, since it allows set up of on-board peripherals.
FSB Overclocking Results
AMS clearly has targeted the Enthusiast market with the eCube EG65D, and yet provided no overclocking options at all. Shuttle, Biostar, and Soltek all compete in the same market, and they all include a very complete selection of effective overclocking and tweaking options. If you do not intend to overclock your system, then this will not be an issue.Since there are only 2 DIMM slots on any of the tested SFF systems, all benchmarking was done with both slots filled to provide dual-channel memory support.
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clm811 - Sunday, December 28, 2003 - link
Have the EG65D, as in review,but in black(same physical appearance). Ran hot with p4 2,6C, Dual-channel PC3200 and TWO Seagate Barracuda 120GB HDD(one SATA,one PATA), so I added a small(50mm)fan on bottom of drive cage, blowing upwards from memory location (CPU fan blows down). To improve airflow,P.S. wires are dressed with split-loom, and supplied IDE cable replaced with dual head, rounded (with shield mesh). Runs cooler, but supplied CPU fan is still too noisy for my taste(and I could do without the blue "pimp" light). Overall a nice-looking, transportable box.Wesley Fink - Thursday, October 30, 2003 - link
We tested with 1GB of memory (2 x 512MB), not 1Mb. The typo has been corrected.FishTankX - Thursday, October 30, 2003 - link
It said in the noise level tests that the QUBIC chassis was armed with 1Mb of RAM. Did windows run fast? :DFishTankX - Thursday, October 30, 2003 - link
eastvillager - Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - link
I have the black one, which has completely different sides/faceplate(not just colors).It ran far too hot until I added a couple 3 inch holes and a strategically placed 80mm fan, lol. 1 hole in the left side, directly over the vidcard heatsink/fan, and one hole on the ride side, opposite the cpu/heatsink, with an 80mm fan blowing inwards. I'll probably remove internal/external grillwork from the rear fans when I get around to it, and police the wiring a bit to squeeze out as much airflow as I can.
It isn't exactly quiet, but it isn't significantly noisier than my full size systems, either. Big thing is, I can easily carry a computer to work now that craps all over the desktops they give us.
nastyemu25 - Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - link
not a big fan of this one's exterior design :o