Posted on Wednesday, November 04 2009 @ 21:24 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
ECS has announced "15µ Gold Contact", a new motherboard technology that uses three times more gold to prevent oxidized rust on pin contacts. In other news, the yellow metal just hit a new intra-day high of $1,099.
Metal Pins on CPU Sockets and Memory Slots are susceptible from environment molecules that can cause instability of the whole system by forming oxidized rust on pins contact. Traditionally, in order to provide protection, 5µ Gold is flashed on these metal pins. Compared to 5µ Gold flash, ECS has discovered 3 times extra Gold "15 μ Gold Contact" which is equivalent to 0.000381 millimeters of Gold plating on its motherboard Socket and Slot Pins to offer 3 times extra protection. Due to this technology, Gold plating on Socket and Slot pins are 3 times thicker and stable that also provide additional confidence to extreme gamer who always plug-in and plug-out their system components.
Only ECS Motherboards come up with 15 μ Gold Contact technology, is reliable to offer better protection and stability. 15 μ Gold is extremely safe and never allow forming patina on metal pins. Longest lifespan means better durability that offer highest plug-in opportunity. Gold is an excellent conductive metal that support efficient signal transmission. In other words, ECS "15 μ Gold Contact" technology offers better reliability, long lifespan and excellent contact.
