The name for the ECS A85F2-A Golden comes not only from the bling factor on the black PCB board, but also to highlight the quality of the components used. Most of the connectors, or at least the important ones like the CPU and memory slot pins and VGA ports, have gold plating. The solid capacitors and ferrite chokes are also plated in gold; more to show their quality in high life expectancy and stability under extreme temperatures and voltage, rather than the gold plating actually making any physical difference. Still, each Black Series motherboard comes in with a 72-hour stability test to ensure that your unit is capable of handling whatever you throw at it.



Link: TBreak